ADVANCED PROJECTS

May be repeated for up to 6 points of credit. Graduate-level projects in various areas of electrical engineering and computer science. In consultation with an instructor, each student designs his or her project depending on the students previous training and experience. Students should consult with a professor in their area for detailed arrangements no later than the last day of registration.

• Instructor: Keren Bergman
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• Instructor: Shih-Fu Chang
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 122 Info
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
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• Instructor: Christine P Hendon
  Wikipedia h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Xiaofan Jiang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Ethan Katz-Bassett
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Dion Khodagholy Araghy
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• Instructor: Peter Kinget
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Zoran Kostic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Harish Krishnaswamy
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• Instructor: Ioannis Kymissis
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Aurel A Lazar
  h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Michal Lipson
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 114 Info
• Instructor: Nima Mesgarani
  h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• Instructor: John W Paisley
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Matthias Preindl
  h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Mingoo Seok
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Tanvir Ahmed Khan
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• Instructor: Yannis P Tsividis
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Wen I Wang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Xiaodong Wang
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: John Wright
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Charles A Zukowski
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• Instructor: Gil Zussman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Alexander Gaeta
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• Instructor: Savannah Eisner
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• Instructor: James Anderson
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• Instructor: Asaf Cidon
  h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
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• 1-4 points

MILLIMETER-WAVE IC DESIGN

Millimeter-Wave IC Design

Principles behind the implementation of millimeter-wave (30GHz-300GHz) wireless circuits and systems in silicon-based technologies. Silicon-based active and passive devices for millimeter-wave operation, millimeter-wave low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, oscillators and VCOs, oscillator phase noise theory, mixers and frequency dividers for PLLs. A design project is an integral part of the course.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Harish Krishnaswamy
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• 3 points

Power Management Integrated Circuits

Power Mgmt Integrated Cir

Modern power management integrated circuits (PMIC) design introduced comperhensively. Advanced topics in power management introduced, including linear regulators, digital linear regulators, switch-mode power converters, control schemes for DC-DC converters, compensation methods of DC-DC converters, power losses in DC-DC converters, switched capacitor converters, power converter modeling and simulation, design examples.

• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xin Zhang
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• 3 points

LIGHTWAVE DEVICES

Electro-optics: principles; electro-optics of liquid crystals and photo-refractive materials. Nonlinear optics: second-order nonlinear optics; third-order nonlinear optics; pulse propagation and solitons. Acousto-optics: interaction of light and sound; acousto-optic devices. Photonic switching and computing: photonic switches; all-optical switches; bistable optical devices. Introduction to fiber-optic communications: components of the fiber-optic link; modulation, multiplexing and coupling; system performance; receiver sensitivity; coherent optical communications.

• T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

MACH LEARNING IN BIO&INF

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

Adv VLSI DA & Methodology

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew M Ziegler
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• 3 points

TOPICS DATA-DRIVEN ANAL & COMP

GenAI & Modern Deep Learn

Selected advanced topics in data-driven analysis and computation. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6690 to 6699.

• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
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• 3 points

COMPUTER COMMUNICATNS NETWORKS

COMPUTER COMMUNCATION NETWORKS

Analytical approach to the design of (data) communication networks. Necessary tools for performance analysis and design of network protocols and algorithms. Practical engineering applications in layered Internet protocols in Data link layer, Network layer, and Transport layer. Review of relevant aspects of stochastic processes, control, and optimization.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

INTERNET ECON, ENG & SOCIETY

Mathematical models, analyses of economics and networking interdependencies in the internet. Topics include microeconomics of pricing and regulations in communications industry, game theory in revenue allocations, ISP settlements, network externalities, two-sided markets. Economic principles in networking and network design, decentralized vs. centralized resource allocation, “price of anarchy,” congestion control. Case studies of topical internet issues. Societal and industry implications of internet evolution.

• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

TPC:NET VIRTUAL & CLOUD COMPUT

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

TOPICS IN NETWORKING

TPC:CONTENT STORAGE & DISTRIBU

Further study of areas such as communication protocols and architectures, flow and congestion control in data networks, performance evaluation in integrated networks. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6770 to 6779.

• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Anwar I Walid
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL&IMAGE

Advanced topics in signal processing, such as multidimensional signal processing, image feature extraction, image/video editing and indexing, advanced digital filter design, multirate signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and wave-form coding of signals. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6880 to 6889.

• T 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Guido H Jajamovich
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

TPC:REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

Advanced topics in signal processing, such as multidimensional signal processing, image feature extraction, image/video editing and indexing, advanced digital filter design, multirate signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and wave-form coding of signals. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6880 to 6889.

• F 8:10 a.m.-10 a.m.
• 3 points

TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

CLASS&QUANTUM ERROR COR

• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hui Jin
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

EXTENSIBLE OS

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899.

• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hubertus Franke
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

TPC:BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Big Data Analytics.

• F 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ching-Yung Lin
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

DATA CENTER PROCESSING

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899.

• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Tanvir Ahmed Khan
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• 3 points

TOPICS-INFORMATION PROCESSING

TPC:QUANTUM COMPUT & COMM

Advanced topics spanning electrical engineering and computer science such as speech processing and recognition, image and multimedia content analysis, and other areas drawing on signal processing, information theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and related topics. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6890 to 6899. Topic: Quantum Computing and Communication.

• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexei Ashikhmin
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• 3 points

TPCS-ELEC & COMPUT ENGINEERING

Energy Stor for Elec Grid

Selected topics in electrical and computer engineering. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6900 to 6909.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Mohamed Kamaludeen
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• 3 points

TPCS-ELEC & COMPUT ENGINEERING

Architectures for xG Wire

Analysis, modeling and design of transceiver architectures for wireless communication and sensing. Fundamentals of RF system analysis and design. Introduction to discrete-time behavioral modeling of transceiver analog blocks and digital methods for compensating analog impairments. Topics include transceiver architectures for ultra-low power communication, high-throughput sub-THz communication and compressed-sampling architectures for energy-efficient wideband spectrum sensing and rapid direction-of-arrival finding.

• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Tanbir Haque
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• 3 points

TPCS-ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Motor Drive Systems

Selected topics in electrical and computer engineering. Content varies from year to year, and different topics rotate through the course numbers 6900 to 6909.

• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Silverio Bolognani
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• 3 points

TECH WRITING FOR CS AND ENGINRS

Topics to help CS/CE and EE graduate students’ communication skills. Emphasis on writing, presenting clear, concise proposals, journal articles, conference papers, theses, and technical presentations.  Credit may not be used to satisfy degree requirements.

• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Janet Kayfetz
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• 3 points

FIELDWORK

May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used for degree credit. Only for electrical engineering and computer engineering graduate students who include relevant off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report required. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.

• Instructor: James Anderson
  h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Zoran Kostic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Xiaofan Jiang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• Instructor: Asaf Cidon
  h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info
• 1-1.5 points

ADV TOPICS IN CONTROL THEORY

May be taken more than once, since the content changes from year to year, electing different topics from control theory such as learning and repetitive control, adaptive control, system identification, Kalman filtering, etc.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ilija Hadzic
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• 3 points

RESEARCH I

Points of credit to be approved by the department. Requires submission of an outline of the proposed research for approval by the faculty member who is to supervise the work of the student. The research facilities of the department are available to qualified students interested in advanced study.

• Instructor: Dimitris Anastassiou
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• Instructor: Keren Bergman
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 69 Info
• Instructor: Shih-Fu Chang
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia h-index: 122 Info
• Instructor: Javad Ghaderi
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Christine P Hendon
  Wikipedia h-index: 21 Info
• Instructor: Predrag R Jelenkovic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Xiaofan Jiang
  h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Ethan Katz-Bassett
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Dion Khodagholy Araghy
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• Instructor: Peter Kinget
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 47 Info
• Instructor: Zoran Kostic
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• Instructor: Harish Krishnaswamy
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• Instructor: Ioannis Kymissis
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 48 Info
• Instructor: Aurel A Lazar
  h-index: 53 Info
• Instructor: Michal Lipson
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 114 Info
• Instructor: Nima Mesgarani
  h-index: 35 Info
• Instructor: Debasis Mitra
  Wikipedia h-index: 61 Info
• Instructor: John W Paisley
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Matthias Preindl
  h-index: 26 Info
• Instructor: Mingoo Seok
  h-index: 31 Info
• Instructor: Kenneth Shepard
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info
• Instructor: Tanvir Ahmed Khan
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• Instructor: Yannis P Tsividis
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: David G Vallancourt
  CULPA: 28 Info
• Instructor: Wen I Wang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• Instructor: Xiaodong Wang
  CULPA: 15 Info
• Instructor: John Wright
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 44 Info
• Instructor: Charles A Zukowski
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Gil Zussman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 39 Info
• Instructor: Alexander Gaeta
  Wikipedia h-index: 89 Info
• Instructor: Savannah Eisner
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• Instructor: James Anderson
  h-index: 18 Info
• Instructor: Asaf Cidon
  h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Xiang Meng
  h-index: 8 Info
• Instructor: Micah Goldblum
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• 0-6 points

SEMINAR IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Theoretical and experimental studies of semiconductor physics, devices, and technology.

• R 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Michal Lipson
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 114 Info
• 3 points