ELG4156: Linear Systems (Fall 2011)

(under construction, updated frequently)

Announcements:	Final exam marks and final grades have been posted. If you wish to see your marked exam paper, it will be available on Thursday Jan. 19, 5-6pm at CBY-B307 (Mr. Wei Qian). It will not be available at any other time. Please note the following: • The final exam has been marked very carefully. • The marks reflect the academic performance, not needs etc. • Everything has already been rounded off to your advantage. • Marks are non-negotiable and non-discussable. • If you do believe that a mistake was made when marking, you may request re-marking, but only once. • All requests for re-marking have to be done in writing using this form. Read carefully the rules of re-marking. The revised mark is considered to be final and no further requests for re-marking will be accepted. • The marking margin (2.5 points) has been added to the final mark to compensate for inaccuracies in the marking. If you do request re-marking, the margin becomes null as I’ll double-check everything to eliminate any inaccuracy. • Any requests regarding assignments or labs (design project) must be directed to the TA involved directly. • These rules are absolutely FIRM and NON-NEGOTIABLE. *** Marks of Lab 3 have been posted. Double-check and report any mistakes to the TA within 1 week. Assignment 7 has been posted. Marks of Assignment 6, Lab 2 and Quiz 2 have been posted. Double-check and report any mistakes to the TA within 1 week. Assignment 6 has been posted. Due: by 14:30, Nov. 24 (Thu.) at SMD 226 (beginning of the tutorial). Late entries will not be accepted. Midterm marks. Assignment 3 has been posted. Due: by 14:30, Oct. 13 (Thu.) at SMD 226 (beginning of the tutorial). Late entries will not be accepted. Tutorials and labs begin on the week of Sep. 19. Lab guidelines have been posted (below). Download and print the course info before coming to the class. No Labs first two weeks. No tutorial first two weeks.
Course information:	here
Office hours:	Thursday, 5-6pm. Outside office hours - by appointment only. If you need one, send me an email asking for it. No appointments on Fridays. No exceptions! You are encouraged to ask questions immediately after lectures (but not before). No questions by email (will not be answered).
Lectures:	Mon. 11:30 - 13:00, Thu. 13:00 - 14:30, SMD 427. Contents, Review of Matrix Theory
Assignments:	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Assignment marks:	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
Quiz	1, 2,
Additional material:
Laboratories:	Marks: 1, 2, 3 Guidelines: Project 1, 2, 3 Friday, 08:30 - 10:00 (STE 2060). No Labs first two weeks.
Tutorial:	Thursday. 14:30 - 16:00, SMD 226. No tutorial first two weeks.
Teaching Assistants:	Wei Qian, CBY-B307, wsang098@uottawa.ca, office hours: Fridays, 10:15-11:15.
Course Textbook:	Required: J.D. Aplevich, The Essentials of Linear State-Space Systems, Wiley, 2000. Required: S. Loyka, Linear Systems (lecture notes).
Additional texts:	C.L. Phillips, J.M. Parr, E.A. Riskin, Signals, Systems and Transforms, Prentice Hall, 2003 (good book to review the signal and system material, including Fourier, Laplace and z transforms). C.T. Chen, Linear System Theory and Design, Oxford University Press, 1999. R.L. Williams, D.A. Lawrence, Linear State-Space Control Systems, Wiley, 2007.
Midterm Exam:	Oct. 20, Thu. 13:00 - 14:30, SMD 427. Closed-book. Only non-programmable calculators are allowed. One page of reference material (single-sided, letter format) is allowed. The midterm will cover all the topics discussed in the class, with special emphasis on the topics included in the assignments.
Final Exam:	Friday, December 16, 2011, 09:30 to 12:30, SITE room C0136. Closed-book. Only non-programmable calculators are allowed. Two pages of reference material (single-sided, letter format) are allowed. The final exam will cover all the topics covered in lectures, assignments, tutorials and labs. The relevant chapters of the textbook are 1 to 9, except for sec. 5.6.