James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

PH5006:03

Data Analysis

Townsville HECS Band 2

25 hours lectures. Full year.

Staff: Professor M Heron.

Noise in physical systems; Rice Distribution for weak signals; statistical properties of zero crossing rates, discriminator level crossings and local maxima; spectral analysis, filtering, fast Fourier Transform algorithm, Nyquist sampling; other spectral analyses; correlation analysis; information theory.

Learning Objectives:

  1. students will gain a working familiarity with signal processing principles and acquire knowledge of principles and techniques.

Assessment by a three-hour examination and assignments.