Solid grounding for doctoral research and advanced course work in such areas as system control, signal processing, and circuit modeling and simulation. Elfadel Research Staff Member, Department of Design Automation, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Research Affiliate, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research on transistor-level optimization for deep submicron custom VLSI circuit design. Most courses 4000-level and above can be credited to all degree programs.
All courses are subject to advisor approval.
Academic Computer Account required. Previous exposure to linear algebra and ordinary differential equations is helpful. Structural and behavioral properties. Applications to feedback control, signal processing, and linear circuit modeling. One two-hour exam.