Class Time-Table and Descriptions for Spring Semester, 2006
Class Time-Table
Class Time-Table for Spring Semester, 2006 (108KB)
Class Descriptions
| Lecture Code | 2006AJ01A |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Elementary Japanese IA |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes. |
| Course Description |
| Lecture Code | 2006AJ01B |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Elementary Japanese IB |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes. |
| Course Description |
| Lecture Code | 2006AJ02A |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Elementary Japanese IIA |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes. |
| Course Description |
Elementary Japanese IIA is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese IA or who have equivalent standards with over 150 Kanji vocabulary. |
| Lecture Code | 2006AJ03A |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Intermediate Japanese Language IA |
| Credit | 6 ([Contact Hour: 9.0h/w + Self-Study Hour: 3.0 h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class |
Tuesday #2, #3, #4 Wednesday #3 #4 & Friday #1 & #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Section of Japanese Language and Japanese Culture |
| Extension | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL: There is a placement test for Japanese Classes. No native Japanese student is eligible to take these Classes. |
| Course Description |
Intermediate Japanese Language I is designed for students who completed Elementary Japanese IIA/IIB or who have equivalent standards with over 300 Kanji vocabulary and reasonable communication skills. |
| Lecture Code | 2006AQ01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills I (Computer Literacy) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
UEC Academic Class is designed to give you some grapes of all sorts of computer experience. It aims to give you an opportunity to get familiar with very basic computer skills for Academic Work and Study. You will learn introductory parts of UNIX Networking Computer, Fortran, C Language, TeX and HTML (Homepage Making). No advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2006AQ02 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills II (Cross-Cultural Communication) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
You will learn a presentation skill for oral / poster presentation. At the end of semester, all new/senior JUSST Students are required to give a presentation on their major study and research. New JUSST Students will be required to give poster presentation with 1-2 panel space given. Senior JUSST Students of Postgraduate will be required to give an oral presentation for 20 minutes. No advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2006AQ03 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills III (Research & Presentation) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Friday #3 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
This Class is also a core subject for all JUSST Exchange Students in their SECOND semester. This class focuses attention on the exercise of strategic research project. Students are required to carry out a study/research project for more than a half of year with a specific topic. Then, they have to proceed their own project after they choose their own topic and make a monthly plan. At the end of semester, there will be an international mini-conference that has participants of all new and senior JUSST Exchange Students and other regular UEC Students. Students are required to give a presentation on their projects that they decide at the beginning of class. Postgraduate Students will be required to give an oral presentation for 20 minutes in the conference. |
| Lecture Code | 2006AQ04 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills IV (Comprehensive Reading & Summary Writing) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI and Associates |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
In this class, you will learn comprehensive reading skills and summary skills for scientific and business purpose. Every week, you will do short or long article reading on scientific and business topics. We expect that you will increase your vocabulary and pick-up skills of keywords in a text. No advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2006AQ05 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | UEC Academic Skills V (Maths & Scientific Writing) |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 2.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI and Associates |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | High School Maths |
| Course Description |
In this class, you will develop your mathematical writing skills and scientific writing skills through many writing exercises. Teachers and tutors will correct your writing every week in/out of this class. High School Maths books will be used for the beginning of semester. You will probably be able to read out most university maths expressions by the end of this semester. IELTS base English writing exercise will also be carried out in this class. No advanced contents will be taught, but it is a core subject for all new JUSST Students. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLA01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Speech Recognition |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #1 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Kazuhiko OZEKI |
| Extension | 5365 |
| ozeki@ice.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Handout will be distributed in the class. |
| Pre-requirement | NIL |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Speech recognition by machine, which has long been a dream of the human being, is now becoming a reality. Due mainly to the development of statistical recognition techniques and large speech databases, as well as advances in computer technology, last two decades witnessed a dramatic progress in the field. The aim of this lecture is to give basic ideas of fundamental techniques that have made such technological innovation possible. (Outline of Class and Contents) A brief list of subjects: 1) Perspective of speech science and technology 2) Acoustical properties of speech signal 3) Speech analysis techniques 4) Dynamic time warping 5) Principle of statistical speech recognition 6) Hidden Markov models (HMMs) for acoustic modeling 7) Statistical language model 8) Continuous speech recognition by HMMs 9) Speaker recognition (Assessment Policy) Assessment will be based mainly on students' reports submitted at the end of the semester (90%). Contribution for class discussions will also be taken into account (10%). Attendance at more than 66% of the classes is a necessary condition for acquiring credits. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLA04 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Information Networks |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Tetsuya MIKI |
| Extension | 5195 |
| miki@ice.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Hand-out will be prepared in the class |
| Pre-requirement | NIL |
| Course Description |
（Objectives） Information Networks serve as the most important infrastructure for the today's information society. This course deals with the fundamental technologies and basic concepts applied to modern digital information networks, such as ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network) , Internet, Wireless Mobile Networks, and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierachy) Network, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Network) and MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switch) Network. The historical background of each network technology is also given for better understanding of today's network technologies. （Outline of Class and Contents） 1) Network topology and network function 2) Physical and logical network 3) Data transmission and switching/routing 4) Multiplexing and synchronization 5) Communication protocol 6) Communication traffic and its control 7) QoS (Quality of Service) , reliability, scalability and security of information networks 8) Optical transport networks and wireless mobile networks （Assessment Policy ） There will be some report requirements on the topics mentioned above during the semester. Assessment in this class will take account of these reports. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLA05 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Introduction to the Theory of Computation |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Tuesday #1 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Kazuo OHTA |
| Extension | 5362 |
| ota@ice.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook |
Introduction to The Theory of Computation Michael Sipser ISBN 0-534-94728-X |
| Pre-requirement | The knowledge of the Introduction part of the text book will be required at least, for example, the basic concepts of sets, functions, relations, and Boolean logics. |
| Course Description |
（Objectives） The course will cover the automata and languages as the introduction part of the computation theory. The mathematical logics will be exercised. （Outline of Class and Contents） 0. Introduction 0.1 Definitions, Theorems, and Proofs 0.2 Types of Proofs 1. Regular Language 1.1 Finite Automata 1.2 Nondeterminism 1.3 Regular Expression 1.4 Non-regular Languages 2. Context-Free Languages 2.1 Context-free Grammars 2.2 Pushdown Automata 2.3 Non-context-free Languages （Assessment Policy） Reports giving the answers of the exercises in the text book, contribution in the class discussions. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLA06 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Optical Communication Engineering |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr KISHI, Naoto |
| Extension | 5199 |
| kishi@ice.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | on-line materials available at http://pcwave3.ice.uec.ac.jp/kishi/optc (internal only) |
| Pre-requirement | Knowledge of basic engineering/ scientific concepts |
| Course Description |
(Objective) Optical communication is one of the key technologies for the contemporary information society. It is hence important to understand the basic engineering concepts of optical communication. This course covers several topics in such optical communication technologies. （Outline of Class and Contents） The following subjects are treated. 1 Tutorial introduction to optical fibre communication 2 Properties of lightwave for communication 3 Optical fibre transmission lines 4 Lightsources 5 Optical amplifiers 6 Various optical devices 7 Digital codings for optical communications 8 Optical communication systems 9 Optical networks （Assessment Policy） Submission of a report will be required at the end of the term. Its subject may be fixed according to one's interested topics in the course. Assessment of this course will be made over the report and discussion in the class at the score proportion of 80% and 20%, respectively. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLC01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Electron Devices |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Katsuyasu KAWANO |
| Extension | 5144 |
| kawano@ee.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook |
M.Shur: Introduction to Electron Devices, John Willey & Sons Inc. 577 page ISBN,0-471-10348-9 The other following textbooks for references are prepared on hand. 1)"Fundamentals of Microelectronic Processing", Hong H Lee, McGraw-Hill 2)"Microelectronics", J.Millman and A.Grabel, McGraw-Hill 3)"Electronics―Principles and Applications", C.A.Schuler, McGraw-Hill 4)"Introduction to Semiconductor Material and Devices", M.S.Tyagi, John-Wiley &Sons (1991) 5)" Semiconductor Devices", Zambuto, McGraw-Hill (1989) 6)"VLSI Technology", S.M.Sze, McGraw-Hill (1988) 7)"Microelectronic Devices", A.Yang, McGraw-Hill (1988) 8)"Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Materials Properties", P.Y.Yu and M.Cardona, Springer (1995) 9)"Semiconductor Physics: an Introduction, 5th Ed.", K.Seeger, Springer (1991) 10)"Physics of Semiconductors", B.Sapoval and C.Hermann, Springer (1995) |
| Pre-requirement | Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) This lecture may be devoted to the fundamental operation principles of electron devices including their engineering science and design. (Outline of Class and Contents) Electron (solid state) devices are representative with diodes, BJT/MOS transistors, and their integrated circuits (IC) which are found in PC, TV, celluar phones, copy machines etc. The lecture is recommended for electronic/electric engineering students taking their first course in electron devices, in which they are hoped to have some knowledges to quantum mechanics and solid state physics. The lecture was proceeded following the textbook; from Chap.1 (Basics of Quantum Mechanics) to Chap.8 (Photonic Devices), totally about 500 pages. After some important points in each Chapter being explained, several review questions were assigned as a homework every week. As the final report, selected problems in each Chapter were assigned for evaluations. (Assessment Policy) Answers for review questions and the final report are overall objects for the grade evaluations. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLC02 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Introduction to Visual Communications |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Wednesday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Masahide KANEKO |
| Extension | 5216 |
| kaneko@ee.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Handouts will be prepared in the class. |
| Pre-requirement | NIL |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) As represented by the famous proverb "Seeing is believing", visual information plays a very important role in our daily lives. In this class, the fundamentals of visual communication, especially image coding techniques, are lectured from the viewpoint of efficient transmission of image information and better communication through visual media. International activities to establish the common standards of image coding are also introduced. (Outline of Class and Contents) [1] Visual media Definition of "visual media" Classification of "visual media" Use of visual information in the fields of information and communication [2] Fundamentals to handle digital images Definition of "digital image / digital picture" Digitization : sampling + quantization Amount of information contained in digital images Characteristics of human vision [3] Visual communication and Image / Video Coding Role of visual communication and image / video coding General framework of image / video coding system Redundancies contained in images - Statistical redundancies (spatial, temporal), etc. [4] Basic methods of image data compression Predictive coding Transform coding Interframe coding, Motion compensation(MC) Coding of facsimile (MH, MR, MMR) [5] International standards of image / video coding JPEG, JPEG2000, Motion-JPEG2000, JBIG, H.261, H.263, H-264 (MPEG-4 / AVC) MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21 ◯ JPEG ==> Digital camera, Pictures used in Web site MPEG-2 ==> Digital broadcasting (satellite, terrestrial), DVD MPEG-4 ==> Digital movie camera, Video by mobile phone # Samples of coded and decoded images will be demonstrated by OHP and video tapes. (Assessment Policy) There will be some report requirements on the topics mentioned above during the semester. One examination will be carried out at the end of semester. Assessment in this class will take account of these reports, examination, attendance-rate and contribution for class discussions at the score proportion of 30%, 30%, 20%, and 20% respectively. ※ Tour to my laboratory will be arranged in July. Some of recent research results will be demonstrated by doctor and master course students in my laboratory. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLD01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Modern Physics |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #4 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr FAM Le Kien |
| Extension | 5476 |
| fam@kiji.pc.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | "Concepts of Modern Physics" by Arthur Beiser (McGraw-Hill, sixth edition, 2003) |
| Pre-requirement | NIL |
| Course Description |
The theory of special relativity and the theory of "quanta" emerged at the turn of the 20th century as a fundamental framework for understanding macroscopic and microscopic aspects of the world. The theory of special relativity treats problems related to space and time. The quantum mechanics treats problems related to the building blocks of our world, namely atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles. This course consists of a series of lectures on the theory of special relativity and quantum mechanics. It presents basic concepts required of all branches of modern physics. The focus however is on ideas rather than on technical details or practical applications. (A Brief List of Topics) 1) Length contraction 2) Time dilation 3) Relativistic mass 4) Doppler shift 5) De Broglie waves 6) Particle diffraction 7) Uncertainty principle 8) Atomic spectra 9) Correspondence principle 10) The laser 11) Wave equation: the Schroedinger equation 12) Particle in a box 13) Tunnel effect (Assessment Policy) There will be some report requirements on the topics mentioned above during the semester. For example, one written report of at most 3000 words on a quantum phenomenon is to be submitted toward the end of the semester. An oral presentation based on the written report is also required. Assessment in this class will take account of this report, attendance rate, and contribution for class discussions at the score proportion of 40%, 30%, and 30%, respectively. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLE03 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Introduction to Computational Methods in Science and Engineering using MATLAB |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Tuesday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Matuttis Hans-Georg |
| Extension | 5401 |
| hg@mce.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook |
Hand-outs will be preparted in the class Further Reading: Steve Macconnell, Code Complete, Microsoft Press, 1993 ISBN 1-55615-484-4 C.W. Ueberhuber: Numerical Computation 1 Springer, 1997 ISBN 3-540-62058-3 C.W. Ueberhuber: Numerical Computation 2 Springer, 1997 ISBN 3-540-59152-4 Hairer, Norsett and Wanner: Solving Ordinary Differential Equations I, 2nd edition. Springer, 1993 ISBN 3-540-56670-8 E. Hairer and G. Wanner, Solving Ordinary Differential Equations II 2nd edition, Springer 1996 ISBN 3-540-60452-9 |
| Pre-requirement | Knowledge of 1 procedural Computer language (Fortan, C, Pascal ....) |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Computational methods have replaced analytical methods already in many fields of science and engineering, and their importance is still increasing. The aim of the lecture is to provide fundamental criteria for the choice of numerical methods, give an overview about some available methods in some fields, and give ideas about performance-oriented implementation for such methods. Depending on the background and interest of the auditory, some subjects can be changed. （Outline of Class and Contents） 1. Simple MATLAB-Synthax 2. How to write better programs 3. Non-numerical methods: Monte-Carlo techniques 4. Representation of Numbers 5. Elementary numerical analysis: What are numerical errors, and how to get "correct" results from calculations "with error" 6. Graphics 7. Introduction to numerical Linear algebra and how to draw a line through more than 2 points (or maybe not) 8. Polynomials and Roots 9. Solving ordinary differential equations 10. Performance analysis: Which algorithm take long, which are fast, and when does it matter 11.Programming Paradigms: From spaghetti-code to object-orientation, and what does one really need in science and engineering (Asessment Policy) Homework during the term and project at the end of the term, including presentation (In English, for Japanese if desired in Japanese). Comment: Participants should apply for an account at the Computer Center 1 Week before the start of the lecture, if possible !!! |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLE04 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Introduction to Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #4 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof Taku SAKAI |
| Extension | 5404 |
| sakai@mce.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | NIL |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials will be lectured as an Introduction to mechanical properties and microstructures of engineering materials. The aim of the present lecture course is to provide a background of basic understanding against which undergraduate students can set their knowledge of dislocation theory in order to interpret several mechanical properties of structural materials, such as strength, fracture, and ductility etc. （Outline of Class and Contents） 1. Mechanical Tests 2. Microplasticity of Crystals 3. Plastic Deformation 4. Dislocations 5. Strengthening Mechanics 6. Others These topics will however vary in accordance with the students' major. (Assessment Policy) There will be some reports/exercises requirements on the lecture mentioned above during the semester. Assessment will take account of these reports,contribution for class discussion and one examination carried out at the end of semester at the score proportion of 40%, 30% and 30%, respectively. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLF01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Advanced Theory of Systems Reliability |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Kazuyuki SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5265 |
| suzuki@se.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | nothing (handout prints) |
| Pre-requirement | Calculus |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) This lecture deals with Reliability Engineering and its theory which focus on the philosophy, ideas and scientific methods to build in quality and reliability into systems. Here, up-stream management plays an important roles. Also, recent development of information technology has been changing the way of Reliability Engineering. This new aspects is also dealt with. (Outline of Contents) 1) Information Technology and Reliability 2) TQM(Total Quality Management) and Reliability 3) Quality Assurance and Reliability Assurance 4) Reliability Failure Model and its Theory 5) Reliability Design 6) Reliability Testing and Data Analysis 7) Design of Experiments in reliability 8) Maintainability and Condition Monitoring Maintenance (Assessment Policy) Assessment will be based on the level of understanding. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLR01 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Applied Modelling with Mathematics #2 |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #3 |
| Lecturer Name | Dr Masahisa SUZUKI |
| Extension | 5746 |
| suzuki@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | NIL |
| Pre-requirement | Students are require to be confident with O.D.E. P.D.E. |
| Course Description | Computer Simulation has become common to proceed in many areas of sciences and engineering. This class aims to do brain storming with several key topics of dynamics. From this excercise, we focus attention on how to establish mathematical modeling for your needs. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLR02 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Digital Engineering in Broadcasting |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Friday #4 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | Digital Television" written by H Beoit (Arnold) |
| Pre-requirement | Some knowledge of Fourier Analysis and Probability |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Digital satellite broadcasting started a few months ago in Japan. It uses some of the most sophisticated digital techniques. The purpose of the course is to give students, as simply and as completely as possible, the various aspects of the very complex problems to be solved in realizing digital broadcasting. (Outline of Class and Contents) 1. A review of current analogue TV, 2. digitization of video signals, 3. compression of video signals using Fourier cosine transform, 4. compression of video signals using motion compensatin technique, 5. error correction using Reed-Solomon coding, 6. error correction using Viterbi decoding algorithm, 7. Trellis coded 8 PSK modulation, 9. orthogonal frequency dividion multiplex. (Assessment Policy) Report, final examination and attendance rate. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLR03 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Antenna Engineering |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #5 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | "Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields" written by R.F. Harrington (McGRAW-HILL) |
| Pre-requirement | Electromagnetic Theory |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) A device whose primary purpose is to radiate or receive radio waves is called antenna. Wherever we are, We can see one or two antennas around us that are sending you signals or waiting for you to send signals. The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand the basic concepts of various antennas. (Outline of Class and Contents) 1. Brief explanatins of various antennas, 2. transmission-line concepts, 3. waveguide concepts, 4. resonator concepts, 5. radiation, 6. antenna pattern calculation, 7. practical examples of recently developed antennas. (Assessment Policy) Report, final examination and attendance rate. |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLR09 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Communication Theory |
| Credit | 2 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Monday #1 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook |
Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Third Edition by B.P. Lathi (Oxford University Press, 1998) |
| Pre-requirement |
Trigonometric identities, Integrals, Fourier series, some basic knowledge of probabilities and LCR circuits. |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) This course must be taken concurrently with the course "Communications Theory Laboratory." First two classes will review theory of probability and basic knowledge of mathematics that are necessary to understand the subjects in the course. They will include all the items listed in the Pre-requirement. Students who are not very familiar with the knowledge in those basics are strongly encouraged to concentrate their efforts on acquiring the knowledge during the first two classes. This course together with "Communications Theory Laboratory" discusses in depth how digital and analog communication systems work in the presence of noise. Topics covered in the course are behavior of FM systems in noisy channels, probability density functions, random variables, the Gaussian PDF, the Rayleigh PDF, the Rice PDF, Wiener-Hopf optimum filter, AFK, FSK, PSK, and QAM. Shannon's information theory and spread spectrum systems are also included. This course will cover from chapter 7 up to Chapter 15 in the textbook. Chapter 16 (Error correcting codes) will not be included. (The assessment policy) Final: 60%, Midterm: 20%, Class participation: 10%, Lab class scores: 10%, |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLR10 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Communication Theory Laboratory |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Tuesday #6 |
| Lecturer Name | Professor Noboru TOYAMA |
| Extension | 5744 |
| toyama@fedu.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | "Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields" written by R.F. Harrington (McGRAW-HILL) |
| Pre-requirement | Electromagnetic Theory |
| Course Description |
This course is an exercise session for the course "Communications Theory."This course must be taken concurrently with the course "Communications Theory." Students will be given problems directly related to the lecture given in "Communications Theory." By solving the problems students can understand the real aspects of the theory given in the lecture. (Assessment policy) The same scores given in the course " Communications Theory." |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLZ01-1 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Lifelong Learning in Sports (Tennis) |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2,#3 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Jun OGA |
| Extension | 5582 |
| oga@hc.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Sport is a vital part of human culture affecting both our physical and mental lives. Participation in sport fulfills a basic need to exercise, provides psychological satisfaction and contributes to overall health and fitness. In addition, as sport is played with common rule around the world, it helps to overcome language barriers, promotes international understanding and increases world friendship and good will as a common global culture. The objectives of the course are to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sport throughout lifelong and develop health and fitness. (Outline of Class and Contents) Introduction of Lessons Volley (Forehand & Backhand) Stroke (Forehand & Backhand) Service & Receive Strategy of Game (Doubles Game & Singles Game) Games (Doubles Game & Singles Game) (The assessment policy) Attendance of Lessons: 60% Achievement of Skill: 20% Reports: 10% Positive Collaboration Attitude: 10% |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLZ02-1 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Lifelong Learning in Sports (Judo and Art of Self-defense) |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2,#3 |
| Lecturer Name | Prof. Hisashi YANAGISAWA |
| Extension | 5583 |
| yanagi@e-one.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Sport is a vital part of human culture affecting both our physical and mental lives. Participation in sport fulfills a basic need to exercise, provides psychological satisfaction and contributes to overall health and fitness. In addition, as sport is played with common rule around the world, it helps to overcome language barriers, promotes international understanding and increases world friendship and good will as a common global culture. The objectives of the course are to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sport throughout lifelong and develop health and fitness. (Outline of Class and Contents) Introduction of Lessons Offensive & Defensive Battle Employing Sword and Knife Exercise in Battle with Bare Hand Escrima (employing stick) Resuscitation Techniques Creation of New Arts and Practice (The assessment policy) Attendance of Lessons: 60% Achievement of Skill: 20% Reports: 10% Positive Collaboration Attitude: 10% |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLZ03-1 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Lifelong Learning in Sports (Aqua Sports) |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2,#3 |
| Lecturer Name | Yukio KITAGAWA (Part-time Lecturer) |
| Extension | 5589 |
| kitagawa@iwcpe.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Sport is a vital part of human culture affecting both our physical and mental lives. Participation in sport fulfills a basic need to exercise, provides psychological satisfaction and contributes to overall health and fitness. In addition, as sport is played with common rule around the world, it helps to overcome language barriers, promotes international understanding and increases world friendship and good will as a common global culture. The objectives of the course are to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sport throughout lifelong and develop health and fitness. (Outline of Class and Contents) Introduction of Lessons Basic of Swimming Basic of Diving Basic of Water Polo Water Volleyball (The assessment policy) Attendance of Lessons: 60% Achievement of Skill: 20% Reports: 10% Positive Collaboration Attitude: 10% |
| Lecture Code | 2006ATLZ04-1 |
|---|---|
| Lecture Title | Lifelong Learning in Sports (Flying Disk) |
| Credit | 1 ([Contact Hour: 1.5h/w + Exercise Hour: 0.5h/w] x 15 weeks) |
| Day of Class | Thursday #2 |
| Lecturer Name | Koyo FUKASAWA (Lecturer) |
| Extension | 5584 |
| fukasawa@hc.uec.ac.jp | |
| Textbook | |
| Pre-requirement | |
| Course Description |
(Objectives) Sport is a vital part of human culture affecting both our physical and mental lives. Participation in sport fulfills a basic need to exercise, provides psychological satisfaction and contributes to overall health and fitness. In addition, as sport is played with common rule around the world, it helps to overcome language barriers, promotes international understanding and increases world friendship and good will as a common global culture. The objectives of the course are to acquire skills and knowledge for enjoying sport throughout lifelong and develop health and fitness. (Outline of Class and Contents) Introduction of Lessons Accuracy Dodgebee Disc Golf Guts Ultimate Creation of New Games (The assessment policy) Attendance of Lessons: 60% Achievement of Skill: 20% Reports: 10% Positive Collaboration Attitude: 10% |
Created: March 1, 2006 / Last modified: November 19, 2012
