Selected topics of contemporary interest on microwave systems: advanced radars, active and passive microwave remote sensing instruments, large scale antennas, and microwave integrated circuits. Prerequisites: E&C-Eng 584 and graduate standing.

Optimization is ubiquitous in engineering and computer science. A recent application is the defeat of the world Go champion by the artificial intelligence algorithms executed in the Google?s AlphaGo system. Other application examples include deep learning network training, large data set clustering, and many engineering design problems.

This course serves as an introduction to folklore studies with a special focus on its intersection with social and cultural theory. The word "folklore" usually refers to traditional expressive practices, ranging from verbal arts (such as proverbs and legends) to material culture (such as costumes and handicrafts) to customs (such as rituals and festivals). But as this class demonstrates, the study of folklore has changed over the years. We now recognize that all communities, not just traditional ones, have folklore.

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