Signal Processing (Spring 2026)

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  • Final Exam Information: Check out the Final Exam Information page for more details on the final exam. Times and rooms for our special end-of-term office hours are listed on this page as well.

  • Subject Evaluations: Make sure to fill out a subject evaluation. We will give you some time to fill out the subject evaluation during class on Tuesday, May 12. If 51 or more students submit the subject evaluation by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, we will hold a review session on Wednesday, May 13. If 76 or more students submit the subject evaluation by that same time, we will hold yet another review session on Thursday, May 14. You can update your response to the subject evaluation any time before Friday, May 15 at 9:00 a.m.

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 PM in 34-101
Recitations: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00 PM in 34-101 or 32-141
Office Hours:
-- Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in 34-302
-- Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in 36-144
-- Fridays from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in 34-302
-- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 PM in 34-303

Tentative Calendar: Details may change as the semester proceeds.

Week Lecture A
Tuesday
Recitation A
Tuesday
Lecture B
Thursday
Recitation B
Thursday
Homework
1Feb 3
Signal Processing
Handout / Answers
Feb 3
Fourier Series
Handout / Answers
Feb 5
Sinusoids and Series
Handout / Answers
Feb 5
Series and Symmetry
Handout / Answers
HW1
2Feb 10
Fourier Series
Handout / Answers
Feb 10
Complex Fourier Series
Handout / Answers
Feb 12
Sampling and Aliasing
Handout / Answers
Feb 12
Sampling and Aliasing
Handout / Answers
HW2
3Feb 17
Presidents' Day
(no lecture)
Feb 17
Presidents' Day
(no recitation)
Feb 19
DT Fourier Series
Handout / Answers
Feb 19
DT Fourier Series
Handout / Answers
HW3
4Feb 24
Snow Day
(no lecture)
Feb 24
Snow Day
(no recitation)
Feb 26
CT Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
Feb 26
CT Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
No HW
Quiz Info
5Mar 3
Quiz 1
(no lecture)
Mar 3
Quiz 1
(no recitation)
Mar 5
DT Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
Mar 5
DT Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
HW5
6Mar 10
Systems
Handout / Answers
Mar 10
Systems
Handout / Answers
Mar 12
Unit-Sample Response and Convolution
Handout / Answers
Mar 12
Unit-Sample Response and Convolution
Handout / Answers
HW6
7Mar 17
Frequency Response and Filtering
Handout / Answers
Mar 17
Frequency Response and Filtering
Handout / Answers
Mar 19
Communication Systems
Handout / Answers
Mar 19
Communication Systems
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HW7

Spring Break

8Mar 31
Discrete Fourier Transform 1
Handout / Answers
Mar 31
Discrete Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
Apr 2
Discrete Fourier Transform 2
Handout / Answers
Apr 2
Circular Convolution and Impulse Trains
Handout / Answers
HW8
9Apr 7
Fast Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
Apr 7
Fast Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
Apr 9
Short-Time Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
Apr 9
Short-Time Fourier Transform
Handout / Answers
No HW
Quiz Info
10Apr 14
Speech
Handout / Answers
Apr 14
Quiz Review
Handout / Answers
Apr 16
Quiz 2
(no lecture)
Apr 16
Quiz 2
(no recitation)
HW10
11Apr 21
Quiz Retrospective
Handout / Answers
Apr 21
Quiz Retrospective
Handout / Answers
Apr 23
2D Fourier Transforms 1
Handout / Answers
Apr 23
2D Fourier Transforms
Handout / Answers
HW11
12Apr 28
2D Fourier Transforms 2
Handout / Answers
Apr 28
2D Convolution
Handout / Answers
Apr 30
Inverse Filtering
Handout / Answers
Apr 30
Image Processing
Handout / Answers
HW12
13May 5
DCT and JPEG
Handout / Answers
May 5
DCT
Handout / Answers
May 7
MRI
Handout / Answers
May 7
Final Exam Review
Handout / Answers
No HW
Final Info
14May 12
Synthetic Aperture Optics
Handout
May 12
Retrospective
Handout
May 14
Study Period
(no lecture)
May 14
Study Period
(no recitation)
No HW
Survey

Final Examination: Friday, May 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in 50-340 (Walker Memorial)