EE5393: Course Information Instructor Prof. Marc Riedel office: EE/CSi tel: Credits: 3 Meeting time: Wed. & Fri., 2:00pm – 3:30pm Office hours:Mon 3pm – 5pm, EE/CSi Location: Mech. E. 102 Prerequisites: none. Textbook: none. Website: under “Courses”

Grading 10% in-class “quizzes” 50% for 3 homework sets (1/month) 20% for research presentation 20% for research report Presentations will be 20 mins., last two weeks of the semester No Exams

“Quizzes” 10 such quizzes, each worth 1%. Given at the beginning of some classes. Based on material covered on previous classes. Very basic questions. Can complete: – at the beginning of class – during office hours – any other time, in any order before the end of semester. If you answer incorrectly, try again (as many times as you like).

Homeworks Due at 2:00pm (will not be accepted after 2:30pm) Based either on material covered in class or that in papers assigned ( ed/posted as pdfs). Written solutions and some programming (knowledge of any language – Matlab, C, Java – should suffice). Emphasis on clarity as well as correctness. Some problems marked as “collaboration ok”; others as “no collaboration”.

Collaboration “Collaboration ok” problems: –You may discuss the problems beforehand with other students (but not with former students of the class). –Once you begin writing the solution to any problem, you may not discuss any further. “No collaboration” problems: –You cannot discuss the problems at all with other students (but you may discuss these with the instructor).

Student Reports & Presentations Group research effort: synthesizing a biochemical CPU. Or, can choose a topic covered in class. Or can choose a topic of your own (any topic at all, even if only tangentially related to course). Will present the ideas in a 20-minute slot: Grade: –10% & 10%for clarity of explanation (written & oral) –10%/10% for novel research ideas Best to focus on a specific, conceptual idea.