EECS 501

Probability and Random Processes

Fall 2003

12/18/03

Final Exam and Course Grades

The final exams have been graded and the course grades have been submitted.

You may collect your graded final exam in Room 4230. They are in envelopes in the book shelves on the wall between the two doors from the corridor. Uncollected homework papers are also available.

The course grades have been posted to the website (by the last 4 digits of your ID number) along with the a complete list of homework and exam grades.

Comments on the final exam: Solutions to the final exam have been posted to the website. The solutions also contain the exam average and the A,B,C grade ranges. For example the average was 92/135. Many people did well on the exam. However, the exam was definitely on the long side, and many appeared to have run out of time. And some students appear to have not yet adequately absorbed the material of the last section of the class.

Best wishes for the holidays and for good luck in the new year. It's been nice having your in class.
Dave Neuhoff

12/10/03

Final Exam

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 10:30-12:30, Rooms 1311 and 1200 EECS.

The exam is closed book. You may bring 3 page-sides of notes. No calculators. The exam covers the entire course. However, it is estimated that three quarters of the questions will deal with material since the last exam. Of course, such questions will also test your ability to deal with earlier material.

Homework and Exam Grades Have Been Posted

Homework and exam grades have been posted in the left hand column via the last four digits of your ID number. If you find a discrepancy. Please bring the paper that shows your grade to me. If I'm not in, you may slip it under my door with a note of explanation.

Homework 11 is graded

Chun-Hao has the Homework 11's that were not picked up in class today. He'll bring them to the review sessions. And then place them in Room 4230.

12/6/03

Homework 11 Solutions and Homework 12 have been posted. HW 12 is due Wednesday.

12/3/03

Review sessions

Chun-Hao will run voluntary review sessions at the following times:

Thursday, Dec. 11 -- 1-3 PM, Room 1003 EECS
Thursday, Dec. 11 -- 3-5 PM, Room 1003 EECS
Friday, Dec. 12 -- 3-5 PM, Room 1005 EECS

You are welcome to attend the review session at any one of these times.

Office hours prior to the final exam.

We will have the usual office hours up through Wednesday Dec. 10. Then beginning Thursday, Dec. 11, we'll have the following schedule.

Thursday, Dec. 11 -- 10-1 CH, 2-4 DN
Fri, Dec. 12 -- 10-2 IM, 2-3 CH, 3-4 DN
Mon, Dec. 15 -- 10-2 IM, 1-4 CH, 4-5 DN

11/26/03

11/26/03

Due to typos in Problems 1 and 2, a revised Homework Set 11 has been posted. It is due Friday, Dec. 5.

11/26/03

Homework Set 11 has been posted. It is due Friday, Dec. 5.

Homework Set 10 solutions have been posted.

Have a nice Thanksgiving holiday!

11/21/03

Homework Set 10 has been posted, due next Wednesday

Solutions to Homework Set 9 have been posted.

11/16/03

Homework Set 9 has been posted, due next Friday.
Due to not having a homework due this past Friday, Homework 9 is longer than usual.

11/12/03

Exam 2 Notes

Date and Time: Thursday, Nov. 13, 6:30 PM
(The exam begins at 6:30 not 6:40)

Rooms: 1005, 1010, 1014, 1017 -- all in Dow

Bring a blue book or paper.

You may bring 2 sides of a page of notes.

You may NOT bring a calculator.

Coverage: Random variables, up through characteristic functions. This includes Chapters 2 and 3 (the parts we covered), Homeworks 5-8, and the related lectures. Though there won't be questions attempting to test previous material, previous material might of course be required to answer the questions.

11/7/03

Homework 8 Solutions have been posted.

11/6/03

Office Hours for the week of Nov. 10-14.

Because of the exam we will have additional office hours this coming week. Instead of the usual office hours, here is the schedule.

Mon - 9:30-10 DN, 3-4 DN
Tue - 10-2 IM, 2:30-5:30 CH
Wed - 9:30-10 DN, 10-2 IM, 2-3 DN, 2-4 CH
Thu - 10:30-2 CH, 1-2 DN, 3-4 IM, 3-4 DN
Fri - 9:30-10 DN
Recitations on Monday 11/10 and Tuesday 11/11 will be review sessions.

11/1/03

Homework 8 and Solutions to Homework 7 have been posted.

10/31/03

The same makeup lecture will be given next week at two times:

Monday, Nov. 3. 5:30-7 Room 1311 EECS

Tuesday, Nov. 4. 7:30-9 Room 1010 Dow.

10/30/03

Notes on continuous and absolutely continuous random variables have been posted.

10/25/03

Homework 6 solutions have been posted.

Homework 7 has been posted. It is due next Friday.

10/17/03

Homework 5 solutions have been posted.

Homework 6 has been posted. It is due next Friday. As advertised, it has more than the usual number of problems.

10/14/03

A revised Homework 4 Solutions has been posted. Only Problem 4 has been modified. The previous solution solved for the wrong quantity.

10/11/03

Homework 5 has been posted.

Have a nice break!

Or if you are reading this on your return ... welcome back.

10/2/03

Homework 4 Solutions have been posted.

10/2/03

Office Hours for the week of Oct. 6-10.

Because of the exam we will have additional office hours this coming week. Instead of the usual office hours, here is the schedule.

Mon - 9:30-10 DN, 3-4 DN
Tue - 10-2 IM, 2:30-5:30 CH
Wed - 9:30-10 DN, 10-2 IM, 2-3 DN, 2-4 CH
Thu - 10:30-2 CH, 1-2 DN, 3-4 IM, 3-3:45 DN
Fri - 9:30-10 DN, 1-2 DN
Recitations on Monday 10/6 and Tuesday 10/7 will be review sessions.

9/27/03

Homework Set 4 and solutions to Homework 3 have been posted.

As decided in class, the first exam will be Oct. 9 from 7:30 to 9:30. We have two rooms: 1013 Dow and 1017 Dow. The exam will begin promptly at 7:30 so be sure to be there by 7:25.

Reminder: I will be out of town attending a conference Monday through Wednesday. There is no class this coming Monday and Wednesday. There will be recitations as usual. I will miss my Monday-Wednesday office hours, but will be back in time for my Thursday office hours.

9/22/03

The makeup lecture tonight will be in Room 1311 EECS at 6:40 PM.

9/20/03

Revised Homework 1 Solutions have been posted. In fact, they've been revised twice. The first time corrected Problems 5 and 12 and the last corrected Problem 14. (The original solutions didn't solve the correct problems.)

Homework 2 Solutions have been posted.

Homework 3 has been posted. It is due next Friday.

There will be a 1 1/2 hour makeup lecture Monday at 6:40 PM. The room will be announced later. (Several students changed their votes and requested that we start at this time, rather than the originally chosen 6 PM, which tipped the balance.)

9/13/03

Here are a number of items.

Please register for the section for which you are assigned, if you have not already done so. See the list posted on the website on 9/3 (unless there has been a subsequent change).

Homework 1 Solutions have been posted.

Homework 2 has been posted, due next Friday.

I have also posted some notes on the material discussed yesterday in lecture related to the Borel sigma algebra and measure.

As mentioned in class, I will be away at a conference Monday-Thursday. As a result there will be no lectures Monday and Wednesday. And I will not hold office hours Monday-Thursday. (I apologize for missing office hours yesterday. It was one of those too hectic days.)

However, there will be recitations at the usual times. And if you need help at times I would normally be available, please email the GSI's who may be able to meet with you.

See you Friday.

9/7/03

Makeup lecture

The makeup lecture will be held in Room 1311, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7-8:30 PM.

9/5/03

Makeup lecture

As discussed in class there will be no lectures on Monday, Sept. 15 and Wednesday, Sept. 17. There will be a makeup lecture Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7-8:30 PM in a room to be announced. There will be recitations as usual on Sept. 15 and 16.

Homework Set 1 has been posted.

See "Homework and solutions" in the left frame of this page. It is due this coming Friday.

Registered students

If you have been moved to a new recitation section. Please register for that recitation section by the end of Wednesday.

Unregistered students who have been admitted to the class.

Please register for the assigned recitation section. You have until the end of Wednesday to do so.

You may now pick up a copy of the book from Ms. Ann Pace in Room 4230. We expect to run out of copies soon, but will have more available next week. In the meantime, you can download a copy of the first chapter from the left frame of this webpage.

9/3/03

Important Class Announcement

Please read the following carefully.

We have opened an additional recitation section, which will soon permit us to admit most students who have requested to be admitted.

Also, as predicted in class on Monday we have moved the Wednesday recitations to Monday and Tuesday so that (a) all students have had the same lectures prior to recitation and (b) the timing of all recitations is approximately the same relative to homework assignments and exams.

The following will now be the recitation times:

A Monday 10:30-12:30
B Monday 12:30-2:30
C Monday 3:30-5:30
D Tuesay 12:30-2:30

The recitations have not yet received "section numbers" so for now we will refer to them by the letters A,B,C,D, as shown above.

Registered Students

Based on the survey forms received yesterday, we have reassigned registered students to the recitation sections. We tried to give everyone their first priority, but in some cases we could only give them their second or third priority. In a few cases, there were conflicts at all four times. Such students should see me as soon as possible.

You can find your assigned recitation in the current status list. Next to your name will either be one of the letters A,B,C,D or possibly certain other letters. Here is the code:

A = Recitation A
B = Recitation B
C = Recitation C
D = Recitation D
X = conflict with all four recitations
Y = see Prof. Neuhoff as soon as possible
NF = no form submitted and no assignment made

At this time, we are not yet ready to have students reregister for their new recitation. But whether or not you have reregistered, you should attend the recitation indicated in this list.

If you are a registered students who has not submitted a survey form, please complete one and bring it to Prof. Neuhoff right away. You can find one on this website.

Waitlisted and Other Students Requesting Admission to 501

As mentioned above we will be able to admit most students who have expressed interest in enrolling in the class. To learn whether you will be admitted, see the current status list. If next to your name is an A,B,C, or D, then you will be admitted and the letter indicates your recitation section. Please see the "code" above for the meaning of other symbols. Please note that we are not yet ready to issue overrides. If Y appears after your name, please see Professor Neuhoff as soon as possible. If NA appears, then we can not admit you at this time. However, if space opens in the next week or so, then we may be able to admit you then. Therefore, you are welcome to continue to attend the class until we finish admitting to the class. (Attend any recitation and do the first homework assignment.)

If you wish to enroll in the class but have not submitted a survey form, you may still do so. You can find one on this website. Bring it to Prof. Neuhoff. You will be considered along with the other students who have not yet been admitted.

The following students should see Prof. Neuhoff

Professor Neuhoff has questions related to the survey form for the following students:

O-C Chang, Y-C Chung, H. Elmasri, W. Frank, Y. Hahm, C-w Huang, E.J. Kim, Hobin Kim, Hoon Kim, B. Lerg, M. Park, C. Raabe.

8/29/03

Welcome to the EECS 501 Home Page

Textbook

"Probability and Random Processes for Electrical and Computer Engineers" by John A. Gubner. Though not yet published, the publisher has kindly agreed to send us free advance copies. Our only obligation is to provide comments on the book at the end of the semester. Instructions on how to obtain a copy will be given in the first class.

Waitlist

All students who wish to take the class should attend the first lecture. I'll discuss our policy for deciding who to admit to the course, and I'll ask you to fill out a form indicating your interest in the course. At present, it appears that we will be able to admit most students on the waitlist.