Course Name: Probability Foundations for Electrical Engineers

Course abstract

This course will introduce the basic foundational aspects of probability theory primarily to an electrical engineering audience. In communications, signal processing and networking applications, probability theory and models play a vital role in design and implementation. This course will prepare a student to take courses such as Digital/Wireless Communications, Adaptive Signal Processing and Communication Networks.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Aravind R

R Aravind is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Aravind has a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests include image and video processing and compression


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Prof. Andrew Thangaraj

Prof.Andrew Thangaraj received his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India in 1998 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in 2003. He was a post-doctoral researcher at the GTL-CNRS Telecom lab at Georgia Tech Lorraine, Metz, France from August 2003 to May 2004. From June 2004, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, where he is currently an associate professor. Since Jan 2012, he has been serving as Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications.


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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021

 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021

 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2021

Enrolled

1225

Registered

12

Certificate Eligible

4

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

0

Elite

0

Successfully completed

4

Participation

2

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Probability Foundations for Electrical Engineers - Toppers list

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1225

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 12

Assignment Statistics




Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.