ADVANCED TOPICS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TEL 603E)
Instructor:
M. Ertuğrul Çelebi, Professor
Room: 2420
Phone: (212) 285 3558
E-Mail: mecelebi@itu.edu.tr
Url: http://web.itu.edu.tr/~mecelebi
Office Hours: 14:30-16:30 on Wednesday's or by appointment
Course Objective:
To obtain basic concepts of optimization methods with applications to telecommunications and signal processing
Content:
Review of linear algebra and multivariable calculus, unconstrained optimization, gradient and Newton's
methods, equality and inequality constraints, convex sets and functions, convex optimization problems,
linear programming, quadratic programming, semi-definite programming, geometric programming,
Lagrangian duality, multiobjective optimization, case studies in telecommunications and signal processing.
Grading Policy:
%35 Exam, %35 Homework, %30 Term Project
Attendance to at least 10 lectures is mandatory.
The exam will be held on April 08, 2016.
The term project will be based on previous published work.
Sample Papers for Term Project (previous years)
Textbooks:
An Introduction to Optimization, IV. Ed., Edwin K.P. Chong, Stanislaw H. Zak, Wiley,
2013
Convex Optimization, Stephen Boyd, L. Wandenberghe,
Cambridge U. Press, 2004
Available for download at www.stanford.edu/~boyd/cvxbook/
Prerequisites:
Good knowledge of linear algebra, working knowledge of multivariable calculus, probability and MATLAB