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Except for the exam dates, this is an approximate schedule. Updates will be made throughout the semester.


Part One
Day Date Material Covered Reading Lab
Monday 01/12/09 Introduction to course Introduction to lab
Wednesday 01/14/09 Signal types, characteristics, transformations 1.1.1-1.1.3 CT and DT signals
Friday 01/16/09 Special signals, complex, singularity fcts, comb and replication operations 1.1.4-1.1.7
Monday 01/19/09 MLK (no class) CT and DT signals
Wednesday 01/21/09 Frequency Response 1.2.3
Friday 01/23/09 Systems properties 1.2.1
Monday 01/26/09 Convolutions 1.2.2
Wednesday 01/28/09 CT Fourier transform 1.3.2 DT systems
Friday 01/30/09 DT Fourier transform, HW1 due 1.3.3
Monday 02/02/09 Analysis of sampling 1.4.1
Wednesday 02/04/09 Relation between CTFT and DTFT 1.4.2 Frequency analysis
Friday 02/06/09 Sampling rate conversion, HW2 due 1.4.3
Monday 02/09/09 ZT derivaion 1.5.1
Wednesday 02/11/09 ZT convergence 1.5.2
Friday 02/13/09 ZT properties and pairs 1.5.3 Sampling and reconst.
Monday 02/16/09 ZT and diff. equations, HW 3 due 1.5.4
Wednesday 02/18/09 Inverse ZT, response of LTI systems 1.5.6
Friday 02/20/09 DFT derivation, properties, pairs 1.6.1, 1.6.2
Monday 02/23/09 Test One (in Class)
Part Two
Wednesday 02/25/09 Spectral analysis via DFT
Friday 02/27/09 FFT
Monday 03/02/09 FFT
Wednesday 03/04/09 Circular convolution
Friday 03/06/09 one random variable
Monday 03/09/09 two random variables
Wednesday 03/11/09 random sequences
Friday 03/13/09 Estimating distributions (1.1-1.3)
Monday 03/16/09 Spring Break (no class)
Wednesday 03/18/09 Spring Break (no class)
Friday 03/20/09 Spring Break (no class)
Monday 03/23/09 Filtering random sequences (1.1-1.3)
Wednesday 03/25/09 Estimating correlation functions (1.1-1.3)
Friday 03/27/09 Models for speech, spectrograms
Monday 03/30/09 Test Two (in class)
Part Three
Wednesday 04/01/09 Signal types, characteristics, transformations (1.1-1.3)
Friday 04/03/09 Spring Break (no class)
Monday 01/19/09 MLK (no class)
Wednesday 01/21/09 Signal types, characteristics, transformations (1.1-1.3)
Friday 01/23/09 Signal types, characteristics, transformations (1.1-1.3)
Test Three (in class)
Final Exam (Date and location TBA)

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