Postgraduate Course: Digital Communications and Signal Processing: Project and Thesis (PGEE11052)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
60 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughtdeg/
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course is the project and thesis element of the MSc programme. The students will do a substantive project in a topic relevant to signal processing and communications and generate a thesis detailing their results.
There will be a thesis written in English. The thesis will be completed between September and April of Year 2 whilst the students are resident in China.
There will be a supervisor at Beihang University and a supervisor at the University of Edinburgh.
The thesis will be assessed according to the Edinburgh assessment rules, which include the provision of an external examiner appointed at Edinburgh. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Class will be taught through individual supervision. Students should arrange to meet their supervisor in Beihang on a regular basis. Students should maintain regular email contact with their Edinburgh supervisor. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students must demonstrate a firm knowledge of background literature in a chosen project area. They must be able to formulate a research problem in the chosen field. They must be able to develop a systematic approach to solving the problem. They must apply the knowledge acquired on their taught courses to provide a solution to the stated problem. They need to critically discuss the obtained result in their thesis. |
Assessment Information
| The course will be assessed by consideration of the practical work of the students via their lab notebooks in English and by the technical quality of the submitted thesis. A viva, by videoconference or in person and in English, will form part of the assessment of the thesis. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Digital Communications and Signal Processing Project and Thesis |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Harald Haas
Tel: (0131 6)50 5591
Email: H.Haas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7076
Email: Sharon.Mulvey@ed.ac.uk |
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