Concordia
University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Instructor: Dr. Reza Soleymani
Office: EV 5.125; Office Hours: Tuesdays 10am - noon.
Tel: 848-2424 x 4103;
Email: msoleyma@ece.concordia.ca
Course Objectives: The objective of this
course is to apply knowledge of mathematics (namely algebra and calculus,
complex variables and series) and engineering (basic circuits) to make important
insights on the signals (that is a stream of data) and the systems (that
process signals). This course is quite basic to the field of communications
(e.g., ELEC 363), control (e.g., ELEC 372), and signal processing (ELEC 442).
Instructor: Dr. Reza Soleymani
Office: EV 5.125; Office Hours: Tuesdays
10am - noon.
Tel: 848-2424 x 4103; Email:
msoleyma@ece.concordia.ca
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays:
2:45 – 5:30 pm H-531
Tutorials: Section AB Thursdays: 5:45-7:25
pm H-423
Section
AE Thursdays: 5:45-7:25 pm H627
Section AF Thursdays: 5:45-7:25 pm H625
Labs: Section
AI Wednesdays: 2:45-5:30 pm H-843
Section
AJ Mondays: 1:15-4:00 pm H-843
Section
AK Wednesdays: 2:45-5:30 pm H-847
Section AL Mondays: 11:45-2:30 pm H-847
Section
AM Mondays: 2:45-5:30 pm TBA
Section
AN Wednesdays: 2:45-5:30 pm TBA
Prerequisite: ELEC 242: Continuous Time Signals and Systems
Textbook: Continuous and Discrete Time Signals and Systems by Mrinal Mandal and Amir Asif. Cambridge University Press
a. Course Schedule:
|
i. DATE |
TOPIC |
|
Chapter 1, 2, (discrete time elements
only), ch 10, May 7, 9 |
Introduction to discrete time signals
and systems. Time domain analysis |
|
Chapter 11 May 14, 16 |
Discrete time Fourier Series and
Fourier Transform |
|
Chapter 9,12 (12.1 to 12.3) May 21, 23 |
Sampling, Quantization, DFT |
|
Chapter 13 May 28, 30 |
z-Transform |
|
Chapter 14 (not 14.8), 15, June 4, 6 |
Filtering |
|
Chapter 16, June 11, 13, 18 |
Filtering |
Skills: By the end of this course you
are expected to have basic skills in MATLAB. The lab will introduce you to
MATLAB and there will be a lab test focusing on MATLAB.
Exams: Three class tests and one final
exam will be given. The class test will be during the tutorials. Their duration
will be 30 minutes. All exams will be closed book. You will be allowed to
prepare a formula sheet. If you miss the exam you lose the mark for the exam
The
Assignments: One of the most important
skills that you can have as an engineer is the ability to read a technical
document and get something out of it. A technique to get more out of what you
read is to make notes and formulate questions and hypothesis as you read. This
takes the often passive activity of reading and makes it active.
Before the Tuesday of each week you
should have read the sections in the textbook for the upcoming week. You should
turn in at the beginning of class on specified dates:
1. Three pages of “jottings”. This is
original handwritten material concerning the material you have read. It can take any form, for example:
summary, questions that occurred to you, insights, etc.
2. Three sentences that summarize what
you’ve read.
A teaching assistant will do two things:
1. Check that you did the jottings (no photocopies!!).
2. Give you a mark on your three sentences.
We will do this for On May 14, 21, 30
and June 6 and 13. The best three of these five marks will yield 5% of the
final grade.
Suggested Problems (no marks not to be
handed in):
2) 1.6(i,iii,iv),1.8(i,ii,iii), 1.15(i,iii,v),1.28(i,ii,iii,iv,viii)1.29
3) 2.10(i,iii,iv),2.12
(ii,iv), 2.14(i,ii),219,2,21
4) 10.2,10.4,10.5(a,b),
10.7, 10.9, 10.12, 10.13(a,c), 10.14(b,d), 10.16, 10.19(b,d)
5)
11.1(ii,iii,v), 11.2(iv,v), 11.3(vi, vii,ix,x),
11.5(ii, iii, iv), 11.6(ii, iii), 11.12, 11.13(iii), 11.14,11.16,11.17, 11.19
6) 9.1 (b,c),
9.2(d), 9.3, 9.4, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.14, 9.15, 9.18, 9.21, 9.21 (i), (iii)
7) 13.1(iv), 13.3(iii,iv),
13.4(iv), 13.5(b), 13.7, 13.10(i,ii,iii),
13.11,13.13, 13.15, 13.16 (iv), 13.19 (i-v)
8) 14.1, 14.3, 14.5, 14.6, 14.8, 14.9,
14.11, 14.14, 14.16, 14.17
Class Test: Three class tests will be given. The
questions on these tests will be related to the assignment questions. The tests
will take place in the tutorial as follows:
1) Test
1 May 16
2) Test
2 May 30
3) Test
3 June 13
Labs (see Lab Guidelines): There will
be five compulsory labs during the term. Students must attend all 5 lab sessions.
Students will do and prepare their reports individually. Labs start on the
second week of the term and there will be one each week for five consecutive
weeks.
There are no lab exemptions for
this course. If you are repeating this course you must redo the lab, obtain new
data and write a new lab report (including the any prelab). It is an academic
offense to submit lab reports or lab data from a previous term.
Lab test: The Lab test for the Wednesday
lab sections (AI & AK) will take place on June 15. The Lab test for the
Monday lab section (AJ) will take place on June 20.
Grading scheme:
Scheme A
Assignments 5% (best 3 out of 5)
Class Tests: 25% (8, 8, 9)
Labs 15% (Five compulsory labs)
Lab Test 5%
Final Exam: 50%
(Sample Final)
Note: Failure to write the Class Tests
will result in losing the mark assigned to them (unless a note from Concordia
Health Center is provided).
Honor Code: All students are expected to
respect the academic honor system and abide by the Code of Academic.
5. Graduate Attributes
The graduate attributes and indicators
being assessed in this course are:
KB - A knowledge base for engineering:
(Demonstrated competence in university level mathematics, natural sciences,
engineering fundamentals, and specialized engineering knowledge appropriate to
the program)
INV - Investigation: An ability to
conduct investigations of complex problems by methods that include appropriate
experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of information
in order to reach valid conclusions.
UET - Use of engineering tools: An
ability to create, select, apply, adapt, and extend appropriate techniques,
resources, and modern engineering tools to a range of engineering activities,
from simple to complex, with an understanding of the associated limitations
|
Grad. Attribute |
Indicator |
CLO |
Evaluation Tool |
|
KB - A knowledge base for engineering |
ECE-KB-3. Knowledge base in a specific
domain (ELEC and COEN) |
1, 2 |
Quizzes, Midterm and Final Exams. |
|
INV – Investigation |
ECE-INV-1. Background and hypothesis
formulation ECE-INV-2. Designing experiments ECE-INV-3. Conducting experiments and
collection of data ECE-INV-4. Analysis and interpretation
of data |
4, 5, 6 |
Lab Experiments, Lab Tests and Exam
Questions. |
|
UET - Use of engineering tools |
ECE-UET-1. Ability to use appropriate
tools, techniques, and resources ECE-UET-3. Demonstrate awareness of
limitations of tools, create and extend tools as necessary |
7, 8 |
Skill in using Lab. Lab. experiments
and Lab. tests. |