EECS 126 - Probability and Random Processes - Spring 2001

OUTLINE (tentative)

Week	Topics	Read	Tests	Date	Due	Out
1/17, 19	Uncertainty and Randomness	Math, 1		1/19		H1
1/22, 24, 26	Probability space	2.1-3	Q1 (1/26)	1/22	H1 -sol	H2
1/29, 31, 2/2	Conditional Probability and Independence	2.4-7		1/29	H2 - sol	H3
2/5, 7, 9	Random Variable, Expectation	3.1-4		2/5	H3 - sol	H4
2/12, 14, 16	Functions and Inequalities	3.6-9	old M1 (2/00)	2/12	H4 -sol
2/21, 23	Random Variables and Independence	4.1-2	M1 (2/23)	2/21		H5
2/26, 28, 3/2	Conditional Expectation	4.3-7		2/28	H5 -sol	H6
3/5, 7, 9	Gaussian Random Variables	4.8		3/7	H6 -sol	H7
3/12, 14, 16	Detection and Hypothesis Testing			3/14	H7 - sol	H8
3/19, 21, 23	Estimation; Limits of RVs	4.9		3/21	H8 - sol
4/2, 4, 6	Law of Large Numbers & Central Limit Theorem	5.1-6	M2 (4/6)	4/4
4/9, 11, 13	CLT (cont.); Random Processes: Bernoulli and Poisson	6.1-5		4/11		H9
4/16, 18, 20	Markov Chains: Discrete Time	8.1-2		4/18	H9 - sol
4/23, 25, 27	Markov Chains: Continuous Time	8.3-5		4/25		H10
4/30, 5/2, 4	Applications			5/2	H10	H11
5/7	Review: See 98, 99.			5/7	H11
5/18	5:00-8:00 pm; Room TBA		Final

See the academic calendar for the recesses and Holidays.
The links provide some insight about the meaning of the definitions and the results. Be careful that these comments are not meant to be exhaustive, by a long shot! Instead, they are commentaries about the key ideas and concepts. You may find the INDEX to these comments and notes useful.

Jean Walrand – January 2001 --- INDEX