Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ottawa-Carleton Joint Program
Established in 1983, the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering (OCIECE) combines the research strengths of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Ottawa and the departments of Electronics and of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University.
The Institute offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Applied Science (MASc), Master of Engineering (MEng) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The Institute is one of the participating units in the collaborative program in Science, Society and Policy (master's level only).
Members of the Institute are involved in ten main research fields: computer communications, multimedia and distributed systems; computer-aided design for electronic circuits; computer and software engineering; digital and wireless communications; microwave and electromagnetics; signal, speech and image processing; integrated circuits and devices; systems and machine intelligence; photonics systems; and, biomedical engineering. Further information is posted on the departmental websites.
The programs are governed by the graduate studies regulations of the two universities. Graduate courses are generally offered in English. However, research activities can be conducted in either English or French or both depending on the language used by the professor and the members of the research group.
In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have the right to submit their work, thesis, and exams in French or in English.
Programs
- Master of Applied Science Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Master of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Doctorate in Philosophy Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Master of Applied Science Electrical and Computer Engineering Specialization in Science, Society and Policy
Professors
- Abielmona, Rami, Adjunct Professor
Sensor networks; distributed artificial intelligence; genetic algorithms; evolvable hardware; reconfigurable computing; multiagent systems - Adams, Carlisle, Full Professor
Cryptography; network security; computer security; access control; privacy - Ahmed, Nasir, Emeritus Professor
Systems: deterministic, stochastic; distributed; differential equations and inclusions; optimal control; linear and nonlinear filtering; identification; hemodynamics of artificial heart, modeling of space station; stability and control; suspension bridges and their stability; dynamics of computer communication network and optimization - Al Osman, Hussein, Assistant Professor
health informatics, serious games for health, affective computing, human computer interaction, active biometrics, persuasive technology - Amaya, Rony, Adjunct Professor
- Anis, Hanan, Associate Professor
Engineering management; innovation management; entrepreneurship; product development, photonics devices and systems; passive optical networks (PONs); femtosecond fiber lasers, non-invasive blood monitoring using Raman spectroscopy; coherent anti-stokes Raman spectroscopy; optical biosensors - Arar, Maher, Adjunct Professor
Wireless research - Atieh, Ahmad, Adjunct Professor
- Atrey, Pradeep, Adjunct Professor
- Berini, Pierre, Full Professor
Plasmonics and related device applications - Bidnyk, Serge, Adjunct Professor
Waveguide modeling; nonlinear optimization; large-scale photonic IC's; blue laser development - Bolic, Miodrag
Computer architechtures; signal processing; wireless communications - Bouchard, Martin, Full Professor
Signal processing methods in general, especially for speech, audio and acoustics - Boukerche, Azzedine, Full Professor
Large scale distributed interactive simulation systems; Mobile computing and networking - Boyd, Robert, Full Professor
Nanophotonics Methods for Quantum Nonlinear Optics - Charalambous, Charalambos, Adjunct Professor
H-infinity and robust optimization; classical and modern control; EM/gradient algorithms for parameter identification; stochastic systems; control systems; communication systems; mathematical finance, Wireless networks; queuing theory; fractional brownian motion; risk-sensitive optimization; information theory and large deviations; stochastic mini-max dynamic games; jump stochastic systems; stochastic control systems - Cretu, Ana-Maria, Adjunct Professor
3D object modeling; machine learning; neural networks, bio-inspired models; vision; tactile sensing; human-computer interaction; virtualized reality - D'Amours, Claude, Associate Professor
Communications with special interest in digital communications; coding; modulation; multiple access; information theory; and encryption - Dajani, Hilmi, Associate Professor
Medical Instrumentation, Speech-evoked responses, Cardio-respiratory function - De Kemp, Robert, Cross-appointment
Medical imaging physics and engineering; including positron emission tomography (PET); single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); X-ray computed tomography (CT); X-ray angiography; and multi-modality image fusion - Do not use - see master file 100078669, Duplicate file
- Dolgaleva, Ksenia, Assistant Professor
- Dubois, Eric, Full Professor
Digital signal processing; data compression; image processing and communication - El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb, Full Professor
Web engineering; multimedia communications; tele-collaborative environments; internationalization - Erol Kantarci, Melike, Assistant Professor
- Ethier, Jonathan, Adjunct Professor
- Falcon Martinez, Rafael Jesus
- Fernandes, Stenio, Adjunct Professor
- Flueraru, Costel
- Frize, Monique, Emeritus Professor
Clinical engineering; infrared imaging, decision-support systems in medicine; ethics in engineering and human experimentation; Women in science; technology; engineering and math (STEM) - Gad, Emad
Design automation of integrated circuits; simulation of nonlinear circuits; simulation of high-speed interconnects; numerical algorithms - Gagnon, Nicolas, Adjunct Professor
Antennas, lens and transmitarray antennas, reconfigurable antennas, permittivity measurement - Groza, Voicu, Full Professor
Real-time embedded systems; smart sensors networks; multimedia communications; distributed intelligence; instrumentation - Gueaieb, Wail, Full Professor
Mechatronics & Machine Intelligence; Robotics & Control Systems; Computational Intelligence: Theory & Applications - Hall, Trevor, Full Professor
Photonic networks and switches; material; device; and component technologies; dynamics & control of complex systems; photonic science - Haysom, Joan, Adjunct Professor
- Hettak, Khelifa, Adjunct Professor
Communications research - Hinzer, Karin
- Hosseini Abardeh, Mojtaba, Adjunct Professor
- Ionescu, Dan, Full Professor
Machine vision, real time systems, formal methods, models for software specification, verification - Janse Van Rensburg, Daniel, Adjunct Professor
- Jourdan, Guy-Vincent, Associate Professor
Distributed systems; software verification; validation and testing; partially ordered sets; data visualization - Kantarci, Burak, Assistant Professor
- Karmouch, Ahmed, Full Professor
Network virtualization, mobile cloud computing, software defined networking, service specific overlay networks mobile computing - Kiringa, Iluju, Full Professor
Databases, peer databases, active databases, transaction models, knowledge representation, business intelligence - Lee, Wonsook, Associate Professor
Computer graphics, human design and animation, medical applications - Loyka, Sergey, Full Professor
Wireless communication - Lu, Zhenguo, Adjunct Professor
- Makrakis, Dimitrios, Associate Professor
Computer networks: architectures, protocols, management, broadband applications - Mao, Yongyi, Assistant Professor
Machine learning, communications, coding and information theory - McNamara, Derek, Full Professor
Antennas; electromagnetics; microwaves - Miah, Md. Suruz, Adjunct Professor
- Miri, Ali, Associate Professor
Information and coding theory, wireless communication, efficient design of cryptographic primitives, security of distributed and parallel systems - Mouftah, Hussein, Distinguished University Professor
Computer networks, optical networking, wireless ad hoc and embedded sensor networks, routing algorithms and protocols, simulation, performance evaluation - Mylopoulos, John, Adjunct Professor
- Nayak, Amiya, Full Professor
Fault tolerance, mobile computing, distributed systems - Nguyen, Bao, Adjunct Professor
- Onut, Iosif, Adjunct Professor
Rich Internet application crawling, Web application security, accessibility - Payeur, Pierre, Full Professor
3-D modeling and imaging: data acquisition, probabilistic modeling of space, robot path planning and collision avoidance, autonomous systems - Perkins, Theodore, Adjunct Professor
Bioinformatics, machine learning, stem cell, cancer biology - Petriu, Emil, Full Professor
Intelligent sensors and networks; robot sensing and perception; neural networks and fuzzy systems; interactive virtual environments; digital integrated circuit testing - Raahemi, Bijan, Associate Professor
Information systems; data mining and knowledge discovery; data communications networks and services; systems modeling; simulation; and performance analysis - Samaan, Nancy, Assistant Professor
Wireless communication and mobile networking; QoS in wired and wireless networks; network management; autonomic networks; mapping network-related business level objectives; policy-based management; networking solutions to e-business applications - Schriemer, Henry, Associate Professor
Nanophotonics & optoelectronics; complex systems & optical metamaterials; integrated photonic components; scanning probe microscopies; multiphysics simulation - Shirmohammadi, Shervin
Multimedia communications; telecollaborations; Web based multimedia tools; virtual environments - Speranza, Filippo, Adjunct Professor
- Tam, Wa James, Adjunct Professor
- Tanasescu, Cristian, Adjunct Professor
- Tran, Thomas
Artificial intelligence; electronic commerce; multi-agent systems; autonomous agents; reinforcement learning; trust and reputation modelling; recommender systems - Vukovic, Alex, Adjunct Professor
Network architecture & communications systems; advanced thermal management (telecommunications); network performance characterization & feasibility - Wesolkowski, Slawomir, Adjunct Professor
- White, Kenton, Adjunct Professor
- Wu, Jing, Adjunct Professor
Layer 1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) management by users; peer-to-peer optical networks; LDP failure recovery mechanism and analyze the performance; traffic grooming and network reconfiguration, intra-domain routing using inaccurate routing information - Yagoub, Mustapha
Microwave and millimeter-wave devices; circuits and systems; applied electromagnetics; microwave circuit CAD; neural nets for microwave applications; linear and nonlinear modeling; optimization methods - Yang, Oliver, Full Professor
Optical communication network; broadband ATM switch architecture; traffic management in high speed network; network topologies; Network Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation; protocols and algorithms - Yao, Jianping
Microwave photonics; optical signal processing; optical communications; radio over fiber; fiber-optic sensors - Yeap, Tet, Associate Professor
Wireless communication; application specific VLSI architectures; high capacity wireline and wireless access; neural networks; communication systems - Yongacoglu, Abbas, Full Professor
Wireless communication; channel coding and source coding; spread spectrum systems; digital signal processing - Zeng, Qingsheng, Adjunct Professor
- Zhang, Dongli, Adjunct Professor
- Zhang, Liang, Adjunct Professor
- Zhao, Jiying
Image and video processing; signal processing; multimedia communications
AdmissionSpecific requirements
Master's
Admission to the graduate program in Electrical and Computer
Engineering is governed the general regulations of the Ottawa-Carleton
Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering (OCIECE) and by the graduate studies regulations of the University of Ottawa.
Applicants for admission must:
- Be the holder of a bachelor’s degree with a specialization, or a major in electrical and computer engineering (or equivalent) with a minimum average of 70% (B).
- Demonstrate a good academic performance in previous studies as shown by official transcripts, research reports, abstracts or any other documents demonstrating research skills.
- Provide at least two confidential letters of recommendation from professors who are familiar with the applicant’s work.
- Provide a statement of purpose indicating their career goals and interests in the proposed research area.
- For admission to the MASc, identify at least one professor who is willing and available to act as thesis supervisor.
- Be proficient (understand, speak and write) in English. Most of the courses in these programs are offered in English. Research activities can be conducted either in English, French or both, depending on the language used by the professor and the members of his or her research group.
In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have a right to produce their work, their thesis, and to answer examination questions in French or in English.
NOTE: The choice of research supervisor will determine the primary campus location of the student. It will also determine which university awards the degree.
Transfer from master's to PhD
Students enrolled in the MASc program may be allowed to transfer to the PhD program without being required to write a master’s thesis provided they meet the following conditions:
- Completion of all graduate courses with a minimum average of A- (80%);
- Satisfactory progress in the research program;
- Written recommendation by the supervisor and by the graduate studies committee.
The transfer must take place within sixteen months of initial enrollment in the master’s. Please note that the minimal admission average requirements for the doctoral program must also be met. Following the transfer, all of the requirements of the doctoral program must be met.
Collaborative programs
The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering (OCIECE) is one of the participating units in the collaborative program in Science, Society and Policy (master’s level only). Students should indicate in their initial application for admission that they wish to be accepted into the collaborative program. For further details, see the description of the program posted on the FGPS website.
Doctorate
Admission to the graduate program in Electrical and Computer
Engineering is governed the general regulations of the Ottawa-Carleton
Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering (OCIECE) and by the graduate studies regulations of the University of Ottawa.
Applicants for admission must:
- Hold a master’s degree in computer and electrical engineering or in a related discipline with a minimum average of 80% (A-);
- Demonstrate a good academic performance in previous studies as shown by official transcripts, research reports, abstracts or any other documents demonstrating research skills;
- Provide at least two confidential letters of recommendation from professors who have known the applicant and are familiar with the student work;
- Provide a statement of purpose indicating the career goals and the interests in the proposed research area;
- Identify at least one professor who is willing and available to act as thesis supervisor;
- Be proficient (understand, speak and write) in English. Most of the courses in these programs are offered in English. Research activities can be conducted either in English, French or both, depending on the language used by the professor and the members of his or her research group.
The Department may require students to take additional courses depending on their backgrounds.
Transfer from master's to PhD
Students enrolled in the MASc program may be allowed to transfer to the PhD program without being required to write a master’s thesis provided they meet the following conditions:
- Completion of all graduate courses with a minimum average of A- (80%);
- Satisfactory progress in the research program;
- Written recommendation by the supervisor and by the graduate studies committee.
The transfer must take place within sixteen months of initial enrollment in the master’s. Please note that the minimal admission average requirements for the doctoral program must also be met. Following the transfer, all of the requirements of the doctoral program must be met.
Program Requirements
Master's
A. Master of applied science (MASc)
The requirements of the program are as follows:
- Successful completion of 15 course units.
- Presentation and defence of a thesis (ELG7999) based on original research carried out under the direct supervision of a research faculty member in the Department.
Subject to the approval of the advisory committee in the case of the PhD program, and the departmental chairperson in the case of a master's program, a student may take up to half of the course units in the program in other disciplines (e.g. mathematics, computer science, physics).
B. Master of engineering (MEng)
1. Project Option
The requirements of the program are as follows:
- Successful completion of 27 course units;
- Completion of an electrical engineering project (ELG5900).
2. Course Work Option
The requirement of this option is as follows:
- Successful completion of 30 course units.
Subject to the approval of the advisory committee in the case of the PhD program, and the departmental chairperson in the case of a master's program, a student may take up to half of the course units in the program in other disciplines (e.g. mathematics, computer science, physics).
Duration of Program
The requirements of the program are usually fulfilled within two years of the full-time studies. The maximum time permitted is four years.
Residence
Students admitted full-time must enroll full-time for a minimum of three terms (sessions).
Minimum Standards
The passing grade in all courses is B. A student who has incurred two failures is withdrawn from the program.
Collaborative program in Science, Society and Policy
The requirements of both the MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the collaborative program must be met. The units completed for the specialization count also towards the MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- Satisfactory completion of the core course (ISP5101 or ISP5501, 3 units);
- Presentation and defence of a thesis on a research topic relating to science, society and policy, carried out under the supervision of a professor who is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering program and/or of the collaborative program. The Science, Society and Policy Graduate Committee will determine whether or not the topic of the thesis is appropriate for the designation of “Specialization in Science, Society and Policy.” At least one of the thesis advisory committee members and thesis examiners must be recommended by the Science, Society and Policy Graduate Committee.
Doctorate
PhD Degree Requirements
The requirements of this program are as follows:
- Successful completion of a minimum of 9 course units;
- Successful completion of a thesis proposal (ELG9997) and a comprehensive examination (ELG9998);
- Presentation and defense of a thesis (ELG9999) based on original research carried out under the direct supervision of a research faculty member in the Department.
Requirements Following Transfer from the Master's to the PhD Program
The transfer must take place within sixteen months of initial enrollment in the master's. Following the transfer, all of the requirements of the doctoral program must be met.
Minimum Standards
The passing grade in all courses is B. Students who fail 6 units, the thesis proposal, the comprehensive exam, the thesis, or whose progress is deemed unsatisfactory must withdraw from the program.
Residence
All students must succesfully complete a minimum of six terms (sessions) of full-time enrollment. In the case of transfer students, the residency period is nine full-time terms (sessions) from the time of the initial enrollment in the program.
Duration of the Program
Students are expected to complete all requirements within four years. The maximum time permitted is six years from the date of initial enrollment in the program or seven years in the case of transfer students.
Thesis Advisory Committee
During the first term (session) of the program, a thesis advisory committee (TAC) is formed for the candidate. The Committee’s membership will be determined by the specific interests of the candidate. It will be composed of the supervisor and 2-3 additional professors. At least one member of the thesis committee, in addition to the supervisor, must be from the Faculty of Engineering. The TAC is responsible for guiding the student throughout the program, including course selection, the comprehensive examination, thesis proposal, and thesis defense.
A meeting between the student and the Thesis Advisory Committee will take place at least once per term (session). The thesis examining board may include members who are not part of the TAC.
Courses
In all programs, the student may choose graduate courses from either university with the approval of the adviser/graduate program co-ordinator or Advisory Committee. The graduate courses are listed below, grouped by subject area. Course descriptions are to be found in the departmental section of the calendar concerned. All courses are of one term (session) duration.
The Department offering the course is identified by the prefix of the number assigned to the course as follows:
UNIVERSITÉ D'OTTAWA / UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA:
ELG / EACJ SIGE (École de science informatique et de génie électrique)
EECS (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
CARLETON UNIVERSITY:
SYSC Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
ELEC Department of Electronics
Only a selection of courses listed is given in a particular academic year. All courses extend over one term (session) and are worth three units at the University of Ottawa (0.5 units at Carleton University).
Software system engineering and organization methods; work breakdown structure and task determination; effort, duration and cost estimation; scheduling and planning. Monitoring and control; analysis of options; management of risks, change, and expectations. Process and product metrics, post-performance analysis, process improvement and maturity. Management of Agile Programming methodologies such as Extreme Programming. Case studies.
ELG5124 (EACJ 5204) VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (3 units)
Basic concepts. Virtual worlds. Hardware and software support. World modeling. Geometric modeling. Light modeling. Kinematic and dynamic models. Other physical modeling modalities. Multisensor data fusion, anthropomorphic avatars. Animation: modeling languages, scripts, real-time computer architectures. VE interfaces. Case studies.
ELG5125 (EACJ 5205) QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Design principles: layering, protocols, interface; models for open distributed processing; real-time requirement; request-response and stream processing, real-time scheduling, design for performance and scalability; other quality of services issues; user perspective versus system performance parameters, cost/performance trade-off, negotiations; adaptive and mobile applications; examples of multimedia applications and protocols. Prerequisite: ELG 5374 (EACJ 5607) or SYSC 5201 (ELG 6121) or equivalent.
ELG5134 (SYSC 5404) MULTIMEDIA COMPRESSION, SCALABILITY, AND ADAPTATION (3 units)
Covers media compression, in-depth issues of scalability in the compression domain (including audio, images, video, 2D and 3D graphics), and adaptation towards various contexts; also covers various popular media encoding standards (including JPEG and MPEG).
ELG5136 (SYSC 5406) NETWORK ROUTING TECHNOLOGIES (3 units)
Covers network routing, in-depth issues and technologies in traffic engineering, quality of service, protection for high-speed networks. Addresses the following topics: basic routing, MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) system components and architecture, constraint-based routing, traffic engineering, content distribution networks, network monitoring and measurements, quality of service, protection and restoration, virtual private networks, cross layer interworking, and special topics. Prerequisite: SYSC 4602 or equivalent.
ELG5137 (SYSC 5407) PLANNING AND DESIGN OF COMPUTER NETWORKS (3 units)
Planning process of computer networks; needs and technical requirements; modeling of different network planning problems; exact and approximate algorithms; topological planning and expansion problems; equipment (switch, router) location problem; approximate and optimal routing algorithms; presentation of various case studies. Prerequisites: SYSC 4602, SYSC 4701, GEG3185, GEG4190, or equivalent networking courses.
ELG5138 (SYSC 5408) CROSS LAYER DESIGN FOR WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA NETWORKS (3 units)
Quality of service measures at different layers. Parameter adaptation, trade-offs, and optimization at physical, data-link, network, transport, and application layers. Examples of cross-layer design in cellular, ad hoc, sensor, local area, green, and cognitive radio networks.
ELG5191 (EACJ 5203) DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM SOFTWARE (3 units)
Distributed systems design and programming issues; distributed computing. Basics of object oriented technology for distributed computing. Distributed objects technologies. Object oriented models for distributed programming. Distributed computing architecture design. Component based distributed software design. Scalability, interoperability, portability and distributed services. Distributed applications design. Prerequisites: an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or practical experience in system software design. Prerequisite: An undergraduate education in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or practical experience in system software design.
ELG5194 (EACJ 5703) DESIGN AND TESTING OF RELIABLE DIGITAL SYSTEMS (3 units)
Introduction. Test generation for combinatorial circuits. Fault detection in sequential circuits. Memory testing. Low-density parity-check (LSI/VLSI) circuit testing. Deterministic and random testing of digital circuits. Design for testability. Self-checking circuits. Design of fault-tolerant systems. Case studies. Prerequisite: ELG 5195 (EACJ 5705) or the equivalent.
ELG5195 (EACJ 5705) DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (3 units)
Switching algebra. Combinational circuit design including PLA and MSI techniques. Special properties-symmetric functions, unate functions, threshold functions, functional decomposition. Sequential circuits-state reduction, incompletely specified machines, state assignments and series-parallel decomposition. Fundamental mode sequential circuits-race, hazards, and state assignment. Semicustom and MSI design. Special sequential circuits.
ELG5197 (EACJ 5102) INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (3 units)
Embedded systems' general characteristics, niche, and design alternatives. Simple embedded systems: sequential event response systems and cyclic executives. Prototype based designs, multitasking and multiactivity paradigms. Multitasking system design: elements of real-time operating systems and harmony. Multiactivity system design: process activity language (PAL) and PAL-based design tools. Prerequisite: ELG 4161 or the equivalent.
ELG5198 (EACJ 5103) PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH VLSI (3 units)
Parallel processing architectures: array, vector, associative and orthogonal processors. Switch lattice architecture, hypercubes, systolic arrays, wavefront arrays, pyramid structures, data flow architectures. Memory organization, buses, II/0 and interconnection networks. Connection machine processing hardware, RISC and VLSI processors. GaAs technology. Examples of parallel processing architectures.
ELG5199 (EACJ 5104) DESIGN OF MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS (3 units)
Database concepts and architectures. Data modelling. Relational technology and distributed databases. Examples of the new generation of databases for advanced multimedia applications such as multimedia information retrieval, VOD and the limitations of the conventional models for managing multimedia information (graphics, text, image, audio and video).
ELG6103 (SYSC 5003) DISCRETE STOCHASTIC MODELS (3 units)
Models for software, computer systems, and communications networks, with discrete states, instantaneous transitions and stochastic behaviour. Communicating finite state machines and Petri nets. Review of concepts of probability, and of Markov Chains with discrete and continuous parameters. Basic queueing theory. Numerical methods for Markov Models.
ELG6106 (SYSC 5006) DESIGN OF REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (3 units)
Characteristics of real-time and distributed systems. Modern midware systems, such as CORBA, DCE, RMI for building distributed applications: advantages and disadvantages. Analyzing designs for robustness, modularity, extensibility, portability and performance. Implementation issues. Major course project. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC 3303 and SYSC 5708 or similar experience. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC3303 and SYSC5708 or similar experience.
ELG6111 (SYSC 5101) DESIGN OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE (3 units)
Designing software to demanding performance specifications. Design analysis using models of computation, workload, and performance. Principles to govern design improvement for sequential, concurrent and parallel execution, based on resource architecteure and quantitative analysis. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC 5704 and a course in software engineering; or the equivalent.
ELG6112 (SYSC 5102) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Performance measurements, metrics and models of midware based systems and applications. Benchmarks, workload characterization, and methods for capacity planning and system sizing. Performance monitoring infrastructures for operating systems and applications. Introduction to the design and analysis of experiments and the interpretation of measurements. Prerequisites: SYSC 5101 or the equivalent. Prerequisite: SYSC5101 or the equivalent.
ELG6113 (SYSC 5103) SOFTWARE AGENTS (3 units) Agent-based programming; elements of Distributed Artificial Intelligence; beliefs, desires and intentions; component-based technology; languages for agent implementations; interface agents; information sharing and coordination; KIF; collaboration; Communition; ontologies; KQML; autonomy; adaptability; security issues; mobility; standards; agent design issues and frameworks, applications in telecommunications. Prerequisites: Knowledge of Java,
ELG6114 (SYSC 5104) METHODOLOGIES FOR DISCRETE-EVENT MODELLING AND SIMULATION (3 units)
Methodological aspects of simulation. Modelling discrete events systems. Modelling formalisms: FSA, FSM, Petri Nets, DEVS, others. Verification and validation. Cellular models: cellular automata, cell-DEVS. Continuous and hybrid models. Parallel and distributed simulation (PADS) techniques. PADS middleware: HLA, parallel-DEVS, Time-warp. Prerequisites: knowledge of C++ and of basic concepts of concurrency and distributed systems.
ELG6115 (SYSC 5105) SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (3 units)
All aspects of software quality engineering. Software testing, at all stages of the software development and maintenance life cycle. Software reviews and inspections. Use of software measurement and quantitative modelling for the purpose of software quality control and improvement. Precludes additional credit for CSI5111 (COMP 5501). Prerequisites: an undergraduate course in software engineering such as SYSC 4800 or SEG 3300, or equivalent, and basic statistics.
ELG6118 (SYSC 5108) TOPICS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in the field of Information Systems and its related areas. Prerequisite: 94.507 or 94.583 or the equivalent.
ELG6130 (SYSC 5402) HEALTH CARE ENGINEERING (3 units)
Overview of health care system/participants; biophysical measurements for diagnosis/monitoring; biomedical sensors/technology; telemedicine and applications; safety considerations; managing medical technologies/funding models for clinical engineering departments; considerations for developing countries. Precludes additional credit for ELG 5123. Prerequisite: permission of the program director.
ELG6131 (EACJ 5127 / SYSC 5301) ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (3 units)
Topics vary from year to year. Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG6136 (SYSC 5306) MOBILE COMPUTING SYSTEMS (3 units)
Systems to build mobile applications. Covers data link layer to application layer. Emphasis on existing wireless infrastructure and IETF protocols. Focuses on view of mobile application developer; communication systems, middleware and application frameworks, de facto standards proposed/developed by industry consortia.
ELG6158 (SYSC 5508) DIGITAL SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE (3 units)
New architectural concepts are introduced. Discussion of programmable architectures (micro-controllers, DSPs, GP) and FPGAs. Memory interfacing. Scalable, superscalar, RISC, CISC, and VLIW concepts. Parallel structures: SIMD, MISD, and MIMD. Fault tolerant systems and DSP architectures. Examples of current systems are used for discussions. Prerequisite: SYSC 4507 or the equivalent.
ELG6171 (SYSC 5701) OPERATING SYSTEM METHODS FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Principles and methods for operating system design with application to real-time, embedded systems. Concurrent programming: mechanisms and languages; design approaches and issues; run-time support (kernel). Methods for hard real-time applications. Methods for distributed systems; I/O handling. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC 3303 or SYSC 5704 or equivalent and/or experience. Programming experience in high level and assembly languages. Prerequisite: SYSC3303 or SYSC5704 or equivalent courses and/or experience. Programming experience in high level and assembly languages.
ELG6173 (SYSC 5703) INTEGRATED DATABASE SYSTEMS
Database definitions, applications, and architectures. Conceptual design based on the entity-relationship and object-oriented models. Relational data model: relational algebra and calculus, normal forms, data definition and manipulation languages. Database management systems: transaction management, recovery and concurrency control. Current trends: object-oriented, knowledge-based, multimedia and distributed databases. Prerequisite: SYSC 5704 (ELG 6174) or the equivalent.
ELG6174 (SYSC 5704) ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS (3 units)
Concepts in basic computer architecture, assembly languages, high level languages including object orientation, compilers and operating system concepts (including concurrency mechanisms such as processes and threads and computer communication). Designed for graduate students without extensive undergraduate preparation in computer system engineering (or the equivalent experience). Prerequisite: Programming experience in at least one high-level language and some experience in assembly language programming.
ELG6176 (SYSC 5706) ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE MODELS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS (3 units)
Analytical modelling techniques for performance analysis of computing systems. Theoretical techniques covered include single and multiple class queueing network models, together with a treatment of computational techniques, approximations, and limitations. Applications include scheduling, memory management, peripheral devices, databases, multiprocessing, and distributed computing. Prerequisites: one of SYSC 5003, SYSC 5503, or ELG 5119, or the equivalent. Prerequisite: One of SYSC 5003, SYSC 5503, or ELG 5119, or the equivalent.
ELG6178 (SYSC 5708) DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE WITH REUSABLE COMPONENTS (3 units)
Advanced object-oriented design and programming of real-time and distributed systems using C++ and/or Java. Object-oriented features; inheritance, polymorphism, templates, exception handling. Concurrency issues. Design patterns and frameworks for distributed systems, with examples from communication applications. Design issues for reusable software. Prerequisites: Knowledge of C++ and/or Java, of operating system concepts, and permission of the Department.
ELG6179 (SYSC 5709) ADVANCED TOPICS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (3 units)
ELG6186 (SYSC 5806) OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN OF REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (3 units)
Advanced course in software design dealing with design issues at a high level of abstraction. Design models: use case maps for high-level behaviour description; UML for traditional object-oriented concerns. Design patterns. Forward, reverse, and re-engineering. Substantial course project on applications chosen by students. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6187 (SYSC 5807) ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS (3 units)
ELG7186 (EACJ 5807) TOPICS IN COMPUTERS I: FORMAL METHODS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME SYSTEM APPLICATIONS (3 units)
ELG7187 (EACJ 5807) TOPICS IN COMPUTERS II (3 units)
ELG7173 (EACJ 5601) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING II (3 units)
Wiener processes. Stochastic Wiener-Ito integrals. Stochastic integrals with respect to Poisson measures. Stochastic differentials. Diffusion processes. Ito-stochastic differential equations: existence and uniqueness of solutions, continuous dependence of solutions to parameters. Semigroup theory. Generation of semigroups applied to stochastic differential equations. Applications to engineering systems modelling. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
ELG5123 (EACJ 5303) HEALTH CARE ENGINEERING (3 units)
Overview of health care system/participants: biophysical measurements for diagnosis/monitoring; biomedical sensors/technology; telemedicine and applications; safety considerations; managing medical technologies/funding models for clinical engineering departments; considerations for developing countries. Precludes credits for ELG6130. Prerequisites: Permission of the Department. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG5161 (EACJ 5207) ROBOTICS: CONTROL, SENSING AND INTELLIGENCE (3 units)
Robotics as the intelligent connection of perception to action. Advanced robotics technologies. Robot arm kinematics and dynamics. Planning of manipulator trajectories. Control of robot manipulators. Robot-level programming. Sensors and sensory perception. Control problems for sensory controlled robotic-based flexible manufacturing systems. Task-level programming. Knowledge-based control for mobile robots.
ELG5162 (EAJC 5005) KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES AND DESIGN (3 units)
Introduction to Lisp and Objective C. Knowledge representation using rules, semantic nets and frames. State space representation. Procedural and declarative knowledge. Demons. Production systems. Solution searching algorithms. Expert system components. Inference engine principle and representation. Knowledge-based system design. Case study: expert system for process control.
ELG5163 (EAJC 5105) MACHINE VISION (3 units)
Image acquisition. Structured light and stereo ranging. Grey-scale and binary images: geometric and topological properties. Image segmentation, preprocessing, edge finding, processing. Image recognition. Mathematical models for image representation. Morphology. Representation of 3-D objects, scene understanding, motion detection. Massively parallel computers architectures. Machine vision for manufacturing. Prerequisite: ELG 4153 or the equivalent.
ELG5196 (EAJC 5709) AUTOMATA AND NEURAL NETWORKS (3 units)
Automata and neural networks: historical review, cellular automata, parallel distributed processing, multilayered networks and recurrent networks. Learning algorithms: linear learning, competitive learning, backward error propagation algorithm and training algorithm used in Boltzmann machines. Applications: pattern recognition, vector quantization, temporal pattern recognition, optimization, associative memory and control of dynamical systems. Hardware realization: implementation issues, analogue and digital VLSI implementations, and silicon models of early visual processing. Exclusion: SYSC 5601, ELG 6161.
ELG6101 (SYSC 5001) SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Simulation as a problem solving tool. Random variable generation, general discrete simulation procedure: event table and statistical gathering. Analyses of simulation data: point and interval estimation. Confidence intervals. Overview of modelling, simulation and problem solving using SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other languages.
ELG6104 (SYSC 5004) OPTIMIZATION FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Introduction to algorithms and computer methods for optimizing complex engineering systems. Includes linear programming, networks, nonlinear programming, integer and mixed-integer programming, genetic algorithms and search methods, and dynamic programming. Emphasizes practical algorithms and computer methods for engineering applications.
ELG6105 (SYSC 5005) OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND METHODS
Advanced theory, algorithms and computer methods for optimization. Interior point methods for linear optimization, advanced methods for nonlinear and mixed-integer optimization. Search methods. Applications in engineering. Prerequisite: SYSC 5004 or equivalent.
ELG6107 (SYSC/COMP 5007) EXPERT SYSTEMS
Survey of some landmark expert systems; types of architecture and knowledge representation; inferencing techniques; approximate reasoning; truth maintenance; explanation facilities; knowledge acquisition. A project to implement a small expert system will be assigned. Prerequisite: COMP 4007 or COMP 5001 or permission from the Department.
ELG6141 (SYSC 5401) ADAPTIVE CONTROL (3 units)
System identification. Least squares and recursive identification techniques. Asymptotic and theoretical properties. Model structure selection. Prediction and estimation. Model reference adaptive control and self tuning regulators. Nonlinear adaptive systems. Stability. Neural networks and neuro-control. Applications to robotics, control and pattern recognition. Prerequisite: SYSC 5502 or equivalent.
ELG6142 (SYSC 5402) ADVANCED DYNAMICS WITH APPLICATIONS TO ROBOTICS (3 units)
Lagrange equations and Hamilton's principle. Dynamics of lumped parameter and continuous systems. Natural modes and natural frequencies. Forced vibrations. Stability and bifurcation. Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. Gyroscopic effects. Forward and inverse kinematics of robot manipulators. Denavit-Hartenberg notation. Derivation of manipulator dynamics.
ELG6152 (SYSC 5502) ADVANCED LINEAR SYSTEMS (3 units)
Modelling and state space realization. Review of signals and systems. Solution to the matrix DE. Discrete time systems and the Z transform. Canonical representations and transformations. Controllability, observability and controller and observer design. LQR design and the Kalman filter. Numerous examples and applications.
ELG6182 (SYSC 5802) INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS SCIENCE (3 units)
An introduction to the process of applying computers in problem solving. Emphasis is placed on the design and analysis of efficient computer algorithms for large, complex problems. Applications in a number of areas are presented: data manipulation, databases, computer networks, queueing systems, optimization.
ELG6183 (SYSC 5803) LOGIC PROGRAMMING (3 units)
Review of relational databases, first order predicate calculus, semantics of first order models, deductive querying. Proof theory, unification and resolution strategies. Introduction to Prolog, and/or parallelism and Concurrent Prolog. Applications in knowledge representation and rule based expert systems.
ELG7113 (EACJ 5209) TOPICS IN SYSTEMS AND CONTROL I (3 units)
Current topics in the field, including linear semigroup theory and optimal feedback control.
ELG7114 (EACJ 5300) TOPICS IN SYSTEMS AND CONTROL II (3 units)
Current topics in the field, including linear and nonlinear filtering and optimal control of stochastic systems.
ELG7574 (EACJ 5301) SUJETS CHOISIS EN SYSTÈMES ET RÉGLAGE AUTOMATIQUE (3 units)
Sujets d'intérêt courant dans le domaine.
Optical communication system concepts and basic characteristics. Optical Transmitters. Optical detection. Optical noise sources and their mathematical models. Non-coherent (direct) detection: system model, direct detection of intensity modulation, application of photo-multiplication, optimal post-detection processing, and subcarrier systems. Coherent detection: heterodyne receivers, the field matching problem and receiver performance. Optical binary digital system, single-mode binary and heterodyne binary systems. Block coded digital optical communication systems: PPM, PAM, PSK, and FSK signalling. Integration of device technology and system architecture. Selected topics in optical communications and networking. Prerequisites: ELG 5119, and ELG 5375 or the equivalents. Prerequisites: ELG5119, and ELG5375, or the equivalents.
ELG5106 (EACJ 5003) FOURIER OPTICS (3 units)
Diffraction: Plane waves expansions, angular spectra, 2D Fourier transform, scalar and vector diffraction theory, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, coherence. Linear optical systems: Thin lenses, Gaussian beam optics, transmission functions, linear systems theory, imaging, transfer functions, aberration. Applications: Holography, diffractive optics, gratings, optical correlation.
ELG5119 (EACJ 5109) STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (3 units)
Probability. Random variables. Distribution and density functions. Expectation. Functions of random variables. Moments and characteristic functions. Random vectors. Sequences of random variables and convergence. Limit theorems. Stochastic processes: basic notions. Stationarity. Ergodicity. Poisson and Gaussian processes.Second order processes. Representation theorems. Markov processes and chains. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5503 (ELG 6153).
ELG5126 (EACJ 5206) SOURCE CODING AND DATA COMPRESSION (3 units)
Lossless coding: discrete sources, entropy rate, Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, dictionary methods. Lossy coding: continuous sources, rate-distortion functions. Waveform coding methods: scalar and vector quantization, predictive coding, transform coding, subband and wavelet coding. Applications to telecommunications and storage: text, speech, audio, facsimile, image, video. Prerequisite: Probability and Signal Processing at undergraduate or graduate level. Precludes credit for ELG 6167.
ELG5131 (EACJ5131) GRAPHICAL MODELS (3 units)
Bayesian networks, factor graphs, Markov random fields, maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) and maximum likelihood (ML) principles, elimination algorithm, sum-product algorithm, decomposable and non-decomposable models, junction tree algorithm, completely observed models, iterative proportional fitting algorithm, expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, iterative conditional modes algorithm, variational methods, applications. Precludes credit for ELG7177C (EACJ5605C) Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG5132 (EACJ5132) SMART ANTENNAS (3 units)
Wireless systems and their imitations. Introduction to propagation and antenna arrays. Concept of smart antenna; spatial processing; space-division multiple access. Types of smart antennas. Range and capacity improvement. Beamforming networks and algorithms. Direction-of-arrival estimation. Multiple-input multiple- output (MIMO) architecture: basic principles; capacity issues; performance analysis. Bell Lab Layered Space-Time (BLAST) algorithm. Space-time coding. Alamouti scheme. Spatio-temporal radio channels. Impact of correlation. Precludes credit for ELG7178E (EACJ5606E). Prerequisites: ELG4171, or ELG4174, or ELG6166 (SYSC5606), or equivalent.
ELG5133 (EACJ5133) INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Introduction to mobile and cellular systems. Radio channel characterization: signal strength prediction techniques and coverage; indoor/outdoor models; fading; delay spread; interference models and outage probabilities. Digital modulation and transmission system performance. Signal processing techniques, diversity and beamforming.Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. New directions and recent results. Precludes additional credit for ELG7178A (EACJ5606A) Prerequisites: ELG5119 (EACJ5109) and ELG5375 (EACJ5506), or equivalent.
ELG5170 (EACJ 5501) INFORMATION THEORY (3 units)
Measure of information: entropy, relative entropy, mutual information, asymptotic equipartition property, entropy rates for stochastic processes; Data compression: Huffman code, arithmetic coding; Channel capacity: random coding bound, reliability function, Blahut-Arimoto algorithm, Gaussian channels, colored Gaussian noise and "water-filling"; Rate distortion theory; Network information theory. Prerequisite: ELG 5119 (EACJ 5109) or SYSC 5503 (ELG 5119) or the equivalent.
ELG5179 (EACJ 5503) DETECTION AND ESTIMATION (3 units)
Binary, M-ary and composite hypothesis testing. Bayes risk and Neyman-Pearson criteria. Parameter estimation: Cramer-Rao bounds; maximum-likelihood estimation. Detection in additive white Gaussian noise and coloured noise. Noise in noise problems. Classical estimation problems. The linear filtering problem. Wiener/Kalman filtering. Sequential and non-parametric detection. Prerequisites: ELG 5119 or SYSC 5503; and ELG 5375 or SYSC 5504; or the equivalents. Prerequisites: ELG5119 or SYSC5503; and ELG5375 or SYSC5504; or the equivalents.
ELG5180 (EACJ 5704) ADVANCED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Techniques and performance of digital signalling and equalization over linear bandlimited channels with additive Gaussian noise. Fading multipath channels: diversity concepts, modelling and error probability performance evaluation. Synchronization in digital communications. Spread spectrum in digital transmission over multipath fading channels. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5605. Prerequisite: SYSC 5504 or ELG 5375 or the equivalent.
ELG5360 (EACJ5360) DIGITAL WATERMARKING (3 units)
Overview of recent advances in watermarking of image, video, audio, and other media. Spatial, spectral, and temporal watermarking algorithms. Perceptual models. Use of cryptography in steganography and watermarking. Robustness, security, imperceptibility, and capacity of watermarking. Content authentication, copy control, intellectual property, and other applications. Prerequisite: ELG4172 or CEG4311 or equivalent.
ELG5369 (EACJ5369) INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (3 units)
IP Based Internet Technologies: Internet architecture and its protocols. Software/hardware requirements for quality of service (QoS), Integrated services. Scheduling. Fair queueing. Traffic and admission control algorithms. Differentiated services.Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and associated software/hardware design issues. Fast internet protocol (IP), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), internet protocol (IP) over synchronous optical network (SONET), wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), satellite implementations. Precludes additional credit for ELG7187B (EACJ5808B) Prerequisite: CEG/ELG 4183.
ELG5371 (EACJ 5500) DIGITAL COMMUNICATION BY SATELLITE (3 units)
Propagation and interference considerations. Link budget calculations. GEO, LEO, HEO systems. Transponders. Earth stations; modems (PSK, MSK, etc.), low noise amplifiers, high power amplifiers. Error control. Access techniques; FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, random access. Switching, onboard processing. Networking. ATM over satellites. Mobile satellite communications and IMT2000. Prerequisite: ELG 4171 or the equivalent.
ELG5372 (EACJ 5504) ERROR CONTROL CODING (3 units)
General introduction. Algebraic concepts. Linear block codes. Cyclic codes, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes. Convolutional codes. Maximum likelihood decoding, and sequential decoding of convolutional codes. Burst-error correcting convolutional and block codes. Automatic repeat request. Trellis Coded Modulation. Turbo codes and iterative decoding.
ELG5373 (EACJ 5105) DATA ENCRYPTION (3 units)
Secure communications: encryption and decryption. Entropy, equivocation and unicity distance. Cryptanalysis and computational complexity. Substitution, transposition and product ciphers. Data Encryption Standard (DES): block and stream cipher modes. Modular arithmetics. Public key cryptosystems: RSA, knapsack. Factorization methods. Elliptic curve cryptography. Authentication methods and cryptographic protocols. Prerequisite: ELG5119 or SYSC5503 or the equivalent
ELG5375 (EACJ 5506) PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (3 units)
Elements of communication theory and information theory applied to digital communications systems. Characterization of noise and channel models. Analysis of digital data transmission techniques for additive Gaussian noise channels. Efficient modulation and coding for relable transmission. Spread spectrum and line coding techniques. Prerequisite: ELG 5119 or SYSC 5503, or the equivalent (may be taken concurrently).
ELG5380 (EACJ 5002) ADVANCED CHANNEL CODING (3 units)
Channel coding theorem, channel capacity and cutoff rate. Trellis coded modulation; Multilevel codes. Spacetime coding. Product codes. Generalized code concatenation. Turbo codes and iterative decoding techniques, interleavers for turbo codes, Turbo Trellis coded modulation. Low density parity check codes Performance analysis of iteratively decoded codes. Prerequisites: ELG 5372 (SYSC 5504) or ELG 5375 (SYSC 5506).
ELG6110 (SYSC 5506) INFORMATION THEORY (3 units)
Measure of information: entropy, relative entropy, mutual information, asymptotic equipartition property, entropy rates for stochastic processes; Data compression: Huffman code, arithmetic coding; Channel capacity: random coding bound, reliability function, Blahut-Arimoto algorithm, Gaussian channels, coloured Gaussian noise and "water-filling"; Rate distortion theory; Network information theory. Prerequisite: SYSC 5303 (ELG 6153) or ELG 5119 (ISYS 5109) or equivalent. Precludes credit for EACJ 5501 (ELG 5170).
ELG6120 (SYSC 5200) ALGEBRAIC CODING THEORY (3 units)
Review of Algebra, Finite Fields, Linear Block Codes and their Properties, Hamming Codes, Cyclic codes; Hadamard Matrices and Hadamard Codes, Golay Codes, Reed-Muller Codes, BCH and Reed-Solomon Codes, Decoding Algorithms, Coding Bounds. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5507 (ELG 6157).
ELG6143 (SYSC 5403) NETWORK ACCESS TECHNIQUES (3 units)
A range of access technologies with emphasis on broadband access. Physical channels and the state-of-the-art of coding, modulation, multiplexing strategies to overcome physical impairments, including high-speed transmission over twisted pair, wireless, fibre and co-axial media. Prerequisites: ELG 6153 (SYSC 5503) and ELG 5375 (SYSC 5504).
ELG6153 (SYSC 5503) STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (3 units)
Basic concepts of randomness, as applied to communications, signal processing, and queueing systems; probability theory, random variables, stochastic processes; random signals in linear systems; introduction to decision and estimation; Markov chains and elements of queueing theory. Exclusion: ELG 5119.
ELG6154 (SYSC 5504) PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (3 units)
Elements of communication theory and information theory applied to digital communications systems. Characterization of noise and channel models. Optimum Receiver Theory. Modulation and coding for reliable transmission: MPSK, MQAM, M-ary orthogonal modulation. Channel coding, trellis coded modulation. Spread spectrum and CDMA communications. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5506 (ELG 5375). Prerequisite: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119 or the equivalent (may be taken concurrently).
ELG6159 (SYSC5409) Interactive Media and Digital Art (3 units)
Interactive digital technologies as new media for art and entertainment. Topics include essential features of the digital media, interactivity, computer games and gamification, interactive stories, serious games, virtual worlds and social networks, and digital art. Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of programming and multimedia design is strongly recommended.
ELG6189 (SYSC5500) Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems (3 units)
Security issues in data networks and computer systems. The course considers the protocol layers, looks at issues that are associated with specific types of network architectures. Issues with Web security, protocol security and different classes of attacks and defences will also be addressed. Finally, security issues in emerging paradigms, and trends such as social networks and cloud computing, will be addressed. Prerequisites: A senior undergraduate or graduate networking course (e.g. SYSC4602 or SYSC5201 or equivalent), an operating systems course, or permission of the graduate program director.
ELG6165 (SYSC 5605) ADVANCED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Techniques and performance of digital signalling and equalization over linear bandlimited channels with additive Gaussian noise. Fading multipath channels: diversity concepts, modelling and error probability performance evaluation. Synchronization in digital communications. Spread spectrum in digital transmission over multipath fading channels. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5704 (ELG 5780). Prerequisite: SYSC 5504 (ELG 6154).
ELG6166 (SYSC 5606) INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Mobile radio channel characterization: signal strength prediction techniques and statistical coverage; fading; delay spread; interference models and outage probabilities. Digital modulation and transmission system performance. Signal processing techniques: diversity and beamforming, adaptive equalization, coding. Applications to TDMA and CDMA cellular systems. Co-requisite: Can be taken concurrently with SYSC 5503 and SYSC 5504.
ELG6167 (SYSC 5607) SOURCE CODING AND DATA COMPRESSION (3 units)
Discrete and continuous sources. Discrete sources: Huffman coding and run length encoding. Continuous sources: waveform construction coding; PCM, DPCM, delta modulation; speech compression by parameter extraction; predictive encoding; image coding by transformation and block quantization. Fourier and Walsh transform coding. Applications to speech, television, facsimile. Prerequisite: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119 or the equivalent.
ELG6168 (SYSC 5608) WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (3 units)
Multiuser cellular and personal radio communication systems; frequency reuse, traffic engineering, system capacity, mobility and channel resource allocation. Multiple access principles, cellular radio systems, signalling and interworking. Security and authentication. Wireless ATM, satellite systems, mobile location, wireless LANs, wireless local loops, broadband wireless etc. Corequisites: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119, and SYSC 5504 or ELG 5375, or their equivalents. Prerequisite: SYSC5503 or ELG5119, and SYSC5504 or their equivalents.
ELG6169 (SYSC 5609) DIGITAL TELEVISION (3 units)
Television standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and HDTV. Sampling and quantization of television signals: rec 601-1. Digital video compression: inter and intra-frame methods, spatial and transform/wavelet coding; H.261 and MPEG standards. Video conferencing systems and other digital video processing applications.
ELG6170 (SYSC 5700) SPREAD SPECTRUM SYSTEMS (3 units)
Types of spread spectrum systems, FH and DS-SS, TH-SS using radio. Hybrid DS/FH-SS. Pseudo-noise generators: statistical properties of M sequences, Galois field connections, Gold codes. OVSF codes. Code tracking loops, initial synchronization of receiver spreading code. Performance in interference environments and fading channels. CDMA systems. SS applications in UWB communications and Imaging systems. Prerequisite: ELG 6154 (SYSC 5504) or the equivalent.
ELG6184 (SYSC 5804) ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (3 units)
ELG6365 (ELEC 5605) OPTICAL FIBRE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Transmission characteristics of and design considerations for multi-mode and single-mode optical fibre waveguides; materials, structures, and device properties of laser light sources; properties and performance of p-i-n and avalanche photodiodes; types of optical fibre signal formats, preamplifier topologies and noise, receiver sensitivity, transmitter design; link design for digital sytems.
ELG6366 (ELEC 5606) PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS AND RECEIVER SYNCHRONIZERS (3 units)
Phase-locked loops: components, fundamentals, stability, transient response, sinusoidal operation, noise performance, tracking, acquisition and optimization. Receiver synchronizers: carrier synchronizers including squaring loop, Costas loop, and remodulator for BPSK, QPSK BER performance; clock synchronizers including early late gate, inphase/midphase, and delay line multiplier; direct sequence spread spectrum code synchronizers including single dwell and multiple dwell serial PN acquisition, matched filter PN acquisition, delay locked loop and Tau-Dither loop PN tracking; frequency hopped spread spectrum time and frequency synchronization.
ELG7172 (EACJ 5600) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING I (3 units)
Mathematical models of image formation based on the image modality and tissue properties. Linear models of image degradation and reconstruction. Inverse problems and regularization for image reconstruction. Image formation in Radiology, Computed Tomography,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, Electrical Impedance Tomography. Also offered as SYSC 5304. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5601 (ELG 7173) if EACJ 5601 was taken as this topic. Prerequisites: ELG 4172, CEG 4311, SYSC 4405 or permission of the Institute.
ELG5370 (EACJ 5370) MULTIRESOLUTION SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Multirate signal processing: sampling rate conversion, polyphase representation. Bases, filter banks: series expansion of discrete-time signals, series expansion of continuous-time signals, multiresolution concept and analysis, construction of wavelet, wavelet series. Complexity of multirate discrete-time processing, filter banks, and wavelet series computation. Prerequisite: a basic course in Digital Signal Processing such as ELG 5376 or ELG 4172.
ELG5376 (EACJ 5507) DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Review of discrete time signals and systems, A/D and D/A conversions, representation in time, frequency, and Z domain, DFT/FFT transforms, FIR/IIR filter design, quantization effects. Correlation functions. Cepstrum analysis. Multi-rate signal processing. Power spectrum estimation. Introduction to joint time-frequency analysis. DSP architecture: implementation approaches. Applications. Precludes additional credit for Engineering SYSC 5602 (ELG 6162).
ELG5377 (EACJ 5800) ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Theory and techniques of adaptive filtering, including Wiener filters, gradient and LMS methods; adaptive transversal and lattice filters; recursive and fast recursive least squares; convergence and tracking performance; implementation. Applications, such as adaptive prediction; channel equalization; echo cancellation; source coding; antenna beamforming; spectral estimation. Precludes additional credit for Engineering ELG 6160. Prerequisite: SYSC 5003 or ELG 5119, or the equivalent; SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376 or the equivalent.
ELG5378 (EACJ 5509) IMAGE PROCESSING AND IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Image acquisition, display and perception: sampling and reconstruction, quantization, human vision. Discrete image representations: color spaces, block, subband and wavelet representations. Image transformations, enhancement and restoration. Image analysis: edge detection, motion estimation. Image and video compression: lossless coding, predictive and transform coding, motion compensation. Prerequisite: Probability and Signal Processing at undergraduate or graduate level.
ELG5385 (EACJ5385) MATRIX METHODS AND ALGORITHMS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Representation and approximation in vector spaces, matrix factorization, pseudoinverses, application of eigen decomposition methods, Singular Values Decomposition, least squares problems, applications of special matrices, iterative algorithms, expectation maximization algorithm.
ELG6160 (SYSC 5600) ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Theory and techniques of adaptive filtering, including Wiener filters, gradient and LMS methods; adaptive transversal and lattice filters; recursive and fast recursive least squares; convergence and tracking performance; implementation. Applications, such as adaptive prediction; channel equalization; echo cancellation; source coding; antenna beamforming, spectral estimation. Prerequisites: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119, or equivalent; SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376 or equivalent. Prerequisite: SYSC5503 or ELG5119, or equivalent; SYSC5602 or ELG5376 or equivalent.
ELG6161 (SYSC 5601) NEURAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Multidimensional function approximation. The least squares adaptive algorithm and the generalized delta rule. Multi-layered perceptrons and the back-propagation algorithm. Approximation of non-linear functions. Radial basis functions. Self-organized maps. Applications of neural signal processing to control, communications and pattern recognition. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5709(ELG 5796). Prerequisite: SYSC 5503 or ELG 6153 or equivalent. May be taken concurrently with SYSC 5503.
ELG6162 (SYSC 5602) DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Review of discrete time signals and systems, A/D and D/A conversions, representation in time, frequency, and Z domain, DFT/FFT transforms, FIR/IIR filter design, quantization effects. Correlation functions. Cepstrum analysis. Multi-rate signal processing. Power spectrum estimation. Introduction to joint time-frequency analysis. DSP architecture: implementation approaches. Applications.
ELG6163 (SYSC 5603) DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: MICROPROCESSORS, SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Characteristics of DSP algorithms and architectural features of current DSP chips: TMS320, DSP-56xxx, AD-21xx and SHARC. DSP multiprocessors and fault tolerant systems. Algorithm/software/hardware architecture interaction, program activity analysis, development cycle, and design tools. Case studies: LPC, codecs, FFT, echo cancellation. Viterbi decoding. Prerequisite: SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376 or the equivalent.
ELG6164 (SYSC 5604) ADVANCED TOPICS IN DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Prerequisites: SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376, or the equivalent, and permission of the Department.
ELG6321 (EACJ 5302 / SYSC 5302) PRINCIPLES AND DESIGN OF ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION (3 units)
Principles of physiological measurements and related instrumentation with particular applications to cardiology, lung function, cerebral and muscle signals, surgery and anaesthesiology, ultrasound measurements, and critical care for infants. Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG7172 (EACJ 5600) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING I (3 units)
ELG7173 (EACJ 5601) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING II (3 units)
ELG7179 (EACJ 5603) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING III (3 units)
Resource sharing issues: delay, throughput and queue length. Basic queueing theory, Markov chains, birth and death processes. M/M/m/k/n queues, bulk arrival/service systems. Little's Rule. Intermediate queueing theory: M/G/1, G/M/m queues. Advanced queueing theory: G/G/m queue, priority queue, network of queues, etc. Queueing applications. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5107 (ELG 6117). Prerequisite: One of ELG 5119, SYSC 5003, SYSC 5503, or the equivalent.
ELG5121 (EACJ 5201) MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Introduction, applications, standards. Networking technologies. Image, video and audio compression. Quality of Service and resource management. Scheduling issues for real-time MM transport. Multimedia synchronization. Multimedia and the Internet. Multimedia conferencing. Multimedia to the home. Satellites and multimedia. Multimedia applications.
ELG5122 (EACJ 5202) MODELLING, ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Network performance issues and their mathematical analysis techniques. Intermittently available server model, probing and tree search, delay cycle, switch/network topology and reliability. Analysis of controlled and random access methods, routing allocation/ control, topological design. Selected topics from current literature on various network applications. Precludes additional credit for ELG 7186 (EACJ 5606). Prerequisites: ELG 5120 (EACJ 5200), ELG 5374 (EACJ 5607), or SYSC 5201 (ELG 6121), or the equivalents. Prerequisites: ELG5120 (EACJ5200), ELG5374 (EACJ5607), or SYSC 5201 (ELG6121), or the equivalents.
ELG5128 (ELG5128I) WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKING (3 units)
Self-organized, mobile, and hybrid ad hoc networks. Physical, medium access, networks, transport and application layers, and cross-layering issues. Power management. Security in ad hoc networks. Topology control and maintenance. Date communication protocols, routing and broadcasting. Location service for efficient routing. Exclusion: CSI5148 (COMP5103)
ELG5374 (EACJ 5607) COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (3 units)
Network applications, structures and their design issues. Resource sharing/access methods. Network transmission and switching techniques. OSI model. Error control, flow control and various issues related to the physical, data link and network layers. Local area networks. Performance issues of delay-throughput in various protocols. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5201. Prerequisites: an undergraduate course in probability and statistics such as MAT 2377. Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in probability and statistics such as MAT2377.
ELG5381 (EACJ 5004) PHOTONICS NETWORKS (3 units)
Optical networks and switch architectures. Static networks. Wavelength routed networks. Linear lightwave networks. Multihop networks. Point-to-point and multipoint. Multiplexing and multiple access schemes. Scheduling. Capacity allocation. Static and dynamic routing. Channel assignment. Logical vs physical topologies, and their applications. Latest development in technology, network, protocols and analysis. Precludes additional credit for this course taken as a special topic in ELG 7178 (EACJ 5606).
ELG5382 (EACJ 5108) SWITCHING AND TRAFFIC THEORY FOR INTEGRATED BROADBAND NETWORKS (3 units)
Principles of switching theory. Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching architectures. Principle of teletraffic engineering. Queueing theory and performance evaluation techniques as applied to the study of computer network architectures. Current topics in computer network modelling analysis and traffic control for high-speed multimedia networks. Prerequisite: ELG 5374 (EACJ 5607) or ELG 6121 (SYSC 5201), or the equivalent. Co-requisite: ELG 5119 (EACJ 5109) or ELG 6153 (SYSC 5503) or ELG 6103 (SYSC 5003), or the equivalent.
ELG5383 (EACJ 5009) SURVIVABLE OPTICAL NETWORKS (3 units)
Optical networks design with emphasis on network survivability.Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), wavelength conversion, optical switch architectures, routing and wavelength assignment algorithms, IP over WDM, optical network protocols, optical network control architectures, protection and restoration, spare capacity allocation, survivable routing, design and performance evaluation. Prerequisites: ELG 5374 or its equivalent.
ELG5386 (EACJ5386) NEURAL NETWORKS AND FUZZY SYSTEMS (3 units)
Neuro-fuzzy and soft computing. Fuzzy set theory: rules, reasoning and inference systems. Regression and optimization; derivative-based optimization - genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, downhill simplex search. Neural Networks: adaptive networks; bidirectional associative memories; supervised and unsupervised learning; learning from enforcement. Applications: neuro-fuzzy modelling and control, pattern recognition. Exclusion: MCG5356 (MECH5506).
ELG6119 (SYSC 5109) TELETRAFFIC ENGINEERING (3 units)
Congestion phenomena in telephone systems, and related telecommunications networks and systems, with an emphasis on the problems, notation, terminology, and typical switching systems and networks of the operating telephone companies. Analytical queueing models and applications to these systems. Prerequisite: Engineering SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119, or the equivalent.
ELG6121 (SYSC 5201) COMPUTER COMMUNICATION (3 units)
Computer network types, introductory queueing theory and performance analysis. OSI layering and BISDN layering modifications. Data link layer. Local area networks and random access (CSMA - CD, switched ethernet, token ring, wireless LAN). Public Networks. IP networks, addressing, routing. Transport layer, flow control. Introduction to ISDN. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5607 (ELG 5374 or SYSC 4602 (ELG 4181). Prerequisite: Undergraduate preparation in probability theory equivalent to Mathematics 69.352.
ELG6127 (SYSC 5207) DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (3 units)
Techniques for representing distributed systems: precedence graphs, petrinets, communicating state-machines etc. Processes, threads, synchronization and interprocess communication techniques, RPC. Protocol: OSI model, application and presentation layers. Middleware for client-server application management, CORBA. Resource management: processor allocation and load sharing. Real-time issues and scheduling. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6180 (SYSC 5800) NETWORK COMPUTING (3 units)
Design and Java implementation of distributed applications that use telecommunication networks as their computing platform. Basics of networking; Java networking facilities. Introduction to open distributed processing; CORBA, JavalDL, JavaRMI, CGI/HTTP, DCOM, Componentware; Enterprise JavaBeans, ActiveX. Agents: Java code mobility facilities. Security issues; Java security model.
ELG6181 (SYSC 5801) ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
ELG6188 (SYSC 5808) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MANAGEMENT (3 units)
Network management issues, WANs and LANs. The Internet and ISO models of network management. Network management protocols SNMP, CMIP, CMOT, etc. Events, Managed Objects and MIBs. Fault management techniques. Current diagnostic theory and its limitations. AI and Machine learning approaches. Monitoring and fault management tools. Prerequisites: SYSC 5201 or ELG 5374, or the equivalent. Prerequisite: SYSC5201 or the equivalent.
ELG6189 (SYSC5500) Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems (3 units)
Security issues in data networks and computer systems. The course considers the protocol layers, looks at issues that are associated with specific types of network architectures. Issues with Web security, protocol security and different classes of attacks and defences will also be addressed. Finally, security issues in emerging paradigms, and trends such as social networks and cloud computing, will be addressed. Prerequisites: A senior undergraduate or graduate networking course (e.g. SYSC4602 or SYSC5201 or equivalent), an operating systems course, or permission of the graduate program director.
ELG7177 (EACJ 5605) TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS I (3 units)
Current topics in the field.
ELG7178 TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION II (3 units)
Integrated radio front-end component design, with emphasis on a bipolar process. Overview of radio systems, discussion of frequency response, gain, noise, linearity, intermodulation, image rejection, impedance matching, stability, and power dissipation. Detailed design of low-noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators and power amplifiers. Design alternatives through the use of one-chip inductors and baluns. The impact of process variations, parasitics, and packaging. Simulation issues and techniques.
ELG6354 (ELEC 5504) ANALYSIS OF HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONIC PACKAGES AND INTERCONNECTS (3 units)
Introduction to techniques of modelling, simulation and optimization in designing high-speed VLSI packages and systems; models for IC packages, interconnects and ground/power planes; lumped element models, distributed models and EM-based models for high-speed VLSI interconnects; delay, crosstalk and switching noise analysis; simulation of multiconductor transmission line networks; asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) and moment matching techniques; concurrent thermal and electrical analysis of IC packages and boards; optimization of signal integrity in IC packages and printed circuit boards; macromodelling of linear and non-linear components and circuits.
ELG6356 (ELEC 5506) SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS (3 units)
Time and frequency-domain formulations for simulation, sensitivity analysis and optimization. Optimization techniques for performance, cost and yield-driven analysis of electronic circuits. Optimization approaches to modelling and parameter extraction of active and passive elements. Advanced techniques include statistical modelling, tolerance and reliability optimization, computer-aided tuning and analog diagnosis, and large-scale optimizations. Examples and case studies include FET modelling, optimization of amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, mixers, high-speed VLSI packages/interconnects, signal-integrity in high-speed ICs, printed circuit boards and multichip modules.
ELG6358 (ELEC 5508) COMPUTER METHODS FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF VLSI AND COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS (3 units)
Basic principles of CAD tools used for the analysis and design of VLSI circuits and systems. Formulation of circuit equations. Sparse matrix techniques. Frequency and time-domain solutions. Relaxation techniques and timing analysis. Noise and distortion analysis. Transmission line effects in high-speed designs. Interconnect analysis and crosstalk simulation. Numerical inversion techniques. Asymptotic waveform estimation. Mixed frequency/time domain techniques. Sensitivity analysis and its application in optimizing circuit performance.
ELG6381 (ELEC5801) HIGH-SPEED AND LOW-POWER VLSI (3 units)
High-Speed and Low-Power CMOS VLSI Circuit techniques covering the low and high levels of abstraction, including Transistor, Switch, Logic-Gate, Module, and System Levels. At each level students learn the state-of-the-art techniques to optimize the performance and energy consumption of a circuit. They also use one or more of these techniques in a design project. Prerequisites: ELEC 4708 or ELEC 5804 (VLSI Design) or Equivalent (Permission of the Director).
ELG6383 (ELEC 5803) BEHAVIOURAL SYNTHESIS OF ICs (3 units)
Various topics related to computer analysis and synthesis of VLSI circuits including: logic synthesis, finite state machine synthesis, design methodologies, design for reuse, testing, common VLSI functions, a review of Verilog. Prerequisite: some IC design knowledge such as given in 4708.
The homogeneous wave equation. Uniform and nonuniform plane waves. Inhomogeneous wave equations. Green's functions. Theory of potentials. Scattering problems. Numerical methods. Boundary value problems. Perturbation and variational techniques. Prerequisite: ELG 4103 or the equivalent.
ELG5108 (EACJ 5305) ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY AND INTERFERENCE (3 units)
Interference phenomena. Shielding of conductors. Grounding. Other noise reduction techniques. EMI filters. Noise sources: narrowband and broadband. Electromagnetic pulse as an interference source. Modelling EMI/C circuit boards and backplanes. Prerequisites: ELG 4104 or equivalent. Prerequisite: ELG4104 or the equivalent.
ELG5379 (EACJ 5402) NUMERICAL METHODS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING (3 units)
Review of electromagnetic and potential theory. Formulation of static and electrodynamic problems. Introduction to numerical and field-theoretical modelling techniques. Numerical methods considered: FD, MoL, SDA, TLM and BPM. Examples of commonly encountered electromagnetic problems at microwave, millimeterwave and optical frequencies. Prerequisite: ELG 4103 or the equivalent.
ELG6344 (ELEC 5404) NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HIGH-SPEED /HIGH-FREGUENCY CIRCUIT DESIGN (3 units)
Neural network methodologies for computer-aided design of high-speed/high-frequency circuits, including modeling of passive and active devices/circuits, and their applications in high-level design and optimization in wired and wireless electronic systems.
ELG6349 (ELEC 5409) MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETERWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (3 units)
Design of communications electronics components with emphasis on GaAs MMIC implementation. Overview of MESFET, HEMT, HBT device modeling. Integrated lumped/ distributed passive element modeling. Broadband impedance matching. Design of direct-coupled amplifiers, distributed amplifiers, power devices and amplifiers, phase shifters, switches, attenuators, mixers, oscillators.
ELG6351 (ELEC 5501) PASSIVE MICROWARE CIRCUITS (3 units)
Characteristics of homogeneous and inhomogeneous transmission lines and waveguides. Planar transmission lines: stripline, microstrip, coplanar lines, slotline. Coupled transmission lines. Modelling of discontinuities. Ferrite components. Microwave network analysis: parameters, CAD models. Design of impedance-matching networks, directional couplers, power splitters, filters. Applications in MICs and MMICs.
ELG6355 (ELEC 5505) PASSIVE CIRCUIT THEORY (3 units)
General description of networks, leading to matrix representation of n-terminal lumped and distributed networks. Elements of matrix algebra as applied to networks. Properties of network functions; poles and zeros of driving point and transfer functions. Foster and Cauer canonic forms. Synthesis of lossless two-ports, single- and double-terminated. Modern filter theory; approximation of characteristics by rational functions; Butterworth and Chebyshev approximations. General parameter filters; graphical design. Elliptic filters, predistortion. Phase response and group delay; all-pass and Bessel filters.
ELG6357 (ELEC 5507) ACTIVE CIRCUIT THEORY (3 units)
Characterization of negative-resistance one-port networks, signal general and amplification. Active two-ports; y, z, h, k, chain and scattering parameters. Measurement of two-port parameters. Activity and passivity; reciprocity, non-reciprocity, and anti-reciprocity. Gyrator as a circuit element. Stability, inherent and conditional; power gain of conjugate and mismatched two-port amplifiers. Amplifier gain sensitivity. Stability, inherent and conditional; power gain of conjugate and mismatched two-port amplifiers. Active filter design; gyrator, negative immittance converter (NIC) and operational amplifier used as functional elements. Practical realization of gyrators and NICs. Active network synthesis. Prerequisite: ELEC 5505 or the equivalent.
ELG6362 (ELEC 5602) MICROWAVE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Theory of operation for microwave diodes (varactor, p-i-n, Gunn, IMPATT) and transistors (BJT, MESFET, HBT, HEMT). Small-signal, large-signal, and noise models for CAD. Diode oscillators and reflection amplifiers. Design of transitor oscillators and amplifiers. Discussion of technology/fabrication issues and MMIC applications.
ELG6363 (ELEC 5603) ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION (3 units)
Review of groundwave, skywave and transionospheric propagation modes relevant to radar, communications and other systems operating in the medium to extra-high frequency bands. The occurrence and magnitude of various types of electromagnetic noise: physical principles involved, modelling and prediction techniques, and limitations of such techniques in practical situations.
ELG6364 (ELEC 5604) RADAR SYSTEMS (3 units)
Fundamentals: range equation, minimum detectable signal, radar cross-section, pulse repetition frequency, range ambiguities. Classes of Radar: CW, FM-CW, MTI, tracking, air surveillance, SSR, PAR, MLS, SAR, SLAR, OTH, 3D and bistatic radars. Radar subsystems: transmitters, antennas, receivers, processors, displays. Detection criteria: CFAR receivers, noise, clutter, precipitation. Waveform design: ambiguity functions, pulse compression. Propagation characteristics: earth's curvature, refraction, diffraction, attenuation.
ELG6367 (ELEC 5607) FUNDAMENTALS OF ANTENNA ENGINEERING (3 units)
Basic properties of antennas (gain, radiation patterns, polarization, antenna temperature). Analysis of common antennas (dipoles, loops, helices, aperture antennas, microstrip, dielectric resonator antennas, reflectors). Analysis and design of linear and planar arrays (array factors, beam scanning, amplitude weighting, feed networks).
ELG6368 (ELEC 5608) FOURIER OPTICS (3 units)
The theory and applications of diffractive and non-diffractive coherent optics, with emphasis on holograms, tomography and high-speed optical computing. Mathematical basis: generalized 2-D Fourier transforms, transfer function of an optical system, 2-D sampling theory, Helmholtz equation, Green's theorem, and the classical diffraction theories. Eikonal equations; the lens as an optical Fourier transformer; optical imaging and filtering. Bragg cells and their application in optical correlators and spectrum analyzers. Computed axial tomography (CAT scans) with non-diffractive and diffractive sources: Fourier Slice theorem, Filtered Backprojection, Born and Rytov approximations. Physical and computer-generated holograms, volume holograms, holographic optical elements. Optical computing: spatial filtering, holographic memory, optical processors, optical pattern recognition.
ELG6369 (ELEC 5609) NONLINEAR MICROWAVE DEVICES AND EFFECTS (3 units)
The physical basis and mathematical modelling of a variety of microwave/millimetre-wave devices, (some of which exhibit the most extreme nonlinear behaviour known), how they can be exploited in practical circuits and systems, and how the resulting device/circuit interactions can be analyzed. Devices include two-terminal nonlinear-resistance elements (varistors) and two two-terminal nonlinear-reactance devices (varactors) based on classical, heterostructure and superconducting technologies: pn and Schottky-barrier diodes, tunnel and resonant-tunneling diodes, BIN and BNN varactor diodes, single-barrier-varactor diodes, high-electron-mobility varactor diodes, Josephson-junction diodes, and SIS quasiparticle tunneling junctions. Three-terminal nonlinear devices include MESFETs, HBTs, and HEMTs and RHETs. Circuit applications encompass direct radiation detectors; frequency mixers; resistive, reactive, and active frequency multipliers; as well as reactive and regenerative frequency dividers. Emphasis will be placed on analytical approaches that provide global insight into the nonlinear phenomena.
ELG6372 (ELEC 5702) PRINCIPLES OF PHOTONICS (3 units)
Electromagnetic wave propagation in crystals; review of geometric optics; Gaussian beam propagation; optical fibres; dielectric waveguides for optical integrated circuits; optical resonators; optical properties of materials; theory of laser oscillation; specific laser systems; electro-optic modulators; photorefractive materials and applications; holography; optical interconnects.
ELG6379 (ELEC 5709) ADVANCED TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS (3 units)
ELG7100 (EACJ 5404) TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS I (3 units)
ELG7101 (EACJ 5405) TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS II
Principles of Optical Amplification. Structures of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA). Steady-state model of SOA. Dynamic model of SOA. Network Applications of SOAs. SOA Nonlinearities. SOA Wavelength Converters. SOA optical gates. SOA Logic Devices. Optical Memory Devices. SOA based signal regeneration. Precludes additional credit for this course taken as a special topic in (EACJ 5807) ELG 7186. Prerequisites: ELG 5103 or equivalent course.
ELG6320 (EACJ 5208 / ELEC 5200) ADVANCED TOPICS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND DEVICES (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in the field of Integrated Circuits and Devices and its related areas.
ELG6342 (ELEC5402) INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION ALGORITHMS AND TECHNIQUES (3 units)
Digital design process; Overview of design automation tools/methodologies; Theory of computational complexity; Layout compaction; Placement and Partitioning; Floorplanning; Routing; Digital simulation; Switch-level simulation; Logic synthesis; Verification; Analog and RF simulation. Area: Computer-Aided Design for Electronic Circuits.
ELG6359 (ELEC 5509) INTERGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY (3 units)
Survey of technology used in integrated circuit fabrication. Crystal growth and crystal defects, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation and annealing, gettering, chemical vapour deposition, etching, materials for metallization and contacting, and photolithography. Structures and fabrication techniques for submicron devices. Applications in CMOS and BiCMOS processes.
ELG6373 (ELEC 5703) ADVANCED TOPICS IN SOLID STATE DEVICES AND IC TECHNOLOGY (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in Solid State Devices and IC Technology. The subject material will vary from year to year according to research interests in the department. Students may be expected to contribute to lectures or seminars on selected topics. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6377 (ELEC 5707) MICROELECTRONICS SENSORS (3 units)
Physical design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfabricated sensors and actuators. An overview of thin and thick film processes and micromachining techniques will provide fabrication background. Design of a variety of devices including piezoresistive, piezoelectric, electromagnetic, thermal, optical, and chemical sensors and actuators.
ELG6380 (ELEC 5800) THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (3 units)
Review of solid state physics underlying device mechanisms. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in a semiconductor. Carrier transport theory. Physical theory of basic semiconductor device structures and aspects of design: PN junctions and bipolar transistors, field effect devices. Current transport relationships for transistors. Charge control theory. Modelling of device mechanisms. Performance limitations of transistors.
ELG6382 (ELEC 5802) SURFACE-CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (3 units)
Fundamentals of the MOS system: MOS capacitors. Long channel behaviour: theory, limitations and performance of the SPICE level 1 and 2 models. Small geometry effects: theory, limitations and performance of the SPICE level 3 model. Subthreshold operation and modelling. Hot electron effects and reliability. Advanced analysis: the MISNAN model.
ELG7132 (EACJ 5006) TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS I (3 units)
Current topics in the field.
ELG7133 (EACJ 5007) TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS II (3 units)
ELG7575 (EACJ 5008) SUJETS CHOISIS EN ÉLECTRONIQUE (3 units)
The fundamentals and details of analog integrated filters with emphasis on active continuous-time filters and SAW filters. Comparison to switched-capacitor filters. Review of filter concepts, types of filters, approximations, transformations. Building blocks such as op amps, transconductance amplifiers, and gyrators. Design using cascaded second-order sections, multiple loop feedback and LC ladder simulations. Discussion of issues such as tuning, linearity, dynamic range, and noise.
ELG6360 (ELEC 5600) DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING (3 units)
Production testing of digital integrated circuits. Cost and difficulty of testing. Outline of methods of testing used in production. Testing schemes and design for testability. Specific topics are: faults and fault models, yield estimates, testability measures, fault simulation, test generation methods, sequential testing, scan design, boundary scan, built-in self-test, CMOS testing.
ELG6374 (ELEC 5704) ADVANCED TOPICS IN CAD (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in Computer-Aided Design (CAD). The subject material will vary from year to year according to research interests in the department. Students may be expected to contribute to lectures or seminars on selected topics. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6375 (ELEC 5705) ADVANCED TOPICS IN VLSI (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI). The subject material will vary from year to year according to research interests in the department. Students may be expected to contribute to lectures or seminars on selected topics. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6376 (ELEC 5706) SUBMICRON CMOS AND BICMOS CIRCUITS FOR SAMPLED DATA APPLICATIONS (3 units)
The analog aspects of digital CMOS and BiCMOS circuit design in submicron technologies including reliability; sampled analog circuits, including amplifier nonidealities and switch charge injection; CMOS/BiCMOS amplifier design considerations, leading up to standard folded-cascode and two-stage circuits.
ELG6378 (ELEC 5708) ASICs IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
The definition of Application Specific Integrated Circuits is given along with current ASIC technology trends. CMOS and BiCMOS fabrication technologies are compared for their potential use in communications circuits. Circuit building blocks such as amplifiers, switched-capacitor filters and analog to digital converters are overviewed in the context of their communications applications. An overview of vendor technologies is followed by application examples such as line drivers, pulse shaping and equalization circuits, high-speed data transmission over twisted pair copper cables and mobile radio components and implementation issues. Students are required to submit a related literature study and design a communications integrated circuit component using a standard cell library environment.
ELG6384 (ELEC 5804) VLSI DESIGN (3 units)
Integrated circuit design with a strong emphasis on design methodology. Design philosophies considered include Full Custom design, standard cells, gate arrays and sea-of-gates using CMOS and BiCMOS technology. A prelude to ELEC 5805.
ELG6385 (ELEC 5805) VLSI DESIGN PROJECT (3 units)
Using state-of-the-art CMOS and BiCMOS technologies, students will initiate their own design of an integrated circuit using tools in the CAD lab and submit it for fabrication where the design warrants.
ELG6388 (ELEC 5808) SIGNAL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS (3 units)
Signal processing from the viewpoint of analog circuit design. CCDs, BBDs, transversal filters, recursive filters, switched capacitor filters, with particular emphasis on integration of analog signal processing techniques in monolithic MOS ICs. Detailed operational amplifier design in CMOS technology. Implications of nonideal operational amplifier behaviour in filter performance. Basic sampled data concepts, detailed Z transform analysis of switched capacitor filters and more complex circuits. Noise in analog and sampled analog circuits, including calculation of dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio.
ELG6389 (ELEC 5809) NONLINEAR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS (3 units)
A unified representation of non-linear circuits used in today’s telecommunications ICs is introduced. Nonlinear representation of circuits based on operational amplifiers, sinusoidal oscillators, amplitude modulators, demodulators, frequency modulators, frequency demodulators, mixers and Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is introduced. Design implications for commonly used Complementory Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) and bipolar circuits. Precluded additional credit for this course taken previously as a special topics course ELG 6375 (ELEC 5705) in Fall 1999,Winter 2004 and Winter 2005. Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG7199 (EACJ 5101) DIRECTED STUDIES (3 units)
Various possibilities exist for pursuing directed studies on topics approved by the Department and which a full-time faculty member has agreed to direct, including any of the courses listed in the Graduate Calendar that are not being offered on a formal basis in the current academic year.
ELG7999 THÈSE DE M.Sc.A. / MASc THESIS
ELG8000 TRAVAIL COOPÉRATIF - 1er STAGE / CO-OP WORK-TERM I
Pour les étudiants et les étudiantes d'un programme coopératif de maîtrise qui font leur première session de travail. / For students in a co-operative master's program who are on their first work session.
ELG8001 TRAVAIL COOPÉRATIF - 2e STAGE / CO-OP WORK-TERM II
Pour les candidats et les candidates à un programme coopératif de maîtrise qui font leur deuxième session de travail. / For students in a co-operative master's program who are on their second work session.
ELG9997 PROPOSITION DE THÈSE DE DOCTORAT / PhD THESIS PROPOSAL
ELG9998 EXAMEN DE SYNTHÈSE DU DOCTORAT / PhD COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
ELG9999 THÈSE DE DOCTORAT / PhD THESIS
GNG5121 PLANNING OF EXPERIMENTS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (3 units)
Two-level statistical experimental methods as applied to engineering design; analysis of means, analysis of variance, contrasts, multifactorial analysis of variance, fractional factorial design, screening designs, product variation and an introduction to the Taguchi approach.
GNG5122 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND LEAN SIX SIGMA (3 units)
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt tools and techniques, operational efficiency, waste and variability reduction, continuous improvement, the pursuit of perfection. DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve and control), process mapping, data collection and analysis, root cause problem solving, the cost of quality, mistake proofing, change management.
GNG5123 ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (3 units)
Enterprise architecture as a rigorous planning methodology that harmonizes and integrates the needs of society, management, and engineering in both business and government. Based on an analysis of currently available frameworks and standards, the course will address the design of enterprise business architectures and the derivation of supporting information systems infrastructure.
The Department offering the course is identified by the prefix of the number assigned to the course as follows:
UNIVERSITÉ D'OTTAWA / UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA:
ELG / EACJ SIGE (École de science informatique et de génie électrique)
EECS (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
CARLETON UNIVERSITY:
SYSC Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
ELEC Department of Electronics
Only a selection of courses listed is given in a particular academic year. All courses extend over one term (session) and are worth three units at the University of Ottawa (0.5 units at Carleton University).
Computer & Software Engineering
ELG5100 (EACJ 5200) SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3 units)Software system engineering and organization methods; work breakdown structure and task determination; effort, duration and cost estimation; scheduling and planning. Monitoring and control; analysis of options; management of risks, change, and expectations. Process and product metrics, post-performance analysis, process improvement and maturity. Management of Agile Programming methodologies such as Extreme Programming. Case studies.
ELG5124 (EACJ 5204) VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (3 units)
Basic concepts. Virtual worlds. Hardware and software support. World modeling. Geometric modeling. Light modeling. Kinematic and dynamic models. Other physical modeling modalities. Multisensor data fusion, anthropomorphic avatars. Animation: modeling languages, scripts, real-time computer architectures. VE interfaces. Case studies.
ELG5125 (EACJ 5205) QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Design principles: layering, protocols, interface; models for open distributed processing; real-time requirement; request-response and stream processing, real-time scheduling, design for performance and scalability; other quality of services issues; user perspective versus system performance parameters, cost/performance trade-off, negotiations; adaptive and mobile applications; examples of multimedia applications and protocols. Prerequisite: ELG 5374 (EACJ 5607) or SYSC 5201 (ELG 6121) or equivalent.
ELG5134 (SYSC 5404) MULTIMEDIA COMPRESSION, SCALABILITY, AND ADAPTATION (3 units)
Covers media compression, in-depth issues of scalability in the compression domain (including audio, images, video, 2D and 3D graphics), and adaptation towards various contexts; also covers various popular media encoding standards (including JPEG and MPEG).
ELG5136 (SYSC 5406) NETWORK ROUTING TECHNOLOGIES (3 units)
Covers network routing, in-depth issues and technologies in traffic engineering, quality of service, protection for high-speed networks. Addresses the following topics: basic routing, MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) system components and architecture, constraint-based routing, traffic engineering, content distribution networks, network monitoring and measurements, quality of service, protection and restoration, virtual private networks, cross layer interworking, and special topics. Prerequisite: SYSC 4602 or equivalent.
ELG5137 (SYSC 5407) PLANNING AND DESIGN OF COMPUTER NETWORKS (3 units)
Planning process of computer networks; needs and technical requirements; modeling of different network planning problems; exact and approximate algorithms; topological planning and expansion problems; equipment (switch, router) location problem; approximate and optimal routing algorithms; presentation of various case studies. Prerequisites: SYSC 4602, SYSC 4701, GEG3185, GEG4190, or equivalent networking courses.
ELG5138 (SYSC 5408) CROSS LAYER DESIGN FOR WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA NETWORKS (3 units)
Quality of service measures at different layers. Parameter adaptation, trade-offs, and optimization at physical, data-link, network, transport, and application layers. Examples of cross-layer design in cellular, ad hoc, sensor, local area, green, and cognitive radio networks.
ELG5191 (EACJ 5203) DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM SOFTWARE (3 units)
Distributed systems design and programming issues; distributed computing. Basics of object oriented technology for distributed computing. Distributed objects technologies. Object oriented models for distributed programming. Distributed computing architecture design. Component based distributed software design. Scalability, interoperability, portability and distributed services. Distributed applications design. Prerequisites: an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or practical experience in system software design. Prerequisite: An undergraduate education in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or practical experience in system software design.
ELG5194 (EACJ 5703) DESIGN AND TESTING OF RELIABLE DIGITAL SYSTEMS (3 units)
Introduction. Test generation for combinatorial circuits. Fault detection in sequential circuits. Memory testing. Low-density parity-check (LSI/VLSI) circuit testing. Deterministic and random testing of digital circuits. Design for testability. Self-checking circuits. Design of fault-tolerant systems. Case studies. Prerequisite: ELG 5195 (EACJ 5705) or the equivalent.
ELG5195 (EACJ 5705) DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (3 units)
Switching algebra. Combinational circuit design including PLA and MSI techniques. Special properties-symmetric functions, unate functions, threshold functions, functional decomposition. Sequential circuits-state reduction, incompletely specified machines, state assignments and series-parallel decomposition. Fundamental mode sequential circuits-race, hazards, and state assignment. Semicustom and MSI design. Special sequential circuits.
ELG5197 (EACJ 5102) INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (3 units)
Embedded systems' general characteristics, niche, and design alternatives. Simple embedded systems: sequential event response systems and cyclic executives. Prototype based designs, multitasking and multiactivity paradigms. Multitasking system design: elements of real-time operating systems and harmony. Multiactivity system design: process activity language (PAL) and PAL-based design tools. Prerequisite: ELG 4161 or the equivalent.
ELG5198 (EACJ 5103) PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH VLSI (3 units)
Parallel processing architectures: array, vector, associative and orthogonal processors. Switch lattice architecture, hypercubes, systolic arrays, wavefront arrays, pyramid structures, data flow architectures. Memory organization, buses, II/0 and interconnection networks. Connection machine processing hardware, RISC and VLSI processors. GaAs technology. Examples of parallel processing architectures.
ELG5199 (EACJ 5104) DESIGN OF MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS (3 units)
Database concepts and architectures. Data modelling. Relational technology and distributed databases. Examples of the new generation of databases for advanced multimedia applications such as multimedia information retrieval, VOD and the limitations of the conventional models for managing multimedia information (graphics, text, image, audio and video).
ELG6103 (SYSC 5003) DISCRETE STOCHASTIC MODELS (3 units)
Models for software, computer systems, and communications networks, with discrete states, instantaneous transitions and stochastic behaviour. Communicating finite state machines and Petri nets. Review of concepts of probability, and of Markov Chains with discrete and continuous parameters. Basic queueing theory. Numerical methods for Markov Models.
ELG6106 (SYSC 5006) DESIGN OF REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (3 units)
Characteristics of real-time and distributed systems. Modern midware systems, such as CORBA, DCE, RMI for building distributed applications: advantages and disadvantages. Analyzing designs for robustness, modularity, extensibility, portability and performance. Implementation issues. Major course project. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC 3303 and SYSC 5708 or similar experience. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC3303 and SYSC5708 or similar experience.
ELG6111 (SYSC 5101) DESIGN OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE (3 units)
Designing software to demanding performance specifications. Design analysis using models of computation, workload, and performance. Principles to govern design improvement for sequential, concurrent and parallel execution, based on resource architecteure and quantitative analysis. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC 5704 and a course in software engineering; or the equivalent.
ELG6112 (SYSC 5102) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Performance measurements, metrics and models of midware based systems and applications. Benchmarks, workload characterization, and methods for capacity planning and system sizing. Performance monitoring infrastructures for operating systems and applications. Introduction to the design and analysis of experiments and the interpretation of measurements. Prerequisites: SYSC 5101 or the equivalent. Prerequisite: SYSC5101 or the equivalent.
ELG6113 (SYSC 5103) SOFTWARE AGENTS (3 units) Agent-based programming; elements of Distributed Artificial Intelligence; beliefs, desires and intentions; component-based technology; languages for agent implementations; interface agents; information sharing and coordination; KIF; collaboration; Communition; ontologies; KQML; autonomy; adaptability; security issues; mobility; standards; agent design issues and frameworks, applications in telecommunications. Prerequisites: Knowledge of Java,
ELG6114 (SYSC 5104) METHODOLOGIES FOR DISCRETE-EVENT MODELLING AND SIMULATION (3 units)
Methodological aspects of simulation. Modelling discrete events systems. Modelling formalisms: FSA, FSM, Petri Nets, DEVS, others. Verification and validation. Cellular models: cellular automata, cell-DEVS. Continuous and hybrid models. Parallel and distributed simulation (PADS) techniques. PADS middleware: HLA, parallel-DEVS, Time-warp. Prerequisites: knowledge of C++ and of basic concepts of concurrency and distributed systems.
ELG6115 (SYSC 5105) SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (3 units)
All aspects of software quality engineering. Software testing, at all stages of the software development and maintenance life cycle. Software reviews and inspections. Use of software measurement and quantitative modelling for the purpose of software quality control and improvement. Precludes additional credit for CSI5111 (COMP 5501). Prerequisites: an undergraduate course in software engineering such as SYSC 4800 or SEG 3300, or equivalent, and basic statistics.
ELG6118 (SYSC 5108) TOPICS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in the field of Information Systems and its related areas. Prerequisite: 94.507 or 94.583 or the equivalent.
ELG6130 (SYSC 5402) HEALTH CARE ENGINEERING (3 units)
Overview of health care system/participants; biophysical measurements for diagnosis/monitoring; biomedical sensors/technology; telemedicine and applications; safety considerations; managing medical technologies/funding models for clinical engineering departments; considerations for developing countries. Precludes additional credit for ELG 5123. Prerequisite: permission of the program director.
ELG6131 (EACJ 5127 / SYSC 5301) ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (3 units)
Topics vary from year to year. Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG6136 (SYSC 5306) MOBILE COMPUTING SYSTEMS (3 units)
Systems to build mobile applications. Covers data link layer to application layer. Emphasis on existing wireless infrastructure and IETF protocols. Focuses on view of mobile application developer; communication systems, middleware and application frameworks, de facto standards proposed/developed by industry consortia.
ELG6158 (SYSC 5508) DIGITAL SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE (3 units)
New architectural concepts are introduced. Discussion of programmable architectures (micro-controllers, DSPs, GP) and FPGAs. Memory interfacing. Scalable, superscalar, RISC, CISC, and VLIW concepts. Parallel structures: SIMD, MISD, and MIMD. Fault tolerant systems and DSP architectures. Examples of current systems are used for discussions. Prerequisite: SYSC 4507 or the equivalent.
ELG6171 (SYSC 5701) OPERATING SYSTEM METHODS FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Principles and methods for operating system design with application to real-time, embedded systems. Concurrent programming: mechanisms and languages; design approaches and issues; run-time support (kernel). Methods for hard real-time applications. Methods for distributed systems; I/O handling. Prerequisites: Engineering SYSC 3303 or SYSC 5704 or equivalent and/or experience. Programming experience in high level and assembly languages. Prerequisite: SYSC3303 or SYSC5704 or equivalent courses and/or experience. Programming experience in high level and assembly languages.
ELG6173 (SYSC 5703) INTEGRATED DATABASE SYSTEMS
Database definitions, applications, and architectures. Conceptual design based on the entity-relationship and object-oriented models. Relational data model: relational algebra and calculus, normal forms, data definition and manipulation languages. Database management systems: transaction management, recovery and concurrency control. Current trends: object-oriented, knowledge-based, multimedia and distributed databases. Prerequisite: SYSC 5704 (ELG 6174) or the equivalent.
ELG6174 (SYSC 5704) ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS (3 units)
Concepts in basic computer architecture, assembly languages, high level languages including object orientation, compilers and operating system concepts (including concurrency mechanisms such as processes and threads and computer communication). Designed for graduate students without extensive undergraduate preparation in computer system engineering (or the equivalent experience). Prerequisite: Programming experience in at least one high-level language and some experience in assembly language programming.
ELG6176 (SYSC 5706) ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE MODELS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS (3 units)
Analytical modelling techniques for performance analysis of computing systems. Theoretical techniques covered include single and multiple class queueing network models, together with a treatment of computational techniques, approximations, and limitations. Applications include scheduling, memory management, peripheral devices, databases, multiprocessing, and distributed computing. Prerequisites: one of SYSC 5003, SYSC 5503, or ELG 5119, or the equivalent. Prerequisite: One of SYSC 5003, SYSC 5503, or ELG 5119, or the equivalent.
ELG6178 (SYSC 5708) DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE WITH REUSABLE COMPONENTS (3 units)
Advanced object-oriented design and programming of real-time and distributed systems using C++ and/or Java. Object-oriented features; inheritance, polymorphism, templates, exception handling. Concurrency issues. Design patterns and frameworks for distributed systems, with examples from communication applications. Design issues for reusable software. Prerequisites: Knowledge of C++ and/or Java, of operating system concepts, and permission of the Department.
ELG6179 (SYSC 5709) ADVANCED TOPICS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (3 units)
ELG6186 (SYSC 5806) OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN OF REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (3 units)
Advanced course in software design dealing with design issues at a high level of abstraction. Design models: use case maps for high-level behaviour description; UML for traditional object-oriented concerns. Design patterns. Forward, reverse, and re-engineering. Substantial course project on applications chosen by students. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6187 (SYSC 5807) ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS (3 units)
ELG7186 (EACJ 5807) TOPICS IN COMPUTERS I: FORMAL METHODS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME SYSTEM APPLICATIONS (3 units)
ELG7187 (EACJ 5807) TOPICS IN COMPUTERS II (3 units)
ELG7173 (EACJ 5601) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING II (3 units)
Systems and Machine Intelligence
ELG5113 (EACJ 5106) STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS (3 units)Wiener processes. Stochastic Wiener-Ito integrals. Stochastic integrals with respect to Poisson measures. Stochastic differentials. Diffusion processes. Ito-stochastic differential equations: existence and uniqueness of solutions, continuous dependence of solutions to parameters. Semigroup theory. Generation of semigroups applied to stochastic differential equations. Applications to engineering systems modelling. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
ELG5123 (EACJ 5303) HEALTH CARE ENGINEERING (3 units)
Overview of health care system/participants: biophysical measurements for diagnosis/monitoring; biomedical sensors/technology; telemedicine and applications; safety considerations; managing medical technologies/funding models for clinical engineering departments; considerations for developing countries. Precludes credits for ELG6130. Prerequisites: Permission of the Department. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG5161 (EACJ 5207) ROBOTICS: CONTROL, SENSING AND INTELLIGENCE (3 units)
Robotics as the intelligent connection of perception to action. Advanced robotics technologies. Robot arm kinematics and dynamics. Planning of manipulator trajectories. Control of robot manipulators. Robot-level programming. Sensors and sensory perception. Control problems for sensory controlled robotic-based flexible manufacturing systems. Task-level programming. Knowledge-based control for mobile robots.
ELG5162 (EAJC 5005) KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES AND DESIGN (3 units)
Introduction to Lisp and Objective C. Knowledge representation using rules, semantic nets and frames. State space representation. Procedural and declarative knowledge. Demons. Production systems. Solution searching algorithms. Expert system components. Inference engine principle and representation. Knowledge-based system design. Case study: expert system for process control.
ELG5163 (EAJC 5105) MACHINE VISION (3 units)
Image acquisition. Structured light and stereo ranging. Grey-scale and binary images: geometric and topological properties. Image segmentation, preprocessing, edge finding, processing. Image recognition. Mathematical models for image representation. Morphology. Representation of 3-D objects, scene understanding, motion detection. Massively parallel computers architectures. Machine vision for manufacturing. Prerequisite: ELG 4153 or the equivalent.
ELG5196 (EAJC 5709) AUTOMATA AND NEURAL NETWORKS (3 units)
Automata and neural networks: historical review, cellular automata, parallel distributed processing, multilayered networks and recurrent networks. Learning algorithms: linear learning, competitive learning, backward error propagation algorithm and training algorithm used in Boltzmann machines. Applications: pattern recognition, vector quantization, temporal pattern recognition, optimization, associative memory and control of dynamical systems. Hardware realization: implementation issues, analogue and digital VLSI implementations, and silicon models of early visual processing. Exclusion: SYSC 5601, ELG 6161.
ELG6101 (SYSC 5001) SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Simulation as a problem solving tool. Random variable generation, general discrete simulation procedure: event table and statistical gathering. Analyses of simulation data: point and interval estimation. Confidence intervals. Overview of modelling, simulation and problem solving using SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other languages.
ELG6104 (SYSC 5004) OPTIMIZATION FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Introduction to algorithms and computer methods for optimizing complex engineering systems. Includes linear programming, networks, nonlinear programming, integer and mixed-integer programming, genetic algorithms and search methods, and dynamic programming. Emphasizes practical algorithms and computer methods for engineering applications.
ELG6105 (SYSC 5005) OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND METHODS
Advanced theory, algorithms and computer methods for optimization. Interior point methods for linear optimization, advanced methods for nonlinear and mixed-integer optimization. Search methods. Applications in engineering. Prerequisite: SYSC 5004 or equivalent.
ELG6107 (SYSC/COMP 5007) EXPERT SYSTEMS
Survey of some landmark expert systems; types of architecture and knowledge representation; inferencing techniques; approximate reasoning; truth maintenance; explanation facilities; knowledge acquisition. A project to implement a small expert system will be assigned. Prerequisite: COMP 4007 or COMP 5001 or permission from the Department.
ELG6141 (SYSC 5401) ADAPTIVE CONTROL (3 units)
System identification. Least squares and recursive identification techniques. Asymptotic and theoretical properties. Model structure selection. Prediction and estimation. Model reference adaptive control and self tuning regulators. Nonlinear adaptive systems. Stability. Neural networks and neuro-control. Applications to robotics, control and pattern recognition. Prerequisite: SYSC 5502 or equivalent.
ELG6142 (SYSC 5402) ADVANCED DYNAMICS WITH APPLICATIONS TO ROBOTICS (3 units)
Lagrange equations and Hamilton's principle. Dynamics of lumped parameter and continuous systems. Natural modes and natural frequencies. Forced vibrations. Stability and bifurcation. Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. Gyroscopic effects. Forward and inverse kinematics of robot manipulators. Denavit-Hartenberg notation. Derivation of manipulator dynamics.
ELG6152 (SYSC 5502) ADVANCED LINEAR SYSTEMS (3 units)
Modelling and state space realization. Review of signals and systems. Solution to the matrix DE. Discrete time systems and the Z transform. Canonical representations and transformations. Controllability, observability and controller and observer design. LQR design and the Kalman filter. Numerous examples and applications.
ELG6182 (SYSC 5802) INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS SCIENCE (3 units)
An introduction to the process of applying computers in problem solving. Emphasis is placed on the design and analysis of efficient computer algorithms for large, complex problems. Applications in a number of areas are presented: data manipulation, databases, computer networks, queueing systems, optimization.
ELG6183 (SYSC 5803) LOGIC PROGRAMMING (3 units)
Review of relational databases, first order predicate calculus, semantics of first order models, deductive querying. Proof theory, unification and resolution strategies. Introduction to Prolog, and/or parallelism and Concurrent Prolog. Applications in knowledge representation and rule based expert systems.
ELG7113 (EACJ 5209) TOPICS IN SYSTEMS AND CONTROL I (3 units)
Current topics in the field, including linear semigroup theory and optimal feedback control.
ELG7114 (EACJ 5300) TOPICS IN SYSTEMS AND CONTROL II (3 units)
Current topics in the field, including linear and nonlinear filtering and optimal control of stochastic systems.
ELG7574 (EACJ 5301) SUJETS CHOISIS EN SYSTÈMES ET RÉGLAGE AUTOMATIQUE (3 units)
Sujets d'intérêt courant dans le domaine.
Digital and Optical Communications
ELG5103 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (3 units)Optical communication system concepts and basic characteristics. Optical Transmitters. Optical detection. Optical noise sources and their mathematical models. Non-coherent (direct) detection: system model, direct detection of intensity modulation, application of photo-multiplication, optimal post-detection processing, and subcarrier systems. Coherent detection: heterodyne receivers, the field matching problem and receiver performance. Optical binary digital system, single-mode binary and heterodyne binary systems. Block coded digital optical communication systems: PPM, PAM, PSK, and FSK signalling. Integration of device technology and system architecture. Selected topics in optical communications and networking. Prerequisites: ELG 5119, and ELG 5375 or the equivalents. Prerequisites: ELG5119, and ELG5375, or the equivalents.
ELG5106 (EACJ 5003) FOURIER OPTICS (3 units)
Diffraction: Plane waves expansions, angular spectra, 2D Fourier transform, scalar and vector diffraction theory, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, coherence. Linear optical systems: Thin lenses, Gaussian beam optics, transmission functions, linear systems theory, imaging, transfer functions, aberration. Applications: Holography, diffractive optics, gratings, optical correlation.
ELG5119 (EACJ 5109) STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (3 units)
Probability. Random variables. Distribution and density functions. Expectation. Functions of random variables. Moments and characteristic functions. Random vectors. Sequences of random variables and convergence. Limit theorems. Stochastic processes: basic notions. Stationarity. Ergodicity. Poisson and Gaussian processes.Second order processes. Representation theorems. Markov processes and chains. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5503 (ELG 6153).
ELG5126 (EACJ 5206) SOURCE CODING AND DATA COMPRESSION (3 units)
Lossless coding: discrete sources, entropy rate, Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, dictionary methods. Lossy coding: continuous sources, rate-distortion functions. Waveform coding methods: scalar and vector quantization, predictive coding, transform coding, subband and wavelet coding. Applications to telecommunications and storage: text, speech, audio, facsimile, image, video. Prerequisite: Probability and Signal Processing at undergraduate or graduate level. Precludes credit for ELG 6167.
ELG5131 (EACJ5131) GRAPHICAL MODELS (3 units)
Bayesian networks, factor graphs, Markov random fields, maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) and maximum likelihood (ML) principles, elimination algorithm, sum-product algorithm, decomposable and non-decomposable models, junction tree algorithm, completely observed models, iterative proportional fitting algorithm, expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, iterative conditional modes algorithm, variational methods, applications. Precludes credit for ELG7177C (EACJ5605C) Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG5132 (EACJ5132) SMART ANTENNAS (3 units)
Wireless systems and their imitations. Introduction to propagation and antenna arrays. Concept of smart antenna; spatial processing; space-division multiple access. Types of smart antennas. Range and capacity improvement. Beamforming networks and algorithms. Direction-of-arrival estimation. Multiple-input multiple- output (MIMO) architecture: basic principles; capacity issues; performance analysis. Bell Lab Layered Space-Time (BLAST) algorithm. Space-time coding. Alamouti scheme. Spatio-temporal radio channels. Impact of correlation. Precludes credit for ELG7178E (EACJ5606E). Prerequisites: ELG4171, or ELG4174, or ELG6166 (SYSC5606), or equivalent.
ELG5133 (EACJ5133) INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Introduction to mobile and cellular systems. Radio channel characterization: signal strength prediction techniques and coverage; indoor/outdoor models; fading; delay spread; interference models and outage probabilities. Digital modulation and transmission system performance. Signal processing techniques, diversity and beamforming.Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. New directions and recent results. Precludes additional credit for ELG7178A (EACJ5606A) Prerequisites: ELG5119 (EACJ5109) and ELG5375 (EACJ5506), or equivalent.
ELG5170 (EACJ 5501) INFORMATION THEORY (3 units)
Measure of information: entropy, relative entropy, mutual information, asymptotic equipartition property, entropy rates for stochastic processes; Data compression: Huffman code, arithmetic coding; Channel capacity: random coding bound, reliability function, Blahut-Arimoto algorithm, Gaussian channels, colored Gaussian noise and "water-filling"; Rate distortion theory; Network information theory. Prerequisite: ELG 5119 (EACJ 5109) or SYSC 5503 (ELG 5119) or the equivalent.
ELG5179 (EACJ 5503) DETECTION AND ESTIMATION (3 units)
Binary, M-ary and composite hypothesis testing. Bayes risk and Neyman-Pearson criteria. Parameter estimation: Cramer-Rao bounds; maximum-likelihood estimation. Detection in additive white Gaussian noise and coloured noise. Noise in noise problems. Classical estimation problems. The linear filtering problem. Wiener/Kalman filtering. Sequential and non-parametric detection. Prerequisites: ELG 5119 or SYSC 5503; and ELG 5375 or SYSC 5504; or the equivalents. Prerequisites: ELG5119 or SYSC5503; and ELG5375 or SYSC5504; or the equivalents.
ELG5180 (EACJ 5704) ADVANCED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Techniques and performance of digital signalling and equalization over linear bandlimited channels with additive Gaussian noise. Fading multipath channels: diversity concepts, modelling and error probability performance evaluation. Synchronization in digital communications. Spread spectrum in digital transmission over multipath fading channels. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5605. Prerequisite: SYSC 5504 or ELG 5375 or the equivalent.
ELG5360 (EACJ5360) DIGITAL WATERMARKING (3 units)
Overview of recent advances in watermarking of image, video, audio, and other media. Spatial, spectral, and temporal watermarking algorithms. Perceptual models. Use of cryptography in steganography and watermarking. Robustness, security, imperceptibility, and capacity of watermarking. Content authentication, copy control, intellectual property, and other applications. Prerequisite: ELG4172 or CEG4311 or equivalent.
ELG5369 (EACJ5369) INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (3 units)
IP Based Internet Technologies: Internet architecture and its protocols. Software/hardware requirements for quality of service (QoS), Integrated services. Scheduling. Fair queueing. Traffic and admission control algorithms. Differentiated services.Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and associated software/hardware design issues. Fast internet protocol (IP), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), internet protocol (IP) over synchronous optical network (SONET), wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), satellite implementations. Precludes additional credit for ELG7187B (EACJ5808B) Prerequisite: CEG/ELG 4183.
ELG5371 (EACJ 5500) DIGITAL COMMUNICATION BY SATELLITE (3 units)
Propagation and interference considerations. Link budget calculations. GEO, LEO, HEO systems. Transponders. Earth stations; modems (PSK, MSK, etc.), low noise amplifiers, high power amplifiers. Error control. Access techniques; FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, random access. Switching, onboard processing. Networking. ATM over satellites. Mobile satellite communications and IMT2000. Prerequisite: ELG 4171 or the equivalent.
ELG5372 (EACJ 5504) ERROR CONTROL CODING (3 units)
General introduction. Algebraic concepts. Linear block codes. Cyclic codes, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes. Convolutional codes. Maximum likelihood decoding, and sequential decoding of convolutional codes. Burst-error correcting convolutional and block codes. Automatic repeat request. Trellis Coded Modulation. Turbo codes and iterative decoding.
ELG5373 (EACJ 5105) DATA ENCRYPTION (3 units)
Secure communications: encryption and decryption. Entropy, equivocation and unicity distance. Cryptanalysis and computational complexity. Substitution, transposition and product ciphers. Data Encryption Standard (DES): block and stream cipher modes. Modular arithmetics. Public key cryptosystems: RSA, knapsack. Factorization methods. Elliptic curve cryptography. Authentication methods and cryptographic protocols. Prerequisite: ELG5119 or SYSC5503 or the equivalent
ELG5375 (EACJ 5506) PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (3 units)
Elements of communication theory and information theory applied to digital communications systems. Characterization of noise and channel models. Analysis of digital data transmission techniques for additive Gaussian noise channels. Efficient modulation and coding for relable transmission. Spread spectrum and line coding techniques. Prerequisite: ELG 5119 or SYSC 5503, or the equivalent (may be taken concurrently).
ELG5380 (EACJ 5002) ADVANCED CHANNEL CODING (3 units)
Channel coding theorem, channel capacity and cutoff rate. Trellis coded modulation; Multilevel codes. Spacetime coding. Product codes. Generalized code concatenation. Turbo codes and iterative decoding techniques, interleavers for turbo codes, Turbo Trellis coded modulation. Low density parity check codes Performance analysis of iteratively decoded codes. Prerequisites: ELG 5372 (SYSC 5504) or ELG 5375 (SYSC 5506).
ELG6110 (SYSC 5506) INFORMATION THEORY (3 units)
Measure of information: entropy, relative entropy, mutual information, asymptotic equipartition property, entropy rates for stochastic processes; Data compression: Huffman code, arithmetic coding; Channel capacity: random coding bound, reliability function, Blahut-Arimoto algorithm, Gaussian channels, coloured Gaussian noise and "water-filling"; Rate distortion theory; Network information theory. Prerequisite: SYSC 5303 (ELG 6153) or ELG 5119 (ISYS 5109) or equivalent. Precludes credit for EACJ 5501 (ELG 5170).
ELG6120 (SYSC 5200) ALGEBRAIC CODING THEORY (3 units)
Review of Algebra, Finite Fields, Linear Block Codes and their Properties, Hamming Codes, Cyclic codes; Hadamard Matrices and Hadamard Codes, Golay Codes, Reed-Muller Codes, BCH and Reed-Solomon Codes, Decoding Algorithms, Coding Bounds. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5507 (ELG 6157).
ELG6143 (SYSC 5403) NETWORK ACCESS TECHNIQUES (3 units)
A range of access technologies with emphasis on broadband access. Physical channels and the state-of-the-art of coding, modulation, multiplexing strategies to overcome physical impairments, including high-speed transmission over twisted pair, wireless, fibre and co-axial media. Prerequisites: ELG 6153 (SYSC 5503) and ELG 5375 (SYSC 5504).
ELG6153 (SYSC 5503) STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (3 units)
Basic concepts of randomness, as applied to communications, signal processing, and queueing systems; probability theory, random variables, stochastic processes; random signals in linear systems; introduction to decision and estimation; Markov chains and elements of queueing theory. Exclusion: ELG 5119.
ELG6154 (SYSC 5504) PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (3 units)
Elements of communication theory and information theory applied to digital communications systems. Characterization of noise and channel models. Optimum Receiver Theory. Modulation and coding for reliable transmission: MPSK, MQAM, M-ary orthogonal modulation. Channel coding, trellis coded modulation. Spread spectrum and CDMA communications. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5506 (ELG 5375). Prerequisite: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119 or the equivalent (may be taken concurrently).
ELG6159 (SYSC5409) Interactive Media and Digital Art (3 units)
Interactive digital technologies as new media for art and entertainment. Topics include essential features of the digital media, interactivity, computer games and gamification, interactive stories, serious games, virtual worlds and social networks, and digital art. Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of programming and multimedia design is strongly recommended.
ELG6189 (SYSC5500) Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems (3 units)
Security issues in data networks and computer systems. The course considers the protocol layers, looks at issues that are associated with specific types of network architectures. Issues with Web security, protocol security and different classes of attacks and defences will also be addressed. Finally, security issues in emerging paradigms, and trends such as social networks and cloud computing, will be addressed. Prerequisites: A senior undergraduate or graduate networking course (e.g. SYSC4602 or SYSC5201 or equivalent), an operating systems course, or permission of the graduate program director.
ELG6165 (SYSC 5605) ADVANCED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Techniques and performance of digital signalling and equalization over linear bandlimited channels with additive Gaussian noise. Fading multipath channels: diversity concepts, modelling and error probability performance evaluation. Synchronization in digital communications. Spread spectrum in digital transmission over multipath fading channels. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5704 (ELG 5780). Prerequisite: SYSC 5504 (ELG 6154).
ELG6166 (SYSC 5606) INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Mobile radio channel characterization: signal strength prediction techniques and statistical coverage; fading; delay spread; interference models and outage probabilities. Digital modulation and transmission system performance. Signal processing techniques: diversity and beamforming, adaptive equalization, coding. Applications to TDMA and CDMA cellular systems. Co-requisite: Can be taken concurrently with SYSC 5503 and SYSC 5504.
ELG6167 (SYSC 5607) SOURCE CODING AND DATA COMPRESSION (3 units)
Discrete and continuous sources. Discrete sources: Huffman coding and run length encoding. Continuous sources: waveform construction coding; PCM, DPCM, delta modulation; speech compression by parameter extraction; predictive encoding; image coding by transformation and block quantization. Fourier and Walsh transform coding. Applications to speech, television, facsimile. Prerequisite: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119 or the equivalent.
ELG6168 (SYSC 5608) WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (3 units)
Multiuser cellular and personal radio communication systems; frequency reuse, traffic engineering, system capacity, mobility and channel resource allocation. Multiple access principles, cellular radio systems, signalling and interworking. Security and authentication. Wireless ATM, satellite systems, mobile location, wireless LANs, wireless local loops, broadband wireless etc. Corequisites: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119, and SYSC 5504 or ELG 5375, or their equivalents. Prerequisite: SYSC5503 or ELG5119, and SYSC5504 or their equivalents.
ELG6169 (SYSC 5609) DIGITAL TELEVISION (3 units)
Television standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and HDTV. Sampling and quantization of television signals: rec 601-1. Digital video compression: inter and intra-frame methods, spatial and transform/wavelet coding; H.261 and MPEG standards. Video conferencing systems and other digital video processing applications.
ELG6170 (SYSC 5700) SPREAD SPECTRUM SYSTEMS (3 units)
Types of spread spectrum systems, FH and DS-SS, TH-SS using radio. Hybrid DS/FH-SS. Pseudo-noise generators: statistical properties of M sequences, Galois field connections, Gold codes. OVSF codes. Code tracking loops, initial synchronization of receiver spreading code. Performance in interference environments and fading channels. CDMA systems. SS applications in UWB communications and Imaging systems. Prerequisite: ELG 6154 (SYSC 5504) or the equivalent.
ELG6184 (SYSC 5804) ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (3 units)
ELG6365 (ELEC 5605) OPTICAL FIBRE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Transmission characteristics of and design considerations for multi-mode and single-mode optical fibre waveguides; materials, structures, and device properties of laser light sources; properties and performance of p-i-n and avalanche photodiodes; types of optical fibre signal formats, preamplifier topologies and noise, receiver sensitivity, transmitter design; link design for digital sytems.
ELG6366 (ELEC 5606) PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS AND RECEIVER SYNCHRONIZERS (3 units)
Phase-locked loops: components, fundamentals, stability, transient response, sinusoidal operation, noise performance, tracking, acquisition and optimization. Receiver synchronizers: carrier synchronizers including squaring loop, Costas loop, and remodulator for BPSK, QPSK BER performance; clock synchronizers including early late gate, inphase/midphase, and delay line multiplier; direct sequence spread spectrum code synchronizers including single dwell and multiple dwell serial PN acquisition, matched filter PN acquisition, delay locked loop and Tau-Dither loop PN tracking; frequency hopped spread spectrum time and frequency synchronization.
ELG7172 (EACJ 5600) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING I (3 units)
Signal, Speech and Image Processing
ELG5127 (EACJ 5304) MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING (3 units)Mathematical models of image formation based on the image modality and tissue properties. Linear models of image degradation and reconstruction. Inverse problems and regularization for image reconstruction. Image formation in Radiology, Computed Tomography,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, Electrical Impedance Tomography. Also offered as SYSC 5304. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5601 (ELG 7173) if EACJ 5601 was taken as this topic. Prerequisites: ELG 4172, CEG 4311, SYSC 4405 or permission of the Institute.
ELG5370 (EACJ 5370) MULTIRESOLUTION SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Multirate signal processing: sampling rate conversion, polyphase representation. Bases, filter banks: series expansion of discrete-time signals, series expansion of continuous-time signals, multiresolution concept and analysis, construction of wavelet, wavelet series. Complexity of multirate discrete-time processing, filter banks, and wavelet series computation. Prerequisite: a basic course in Digital Signal Processing such as ELG 5376 or ELG 4172.
ELG5376 (EACJ 5507) DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Review of discrete time signals and systems, A/D and D/A conversions, representation in time, frequency, and Z domain, DFT/FFT transforms, FIR/IIR filter design, quantization effects. Correlation functions. Cepstrum analysis. Multi-rate signal processing. Power spectrum estimation. Introduction to joint time-frequency analysis. DSP architecture: implementation approaches. Applications. Precludes additional credit for Engineering SYSC 5602 (ELG 6162).
ELG5377 (EACJ 5800) ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Theory and techniques of adaptive filtering, including Wiener filters, gradient and LMS methods; adaptive transversal and lattice filters; recursive and fast recursive least squares; convergence and tracking performance; implementation. Applications, such as adaptive prediction; channel equalization; echo cancellation; source coding; antenna beamforming; spectral estimation. Precludes additional credit for Engineering ELG 6160. Prerequisite: SYSC 5003 or ELG 5119, or the equivalent; SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376 or the equivalent.
ELG5378 (EACJ 5509) IMAGE PROCESSING AND IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Image acquisition, display and perception: sampling and reconstruction, quantization, human vision. Discrete image representations: color spaces, block, subband and wavelet representations. Image transformations, enhancement and restoration. Image analysis: edge detection, motion estimation. Image and video compression: lossless coding, predictive and transform coding, motion compensation. Prerequisite: Probability and Signal Processing at undergraduate or graduate level.
ELG5385 (EACJ5385) MATRIX METHODS AND ALGORITHMS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Representation and approximation in vector spaces, matrix factorization, pseudoinverses, application of eigen decomposition methods, Singular Values Decomposition, least squares problems, applications of special matrices, iterative algorithms, expectation maximization algorithm.
ELG6160 (SYSC 5600) ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Theory and techniques of adaptive filtering, including Wiener filters, gradient and LMS methods; adaptive transversal and lattice filters; recursive and fast recursive least squares; convergence and tracking performance; implementation. Applications, such as adaptive prediction; channel equalization; echo cancellation; source coding; antenna beamforming, spectral estimation. Prerequisites: SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119, or equivalent; SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376 or equivalent. Prerequisite: SYSC5503 or ELG5119, or equivalent; SYSC5602 or ELG5376 or equivalent.
ELG6161 (SYSC 5601) NEURAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Multidimensional function approximation. The least squares adaptive algorithm and the generalized delta rule. Multi-layered perceptrons and the back-propagation algorithm. Approximation of non-linear functions. Radial basis functions. Self-organized maps. Applications of neural signal processing to control, communications and pattern recognition. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5709(ELG 5796). Prerequisite: SYSC 5503 or ELG 6153 or equivalent. May be taken concurrently with SYSC 5503.
ELG6162 (SYSC 5602) DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 units)
Review of discrete time signals and systems, A/D and D/A conversions, representation in time, frequency, and Z domain, DFT/FFT transforms, FIR/IIR filter design, quantization effects. Correlation functions. Cepstrum analysis. Multi-rate signal processing. Power spectrum estimation. Introduction to joint time-frequency analysis. DSP architecture: implementation approaches. Applications.
ELG6163 (SYSC 5603) DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: MICROPROCESSORS, SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Characteristics of DSP algorithms and architectural features of current DSP chips: TMS320, DSP-56xxx, AD-21xx and SHARC. DSP multiprocessors and fault tolerant systems. Algorithm/software/hardware architecture interaction, program activity analysis, development cycle, and design tools. Case studies: LPC, codecs, FFT, echo cancellation. Viterbi decoding. Prerequisite: SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376 or the equivalent.
ELG6164 (SYSC 5604) ADVANCED TOPICS IN DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Prerequisites: SYSC 5602 or ELG 5376, or the equivalent, and permission of the Department.
ELG6321 (EACJ 5302 / SYSC 5302) PRINCIPLES AND DESIGN OF ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION (3 units)
Principles of physiological measurements and related instrumentation with particular applications to cardiology, lung function, cerebral and muscle signals, surgery and anaesthesiology, ultrasound measurements, and critical care for infants. Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
ELG7172 (EACJ 5600) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING I (3 units)
ELG7173 (EACJ 5601) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING II (3 units)
ELG7179 (EACJ 5603) TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING III (3 units)
Computer Communication Networks, Distributed Systems and BISDN
ELG5120 (EACJ 5200) QUEUEING SYSTEMS (3 units)Resource sharing issues: delay, throughput and queue length. Basic queueing theory, Markov chains, birth and death processes. M/M/m/k/n queues, bulk arrival/service systems. Little's Rule. Intermediate queueing theory: M/G/1, G/M/m queues. Advanced queueing theory: G/G/m queue, priority queue, network of queues, etc. Queueing applications. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5107 (ELG 6117). Prerequisite: One of ELG 5119, SYSC 5003, SYSC 5503, or the equivalent.
ELG5121 (EACJ 5201) MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Introduction, applications, standards. Networking technologies. Image, video and audio compression. Quality of Service and resource management. Scheduling issues for real-time MM transport. Multimedia synchronization. Multimedia and the Internet. Multimedia conferencing. Multimedia to the home. Satellites and multimedia. Multimedia applications.
ELG5122 (EACJ 5202) MODELLING, ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
Network performance issues and their mathematical analysis techniques. Intermittently available server model, probing and tree search, delay cycle, switch/network topology and reliability. Analysis of controlled and random access methods, routing allocation/ control, topological design. Selected topics from current literature on various network applications. Precludes additional credit for ELG 7186 (EACJ 5606). Prerequisites: ELG 5120 (EACJ 5200), ELG 5374 (EACJ 5607), or SYSC 5201 (ELG 6121), or the equivalents. Prerequisites: ELG5120 (EACJ5200), ELG5374 (EACJ5607), or SYSC 5201 (ELG6121), or the equivalents.
ELG5128 (ELG5128I) WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKING (3 units)
Self-organized, mobile, and hybrid ad hoc networks. Physical, medium access, networks, transport and application layers, and cross-layering issues. Power management. Security in ad hoc networks. Topology control and maintenance. Date communication protocols, routing and broadcasting. Location service for efficient routing. Exclusion: CSI5148 (COMP5103)
ELG5374 (EACJ 5607) COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (3 units)
Network applications, structures and their design issues. Resource sharing/access methods. Network transmission and switching techniques. OSI model. Error control, flow control and various issues related to the physical, data link and network layers. Local area networks. Performance issues of delay-throughput in various protocols. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 5201. Prerequisites: an undergraduate course in probability and statistics such as MAT 2377. Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in probability and statistics such as MAT2377.
ELG5381 (EACJ 5004) PHOTONICS NETWORKS (3 units)
Optical networks and switch architectures. Static networks. Wavelength routed networks. Linear lightwave networks. Multihop networks. Point-to-point and multipoint. Multiplexing and multiple access schemes. Scheduling. Capacity allocation. Static and dynamic routing. Channel assignment. Logical vs physical topologies, and their applications. Latest development in technology, network, protocols and analysis. Precludes additional credit for this course taken as a special topic in ELG 7178 (EACJ 5606).
ELG5382 (EACJ 5108) SWITCHING AND TRAFFIC THEORY FOR INTEGRATED BROADBAND NETWORKS (3 units)
Principles of switching theory. Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching architectures. Principle of teletraffic engineering. Queueing theory and performance evaluation techniques as applied to the study of computer network architectures. Current topics in computer network modelling analysis and traffic control for high-speed multimedia networks. Prerequisite: ELG 5374 (EACJ 5607) or ELG 6121 (SYSC 5201), or the equivalent. Co-requisite: ELG 5119 (EACJ 5109) or ELG 6153 (SYSC 5503) or ELG 6103 (SYSC 5003), or the equivalent.
ELG5383 (EACJ 5009) SURVIVABLE OPTICAL NETWORKS (3 units)
Optical networks design with emphasis on network survivability.Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), wavelength conversion, optical switch architectures, routing and wavelength assignment algorithms, IP over WDM, optical network protocols, optical network control architectures, protection and restoration, spare capacity allocation, survivable routing, design and performance evaluation. Prerequisites: ELG 5374 or its equivalent.
ELG5386 (EACJ5386) NEURAL NETWORKS AND FUZZY SYSTEMS (3 units)
Neuro-fuzzy and soft computing. Fuzzy set theory: rules, reasoning and inference systems. Regression and optimization; derivative-based optimization - genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, downhill simplex search. Neural Networks: adaptive networks; bidirectional associative memories; supervised and unsupervised learning; learning from enforcement. Applications: neuro-fuzzy modelling and control, pattern recognition. Exclusion: MCG5356 (MECH5506).
ELG6119 (SYSC 5109) TELETRAFFIC ENGINEERING (3 units)
Congestion phenomena in telephone systems, and related telecommunications networks and systems, with an emphasis on the problems, notation, terminology, and typical switching systems and networks of the operating telephone companies. Analytical queueing models and applications to these systems. Prerequisite: Engineering SYSC 5503 or ELG 5119, or the equivalent.
ELG6121 (SYSC 5201) COMPUTER COMMUNICATION (3 units)
Computer network types, introductory queueing theory and performance analysis. OSI layering and BISDN layering modifications. Data link layer. Local area networks and random access (CSMA - CD, switched ethernet, token ring, wireless LAN). Public Networks. IP networks, addressing, routing. Transport layer, flow control. Introduction to ISDN. Precludes additional credit for EACJ 5607 (ELG 5374 or SYSC 4602 (ELG 4181). Prerequisite: Undergraduate preparation in probability theory equivalent to Mathematics 69.352.
ELG6127 (SYSC 5207) DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (3 units)
Techniques for representing distributed systems: precedence graphs, petrinets, communicating state-machines etc. Processes, threads, synchronization and interprocess communication techniques, RPC. Protocol: OSI model, application and presentation layers. Middleware for client-server application management, CORBA. Resource management: processor allocation and load sharing. Real-time issues and scheduling. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6180 (SYSC 5800) NETWORK COMPUTING (3 units)
Design and Java implementation of distributed applications that use telecommunication networks as their computing platform. Basics of networking; Java networking facilities. Introduction to open distributed processing; CORBA, JavalDL, JavaRMI, CGI/HTTP, DCOM, Componentware; Enterprise JavaBeans, ActiveX. Agents: Java code mobility facilities. Security issues; Java security model.
ELG6181 (SYSC 5801) ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
ELG6188 (SYSC 5808) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MANAGEMENT (3 units)
Network management issues, WANs and LANs. The Internet and ISO models of network management. Network management protocols SNMP, CMIP, CMOT, etc. Events, Managed Objects and MIBs. Fault management techniques. Current diagnostic theory and its limitations. AI and Machine learning approaches. Monitoring and fault management tools. Prerequisites: SYSC 5201 or ELG 5374, or the equivalent. Prerequisite: SYSC5201 or the equivalent.
ELG6189 (SYSC5500) Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems (3 units)
Security issues in data networks and computer systems. The course considers the protocol layers, looks at issues that are associated with specific types of network architectures. Issues with Web security, protocol security and different classes of attacks and defences will also be addressed. Finally, security issues in emerging paradigms, and trends such as social networks and cloud computing, will be addressed. Prerequisites: A senior undergraduate or graduate networking course (e.g. SYSC4602 or SYSC5201 or equivalent), an operating systems course, or permission of the graduate program director.
ELG7177 (EACJ 5605) TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS I (3 units)
Current topics in the field.
ELG7178 TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION II (3 units)
Computer-Aided Design for Electronic Circuits
ELG6353 (ELEC 5503) RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN (3 units)Integrated radio front-end component design, with emphasis on a bipolar process. Overview of radio systems, discussion of frequency response, gain, noise, linearity, intermodulation, image rejection, impedance matching, stability, and power dissipation. Detailed design of low-noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators and power amplifiers. Design alternatives through the use of one-chip inductors and baluns. The impact of process variations, parasitics, and packaging. Simulation issues and techniques.
ELG6354 (ELEC 5504) ANALYSIS OF HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONIC PACKAGES AND INTERCONNECTS (3 units)
Introduction to techniques of modelling, simulation and optimization in designing high-speed VLSI packages and systems; models for IC packages, interconnects and ground/power planes; lumped element models, distributed models and EM-based models for high-speed VLSI interconnects; delay, crosstalk and switching noise analysis; simulation of multiconductor transmission line networks; asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) and moment matching techniques; concurrent thermal and electrical analysis of IC packages and boards; optimization of signal integrity in IC packages and printed circuit boards; macromodelling of linear and non-linear components and circuits.
ELG6356 (ELEC 5506) SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS (3 units)
Time and frequency-domain formulations for simulation, sensitivity analysis and optimization. Optimization techniques for performance, cost and yield-driven analysis of electronic circuits. Optimization approaches to modelling and parameter extraction of active and passive elements. Advanced techniques include statistical modelling, tolerance and reliability optimization, computer-aided tuning and analog diagnosis, and large-scale optimizations. Examples and case studies include FET modelling, optimization of amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, mixers, high-speed VLSI packages/interconnects, signal-integrity in high-speed ICs, printed circuit boards and multichip modules.
ELG6358 (ELEC 5508) COMPUTER METHODS FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF VLSI AND COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS (3 units)
Basic principles of CAD tools used for the analysis and design of VLSI circuits and systems. Formulation of circuit equations. Sparse matrix techniques. Frequency and time-domain solutions. Relaxation techniques and timing analysis. Noise and distortion analysis. Transmission line effects in high-speed designs. Interconnect analysis and crosstalk simulation. Numerical inversion techniques. Asymptotic waveform estimation. Mixed frequency/time domain techniques. Sensitivity analysis and its application in optimizing circuit performance.
ELG6381 (ELEC5801) HIGH-SPEED AND LOW-POWER VLSI (3 units)
High-Speed and Low-Power CMOS VLSI Circuit techniques covering the low and high levels of abstraction, including Transistor, Switch, Logic-Gate, Module, and System Levels. At each level students learn the state-of-the-art techniques to optimize the performance and energy consumption of a circuit. They also use one or more of these techniques in a design project. Prerequisites: ELEC 4708 or ELEC 5804 (VLSI Design) or Equivalent (Permission of the Director).
ELG6383 (ELEC 5803) BEHAVIOURAL SYNTHESIS OF ICs (3 units)
Various topics related to computer analysis and synthesis of VLSI circuits including: logic synthesis, finite state machine synthesis, design methodologies, design for reuse, testing, common VLSI functions, a review of Verilog. Prerequisite: some IC design knowledge such as given in 4708.
Microwaves and Electromagnetics
ELG5104 (EACJ 5401) ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)The homogeneous wave equation. Uniform and nonuniform plane waves. Inhomogeneous wave equations. Green's functions. Theory of potentials. Scattering problems. Numerical methods. Boundary value problems. Perturbation and variational techniques. Prerequisite: ELG 4103 or the equivalent.
ELG5108 (EACJ 5305) ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY AND INTERFERENCE (3 units)
Interference phenomena. Shielding of conductors. Grounding. Other noise reduction techniques. EMI filters. Noise sources: narrowband and broadband. Electromagnetic pulse as an interference source. Modelling EMI/C circuit boards and backplanes. Prerequisites: ELG 4104 or equivalent. Prerequisite: ELG4104 or the equivalent.
ELG5379 (EACJ 5402) NUMERICAL METHODS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING (3 units)
Review of electromagnetic and potential theory. Formulation of static and electrodynamic problems. Introduction to numerical and field-theoretical modelling techniques. Numerical methods considered: FD, MoL, SDA, TLM and BPM. Examples of commonly encountered electromagnetic problems at microwave, millimeterwave and optical frequencies. Prerequisite: ELG 4103 or the equivalent.
ELG6344 (ELEC 5404) NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HIGH-SPEED /HIGH-FREGUENCY CIRCUIT DESIGN (3 units)
Neural network methodologies for computer-aided design of high-speed/high-frequency circuits, including modeling of passive and active devices/circuits, and their applications in high-level design and optimization in wired and wireless electronic systems.
ELG6349 (ELEC 5409) MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETERWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (3 units)
Design of communications electronics components with emphasis on GaAs MMIC implementation. Overview of MESFET, HEMT, HBT device modeling. Integrated lumped/ distributed passive element modeling. Broadband impedance matching. Design of direct-coupled amplifiers, distributed amplifiers, power devices and amplifiers, phase shifters, switches, attenuators, mixers, oscillators.
ELG6351 (ELEC 5501) PASSIVE MICROWARE CIRCUITS (3 units)
Characteristics of homogeneous and inhomogeneous transmission lines and waveguides. Planar transmission lines: stripline, microstrip, coplanar lines, slotline. Coupled transmission lines. Modelling of discontinuities. Ferrite components. Microwave network analysis: parameters, CAD models. Design of impedance-matching networks, directional couplers, power splitters, filters. Applications in MICs and MMICs.
ELG6355 (ELEC 5505) PASSIVE CIRCUIT THEORY (3 units)
General description of networks, leading to matrix representation of n-terminal lumped and distributed networks. Elements of matrix algebra as applied to networks. Properties of network functions; poles and zeros of driving point and transfer functions. Foster and Cauer canonic forms. Synthesis of lossless two-ports, single- and double-terminated. Modern filter theory; approximation of characteristics by rational functions; Butterworth and Chebyshev approximations. General parameter filters; graphical design. Elliptic filters, predistortion. Phase response and group delay; all-pass and Bessel filters.
ELG6357 (ELEC 5507) ACTIVE CIRCUIT THEORY (3 units)
Characterization of negative-resistance one-port networks, signal general and amplification. Active two-ports; y, z, h, k, chain and scattering parameters. Measurement of two-port parameters. Activity and passivity; reciprocity, non-reciprocity, and anti-reciprocity. Gyrator as a circuit element. Stability, inherent and conditional; power gain of conjugate and mismatched two-port amplifiers. Amplifier gain sensitivity. Stability, inherent and conditional; power gain of conjugate and mismatched two-port amplifiers. Active filter design; gyrator, negative immittance converter (NIC) and operational amplifier used as functional elements. Practical realization of gyrators and NICs. Active network synthesis. Prerequisite: ELEC 5505 or the equivalent.
ELG6362 (ELEC 5602) MICROWAVE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS (3 units)
Theory of operation for microwave diodes (varactor, p-i-n, Gunn, IMPATT) and transistors (BJT, MESFET, HBT, HEMT). Small-signal, large-signal, and noise models for CAD. Diode oscillators and reflection amplifiers. Design of transitor oscillators and amplifiers. Discussion of technology/fabrication issues and MMIC applications.
ELG6363 (ELEC 5603) ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION (3 units)
Review of groundwave, skywave and transionospheric propagation modes relevant to radar, communications and other systems operating in the medium to extra-high frequency bands. The occurrence and magnitude of various types of electromagnetic noise: physical principles involved, modelling and prediction techniques, and limitations of such techniques in practical situations.
ELG6364 (ELEC 5604) RADAR SYSTEMS (3 units)
Fundamentals: range equation, minimum detectable signal, radar cross-section, pulse repetition frequency, range ambiguities. Classes of Radar: CW, FM-CW, MTI, tracking, air surveillance, SSR, PAR, MLS, SAR, SLAR, OTH, 3D and bistatic radars. Radar subsystems: transmitters, antennas, receivers, processors, displays. Detection criteria: CFAR receivers, noise, clutter, precipitation. Waveform design: ambiguity functions, pulse compression. Propagation characteristics: earth's curvature, refraction, diffraction, attenuation.
ELG6367 (ELEC 5607) FUNDAMENTALS OF ANTENNA ENGINEERING (3 units)
Basic properties of antennas (gain, radiation patterns, polarization, antenna temperature). Analysis of common antennas (dipoles, loops, helices, aperture antennas, microstrip, dielectric resonator antennas, reflectors). Analysis and design of linear and planar arrays (array factors, beam scanning, amplitude weighting, feed networks).
ELG6368 (ELEC 5608) FOURIER OPTICS (3 units)
The theory and applications of diffractive and non-diffractive coherent optics, with emphasis on holograms, tomography and high-speed optical computing. Mathematical basis: generalized 2-D Fourier transforms, transfer function of an optical system, 2-D sampling theory, Helmholtz equation, Green's theorem, and the classical diffraction theories. Eikonal equations; the lens as an optical Fourier transformer; optical imaging and filtering. Bragg cells and their application in optical correlators and spectrum analyzers. Computed axial tomography (CAT scans) with non-diffractive and diffractive sources: Fourier Slice theorem, Filtered Backprojection, Born and Rytov approximations. Physical and computer-generated holograms, volume holograms, holographic optical elements. Optical computing: spatial filtering, holographic memory, optical processors, optical pattern recognition.
ELG6369 (ELEC 5609) NONLINEAR MICROWAVE DEVICES AND EFFECTS (3 units)
The physical basis and mathematical modelling of a variety of microwave/millimetre-wave devices, (some of which exhibit the most extreme nonlinear behaviour known), how they can be exploited in practical circuits and systems, and how the resulting device/circuit interactions can be analyzed. Devices include two-terminal nonlinear-resistance elements (varistors) and two two-terminal nonlinear-reactance devices (varactors) based on classical, heterostructure and superconducting technologies: pn and Schottky-barrier diodes, tunnel and resonant-tunneling diodes, BIN and BNN varactor diodes, single-barrier-varactor diodes, high-electron-mobility varactor diodes, Josephson-junction diodes, and SIS quasiparticle tunneling junctions. Three-terminal nonlinear devices include MESFETs, HBTs, and HEMTs and RHETs. Circuit applications encompass direct radiation detectors; frequency mixers; resistive, reactive, and active frequency multipliers; as well as reactive and regenerative frequency dividers. Emphasis will be placed on analytical approaches that provide global insight into the nonlinear phenomena.
ELG6372 (ELEC 5702) PRINCIPLES OF PHOTONICS (3 units)
Electromagnetic wave propagation in crystals; review of geometric optics; Gaussian beam propagation; optical fibres; dielectric waveguides for optical integrated circuits; optical resonators; optical properties of materials; theory of laser oscillation; specific laser systems; electro-optic modulators; photorefractive materials and applications; holography; optical interconnects.
ELG6379 (ELEC 5709) ADVANCED TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS (3 units)
ELG7100 (EACJ 5404) TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS I (3 units)
ELG7101 (EACJ 5405) TOPICS IN ELECTROMAGNETICS II
Solid State Devices and Integrated Circuit Fabrication
ELG5107 (EACJ 5001) SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL LOGIC (3 units)Principles of Optical Amplification. Structures of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA). Steady-state model of SOA. Dynamic model of SOA. Network Applications of SOAs. SOA Nonlinearities. SOA Wavelength Converters. SOA optical gates. SOA Logic Devices. Optical Memory Devices. SOA based signal regeneration. Precludes additional credit for this course taken as a special topic in (EACJ 5807) ELG 7186. Prerequisites: ELG 5103 or equivalent course.
ELG6320 (EACJ 5208 / ELEC 5200) ADVANCED TOPICS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND DEVICES (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in the field of Integrated Circuits and Devices and its related areas.
ELG6342 (ELEC5402) INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION ALGORITHMS AND TECHNIQUES (3 units)
Digital design process; Overview of design automation tools/methodologies; Theory of computational complexity; Layout compaction; Placement and Partitioning; Floorplanning; Routing; Digital simulation; Switch-level simulation; Logic synthesis; Verification; Analog and RF simulation. Area: Computer-Aided Design for Electronic Circuits.
ELG6359 (ELEC 5509) INTERGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY (3 units)
Survey of technology used in integrated circuit fabrication. Crystal growth and crystal defects, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation and annealing, gettering, chemical vapour deposition, etching, materials for metallization and contacting, and photolithography. Structures and fabrication techniques for submicron devices. Applications in CMOS and BiCMOS processes.
ELG6373 (ELEC 5703) ADVANCED TOPICS IN SOLID STATE DEVICES AND IC TECHNOLOGY (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in Solid State Devices and IC Technology. The subject material will vary from year to year according to research interests in the department. Students may be expected to contribute to lectures or seminars on selected topics. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6377 (ELEC 5707) MICROELECTRONICS SENSORS (3 units)
Physical design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfabricated sensors and actuators. An overview of thin and thick film processes and micromachining techniques will provide fabrication background. Design of a variety of devices including piezoresistive, piezoelectric, electromagnetic, thermal, optical, and chemical sensors and actuators.
ELG6380 (ELEC 5800) THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (3 units)
Review of solid state physics underlying device mechanisms. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in a semiconductor. Carrier transport theory. Physical theory of basic semiconductor device structures and aspects of design: PN junctions and bipolar transistors, field effect devices. Current transport relationships for transistors. Charge control theory. Modelling of device mechanisms. Performance limitations of transistors.
ELG6382 (ELEC 5802) SURFACE-CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (3 units)
Fundamentals of the MOS system: MOS capacitors. Long channel behaviour: theory, limitations and performance of the SPICE level 1 and 2 models. Small geometry effects: theory, limitations and performance of the SPICE level 3 model. Subthreshold operation and modelling. Hot electron effects and reliability. Advanced analysis: the MISNAN model.
ELG7132 (EACJ 5006) TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS I (3 units)
Current topics in the field.
ELG7133 (EACJ 5007) TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS II (3 units)
ELG7575 (EACJ 5008) SUJETS CHOISIS EN ÉLECTRONIQUE (3 units)
VLSI
ELG6352 (ELEC 5502) ANALOG INTEGRATED FILTERS (3 units)The fundamentals and details of analog integrated filters with emphasis on active continuous-time filters and SAW filters. Comparison to switched-capacitor filters. Review of filter concepts, types of filters, approximations, transformations. Building blocks such as op amps, transconductance amplifiers, and gyrators. Design using cascaded second-order sections, multiple loop feedback and LC ladder simulations. Discussion of issues such as tuning, linearity, dynamic range, and noise.
ELG6360 (ELEC 5600) DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING (3 units)
Production testing of digital integrated circuits. Cost and difficulty of testing. Outline of methods of testing used in production. Testing schemes and design for testability. Specific topics are: faults and fault models, yield estimates, testability measures, fault simulation, test generation methods, sequential testing, scan design, boundary scan, built-in self-test, CMOS testing.
ELG6374 (ELEC 5704) ADVANCED TOPICS IN CAD (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in Computer-Aided Design (CAD). The subject material will vary from year to year according to research interests in the department. Students may be expected to contribute to lectures or seminars on selected topics. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6375 (ELEC 5705) ADVANCED TOPICS IN VLSI (3 units)
Recent and advanced topics in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI). The subject material will vary from year to year according to research interests in the department. Students may be expected to contribute to lectures or seminars on selected topics. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
ELG6376 (ELEC 5706) SUBMICRON CMOS AND BICMOS CIRCUITS FOR SAMPLED DATA APPLICATIONS (3 units)
The analog aspects of digital CMOS and BiCMOS circuit design in submicron technologies including reliability; sampled analog circuits, including amplifier nonidealities and switch charge injection; CMOS/BiCMOS amplifier design considerations, leading up to standard folded-cascode and two-stage circuits.
ELG6378 (ELEC 5708) ASICs IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (3 units)
The definition of Application Specific Integrated Circuits is given along with current ASIC technology trends. CMOS and BiCMOS fabrication technologies are compared for their potential use in communications circuits. Circuit building blocks such as amplifiers, switched-capacitor filters and analog to digital converters are overviewed in the context of their communications applications. An overview of vendor technologies is followed by application examples such as line drivers, pulse shaping and equalization circuits, high-speed data transmission over twisted pair copper cables and mobile radio components and implementation issues. Students are required to submit a related literature study and design a communications integrated circuit component using a standard cell library environment.
ELG6384 (ELEC 5804) VLSI DESIGN (3 units)
Integrated circuit design with a strong emphasis on design methodology. Design philosophies considered include Full Custom design, standard cells, gate arrays and sea-of-gates using CMOS and BiCMOS technology. A prelude to ELEC 5805.
ELG6385 (ELEC 5805) VLSI DESIGN PROJECT (3 units)
Using state-of-the-art CMOS and BiCMOS technologies, students will initiate their own design of an integrated circuit using tools in the CAD lab and submit it for fabrication where the design warrants.
ELG6388 (ELEC 5808) SIGNAL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS (3 units)
Signal processing from the viewpoint of analog circuit design. CCDs, BBDs, transversal filters, recursive filters, switched capacitor filters, with particular emphasis on integration of analog signal processing techniques in monolithic MOS ICs. Detailed operational amplifier design in CMOS technology. Implications of nonideal operational amplifier behaviour in filter performance. Basic sampled data concepts, detailed Z transform analysis of switched capacitor filters and more complex circuits. Noise in analog and sampled analog circuits, including calculation of dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio.
ELG6389 (ELEC 5809) NONLINEAR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS (3 units)
A unified representation of non-linear circuits used in today’s telecommunications ICs is introduced. Nonlinear representation of circuits based on operational amplifiers, sinusoidal oscillators, amplitude modulators, demodulators, frequency modulators, frequency demodulators, mixers and Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is introduced. Design implications for commonly used Complementory Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) and bipolar circuits. Precluded additional credit for this course taken previously as a special topics course ELG 6375 (ELEC 5705) in Fall 1999,Winter 2004 and Winter 2005. Prerequisite: Permission of the Institute.
Cotes de service / Service Codes
ELG5900 Projet / Project (3 units)ELG7199 (EACJ 5101) DIRECTED STUDIES (3 units)
Various possibilities exist for pursuing directed studies on topics approved by the Department and which a full-time faculty member has agreed to direct, including any of the courses listed in the Graduate Calendar that are not being offered on a formal basis in the current academic year.
ELG7999 THÈSE DE M.Sc.A. / MASc THESIS
ELG8000 TRAVAIL COOPÉRATIF - 1er STAGE / CO-OP WORK-TERM I
Pour les étudiants et les étudiantes d'un programme coopératif de maîtrise qui font leur première session de travail. / For students in a co-operative master's program who are on their first work session.
ELG8001 TRAVAIL COOPÉRATIF - 2e STAGE / CO-OP WORK-TERM II
Pour les candidats et les candidates à un programme coopératif de maîtrise qui font leur deuxième session de travail. / For students in a co-operative master's program who are on their second work session.
ELG9997 PROPOSITION DE THÈSE DE DOCTORAT / PhD THESIS PROPOSAL
ELG9998 EXAMEN DE SYNTHÈSE DU DOCTORAT / PhD COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
ELG9999 THÈSE DE DOCTORAT / PhD THESIS
GNG5121 PLANNING OF EXPERIMENTS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (3 units)
Two-level statistical experimental methods as applied to engineering design; analysis of means, analysis of variance, contrasts, multifactorial analysis of variance, fractional factorial design, screening designs, product variation and an introduction to the Taguchi approach.
GNG5122 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND LEAN SIX SIGMA (3 units)
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt tools and techniques, operational efficiency, waste and variability reduction, continuous improvement, the pursuit of perfection. DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve and control), process mapping, data collection and analysis, root cause problem solving, the cost of quality, mistake proofing, change management.
GNG5123 ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (3 units)
Enterprise architecture as a rigorous planning methodology that harmonizes and integrates the needs of society, management, and engineering in both business and government. Based on an analysis of currently available frameworks and standards, the course will address the design of enterprise business architectures and the derivation of supporting information systems infrastructure.
