Signal Processing
(Spring 2025)

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Final Exam:   Wednesday, May 21, 1:30-4:30pm, Johnson Ice Rink.
Closed book except for three pages of notes (8.5”x11” six sides total).
No electronic devices. (No headphones, cellphones, calculators, ...)

A Practice Final Exam has been posted.
Solutions will be posted Sunday, May 18.

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm, 32-141
Recitations: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3pm, 32-141

Common Room Office Hours:
-- Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 4:00pm-5:00pm, 34-302
-- Tuesdays, 4:00pm-5:00pm, 34-304
-- Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 7:30pm-9:30pm, 34-304

Tentative calendar: details may change as the semester proceeds.
Week Lecture A
(Tuesday)
Recitation A
(Tuesday)
Lecture B
(Thursday)
Recitation B
(Thursday)
HW
1Feb 4
Signal Processing
Slides / Handout  
Feb 4
Fourier Series Trig Form
Slides / Handout  
Feb 6
Sinusoids and Series
Slides / Handout  
Feb 6
Sinusoids and Fourier Series
Slides / Handout  
HW1
2Feb 11
Fourier Series
Slides / Handout  
Feb 11
Fourier Series Complex Form
Slides / Handout  
Feb 13
Sampling and Aliasing
Slides / Handout  
Feb 13
Sampling and Aliasing
Slides / Handout  
HW2
3Feb 18
Presidents Day
(no lecture)
Feb 18
Presidents Day
(no recitation)
Feb 20
DT Fourier Series
Slides / Handout  
Feb 20
Discrete-Time Fourier Series
Slides / Handout  
HW3
4Feb 25
CT Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
Feb 25
Continuous-Time Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
Feb 27
DT Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
Feb 27
Discrete-Time Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
No HW
Practice Quiz
Solutions
5Mar 4
Quiz 1
(no lecture)
Mar 4
Quiz 1
(no recitation)
Mar 6
Systems
Slides / Handout  
Mar 6
Systems
Slides / Handout  
HW5
6Mar 11
Unit-Sample Response and Convolution
Slides / Handout  
Mar 11
Superposition and Convolution
Slides / Handout  
Mar 13
Frequency Response and Filtering
Slides / Handout  
Mar 13
Convolution and Filtering
Slides / Handout  
HW6
7Mar 18
Discrete Fourier Transform 1
Slides / Handout  
Mar 18
Discrete Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
Mar 20
Discrete Fourier Transform 2
Slides / Handout  
Mar 20
DFT and Circular Convolution
Slides / Handout  
HW7

Spring Break

8Apr 1
Short-Time Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
Apr 1
Short-Time Fourier Transform
Slides / Handout  
Apr 3
FFT
Slides / Handout  
Apr 3
FFT
Slides / Handout  
HW8
9Apr 8
Communication Systems
Slides / Handout  
Apr 8
Communications Systems
Slides / Handout  
Apr 10
Quiz Review
Slides / Handout  
Apr 10
Quiz Review
Slides / Handout  
No HW
Practice Quiz
Solutions
10Apr 15
Quiz 2
(no lecture)
Apr 15
Quiz 2
(no recitation)
Apr 17
Speech
Slides / Handout  
Apr 17
Quiz 2 Retrospective
Slides / Handout  
HW10
11Apr 22
2D Fourier Transforms 1
Slides / Handout  
Apr 22
Two-Dimensional DFT
Slides / Handout  
Apr 24
2D Fourier Transforms 2
Slides / Handout  
Apr 24
2D Convolution
Slides / Handout  
HW11
12Apr 29
Inverse Filtering
Slides / Handout  
Apr 29
Filtering Images
Slides / Handout  
May 1
DCT and JPEG
Slides / Handout  
May 1
Discrete Cosine Transform
Slides / Handout  
HW12
13May 6
MRI
Slides / Handout  
May 6
MRI
Slides / Handout  
May 8
Synthetic Aperture Optics
Slides / Handout  
May 8
Review Questions 1
Slides / Handout  
No HW
Practice Final
14May 13
Wrap Up
May 13
Review Questions 2
May 15
Study Period
(no lecture)
May 15
Study Period
(no recitation)
No HW