Syllabus for “Linear Systems I”
ME243A/ECE230A, Fall 2011
Instructor: Francesco Bullo

This is the syllabus for the UCSB course ME 243A / ECE 230A “Linear Systems I”, Fall 2011 (lecture times during period: Th.22sep2011 through Fri.02dec2011). This information is available at the URL http://motion.me.ucsb.edu/ME243A-Fall2011.

How to turn in homework

• Homework is typically due on Wednesday of the following week (e.g., Homework for Week 1 is due on the Wednesday of Week 2).

• Self-grading scheme: On the day the homework is due, (1) you will confirm that you completed the homework, (2) I will provide you with the answer key. Over the next few days, (4) you will self-grade your homework, and (4) you will turn in your self-graded homework by the following lecture on Monday. You will not have access anymore to your solutions after turning them in.

How to learn Matlab

• Matlab video tutorials (html) and demos (html) - by MathWorks

• Matlab Primer (version 3, by Kermit Sigmon): (pdf)

Textbook

• J. Hespanha. “Linear Systems Theory”, 2009. (ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14021-6). Details available here.

Week 1: September 26 and 28

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

• Homework Assignment #1 due Wed Oct 5: Exercises 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.

Week 2: October 3 and 5

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4

• Homework Assignment #2 due Wed Oct 12: Exercises 4.3, 4.4, 4.6

Week 3: October 10 and 12

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 and 6

• Homework Assignment #3 due Mon Oct 24: Exercises 5.2, 6.2, 7.1

Week 4: October 17 and 19

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 and first half of Chapter 8

• Homework Assignment No assignment

Week 5: October 24 and 26 (Oct 24 cancelled due to illness)

• Reading Assignment: (one class canceled) second half of Chapter 8

• Homework Assignment #4 due Mon Nov 7: Exercises 8.6, 8.7, 9.1

Week 6: October 31 and November 2

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 9 and 10

• Homework Assignment: none yet.

Week 7: November 7 and 9

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 11

• MIDTERM: Wednesday November 9. In class midterm exam on the material covered up and including Chapter 10. The midterm exam is closed book, but during the exam you are allowed to consult one letter-size piece of paper with handwritten notes.

• Practice midterms: practice-midterm1.pdf , practice-midterm2.pdf , practice-midterm3.pdf

Week 8: November 14 (postponed to 18) and 16

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 12 and 13

• Homework Assignment #5 due Mon Nov 28: Exercises 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3

Week 9: November 21 and 23

• Reading Assignment: Chapter 14 and 15

• Homework Assignment #6 due Wed Nov 30: Exercises 14.2 and 14.3

Week 10: November 28 and November 30 (and Dec 2 as makeup class)

• Reading Assignment: (Chapter 16, 17 and review)

• Homework Assignment #7 due Fri Dec 2: Exercise 17.2

• Practice finals: practice-final1.pdf , practice-final2.pdf , practice-final3.pdf

Finals Week

• Wednesday December 7

• 8-11am, Engr Bldg II, room 2243