Course Information

Digital Signal Processing, TSRT78, HT2, 2011

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 and 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
Grupp_A	Fredrik Lindsten	lindsten_at_isy.liu.se	284043
Grupp_B	Saikat Saha	saha_at_isy.liu.se	284043

Course assistant: Fredrik Lindsten, lindsten_at_isy.liu.se, 284043.

The problem class (Grupp_B) will be held in English.

Course Matrial

The course material consists of,

• Gustafsson, F., Ljung, L. and Millnert, M. "Signal Processing", 2011. The MATLAB functions for the book are available here. This book is also available in Swedish as, Gustafsson, F., Ljung, L. and Millnert, M. "Signalbehandling", 2006, second edition.
• Gunnarsson, F., Tjärnström, F. and Gustafsson, F. "Signal Processing - Exercises", 2010.
  
• Lab instructions (available here).

The course books are available from for example Bokakademin in Kårallen and Studentlitteratur, Bokus.

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, 3.3-3.5, 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.5, 6.1-6.6, 7.1-7.7, 8, 9.1-9.3, 9.5-9.7 (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 in the 2006 Swedish version).

Mailing list

If you are registered on the course you are automatically on the list tsrt78-ht2011_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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