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Teaching Philosophy

• Four Pillars:

In!"epth un"erstan"ing o# $asic%#un"a&ental principles: 'esi"es un"erstan"ing o# #un"a&ental issues( this also allo)syou to "eri*e &ore co&ple+ results )%o $lin" &e&ori,ation-you can only &e&ori,e so &any things( $ut you can certainlyun"erstan" an" thus re&e&$er $asic principles( )hich are#e)er in nu&$er

nalytical an" thin/ing!$ase" approach: Un"erstan" the why o# *arious techni0ues( $esi"es the how an" what. Pursue the&aterial to un"erstan" "esigns1 or "esign techni0ues1 prosan" cons in "epth( an" e+plore alternati*e solutions

2athe&atical approach: ill also &athe&atically analy,e

*arious &etrics -e.g.( runti&e co&ple+ity( har")areco&ple+ity%cost( "elay4 o# "esign techni0ues an" "esigns. illalso pro*e properties o# "esigns an" "esign techni0ues-correctness theore&s( etc.4.

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Corollaries o# Teaching Philosophy• Problem solving (designing stuff) to be stressed

• Analysis and theoretical point-of-view to be stressed

• Interesting and challenging homeworks: Theoreticallymathematically oriented !s" along w design orientedones

• Interesting and challenging pro#ectslabs$will test your problemsolving skills" and your abilities to: %esign stuff in a formaltheoretically-oriented manner (as opposed to

ad hoc) Analy&e your design

'se A% tools to design circuits and to simulate them

rite well-organi&ed scholarly reports

• *o multiple choice !s in e+ams

• ,ote memori&ation undesirable and useless• Pattern matching undesirable and useless

• +ams are fair and test your in-depth understanding of material"and based on this understanding" your ability to solve problems"design circuits and prove theoretical results

• +ams will not be rewordings of homework problems withdifferent numbers



"*antages o# Teaching Philosophy

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$uilt up $y "oing the& in ECE 368( an" possi$ly other courses( an"this can help you $e a goo" an" s/ille" engineer4

• To"ay1s high!tech careers in*ol*es co&ple+ pro$le&sol*ing( an" the type o# issues )e )ill stress in ECE 368()ill allo) you to e+cel in your #uture high!tech <o$ an"

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Shoul" you ta/e this course7• .ou should take this course if:

.ou are comfortable with the teaching philosophy outlined

.ou like (or think can begin to like) intellectual thinking /ind comple+ topics interesting 0ike solving challenging problems 0ike somewhat mathematical treatment of material Achievement of comple+ tasks gives you internal satisfaction

• This may not be a course to your liking if:

.ou only like easy things .ou only like being taught a craft (what to do" how to do)" but could

not care less about the scientificmathematical underpinnings of thecraft

.ou do not like to work hard for courses Achievement of comple+ tasks does not give you much internal

satisfaction• %o note what President 1ennedy had said" I think" wrt to themission of landing men on the moon (to paraphrase): 2eshould do things not because they are easy" but because theyare hard3

• If you belong to the 4st (top) category" you will have fun in this

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