MAS.160 Signals, Systems, and Information for Media Technology, Fall 2001
Highlights of this Course
This class offers a complete set of problem sets, in the
assignments section, and some helpful reading materials for beginners to signals and systems in the
readings section.
Course Description
Fundamentals of signals and information theory with emphasis on modeling audio/visual messages and physiologically-derived signals, and the human source or recipient. Linear systems, difference equations, Z-transforms, sampling and sampling rate conversion, convolution, filtering, modulation, Fourier analysis, entropy, noise, Shannon's fundamental theorems. Additional topics may include data compression, filter design, and feature detection. Meets with graduate subjects MAS.510, MAS.511 but assignments differ.