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Time and place (changed): Ross 201, Sundays 14:30-16:00, Fall '08

Teacher: Raanan Fattal (raananf)

 

Course (tentative) syllabus:

Chapter
Description
Books
Wavelets

Multiresolution analysis, orthogonal/biorthogonal wavelets, wavelet design, lifting scheme, and frames
"a Wavelet tour of signal processing," Stephane Mallat, (all editions)
Multigrid

Geometric and algebraic
"Multigrid," Trottenberg Schuller and Oosterlee
Markov-Chain Monte Carlo

Theory of Markov Chains and sampling strategies

"Probabilistic Inference Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods," Neal Radford, [pdf]

One of Daubechies Wavelets

Regular coarsening in Multigrid

A sample from 4-color Potts Model

Additional course notes: Poisson Formula (an analytical expression for Dirac's comb function), Scalogram (CWT) - Spectrogram (STFT) comparison plates

Assignments:

Description
Additional material / comments

 

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