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.
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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
| Week | Lecture A Tuesday |
Recitation A Tuesday |
Lecture B Thursday |
Recitation B Thursday |
Homework |
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| 1 | Feb 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 |
| 2 | Feb 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 |
| 3 | Feb 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 |
| 4 | Feb 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 |
| 5 | Mar 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 |
| 6 | Mar 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 |
| 7 | Mar 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 Handout / Answers | HW7 |
Spring Break |
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| 8 | Mar 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 |
| 9 | Apr 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 |
| 10 | Apr 14 Speech Handout / Answers | Apr 14 Quiz Review Handout / Answers | Apr 16 Quiz 2 (no lecture) | Apr 16 Quiz 2 (no recitation) | HW10 |
| 11 | Apr 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 |
| 12 | Apr 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 |
| 13 | May 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 |
| 14 | May 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) |
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