Courses ...................................................................................................................................................... ECE 139. Probability and Statistics Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; EE and Computer Engineering majors only. Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 2 hours. Fundamentals of probability, random variables, functions of random variables, expectation and high order moments, characteristic functions, random sequences, laws of large numbers, hypothesis testing. ECE 152A. Digital Design Principles Prerequisites: ECE 15 or 15A-B or Computer Science 30 with a minimum grade of C- in each course; open to EE, computer engineering and computer science majors only. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 6 hours. Boolean algebra, switching functions. Application of Boolean algebra to the design and analysis of combinational logic nets; minimization procedures. Analysis and synthesis of sequential switching circuits, synchronous and asynchronous operation, state minimization, hazards, and races. ECE 250. Wireless Communications and Networking This is a research-oriented course for students who would like to do research in wireless communications and networking. The course will accommodate students who come from a variety of backgrounds and who are interested in wireless communications. Students from the physical layer, the network layer, EE, and CS are all welcome. The main aim of the course will be to have each student (or team) to produce a term paper at the quality of conference papers at the top conferences such as IEEE ICC, Globecom and Infocomm as well as ACM MobiCom, SigComm, and MobiHoc. The course is most suitable for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year graduate students who would like to learn how to write conference papers in this field and advance their careers. There will be weekly assignments that build up to the paper. The 4 hours per week will be partly lectures, partly in-class discussion and critique.