Signal Processing (Fall 2026)

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Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 PM in 4-370
Recitations: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00 PM in 4-370 or 4-237
Office Hours:
-- Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in 36-144
-- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 PM in 36-155

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Quiz 2:

  • Quiz 2 will take place on Tuesday, November 10 from 2:05 to 3:55 PM in Walker Memorial (50-340).
  • There will be a review session on Sunday, November 8 from 1-3pm in 34-101, led by TAs.
  • More Quiz 2 info here!

    Quiz 1: The quiz and solutions are posted.

    Tentative Calendar: Details may change as the semester proceeds.

    Week Lecture A
    Tuesday    		 Recitation A
    Tuesday    		 Lecture B
    Thursday    		 Recitation B
    Thursday    		 Homework
    1Sep 8
    Registration Day
    (no lecture)    		Sep 8
    Registration Day
    (no recitation)    		Sep 10
    Signal Processing
    Handout / Answers
    Demos    		Sep 10
    Fourier Series Trig Form
    Handout / Answers    		HW1
    2Sep 15
    Sinusoids and Series
    Handout / Answers    		Sep 15
    Sinusoids and Fourier Series
    Handout / Answers    		Sep 17
    Fourier Series
    Handout / Answers
    Demos    		Sep 17
    Fourier Series Complex Form
    Handout / Answers    		HW2
    3Sep 22
    Sampling and Aliasing
    Handout / Answers    		Sep 22
    Sampling and Aliasing
    Handout / Answers    		Sep 24
    DT Fourier Series
    Handout / Answers    		Sep 24
    Discrete-Time Fourier Series
    Handout / Answers    		HW3
    4Sep 29
    CT Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		Sep 29
    Continuous-Time Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 1
    DT Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 1
    Discrete-Time Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		No HW
    Quiz Info
    5Oct 6
    Quiz 1
    (no lecture)    		Oct 6
    Quiz 1
    (no recitation)    		Oct 8
    Systems
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 8
    Systems
    Handout / Answers    		HW5
    6Oct 13
    Indigenous Peoples Day
    (no lecture)    		Oct 13
    Indigenous Peoples Day
    (no recitation)    		Oct 15
    Unit-Sample Response and Convolution
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 15
    Superposition and Convolution
    Handout / Answers    		HW6
    7Oct 20
    Frequency Response and Filtering
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 20
    Convolution and Filtering
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 22
    Communication Systems
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 22
    Communication Systems
    Handout / Answers    		HW7
    8Oct 27
    Discrete Fourier Transform 1
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 27
    Discrete Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 29
    Discrete Fourier Transform 2
    Handout / Answers    		Oct 29
    DFT and Circular Convolution
    Handout / Answers    		HW8
    9Nov 3
    Short-Time Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		Nov 3
    Short-Time Fourier Transform
    Handout / Answers    		Nov 5
    Speech
    Handout / Answers    		Nov 5
    Quiz Review
    Handout / Answers    		No HW
    Quiz Info
    10Nov 10
    Quiz 2
    (no lecture)    		Nov 10
    Quiz 2
    (no recitation)    		Nov 12
    Quiz Retrospective
    		Nov 12
    Quiz Retrospective
    		HW10
    11Nov 17
    Fast_Fourier_Transform
    		Nov 17
    FFT
    		Nov 19
    2D Fourier Transforms 1
    		Nov 19
    Two-Dimensional DFT
    		HW11
    12Nov 24
    2D Fourier Transforms 2
    		Nov 24
    2D Convolution
    		Nov 26
    Thanksgiving
    (no lecture)    		Nov 26
    Thanksgiving
    (no recitation)    		No HW
    13Dec 1
    Inverse Filtering
    		Dec 1
    Filtering Images
    		Dec 3
    DCT and JPEG
    		Dec 3
    Discrete Cosine Transform
    		No HW
    Final Info
    14Dec 8
    MRI
    		Dec 8
    Final Exam Review
    		Dec 10
    Synthetic Aperture Optics
    		Dec 10
    Retrospective
    		No HW
    Survey

    Final Examination Week