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CommunicationSciences Institute

Overview

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Presentation Overview

Overview 

•  Who are we? What do we do?

Facilities

Communications Coursework and Roadmaps 

More information 

•  http://csi.usc.edu

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History & Highlights

Founded in 1982

Goal: to facilitate interaction of communications faculty with governmental and industrial

research sponsors

Six National Academy of Engineering members

Five IEEE Information Theory Society Shannon Lecturers

Two recipients of the IEEE Hamming Medal 

Twelve IEEE Fellows

Two IEEE Life Fellows

Four NSF Young Investigator/CAREER Awards

One Packard Fellow 

One Presidential Faculty Fellow 

Five Okawa Foundation  Awardees

Five startup company founders

Over 12 books authored by CSI faculty

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CSI Faculty

Todd Brun, Associate Professor

Ph.D. 1994, Caltech

Giuseppe Caire, Professor

Ph.D. 1994, Politecnico di Torino

Keith M. Chugg, Professor

Ph.D. 1995, USC

Alexandros G. Dimakis, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. 2008, UC Berkeley

Robert M. Gagliardi, Emeritus Professor

Ph.D. 1960, Yale

Solomon W. Golomb, University Professor and

 A&E Viterbi Professor, Ph.D. 1957, Harvard

Daniel Lidar , Professor

Ph.D. 1997, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

William C. Lindsey, Professor

Ph.D. 1962, Purdue

Urbashi Mitra, Professor

Ph.D. 1994, Princeton 

Andreas F. Molisch, Professor

Ph.D. 1994, Technical University Vienna 

Michael Neely, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. 2003, MIT

Irving S. Reed, Emeritus Professor

Ph.D. 1949, CalTech

Robert A. Scholtz, F.H. Cole Professor

Ph.D. 1964, Stanford

Andrew Viterbi, Presidential Professor

Ph.D. 1962, USC

Charles L. Weber , Emeritus Professor

Ph.D. 1964, UCLA

Lloyd R. Welch, Emeritus Professor

Ph.D. 1958, CalTech

Alan E. Willner , Professor

Ph.D. 1988, Columbia

Zhen Zhang, Professor

Ph.D. 1984, Cornell

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Communications Research

Research Areas

•  Communication Theory and Systems

•  Coding and Modulation

•  Sequence Design

•  Networking•  Information Theory

•  Quantum Information Processing

•  Wireless Channel Measurement and Modeling

With Application to

•  Communication Systems

•  Wireless Systems

•  Communication & Computer Networks

•  Fiber Optic Communications (WDM)

•  Ultra Wideband Radio

•  Sensor Networks

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CSI Facilities

Optical Communications Laboratory

•  Optical Signal Processing

•  Optical Networking

Ultra Wideband Laboratory

•  Paul G. Allen Wireless Test Facility

•  Unique experimental facility

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Research Sponsors & Affiliates

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Communications Coursework

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Communication Theory and Systems

Semester I

EE464 (probability)

EE441 (linear algebra)

EE567 (comm systems)

Semester II

EE535 (mobile comm)

EE568 (channel coding)

EE562a (random processes)

Semester III

EE564 (comm theory)

or EE666/664 (advanced

topics in comm theory)

EE565a (information theory)

EE549/EE649/EE599 

(theoretical networking,

queuing theory, stochastic

optimization, game theory)

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Communications and Networking

Semester I

EE464/465 (probability)

EE441 (linear algebra) 

EE450 (intro to networks) 

Semester II

EE562a (random processes)

EE549 (queuing theory) 

EE553 (optimization)

Semester III

EE649 (stochastic network

optimization) or/and EE550 

(design and analysis of

computer networks)

EE565a (information theory)

EE564 (comm theory) or

EE567 (comm systems) or

EE599 (e.g., game theory) 

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Optical Fiber Communication Systems

Semester I

EE464 (probability)

EE529 (optics)

EE558 (Fiber optic comm

systems)

Semester II

EE580 (optical comm)

EE467/567 (comm systems)

EE562a (random processes)

Semester III

EE564 (comm theory)

EE450 (intro to networks)

EE539 (nonlinear optics) 

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Communications, Propagation and Channel Modeling

Semester I

EE464/465 (probability) 

EE441 (linear algebra) 

EE470 (Electromagnetics 2) 

Semester II

EE535 (mobile comm)

EE562a (random processes)

EE544 (Radio frequency

systems and hardware) 

Semester III

EE565 (information theory)

EE570a (advanced

electromagnetic theory)

A course of choice in EES/

EEP (antenna analysis,

advanced topics in comm

theory, estimation theory) 

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Communications and Signal Processing

Semester I

EE464 (probability)

EE441 (linear algebra)

EE483 (signal processing)

Semester II

EE564 (comm theory)

or EE535 (mobile comm)

EE562a (random processes)

EE519 (speech recognition) 

or EE569 (image processing) 

Semester III

EE666/664 (advanced topics

in comm theory)

EE565a (information theory)

 Any compatible advanced

application in signal

processing, e.g.,

EE519/569/592/522/669/691/

619 

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Communications and Embedded Systems

Semester I

EE464 (probability)

EE479 (analog/integrated

circuits design)

EE567 (comm systems)

Semester II

EE562a (random processes)

EE536 (mixed signals

integrated circuit design)

EE577 (VLSI system design)

Semester III

EE564 (comm theory)

or EE666/664 (advanced

topics in comm theory)

EE565a (information theory)

EE632 (integrated comm

systems) or EE557 (computer

system architectures) or

EE653  (advanced topics in

comp. system arch.) 

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 Academic Integrity: …… NO CHEATING!!!!

Consider carefully the definitions, rules and

regulations in:

http://viterbi.usc.edu/academics/integrity/ 

http://viterbi.usc.edu/academics/integrity/students/ 

Copying homeworks is NOT OK