Course Information

Digital Signal Processing, TSRT78, HT2, 2009

Course Description

This course describes the most important methods and algorithms for signal processing. There is a strong focus on being able to apply these to signals of various kinds. Topics include: discrete Fourier transform (DFT), signal modelling (both in the frequency and in the time domain), estimating models, spectral estimation, Wiener filtering, Kalman filtering and adaptive filtering. The course will also discuss relevant applications of signal processing, including for example, adaptive noise cancellation, friction tire pressure estimation in cars.

Course Structure

This course gives 6hp (of which 1hp are labs). The course structure is as follows:

• Lectures: 14 (including invited speakers from industry)
• Exercises: 12 (both with and without a computer)
• Labs: 2 mandatory labs
• Exam: Written exam (4 hours)

Details, lecture plans, exercises and the labs are available from the links in the right column. The course is rather different to most other courses when it comes to the use of computers:

• The use of computers is highly integrated in the course and more than half of the exercises take place in ISY's computer labs. More information about the computer labs is available here.
• The Matlab introductory course is a recommended prerequisite.
• The computer and Matlab are "allowed aids" during the exam. This also explains why the exam takes place in ISY's computer labs.
• All students will have personal accounts and in this way have unlimited access to the computer labs also outside the scheduled time. In order to enter the computer labs and Laboteket (where the two labs takes place) you will need your LiU-card.
• Matlab can be downloaded from the student portal or bought at Bokakademin in Kårallen at a very low cost (basically the cost of the disc). This implies that you can work from home.

Lectures

Examiner and lecturer is Thomas Schön,
E-mail: schon_at_isy.liu.se, Phone: 281373

Exercises

Name	E-mail	Phone
GRA, SY1	Jonas Callmer	callmer_at_isy.liu.se	282306
GRB	Karl Granström	karl_at_isy.liu.se	282803
GRC	Fredrik Lindsten	lindsten_at_isy.liu.se	284043

Course assistant: Jonas Callmer, callmer_at_isy.liu.se, 282306.

The first problem class (GRA, SY1) will be held in English.

Course Matrial

The course material consists of,

• Gustafsson, F., Ljung, L. and Millnert, M. "Signal processing", 2009. This book is also available in Swedish as,
  Gustafsson, F., Ljung, L. and Millnert, M. "Signalbehandling", 2001, second edition.
  
• Gunnarsson, F., Tjärnström, F. and Gustafsson, F. "Signalbehandling - övningsbok", 2002.
  
• Lab instructions (available here).
• Stochastics (in Swedish), for those of you who want a brief summary of the course in signal theory.

The English version of the book and the exercises are currently in the process of being translated and it will be handed out to non-Swedish participants throughout the course.

Reading advice

The appendices that finishes each chapter will not be tested during the exam. However, appendix A, B and C at the end of the book are part of the course. Central parts of the course are chapters 2.2-2.7, 3.1-3.6, 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.3, 7.1-7.5, 8, 9.

The course book is available from for example Bokakademin in Kårallen and Akademibokhandeln in Zenit.

Mailing list

If you are registered on the course you are automatically on the list tsrt78-ht2009_at_student.liu.se. During the course there will most probably be information disseminated using this list and/or be announced during the lectures.

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