Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Ottawa

The Department
   Chair of the Department: N.U. Ahmed
   Graduate Program Coordinator: W.J.D. Steenaart

   The Department of Electrical Engineering is one constituent of the
   Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical Engineering. Consult the
   institute entry on page 119 of this calendar for a faculty list,
   graduate program descriptions and admission requirements.

Department Facilities

   Computing Facilities

      1)   A VMS Cluster consisting of:

           (a)   VAX 3500 server with 8 MB RAM, 800 MB disk;
           (b)   Eight VAX stations each with 5 MB RAM, 200 MB disks and
                 19" monitors.
      2)   A Unix network consisting of:

           (a)   Two RISC DecServers 3100 each with 24 MB RAM, 1 GB
                 disks;

           (b)   Four RISC DecStations 3100 each with 16 MB RAM, 100 MB
                 disks and 19" colour monitors;

           (c)   Five RISC DecStations 3100 each with 16 MB RAM, 100 MB
                 disks and 19" monochrome monitors.

      3)   Several other Unix-based workstations in other research
           laboratories (SUN, Compaq 386, HP386, etc.).

   The systems mentioned above are all on a common Ethernet backbone. The
   department also has access to the university's AMDAHL mainframe which
   runs CMS. The computer-aided design laboratory is also equipped with
   a VAX 3500 and nine VAX stations connected in a cluster configuration.

   Digital Communications Research Laboratory

   This laboratory is equipped with a variety of communication system and
   signal analysis equipment. This includes some of the latest equipment
   for data source simulation, data error rate monitoring, spectrum
   analysis, cross and autocorrelation function measurement, probability
   density function measurement, noise simulation, filtering, etc. It
   also includes prototype digital modulation and demodulation equipment,
   and various digital signal processing hardware and software systems
   based on the TMS320C25 digital signal processor. The laboratory also
   features a 14/12 GHz satellite earth station and associated terminal
   equipment for testing prototype equipment on an actual satellite link.

   Lightwave Communications Research Laboratory

   This laboratory is equipped with modern fiber and atmospheric optical
   instruments covering wavelengths from 0.6 to 1.5 microns. The
   laboratory also features a SUN workstation with software for the
   computer simulation of various aspects of optical communication
   systems.

   Multimedia Communications Research Laboratory

   The laboratory is equipped with several HP RS/20 and Intel 386
   microcomputer systems, which are connected using Ethernet and Token
   Ring networks. Recent activities include the development of gateways
   to interconnect LAN's using Satellite Wide Area networks and ISDN, and
   design and implementation of a test-bed facility for multimedia
   communication with particular application in interactive
   teleradiology.

   Electromagnetic Research Laboratory

   This laboratory is equipped with modern co-axial line and waveguide
   instruments covering frequencies from 10 MHz to 60 GHz. A
   computer-controlled frequency domain network analyzer with error
   correcting capabilities allows reflection and transmission
   measurements from 5 Hz to 60 GHz. The laboratory is also equipped with
   a computer-controlled time domain network analyzer and a modern scalar
   network analyzer (transmission, reflection test set) as well as
   various frequency counters and spectrum analyzers. A computer
   controlled three-dimensional scanning system located in an anechoic
   chamber and used for near-field antenna measurements and
   electromagnetic dosimetry studies in the frequency range from 100 MHz
   - 3 GHz is also available.

Graduate Courses

*  Engineering 92.504 (ELG5337)
   Electronics Design Techniques with Integrated Circuits
   Review of basic operational amplifier techniques. Design of specialty
   circuits: wideband low noise video amplifiers, chopper amplifiers,
   isolation amplifiers, and switched capacitor filters. Review of phase
   locked loops. Filter design using phase locked loops. Operation and
   use of surface acoustic wave devices and charge coupled devices.
   Prerequisite:  ELG4131 or the equivalent.
   D.T. Gibbons.

*  Engineering 92.506 (ELG7132)
   Topics in Electronics I
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.507 (ELG7133)
   Topics in Electronics II
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.508 (ELG7575)
   Sujets choisis en électronique
   Sujets d'intérêt courant dans la matière.
   Personnel.

*  Engineering  92.516 (ELG5113)
   Stochastic Systems
   Wiener processes. Poisson random measures. 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 with respect to parameters.
   Semigroup theory and generation of semigroups as  applied to
   stochastic differential equations.
   Applications to engineering systems modeling (computer communications
   networks, power system networks, etc.).
   Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
   N.U. Ahmed.

*  Engineering 92.519 (ELG5119)
   Stochastic Processes
   Probability spaces. Random variables. Distribution and density
   functions. Expectation. Functions of random variables. Moments and
   characteristic functions. Random vectors. Functions of random vectors.
   Sequences of random variables. Convergence notions. The central limit
   theorem. The law of large numbers. Stochastic processes: basic
   notions, characterizations and examples. Stationarity notions. Poisson
   processes. Gaussian processes. Transformations of stochastic
   pro-cesses. Ergodicity. Second order random pro-cesses. Representation
   theorems. Markov processes. Homogeneous Markov chains.
   Applications.
   Exclusion: 94.553
   Peter Galko.

*  Engineering 92.520 (ELG5120)
   Queuing Systems
   Stochastic processes: Markov chains, discrete birth-death, etc.
   Queuing systems: M/G/1, G/M/m, M/M/m/k/n queues, etc. Priority queues.
   Networks of queues: local/global balance equations, product form
   solutions for open and closed networks. Mean value analysis, diffusion
   approximation, non-product form networks. Related models (e.g., Petri
   nets). Numerical solutions. Examples include throughput analysis from
   multiprocessors and computer-communication networks.
   Prerequisite: ELG5119 or 94.553 or the equivalent.
   Exclusion: 94.517.

*  Engineering 92.526 (ELG5353)
   Distributed Parameter Systems
   First and second order evolution equations on Banach spaces.
   Controllability and stability of hyperbolic systems. Identification
   of system parameters. Application to flexible spacecraft.
   Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
   N.U. Ahmed.

*  Engineering 92.527 (ELG5161)
   Robotics: Control, Sensing and Intelligence
   Robotics as the intelligent connection of perception to action.
   Robotics in the CIM context. 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. Mobile robots.
   Knowledge-based control for mobile robots: environment perception,
   robot's world model, navigation and motion control.
   Prerequisite: ELG4161 or the equivalent.
   Emil Petriu.

*  Engineering 92.528 (ELG5160)
   Introduction to Robotics
   Introduction to robots and their applications. Types of robots. Power
   sources: hydraulic, pneumatic and electric systems. Representation of
   robot kinematics and dynamics. Planning and execution of manipulator
   trajectory. Feedback from the environment: the use of sensors and
   artificial vision. Real-time computer control. Programming languages
   and programming aspects. Application case studies.
   Prerequisites: ELG4151 and ELG4161 or the equivalents.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.529 (ELG7113)
   Topics in Systems and Control I
   Current topics in the field, including linear semigroup theory and
   optimal feedback control.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.530 (ELG7114)
   Topics in Systems and Control II
   Current topics in the field, including linear and non-linear filtering
   and optimal control of stochastic systems.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.531 (ELG7574)
   Sujets choisis en systèmes et reglage automatique.
   Sujets d'intérêt courant dans la matière.
   Personnel.

*  Engineering 92.534 (ELG5101)
   Millimeter-Wave Engineering and Applications
   Techniques for generating, transmitting and receiving millimeter
   waves. Propagation characteristics of millimeter-waves in the
   atmosphere and other media. Tube and solid state sources; antennas;
   transmission media; waveguide circuits and components. Millimeter-wave
   systems and applications for radar, communications, radio-metry,
   remote sensing and radio astronomy.
   Prerequisites: ELG4101 and ELG4102 or the equivalents.
   Prakash Bhartia (DREO) and W.J.R. Hoefer.

*  Engineering 92.535 (ELG5108)
   Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference
   Interference phenomena. Shielding of conductors. Grounding. Other
   noise reduction techniques. EMI filters. Noise sources: narrowband and
   broadband. Electromagnetic pulse as an interference source. Modeling
   EMI/C circuit boards and backplanes.
   Prerequisite: ELG4101 or the equivalent.
   George Costache and Prakash Bhartia (DREO).

*  Engineering 92.538 (ELG7500)
   Sujets choisis en électromagnétisme.
   Sujets d'intérêt courant dans la matière.
   Personnel.

*  Engineering 92.540 (ELG5109)
   Radio-, Micro- and Millimeter Wave Measurements and Instrumentation
   Fundamentals of electronic measurements, uncertainty analysis.
   Measurements from 10 kHz to 300 GHz: voltage, current, power,
   frequency, attenuation, phase and Q-factor. Fundamentals of electronic
   instrumentation: digital voltmeters, power meters, frequency counters,
   impedance analyzers, network analyzers and spectrum analyzers.
   Application of computers for measurements: IEEE 488 interface,
   automatic test equipment. New trends in electronic instrumentation.
   Prerequisite: ELG5104 or the equivalent.
   S.S. Stuchly.

*  Engineering 92.541 (ELG5104)
   Electromagnetic Waves: Theory and Applications
   The homogeneous wave equation. Uniform and non-uniform plane waves.
   Inhomogeneous wave equations. Green's functions. Theory of potentials.
   Scattering problems. Numerical methods. Boundary value problems.
   Perturbation and variational techniques.
   Prerequisite: ELG4101 or the equivalent.
   Michel Ney.

*  Engineering 92.542 (ELG5379)
   Numerical Methods in Electromagnetic Engineering
   An introduction into modern numerical methods for solving
   electromagnetic field problems. Deterministic as well as eigenvalue
   problems will be treated using the following techniques: finite
   difference and finite element techniques; moment methods; sparse
   matrix techniques; spectral domain techniques; hybrid mode analysis;
   transmission line matrix simulations. Applications include wire
   antennas, waveguides of arbitrary cross-section, micro-strip and
   quasiplanar transmission lines, transmission line discontinuities and
   computer-aided design and optimization of microwave components.
   Prerequisite: ELG4103 or the equivalent.
   George Costache.

*  Engineering 92.543 (ELG5504)
   Ondes électromagnétiques: théorie et applications
   Equation homogène d'onde. Ondes planes uniformes et non uniformes.
   Equation non homogène d'onde. Fonctions de Green. Théorie des
   potentiels. Problèmes de diffraction. Methodes numériques. Problèmes
   avec frontières limitées. Méthode des perturbations et
   variationnelles.
   Préalable: ELG4101 ou équivalent.
   Michel Ney.

*  Engineering 92.544 (ELG7100)
   Topics in Electromagnetics I
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.545 (ELG7101)
   Topics in Electromagnetics II
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.546 (ELG5779)
   Méthodes numériques en génie électromagnétique
   Une introduction aux méthodes modernes de résolution numérique de
   problèmes électro-magnétiques. Le cours couvre des problèmes
   déterministes et aux valeurs propres. Les méthodes suivantes seront
   présentées: différences finies, éléments finis, analyse dans le
   domaine spectral, analyse par modes hybrides, méthode t.l.m. Les
   méthodes seront appliquées aux problèmes suivants: antennes, guides
   d'onde de section arbitraire, lignes microrubans et lignes
   quasi-planaires, discontinuités dans les lignes de transmission,
   conception par ordinateur de composants hyperfréquences.
   Préalable: ELG4101 ou équivalent.
   George Costache.

*  Engineering 92.549 (ELG5714)
   Satellite Communications
   Basic up-link and down-link equations. System noise temperature. Power
   flux density and energy dispersal. Analog frequency modulation
   techniques. Signal-to-noise ratios for telephony and television. Time
   division multiple access systems and digital system capacity under
   bandwidth and power limitations. Single channel per carrier frequency
   division multiple access schemes and system capacity. Pre-assigned and
   demand assigned satellite networks. Geometry relating to satellite and
   earth stations. Earth station figure of merit (G/T) measurement using
   radio stars. Rain attenuation. System fade margins for linear and
   saturated transponders. Dual polarization frequency re-use.
   Interference between terrestrial microwave and satellite systems.
   Y.F. Lum (DOC).

*  Engineering 92.550 (ELG5371)
   Digital Communications by Satellite
   Overview of satellite communications. Channel characterization and
   link budget calculations. Transponders; a transponder model,
   channelization, frequency plans, processing transponders. Earth
   station technology; modems (BPSK, QPSK, MSK, etc., coherent versus
   differential detection), low noise amplifiers, high power amplifiers.
   Forward error correction for satellite links. Propagation and
   interference considerations. Satellite access techniques; FDMA, TDMA,
   CDMA, random multiple access. Satellite switching and on-board
   processing. Networking and Services. Integrated services digital
   satellite network. VSAT, MSAT, Intelsat and Inmarsat.
   Prerequisite:  ELG4171 or the equivalent.
   A. Yongaçoglu.

*  Engineering 92.551 (ELG5170)
   Introduction to Information Theory
   Introduction to information theory and commu-nication systems: source
   coding, channel coding and data encryption. The measure of
   information: entropy, mutual information and average mutual
   information. Discrete-source coding: fixed-length and variable-length
   codes, stationary sources, ergodic sources, Markovian sources, the
   Source-Coding Theorem. Data com- pression. The rate-distortion
   function. Information estimation: the Neyman-Pearson Theorem,
   maximum-likelihood detection, elementary and asymptotic bounds on
   performance, the Chebyshev inequality and the Chernoff bound. Channel
   coding: data transmission over discrete noisy channels, the capacity
   of discrete memory-less channels, discrete channels with memory, the
   Channel Coding Theorem, block codes and tree codes. Continuous
   channels and sources: entropy and mutual information of
   continuous-amplitude discrete-time signals, discrete-time Gaussian
   sources and channels with and without memory, the rate-distortion
   function of a Gaussian signal, continuous-time Gaussian sources and
   channels, transmission with a band-width constraint.
   Prerequisite: ELG5119 or 94.553.

   J.-Y. Chouinard

*  Engineering 92.552 (ELG5331)
   Transmission Systems for Communications
   This course is for engineers involved with the design, application and
   specification of transmission systems for communications, including
   voice, data and video information. Topics to be covered include:
   network fundamentals, signal properties, noise, transmission media,
   system impairments, performance objectives; message channels; cable
   transmission and treatment; analog carrier systems; multichannel
   system load and testing; nonlinear channels and intermodulation noise;
   microwave radio systems, FM radio, SSB-FM, satellite systems; digital
   transmission fundamentals, digital terminals, multiplexers; baseband
   digital systems, digital cable systems, digital microwave radio
   systems, digital satellite systems, optical-fiber systems; local area
   transport; digital signal processing applications, system maintenance.
   Prerequisite: ELG4171 or the equivalent.
   W.F. McGee.

*  Engineering 92.553 (ELG5179)
   Detection and Estimation
   An introduction to the optimal processing of communication signals.
   The binary hypothesis testing problem. Bayes risk and Neyman-Pearson
   criteria based receivers. M-ary hypothesis detection problems.
   Composite hypothesis problems. Parameter estimation criteria;
   Cramer-Rao bounds; maximum likelihood estimation. Function space
   concepts. Integral equations; the Karhunen-Loeve Expansion Theorem.
   Detection problems of signals in additive white Gaussian noise.
   Detection problems in colored noise; the whitening filter; singular
   detection. The noise in noise problem. Classical signal estimation
   problems. The liner filtering problem. The Wiener filter. The Kalman
   filter. Sequential detection (Wald's test). Introduction to
   non-parametric detection.
   Prerequisites: ELG5119 or 94.553; and ELG5375 or 94.554; or the
   equivalents.
   Peter Galko.

*  Engineering 92.554 (ELG5372)
   Error Control Coding
   General introduction. Algebraic concepts. Linear block codes. Cyclic
   codes, error trapping, decoding of cyclic codes, BCH codes,
   majority-logic decoding of cyclic codes, finite geometry codes,
   burst-error correcting codes. Convolutional codes. Maximum-likelihood
   decoding, sequential decoding, and majority-logic decoding of
   convolutional codes. Burst-error correcting convolutional codes.
   Automatic repeat request strategies.
   Applications of block coding to data storage systems. Applications of
   convolutional codes.
   Co-requisite: ELG4171 or the equivalent.
   A. Yongaçoglu.

*  Engineering 92.556 (ELG5375)
   Principles of Digital Communication
   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 reliable
   transmission. Spread spectrum and line coding techniques.
   Prerequisite: 94.553 or ELG5119 or the equivalent (may be taken
   concurrently).
   Exclusion: 94.554.
   W.J.D. Steenaart.

*  Engineering 92.557 (ELG5376)
   Digital Signal Processing

   Discrete-time signals, system functions, convolution, correlation,
   transforms. Frequency domain and Z-domain representations. FIR and IIR
   filters. Filter design in frequency and time domains. The Discrete
   Fourier Transform. Fast Fourier Transform algorithms. Realizations:
   finite word-length effects, quantization of analog signals and filter
   coefficients; quantization of multiplier and adder outputs, overflow
   and limit cycles. Decimation and interpolation and their applications.
   Anti-aliasing filter design. A/D and D/A impairments and
   specifications. Echo cancellers. The extent to which the above topics
   are covered will be determined at the beginning of the course based
   on the student's background.
   Prerequisite: ELG5119 or 94.553 or the equivalent.
   Exclusion: 94.562
   T. Aboulnasr.

*  Engineering 92.558 (ELG5776)
   Traitement numérique des signaux
   Méthodes de traitement numérique des signaux dans le domaine
   fréquentiel et temporel; effets d'arrondissement sur les coefficients
   et accumulation des erreurs. Réalisations directes très hautes
   vitesses. Réseaux systoliques. Réalisations utilisant des
   micro-ordinateurs. Techniques d'adaptation. Applications aux systèmes
   de télécommunications.
   Préalable: ELG4172 ou équivalent.
   W.J.D. Steenaart.

*  Engineering 92.559 (ELG5378)
   Image Processing and Image Communications
   Linear systems approach to image processing. Two-dimensional
   transforms for image processing. Image analysis, segmentation, and
   classification. Applications to inspection, remote sensing, and
   medicine. Image coding: spatial domain, transform domain. Properties
   of the human visual system and image displays. Image processing
   hardware.
   Prerequisite: ELG5376 or 94.562 or the equivalent.
   Morris Goldberg.

*  Engineering 92.560 (ELG7172)
   Topics in Signal Processing I
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.561 (ELG7173)
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.562 (ELG5778)
   Traitement et transmission d'images
   Applications des systèmes linéaires en traitement d'images.
   Transformées bi-dimensionnelles et leurs emplois pour le traitement
   d'images; analyse d'images par segmentation et classification;
   exemples d'applications en inspection, télédetection et médecine;
   codage d'images, dans le domaine spatial, des transformées, méthodes
   hybrides, caractéristiques du système visuel humain et écrans de
   visualisation; hardware pour le traitement d'images.
   Préalable: ELG5376 ou 94.562 ou équivalent.
   Morris Goldberg.

*  Engineering 92.563 (ELG7179)
   Topics in Signal Processing III
   Machine Vision.

*  Engineering 92.565 (ELG7177)
   Topics in Communications I
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.566 (ELG7178)
   Topics in Communications II
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.567 (ELG5374)
   Computer-Communication Networks
   Introduction. Network goals. Applications of networks. Network
   structure. Network architectures. The ISO reference model.
   Introduction to queuing theory. Delay analysis. The physical layer.
   The data link layer. The network layer: point to point networks,
   satellite and packet-radio networks, local area networks. The
   transport and session layers: interconnection of packet switching
   networks. The presentation layer: network security and privacy, file
   transfer protocols. The application layer: distributed data base
   systems.
   Co-requisite: ELG4171 or the equivalent.
   Exclusion: 94.521
   O.Yang.

*  Engineering 92.570 (ELG5380)
   Digital Telephony
   The communication process. The telephone network: constituents and
   principles governing its evolution. Speech processing and
   applications. VLSI codes and line circuits. Digital transmission
   principles. Time-division multiplexing, channel banks and transmission
   systems. Principles of digital switching and exchanges: circuit and
   packet switching. Architecture alternatives. Stored program control
   and distributed systems. Switching office service circuits.
   Reliability, maintainability and evaluation criteria. Comparative
   analysis of commercial systems. Office communications. Communication
   workstations. ISDN. Network evolution and network control issues.
   (Students will be expected to do extensive reading of the current
   literature and a report and class presentation of an assigned topic.)
   Prerequisite: ELG4171 or the equivalent.
   S. Cohn-Sfetcu (BNR).

*  Engineering 92.571 (ELG5381)
   Office Communication Systems
   The communication process and office automation quandary. Office
   models. Office communication system design. Key systems. PBX design
   principles and comparative analysis. Local area networks. Fiber optics
   in the office. Open system interconnect. Internetwork communications.
   Requirements and architectural alternatives for integrated voice and
   data communications. LANs and computer to PBX interfaces. Integrated
   office systems: examples and critical analysis. New communication
   services: messaging, teleconferencing, document and image
   communication, directories, etc. Access. Voice terminals. Data
   terminals. The PC invasion and local services. Portability. Integrated
   work stations. Man-machine interfaces. The impact of ISDN. Private
   networks. (Students will be expected to do extensive reading of the
   current literature and a report and class presentation of an assigned
   topic.)
   Prerequisite: ELG5380 or the equivalent.

*  Engineering 92.572 (ELG7572)
   Sujets choisis en télécommunications et traitement de signaux.
   Sujets d'intérêt courant dans la matière.

   Personnel.

*  Engineering 92.573 (ELG5194)
   Design and Testing of Reliable Digital Systems
   Introduction. Test generation for combinatorial circuits. Fault
   detection in sequential circuits. Memory testing. 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: ELG5195 or the equivalent.
   S.R. Das.

*  Engineering 92.574 (ELG5180)
   Advanced Digital Communication
   Digital signalling over channels with intersymbol interference (ISI)
   and additive Gaussian noise.  Error probability analysis. Fading
   multipath channels as arise in terrestrial line-of-sight (LOS) and
   mobile/portable communications, diversity concepts: modeling and error
   probability performance evaluation. Synchronization in digital
   communications. Spread spectrum in digital transmission over multipath
   fading channels. Optical communications and networking over fibre and
   atmosphere. Shot noise, laser intensity noise and Gaussian noise
   performance limits.
   Prerequisite: 94.554 or ELG5375 or the equivalent.
   Exclusion: 94.565
   Mohsen Kavehrad.

*  Engineering 92.575 (ELG5195)
   Digital Logic Design: Principles and Practices
   Combinational circuit analysis including hazard detection. Number
   systems and codes. Switching algebra. Combinational circuit design
   including PLA and MSI techniques. IC logic families. Flip-flop
   properties. Switching algebra: special properties; symmetric
   functions, unate functions, threshold functions, Boolean difference,
   and functional decomposition. Introduction to sequential circuits;
   state reduction, incompletely specified machines, state assignment,
   and series-parallel decomposition. Fundamental mode sequential
   circuits; race, hazards, and state assignment. Testing aspects of
   digital systems; failure and fault models, deterministic test
   generation for combinational circuits, testing sequential circuits,
   state identification, and testing memories and complex LSI/VLSI
   circuits. Design for testability techniques: scan techniques, built-in
   self test (BIST), and easily testable network structures. Semicustom
   and MSI design. Special sequential circuits including sequential
   integrated circuits.
   S.R. Das.

*  Engineering 92.577 (ELG5192)
   Microprocessor-Based Systems
   The course considers the various design alternatives of
   microprocessor-based systems. Review of current microprocessor trends.
   Design alternatives of microprocessor-based system executives. LSI
   memories and memory system design. Input/ output options and the
   design of various input/ output ports. Busing schemes. Design of
   bit-sliced systems.
   Prerequisite: ELG4391 or the equivalent.
   Moshe Krieger.

*  Engineering 92.578 (ELG5193)
   Multi-Microprocessor Systems
   Multiprocessor systems: definitions, characteristics, objectives and
   applications. Multi- microprocessor systems: what, where and why.
   Task-driven systems. Examples of multi-micro-processor systems.
   (Students will be expected to do extensive reading of the current
   literature, a project and class presentation of an assigned topic.)
   Prerequisite: ELG5192 or the equivalent.
   Moshe Krieger.

*  Engineering 92.579 (ELG5196)
   Automata and Neural Networks: Applications in Machine Perception
   This course is intended to provide a general introduction to the field
   of automata networks, giving special attention to "artificial neural
   networks" and their application in modeling perception mechanisms.
   Introduction: a historical overview of the area and a look at examples
   of automata network applications in cellular computer architectures,
   modeling of physical and biological phenomena, and the modeling of
   cognition and perception mechanisms. Mathematical tools: Boolean
   networks, discrete iterative automata, random automata networks, and
   dynamic automata network behavior (threshold networks and the behavior
   of iterative automata). Neural networks: models for motor control,
   perception and information retrieval; representation and learning,
   basic components (the "formal neuron", the perceptron), linear
   learning, feature discovery by competitive learning, retrieval,
   multi-layered networks, the "gradient back propagation" learning
   algorithm for multi-layered networks, and VLSI implementation of a
   neural network model. Applications in machine perception:
   self-organization in a perceptual network, the "Adaptive Resonance
   Theory" of adaptive pattern recognition by a self-organizing neural
   network, neural networks for adaptive pattern recognition, neural
   networks for visual pattern recognition, a silicon model of early
   visual processing and its application to optical flow computing, and
   a "neural" phonetic typewriter.
   Emil Petriu.

*  Engineering 92.587 (ELG7186)
   Topics in Computers I
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.588 (ELG7187)
   Topics in Computers II
   Current topics in the field.
   Staff.

*  Engineering 92.590 (ELG7573)
   Sujets choisis sur les ordinateurs.
   Sujets d'intérêt courant dans la matière.
   Personnel.

*  ELG6000
   Engineering Report/Rapport technique
   For students in the course work master's program working on the
   Engineering Report. Pour les candidats à la maîtrise qui préparent un
   rapport technique.

*  ELG7999
   M.A.Sc. Thesis/Thèse de M.Sc.A.
   For students working towards their master's thesis.
   Pour les étudiants qui travaillent à leur thèse de maîtrise.

*  ELG8000
   CoOp Work Term I/Travail coopératif
   Ier trimestre
   For students in a cooperative master's program who are on their first
   work term.
   Pour les candidats à un programme coopératif de maîtrise qui font leur
   première session de travail.

*  ELG8001
   CoOp Work Term II/Travail coopératif
   IIe trimestre
   For students in a cooperative master's program who are on their second
   work term.
   Pour les candidats à un programme coopératif de maîtrise qui font leur
   deuxième session de travail.

*  ELG9998
   Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam/Examen de synthèse du doctorat
   For students undergoing the Ph.D. comprehensive examination.
   Pour les étudiants qui doivent passer l'examen de synthèse du
   doctorat.

*  ELG9999
   Ph.D. Thesis/Thèse de doctorat
   For students working towards their Ph.D. thesis. Pour les étudiants
   qui travaillent à leur thèse de doctorat.