8000 Level
ELEC 8120/8126. Principles of Network Performance Analysis 
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., ELEC 5120 or ELEC 6120, and ELEC 7410.
Data network performance analysis, queueing systems, admission control, network traffic modeling, network calculus, flow and congestion control, wireless network analysis, and network simulation.
ELEC 8310/8316. Advanced Topics in Electromagnetics
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., ELEC 7320.
Continued development of analytical and numerical appplications of Maxwell's equations in arbitrary media in both the frequency- and time-domains. Includes individual and group projects.
ELEC 8410/8416. Spectral Estimation And System Identification
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 7410.
Elements of parameter estimation theory; Nonparametric spectral estimation: periodogram and spectral windows; Parametric approaches: AR, MA, ARMA and state space modeling of time series, maximum-likelihood parameter estimation, model order selection; Applications; Higher-order spectral analysis; Input-output system identification: linear regression, prediction error and instrumental variable methods, recursive methods, model validation and model structure determination.
ELEC 8420/8426. Detection And Estimation Theory
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 7410.
Decision theory concepts: Bayesian, maximum likelihood, minimax and Neyman-Pearson approaches to hypothesis testing; Detection of deterministic and random signals in noise; Parameter estimation: Bayesian and maximum likelihood approaches, nonrandom and random parameter estimation; Signal estimation.
ELEC 8510/8516. Robust and Optimal Control
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 7510 or departmental approval.
Performance specifications, performance limitations, model uncertainty, linear fractional transformations, structured singular value, parameterizations of stabilizing controllers, H2 and H-infinity optimal control, loop shaping.
ELEC 8550/8556. Modern Control Theory Applications
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., Departmental Approval.
Application and practice of modern analysis methods, design techniques and technologies to advanced engineering control problems. Includes linear and non-linear state variable methods, adaptive control, robust control, estimation theory, signal processing, and numerical methods. May be taken more than once.
ELEC 8560/8566. Adaptive Control
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., ELEC 6500 or departmental approval.
Theory and application of adaptive control systems. Real-time parameter estimation, self-tuning regulators, model-reference adaptive systems, stability, auto-tuning and gain scheduling controllers.
ELEC 8710/8716. Advanced Topics In Semiconductor Devices
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6710.
Advanced treatment of selected topics in semiconductor devices.
ELEC 8780/8786. Contemporary Topics in Electronic Circuit Design
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6780 or departmental approval.
Contemporary topics in electronic circuit design such as Delta-Sigma A/D and D/A conversion, switched capacitor circuitry, continuous time and discrete time filter design, communications electronics. May be taken more than once for credit.
ELEC 8900/8906. Independent Study in Electrical Engineering
(Credit To Be Arranged, 1 to 3). Pr., departmental approval.
May be taken more than one semester.
ELEC 8970/8976. Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
(Credit To Be Arranged, 1 to 5). Pr., departmental approval.
May be taken more than one semester.
ELEC 8990. Research and Dissertation
(Credit To Be Arranged).
May be taken more than one semester.
