Syllabus

Syllabus

 Course Title:

EECE 695B Convex Optimization for Communication Systems (Spring 2011)

offered by Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng, Pohang University of Science and Technology.

 Class Meetings:

TTh 1:30--2:45 at LG 419

 Instructor: Professor Joon Ho Cho

Office) LG 419
Phone) +82-54-279-2377
E-mail) jcho (at) postech dot ac dot kr  
Office Hours: by appointment. 

 Text:  

S. Boyd and L. Vandenberghe, Convex Optimization. Cambridge Univ. Press.

 References:

Chong and Zak, Introduction to Optimization, Wiley
Luenberger, Optimization by Vector Space Methods
Tse and Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communications

 Pre-Requisites:

1. EECE 645: Statistical signal processing
2. EECE577: Information and coding theory
3. EECE695F: Advanced digital communications

 Course Objectives:  

To understand the fundamentals of convex optimization and successfully apply them to optimization problems in digital communications

 Course Outline

1. Introduction
2. Convex sets
3. Convex functions
4. Convex optimization problems
5. Duality
6. Approximation and fitting
7. Statistical Estimation
8. Geometric Problems
9. Uncontrained minimization
10. Equality constrained minimization
11. Interior-point methods

 Course Requirements:

Quiz: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Midterm: 30%
Final: 30%

 Grading Policies for Homework 

  1. Homework will be assigned approximately every week.

  2. I allow collaboration on the homework. However, students must submit his/her own solutions and provide the names of collaborators.  

  3. Re-grade requests must be filed in writing within one week after the graded homework has been returned to students.

  4. Only 1/3 of assigned problems per each assignment will be graded. 

  5. Each sub-problem will be graded according to the following scale: 100%, 60%, 20%, and 0%.

 Grading Policies for Exam 

  1. Students may take exams earlier than the original schedule if he/she requests at least one week earlier. 

  2. Excused class absence on an exam day may lead to a make-up exam for the absentee.

  3. Re-grade requests must be filed in writing within one week after the graded exam has been returned to students.  

  4. Each sub-problem will be graded according to the following scale: 100%, 60%, 20%, and 0%. 

 Policy on Academic Dishonesty

If the instructor suspects academic dishonesty, the instructor will notify the student(s) and follow the procedure to report to the Graduate School without any exception. Students have the responsibility to be knowledgeable about the consequences of dishonesty. 

06/28/11