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This document outlines the syllabus for an EE 503 Probability course offered in fall 2015. It provides key dates like add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. The course covers mathematical and probabilistic tools for modeling random phenomena and their engineering applications. Topics include probability theory, random variables, transformations, Markov processes, and limit theorems. Assessment includes midterms, a final exam, and homework. The instructor and teaching assistants contact information is listed along with required and optional textbooks.

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3rd Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008

This document outlines the syllabus for an EE 503 Probability course offered in fall 2015. It provides key dates like add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. The course covers mathematical and probabilistic tools for modeling random phenomena and their engineering applications. Topics include probability theory, random variables, transformations, Markov processes, and limit theorems. Assessment includes midterms, a final exam, and homework. The instructor and teaching assistants contact information is listed along with required and optional textbooks.

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EE 503 Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers Fall 2015

Course Syllabus and Information v.1.3


31 August 2015
The deadline to add or drop this class (with 100% refund) is 11 September 2015
The withdrawal deadline (no refund) is 13 November 2015
Course Summary: This course covers mathematical and probabilistic descriptions of
unpredictable or random phenomena, with applications to many engineering problems.
Probabilistic tools are among the most useful for modeling real systems and analyzing system
performance. The course provides a solid background in probability theory and related topics for
graduate students in electrical and computer engineering (ECE), financial engineering, and other
engineering majors. The course includes material from first principles in a more rigorous
manner than is typically found in undergraduate probability classes in engineering.
Prerequisites: Calculus, linear algebra and matrices
Class Time and Location: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 am-11:50 am, OHE 132
Discussion: Friday, 12:00 noon-12:50 pm, OHE 132
Instructor: A.A. Sawchuk; EEB 404B; phone: 213-740-4622; fax: 213-740-6618; email:
[email protected]; http://ee.usc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/sawchuk.htm
Office Hours: Wednesday, 10:00 am-12:00 noon
Teaching Assistant 1: Yu-Chen (Ethan) Sung; EEB 307; phone: 213-740-4454; email:
[email protected]; office hours: Wednesday, 2:30-4:30 pm; Thursday, 1:30-3:30 pm; Friday
1:30-2:30 pm
Teaching Assistant 2: Daoud Burghal; EEB 527, but office hours are in PHE 320; email:
[email protected]; office hours: Monday 11:30 am-1:00 pm; Thursday, 4:00-5:30 pm
Graders: Fengya Chen; [email protected]; Huimei Cheng; [email protected]
Texts and Readings
Handouts and supplementary class notes will be distributed.
The required course textbook is:
Alberto Leon-Garcia, Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering,
3rd Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.
An optional textbook is:
Sheldon M. Ross, Introduction to Probability Models, 10th Edition, Academic Press, 2010.
The following two outline-type books may also be useful. They have many examples and
supplementary solved problems:
1. Seymour Lipschutz and Marc Lipson, Schaum's Outline of Probability, Second Edition
(Schaum's Outline Series) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071755616/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
2. Hwei Hsu, Schaum's Outline of Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes, 3rd
Edition (Schaum's Outline Series) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/Schaums-Outline-Probability-Variables-
Processes/dp/0071822984/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

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Grading (This may change)
Your course grade is determined by a process of reasoning. Everyone will receive the highest
grade justified by available evidence from the following data:
2 Midterms = 23.5% each (in class, Tuesday, 6 October and Tuesday, 10 November)
Final = 40% (will be given Tuesday, 15 December, 8:00 am-10:00 am as listed in the
USC exam schedule; there are NO exceptions to this date - if you can't take
the final at this time, do not enroll in this course)
Homework = 13% (two lowest average homework grades will be discarded)
DEN students in the local area must come to campus for the exams.
Attendance in class is required. Many examples and applications not in the text will be covered
in the lectures.
Homework
Homework will be assigned every week on Thursday, and due the following Thursday.
Homework will be graded – solutions are provided on Tuesday following the due date. You can
turn in homework late until solutions are posted for full credit. No credit after solutions appear.
It is extremely important to keep up with the lectures and to do the homework problems. Many
details and applications of the principles are learned by doing problems.
Course Web Site and Email
Make sure your email listed in USC records is up-to-date; I will contact you often by email. The
course web site is accessible through https://courses.uscden.net/d2l/home.
Academic Integrity - Cheating
Cheating or plagiarism will not be tolerated on homework or exams. You may discuss
homework problems among yourselves, but each person must do their own work and submit
individual solutions written in their own hand. Copying or turning in identical homework sets is
cheating. The penalty ranges from F on the homework or exam, to an F in the course, to
recommended expulsion. See:
http://viterbi.usc.edu/academics/integrity/
http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/SJACS/pages/students/academic_integrity.html
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/about/reference/tutorials/academic_integrity/index.phphttp://www.u
If you have any questions regarding academic integrity - see the instructor.
USC Statement on Academic Integrity
USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General principles of academic
honesty include: the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that
individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations
both to protect one’s own academic work from misuse by others as well as to avoid using
another’s work as one’s own. All students are expected to understand and abide by these
principles. SCampus, the Student Guidebook, (www.usc.edu/scampus or
http://scampus.usc.edu) contains the University Student Conduct Code (see University
Governance, Section 11.00)

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Course Content
Algebra of events – set theory
Sample, event spaces
Probability as a measure in sample space
Combinatorics
Conditional probability and sample spaces
Independence of events
Probability mass and densities
Discrete and continuous random variables
Expectations and moments of random variables
Frequently occurring densities
Discrete and continuous transforms
Poisson, Bernoulli, Markov processes
Gaussian, Poisson distributions
Gaussian random vectors
Functions of random variables
Estimation, statistics
Covariance and correlation
Limit theorems
Stochastic processes
Discrete and continuous time Markov chains
Brief introduction to queueing theory
Engineering applications

Follow-on Classes
EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks (3)
EE 511 Simulation Methods for Stochastic Systems (1)
EE 512 Stochastic Processes (3)
EE 517 Statistics for Engineers (3)
EE 562a Random Processes in Engineering (3)

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