ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

The academic program of study for each of the degree programs is fixed and consists of 36 credit hours of graduate level work, divided into ten lecture courses of 3 credit hours each and a 6 credit hour research project. Five of the ten lecture courses are offered at Boğaziçi University. The remaining five lecture courses and the 6 credit hours of research project are offered at GWU. Please note that all courses in this page that are marked by an asterisk (*) are offered at Boğaziçi University.

M.S. in Electrical Engineering:

All students in this program take the following four core courses given below.

ECE 203 Stochastic Processes in Engineering*
ECE 211 Signals and Transforms in Engineering*
ECE 219 Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering*
ECE 248 Introduction to Computer Networks*

They also take 6 credit hours of research in ECE 298 Research.The remaining five courses to be taken for the degree depend on the area of concentration of the student.Courses to be taken in different concentration areas are presented below.

Communications and Networks Area

ECE 243 Communication Theory I*
ECE 244 Communication Theory II
ECE 246 Digital Communications
ECE 253 Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems
ECE 257 Multi-User Communications
ECE 277 Satellite Communication Systems

Signal Processing, Systems and Controls Area

ECE 208 Digital Image Processing*
ECE 209 Compression Techniques for Data, Speech and Video
ECE 245 Statistical Signal Estimation
ECE 252 Digital Signal Processing Techniques
ECE 272 Computer Control Systems
ECE 279 Stochastic Control Systems

Electromagnetics Area

ECE 210 Applied Electromagnetics*
ECE 233 Introduction to Microwave Engineering
ECE 234 Wave Propagation
ECE 235 Antennas
ECE 236 Electromagnetic Radiation and Scattering
ECE 238 Remote Sensing

Biomedical Engineering Area

ECE 208 Digital Image Processing*
ECE 280 Anatomy and Physiology for Engineers
ECE 282 Medical Measuremens
ECE 283 Medical Instrumentation Design
ECE 284 Biomedical Signal Analysis
ECE 384 Medical Imaging

M.S. in Telecommunications and Computers:
All students in this program take the following four core courses given below.

ECE 203 Stochastic Processes in Engineering*
ECE 211 Signals and Transforms in Engineering*
ECE 219 Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering*
ECE 248 Introduction to Computer Networks*

They also take 6 credit hours of research in ECE 298 Research.The remaining five courses to be taken for the degree depend on the area of concentration of the student.Courses to be taken in different concentration areas are presented below.

Telecommunications Network Area

ECE 249 Network Performance Analysis
ECE 251 Telecommunication Switching Systems
ECE 259 Wireless Networks
ECE 290 Telecommunications Networks
ECE 346 Telecommunications Protocols*
ECE 348 The Internet: Design and Implementation

Telecommunications Network Security Area

ECE 250 Information Security
ECE 289 Telecommunications Network Security
ECE 290 Telecommunications Networks
ECE 295 Telecommunications Security Protocols
ECE 346 Telecommunications Protocols*
ECE 348 The Internet: Design and Implementation

ACADEMIC SCHEDULE

The academic program starts in late October and is completed in a period of 18 months. For the first nine months students are in resedence at the main campus of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. During that time they enroll in 5 lecture courses, offered in 3 trimesters. During the last 9 months the students are in residence at the main campus of GWU in Washington. There they enroll in 2 lecture courses during each of 2 semesters and conduct a 6 credit hour research project.

*- ECE 278 and ECE 348 may optionally be taken in place of the research project by approval of the advisor.

CURRICULUM FOR 2005 - 2006

For detailed descriptions of ECE courses please, refer to see: http://www.ece.seas.gwu.edu/courses/gradcourses.html

Trimester 1: Oct. 31, 2005 - January 27, 2006
ECE 219 Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering
ECE 248 Introduction to Computer Networks

Trimester 2: January 30, 2006 - April 28, 2006
ECE 203 Stochastic Processes in Engineering
ECE 250 Telecommunications Network Security

Trimester 3: May 2, 2006 - July 28, 2006
ECE 259 Wireless Networks
ECE 346 Telecommunications Protocols

Fall Semester 2006: August 21, 2006 - December 15, 2006
ECE 251 Telecommunications Switching Systems
ECE 290 Wide Area Networks
ECE 297 Research Project Part I
ECE 348 The Internet: Design and Implementation*

Spring Semester 2007: January 8, 2007 - May 4, 2007
ECE 255 Optical Communication Networks
ECE 257 Satellite Communication Systems
ECE 298 Research Project Part II
ECE 278 Local and Metropolitan Area Networks*

The details of the courses are given below.
ECE 203 - Stochastic Processes in Engineering (3)
Basic concepts of modeling of random phenomena in Electrical and Computer systems: Probability framework, stationarity, linear filtering. Optimization of discrete and continuous stochastic processes. Elements of performance analysis.

ECE 219 - Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering (3)
Introduction to linear algebra and vector spaces as applied to networks and electrical systems. Orthogonal bases, projections, and least squares. Fast Fourier transforms. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors with applications. Computations with matrices. Constrained optimization in electrical systems. Network models and applications.

ECE 248 - Introduction to Computer Networks (3)
Fundamental Communications Network concepts. Architectures for access and internetworking. Data and multimedia transmission techniques, protocols; switched and shared media networks. Routing, error and flow control, TCP/IP and other Internet protocols. New developments in next generation Internet.

ECE 250 - Telecommunications Network Security (3)
Speech and data scrambling. Linear and nonlinear transformations. Cryptographic techniques. Block and stream ciphers. The Data Encryption Standard (DES). Key management, digital signatures, message authentication, hash functions. Public key algorithms.

ECE 251 - Telecommunications Switching Systems (3)
Circuit, packet and cell switching. Routing and relaying algorithms. Space and time division switching. Switching networks. Storage, delay, blocking and complexity. Digital cross connects, add/drop multiplexers. Digital switching systems. Network timing and synchronization. In-band signaling and common channel signaling networks. Signaling systems, Common Channel Signaling System #7.

ECE 255 - Optical Communication Networks
Wave propagation through fiber, dispersion, polarization. Multiplexing techniques, WDM. Optical networking components. Optical transmission systems design. All-optical networking, broadcast star and wavelength routing networks. Performance analysis, survivability, control and management. Optical access networks. Photonic packet switching. Current topics.

ECE 259 - Wireless Networks (3)
Wireless channels and transmission fundamentals. MAC and link layer protocols for wireless networks. Cellular systems; GSM/GPRS, IS-95 and IMT-2000. Satellite systems. Broadcast systems. Wireless LANs; IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN and Bluetooth. Wireless ATM. Mobile IP and TCP. Ad hoc networks. Mobility support; world wide web and WAP.

ECE 277 - Satellite Communications Systems (3)
Theory and application of satellite communication. Low earth orbit and geostationary satellite systems. Orbit calculations. Transmission systems. RF link budgets. Modulation and multiplexing. Multiple access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA. Link budgets. Satellite transponders, antennas and earth stations. VSAT networks. Satellite packet communications.

ECE 278 - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (3)
LAN architectures: topologies, transmission media, bridges, routers, gateways. The LAN Protocol Reference Model, IEEE 802. Multiple access procedures: Aloha, CSMA, token passing. Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, token bus, token ring, FDDI, fiber channel, wireless LAN, ATM LAN's. DQDB. LAN interworking, routing and relaying.

ECE 290 - Wide Area Telecommunications Networks (3)
Traffic characterization: CBR and VBR sources. N-ISDN: physical layer interfaces, data link and network layer protocols. B-ISDN: protocol architecture, physical layer protocols. Frame Relay: protocol architecture, call control, LAPF, congestion control. ATM networks. IP, voice and video over ATM. ATM LAN emulation. Metropolitan Area Networks: DQDB, SMDS.

ECE 297 - Special Topics (1 to 3)

ECE 298 - Research (arr.)
Applied research and experimentation projects, as arranged. May be repeated for credit.

ECE 346 - Telecommunications Protocols (3)
Layered protocol models for computer communications networks. Open systems interconnection reference model. CCITT and ISO protocol standards in support of OSI. Proprietary communications architectures. TCP/IP, SNA, and DNA. Protocols for local area networks and integrated services digital networks.

ECE 348 - The Internet: Design and Implementation (3)
Physical architecture: transmission systems, bridges, gateways, routers, servers and hosts. Service structures: NBP, NAP, ISP. Protocol architecture. Transmission, routing and application protocols. The World Wide Web: CGI, HTTP, search engines and browsers. Security: access control, firewall, packet filters, integrity mechanisms. Software issues.