ECE 498

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

0 to 4 undergraduate hours. 0 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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ECE 498 class schedule data for fall 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
79794	Lecture	AL3	5:00PM -7:50PM	M	2015 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Nicol, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Trust Critical Infrastructure Restriction(s): Not intended for Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
47789	Lecture	AL4	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	3013 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Stillwell, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Electric Mobility Systems Section Info: : Transportation electrification is foundational to global decarbonization. This course covers electric mobility from foundational physics to system-of-systems energy interactions. We introduce the common system-level components of electric vehicles -- electric propulsion, energy storage, power conversion, drive cycles -- and how they operate together to meet mobility needs. The course focuses on energy linkages, and on modeling and design of system components. Application examples from electric aircraft, passenger cars, trucks, and drones will motivate each topic. Prerequisites: ECE 205 or 210 or equivalent. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
79772	Lecture	ALU	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	3013 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Stillwell, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Electric Mobility Systems Section Info: : Transportation electrification is foundational to global decarbonization. This course covers electric mobility from foundational physics to system-of-systems energy interactions. We introduce the common system-level components of electric vehicles -- electric propulsion, energy storage, power conversion, drive cycles -- and how they operate together to meet mobility needs. The course focuses on energy linkages, and on modeling and design of system components. Application examples from electric aircraft, passenger cars, trucks, and drones will motivate each topic. Prerequisites: ECE 205 or 210 or equivalent.
72067	Lecture	EC3	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	3013 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Chitambar, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Quantum Info Processing Theory Section Info: This course surveys three main areas within quantum information theory: (I) Axioms and mathematical formalism, (II) Quantum communication and protocols, and (III) Nonlocality and entanglement theory. Specific topics include positive operators, quantum measurements and channels, quantum circuits, quantum state discrimination, quantum key distribution (QKD), superdense coding and teleportation, quantum entanglement and LOCC, nonlocality and Bell Inequalities, entanglement witnesses and measures. By the end of the course, the student should be equipped to begin participating in quantum information research. Prerequisites: PHYS 214, MATH 257, and ECE 313 (or equivalent courses). Restriction(s): Not intended for Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
72068	Lecture	EC4	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	3013 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Chitambar, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Quantum Info Processing Theory Section Info: This course surveys three main areas within quantum information theory: (I) Axioms and mathematical formalism, (II) Quantum communication and protocols, and (III) Nonlocality and entanglement theory. Specific topics include positive operators, quantum measurements and channels, quantum circuits, quantum state discrimination, quantum key distribution (QKD), superdense coding and teleportation, quantum entanglement and LOCC, nonlocality and Bell Inequalities, entanglement witnesses and measures. By the end of the course, the student should be equipped to begin participating in quantum information research. Prerequisites: PHYS 214, MATH 257, and ECE 313 (or equivalent courses). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
59104	Laboratory Lecture	HK HK	ARRANGED 11:00AM -11:50AM	n.a. TR	Location Pending 3017 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Wang, D Wang, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Advanced VLSI System Design Section Info: Student teams will design and fabricate their own digital, analog, or mixed-signal chip using modern electronic design automation tools and industry best practices. In this project-based course, each team will propose a design in the form of specifications, write a Verilog (or equivalent) and a synthesizable C++ (or equivalent) model for the chip or its components, design schematics, create a testing/debug strategy, and perform layout, integration, and verification of the chip before taping it out. The design files for fully functional designs will be sent for fabrication at the end of the semester. Students can test their devices as individual studies when the chips come back from the foundry. We will be requiring one of the team members to commit to enrolling in an independent study to test the chips. Roughly nine to eleven hours of lab work is expected per week. Overall, the course will require a time commitment of 13-15 hours per week. Prerequisites: Some prior experience with hardware design and layout will be necessary. ECE425 prerequisite.
79992	Lecture	MA	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	2015 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Ahmed, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: CMOS IC Design Section Info: The aim of this course it to provide the in-depth analysis and design capability required for analog, radio-frequency, and digital integrated circuits using MOS field effect transistors. Topics covered in the course include MOS field effect transistor dc and ac characteristics, single-stage amplifiers, operational amplifiers, frequency response, circuit noise, passives in integrated circuits, matching and tuned amplifiers, dc and transient analysis of inverters, combinational logic gates, and sequential logic circuits. Restriction(s): Restricted to MENG:Elec & Computer Eng-UIUC.
51703	Lecture	MA2	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	3020 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Ahmed, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Radio-Frequency IC Design Section Info: This course will cover basic principles of modern wireless transceiver design using integrated circuit technology at radio frequency (100 MHz to 6 GHz) for wireless communication applications, such as 5G and WiFi. Building upon the circuit skills learned from ECE 342 “Electronic Circuits”, this new course teaches analysis and design of integrated circuits that operate at much higher frequencies and for wireless communications in specific. In addition, the electromagnetic fields and waves fundamentals in ECE 329 “Fields and Waves I” will be applied to modern wireless communication systems in this new course. Prerequisites: ECE 342, ECE 329
47432	Lecture	NSG	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	2022 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Shanbhag, N Sundaresha, V Zhou, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: VLSI in Machine Learning Section Info: Resource - Constrained Machine Learning for Edge Applications. This course will present challenges in implementing deep learning algorithms on resource-constrained hardware platforms at the Edge such as wearables, IoTs, autonomous vehicles, and biomedical devices. Fixed-point requirements of deep neural networks and convolutional neural networks including the back-prop based training will be studied. Algorithm-to-architecture mapping techniques will be explored to trade-off energy-latency-accuracy in deep learning digital accelerators and analog in-memory architectures. Fundamentals of learning behavior, fixed-point analysis, architectural energy and delay models will be introduced in just-in-time manner throughout the course. Case studies of hardware (architecture and circuit) realizations of deep learning systems will be presented. Homeworks will include a mix of analysis and programming exercises in Python and Verilog leading up to a term project. Prerequisites: ECE 313 and ECE 385 or instructor consent. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
72070	Lecture	NSU	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	2022 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Shanbhag, N Sundaresha, V Zhou, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: VLSI in Machine Learning Section Info: Resource - Constrained Machine Learning for Edge Applications. This course will present challenges in implementing deep learning algorithms on resource-constrained hardware platforms at the Edge such as wearables, IoTs, autonomous vehicles, and biomedical devices. Fixed-point requirements of deep neural networks and convolutional neural networks including the back-prop based training will be studied. Algorithm-to-architecture mapping techniques will be explored to trade-off energy-latency-accuracy in deep learning digital accelerators and analog in-memory architectures. Fundamentals of learning behavior, fixed-point analysis, architectural energy and delay models will be introduced in just-in-time manner throughout the course. Case studies of hardware (architecture and circuit) realizations of deep learning systems will be presented. Homework will include a mix of analysis and programming exercises in Python and Verilog leading up to a term project. Prerequisites: ECE 313 and ECE 385 or instructor consent. Restriction(s): Not intended for Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
80080	Online Lecture	ONL	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	n.a.	Stillwell, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Electric Mobility Systems Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
80120	Lecture	RK	8:00AM -9:20AM	TR	Location Pending	Kim, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Concepts in Computer Org & Des Restriction(s): Restricted to MENG:Elec & Comp Eng ONL -UIUC.
52146	Lecture	SB3	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	3081 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Bogdanov, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Manipulating Quantum Systems Section Info: Manipulation of Elementary Quantum Systems. A survey of the modern quantum technology landscape with an introduction to platforms including single photons, atoms, ions and superconducting qubits. Two-level systems and their coupling to electromagnetic fields. Basic protocols for quantum networks and quantum information processing. Elementary discussions of qubit interactions and noise. Prerequisites: PHYS 486 or ECE 398EC Restriction(s): Not intended for Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
49449	Lecture	SB4	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	3081 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Bogdanov, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Manipulating Quantum Systems Section Info: Manipulation of Elementary Quantum Systems. A survey of the modern quantum technology landscape with an introduction to platforms including single photons, atoms, ions and superconducting qubits. Two-level systems and their coupling to electromagnetic fields. Basic protocols for quantum networks and quantum information processing. Elementary discussions of qubit interactions and noise. Prerequisites: PHYS 486 or ECE 398EC Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
77488	Lecture	YS3	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	3015 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Shao, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Engr. Electromagnetic Compatib Section Info: The course "ECE 498 - Engineering Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)" is designed to provide undergraduate students and graduate students with a fundamental understanding of EMC principles, practices, and applications. EMC is the subject of ensuring that modern electronics and communication systems can operate together without causing or suffering from electromagnetic interference (EMI). EMC is essential since every electronics must comply with EMC standards/requirements to be sold in any country or nation. The main objective of this EMC course is to provide a fundamental understanding of electromagnetic interference and EMC principles, as well as to prepare students for EMC circuit design issues in their future careers in industry and academia. The course covers topics such as how electromagnetic interference affects electronic devices, how to design electronic systems that meet the United States and international EMC standards, different coupling mechanisms, radiated and conducted emissions and susceptibility, crosstalk, grounding, and shielding, and system design for EMC. Prerequisites: ECE 329. Restriction(s): Not intended for Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
77489	Lecture	YS4	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	3015 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg	Shao, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/24-12/11/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Engr. Electromagnetics Compati Section Info: Engineering Electromagnetic Compatibility. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is the subject of building electronic systems which will work as intended in an electromagnetic environment. The systems shall not cause electromagnetic interference (EMI). Also, they are not susceptible to EMI from themselves or other systems. This course is designed to provide fundamental understanding of electromagnetic sources, different coupling mechanisms, how electronic devices are affected by the electromagnetic interference, and how to design electronic systems that comply with EMC standards. Topics range from EMC requirements for electronic systems; sources of electromagnetic noises; coupling mechanisms; radiated and conducted emissions and susceptibility; crosstalk, grounding, and shielding; as well as system design for EMC. Prerequisites: ECE 329 or consent of instructor. This course will be offered synchronously. Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.