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The course grade is based primarily on the class project (presentation + final report). Approximate breakdown: Project: 90%, Homework: 10%.

READINGS refer to the Text: Strang and Nguyen. Wavelets and Filter Banks. Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1997.

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SES # TOPICS READINGS LECTURE NOTES ASSIGNMENTS
1 Discrete-time Filters: Convolution; Fourier Transform; Lowpass and Highpass Filters Sec 1.1-1.4, 2.1

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2 Sampling Rate Change Operations: Upsampling and Downsampling; Fractional Sampling; Interpolation Sec 3.1-3.3

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3 Filter Banks: Time Domain (Haar example) and Frequency Domain; Conditions for Alias Cancellation and no Distortion Sec 4.1

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HW 1 out (PDF)
4 Filter Banks (contd.): Perfect Reconstruction; Halfband Filters and Possible Factorizations Sec 4.1

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5 Modulation and Polyphase Representations: Noble Identities; Block Toeplitz Matrices and Block z-transforms; Polyphase Examples Sec 3.4, 4.1-4.4

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6 MATLAB® Wavelet Toolbox

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HW 1 due

HW 2 out (PDF)

 
7 Orthogonal Filter Banks: Paraunitary Matrices; Orthogonality Condition (Condition O) in the Time Domain, Modulation Domain and Polyphase Domain Sec 5.1-5.2

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8 Maxflat Filters: Daubechies and Meyer Formulas. Spectral Factorization Sec 5.3-5.5

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9 Multiresolution Analysis (MRA): Requirements for MRA; Nested Spaces and Complementary Spaces; Scaling Functions and Wavelets Sec 1.5, 6.1

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10 Refinement Equation: Interative and Recursive Solution Techniques; Infinite Product Formula; Filter Bank Approach for Computing Scaling Functions and Wavelets Sec 6.2-6.4

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HW 2 due

HW 3 out (PDF)

11 Project Brief      
12 Orthogonal Wavelet Bases: Connection to Orthogonal Filters; Orthogonality in the Frequency Domain. Biorthogonal Wavelet Bases Sec 6.2, 6.4, 6.5

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13 Mallat Pyramid Algorithm Sec 1.6, 6.2

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14 Accuracy of Wavelet Approximations (Condition A); Vanishing Moments; Polynomial Cancellation in Filter Banks Sec 7.1

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15 Smoothness of Wavelet Bases: Convergence of the Cascade Algorithm (Condition E); Splines. Bases vs. Frames Sec 7.2-7.4

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HW 3 due
16 Signal and Image Processing: Finite Length Signals; Boundary Filters and Boundary Wavelets; Wavelet Compression Algorithms Sec 8.1-8.3, 8.5, 10.1, 11.1-11.5

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17 Guest Lecture. Physical Wavelets and their Sources: Real Physics in Complex Spacetime      
18 Lifting: Ladder Structure for Filter Banks; Factorization of Polyphase Matrix into Lifting Steps; Lifting Form of Refinement Equation Sec 6.5

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19 Wavelets and Subdivision: Nonuniform Grids; Multiresolution for Triangular Meshes; Representation and Compression of Surfaces

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20 Numerical Solution of PDEs: Galerkin Approximation; Wavelet Integrals (Projection Coefficients, Moments and Connection Coefficients); Convergence. Subdivision Wavelets for Integral Equations. Compression and Convergence Estimates Sec 11.6

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21 M-band Wavelets: DFT Filter Banks and Cosine Modulated Filter Banks. Multiwavelets Sec 7.5, 9.1-9.4

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22 Project Presentations      
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25 Project Presentations