useful Matlab link

• Colon operator (:)
• fspecial
  h = fspecial('gaussian', hsize, sigma) returns a rotationally symmetric Gaussian lowpass filter of size hsize with standard deviation sigma (positive). hsize can be a vector specifying the number of rows and columns in h, or it can be a scalar, in which case h is a square matrix. The default value for hsize is [3 3]; the default value for sigma is 0.5.
• freqz
• dwt2d
  

A talk with her

One of my friend told me that she broke up with his boyfriend. Although they have dated for 8 years, she said it didn't hurt as much as she expected. I didn't know what I should tell her. It seems that she lose her acute judgement due to too much pain. Or, we don't feel sadness any more because we had several but enough break-up.

Comprehensive Exam

• Electricity & Magnetism
  - ECE 107
• Signals & Systems (Fall 09 - Paul Siegel)
  - ECE 101
  
• Solid State Electronics (Fall 09 - Yuan Taur, Wang)
  - ECE 103 Fundamental/Devices & Materials
• Circuits (Fall 09 - Curt Schurgers)
  - ECE 102
  
• Logic Design (Fall 09)
  - CSE 140
  
• Computer Engineering
  - ECE 260A
• Electronic Cicuits and System
  - ECE166/265A
  - 164/264A
  

New Start at San Diego!!

I arrived at San Diego yesterday. Hot sun and clean campus! I need time to be familiar with new people and places. Anyhow, I'm expecting a lot. The left picture is La Jolla Shore. A lot of people are enjoying surffering on the huge wave. I would like to learn the soonest I can!!

What can we infer from the relationship between academic and industry experience?

• Academic careers, patents, and productivity: industry experience as scientific and technical human capital

UCSD ECE Classes

• ECE 222A Applied Electromagnetic Theory
  - Gabriel Rebeiz
  - Textbook: Not required.
• ECE 230A Solid State Electronics
  - Yu-Hwa Lo
  - Textbook: Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals
  - Prerequisite: 135A Semiconductor Physics
• ECE 250 Random Processes
  - Robert Lugannani
  - Textbook: Probability and Random Processes with Applications to Signal Processing
  
• ECE 260A VLSI Digital System Algorithms and Architectures
  - Mike Bendak
  - CMOS VLSI Design, A Circuits and Systems Perspective
  - Prerequisite: ECE 165 Digital Integrated Ciucuit Design
  
• ECE 264C CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits and Systems III
  - Bang-Sup Song
  - Not mentioned
• ECE 265B Communication Circuit Design II
  - Larry Larson
  - The Design of CMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits
• ECE 111 Advanced Digital Design Project
  - Sujit Dey
  - Intro
• ECE 165 Digital Integrated Ciucuit Design
  - James BuckWalter
  - Digital Integrated Ciucuits
• ECE 161B Digital Signal Processing I (Winter Quarter)
  - Truong Q. Nguyen

How to read a paper

1. Keep in mind what the conclusion of a paper is
   - The conclusion of a paper is a destination where you should arrive in the end. Thus, don't forget where your final goal is at each steps.
   
   
2. Focus on what you really need
   - Skip insignificant parts of a paper to minimize the time you spend.
   

• How to Read a Paper
  http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/keshav/home/Papers/data/07/paper-reading.pdf