2007-08 Technical Complementaries

Electrical Engineering: Operating system services, file system organization, disk and cpu scheduling, virtual memory management, concurrent processing and distributed systems, protection and security. Aspects of the DOS and UNIX operating systems and the C programming language. Programs that communicate between workstations across a network.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-1-5)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 324 or COMP 273
• Tutorials assigned by instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Muthucumaru Maheswaran

Electrical Engineering: Microwave transmission through waveguides: impedance matching, microwave devices, filters and resonators; microwave transmission though free space; near and far field behaviour of electromagnetic radiators, simple antennas, antenna arrays, practical antenna parameters; the physics of the radio communication channel: reflection, diffraction and scattering and their macroscopic impact (multipath, fading).

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 352 or ECSE 354

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Computer Science (Sci): Fundamental design principles, elements, and protocols of computer networks, focusing on the current Internet. Topics include: layered architecture, direct link networks, switching and forwarding, bridge routing, congestion control, end-to-end protocols application of DNS, HTTP, P2P, fair queuing, performance modeling and analysis.

Offered by: Computer Science

• 3 hours
• Prerequisite: COMP 310 or ECSE 427

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Mona E Elsaadawy

Electrical Engineering: Introduction to current microprocessors, their architecture, programming, interfacing and operating systems. The course includes lectures, use of crossassemblers, and simulators as well as laboratory experiments on actual microprocessor hardware.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (1-5-3)
• Prerequisites: (CCOM 206 or WCOM 206) and ECSE 323.
• This course may be counted as a technical complementary or a lab complementary.
• Limited Enrolment (50)
• Lab hours assigned by instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Purpose and economics of mixed-signal test, DC measurements. Accuracy and repeatability. DSP-based theory and its applications to parametric testing of analog filters, DACs, and ADC. Timing and PLL measurements. Design for Testability.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-2-4)
• Prerequisites: ECSE 206 or ECSE 304 and ECSE 334 or ECSE 335
• Note: This course may be counted as a technical complementary or as a lab complementary.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Gordon W Roberts