1. Lecturer: 
Prof. Xiliang Luo (luoxl@shanghaitech.edu.cn)
Office: SIST 1C-403A, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong District, Shanghai
Office Hour: 
Tuesday, Thursday, 8:00pm-9:00pm
2. TA: 
  
  Hanyu Zhu (zhuhy@shanghaitech.edu.cn) 
  Office: SIST 1C-402
  
Office Hour: TBD
3. Piazza Discussion Forum: 
piazza.com/shanghaitech.edu.cn/fall2017/ee251
4. Grading:
   * Homework: 40%
  * Midterm: 30% [Nov. 15, 10:15-12:15pm, Room 106]
  * Final Research Project: 30% [Project Resources, due on 1/21/2018]
 5. Textbook: 
Fundamentals  of Statistical Signal Processing: Estimation Theory/Detection Theory, Steven M. Kay, Prentice Hall, 1993
 6. Reference book: 
  Principles  of Signal Detection and Parameter  Estimation, Benard C. Levy, Springer, 2008
  Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory, Part  I, Harry L. Van Trees, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001
7. Lecture notes etc.
| Week | Lecture Note | HW/Solutions | Additonal Notes | 
| 9/18 | Introduction, MVUE | HW1: | |
| 9/25 | Cramer-Rao Lower Bound | HW2: Chapter 3: 3.10, 3.14, 3.15, 3.17 Complete the proof for the asymptotic CRLB Solution | |
| 10/2 | |||
| 10/9 | Neyman-Fisher Factorization, Rao-Blackwell-Lehmann-Scheffe Theorem | HW3: Chapter 5: 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.18 Solution | |
| 10/16 | BLUE, MLE | HW4: Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 6.9, 6,14 Chapter 7: Appendix 7A: verify the asymptotic optimality of MLE, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.16, 7.19 Solution | |
| 10/30 | MLE, Bayesian Estimator-I | HW5: Chapter 10: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.10, 10.11 Solution | |
| 11/6 | HW6: Chapter 11: 11.7, 11.11, 11.12 Chapter 12: 12.2, 12. 14, 12.19, 12.20 Solution | ||
| 11/13 | Mid-Term Review: Nov. 13 In-Class Mid-Term Exam: Nov. 15, 10:15am-12:15pm | 2016 Mid-Term Exam Problems | |
| 11/20 | Kalman Filter | HW7: Chapter 13: 13.4, 13.6, 13.10, 13.11, 13.13, 13.14, 13.15 Solution | |
| 11/27 | Introduction to Detetion, ROC | HW8: Levy’s, Chapter 2: 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.10 Solution | |
| 12/4 | Karhunen-Loeve Decomposition Project Preparation | HW9: Levy's, Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5 Solution | Out of Town in Singapore | 
| 12/11 | Minimax Test, M-ary Hypothesis Testing Asymptotic Performance of LRT | HW10: | |
| 12/18 | Sequential Tests | HW11: Read Levy, Chapter 3 and finish the following problems: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 Solution | |
| 12/25 | Time for Project, NO CLASS Merry Christmas to Everyone! | HW12: Levy, Chapter 3: 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 Solution | Out of Town in San Diego | 
| 1/1 | Composite Hypothesis Testing | HW13 Read Levy, Chapter 5 and finish the following problems: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5,5.7,5.8, 5.9 Solution | |
| 1/8 | |||
| 1/15 | Final Exam Week-2 | Project report is
      due on 1/21/2018!! | Class Projects |