University

Statistical of Processing
Signal Gävle
Sajid Rafique, PhD
Lecturers
Due to current Covid-19 situation, the course will only be delivered online this
year. Last year, the course was given by Dr. Jose Chilo. Therefore, we will be
using his Lecture recordings this year as well. However, students are welcomed
to contact us for any questions / explanations, etc., on below email addresses.

1. Dr. Sajid Rafique

E-mail: sajid.rafique@hig.se
Office: 99:499

2. Mr. AmirHossein
Email: amirhossein.hosseinzadeh.dadash@hig.se
Course Book
 Why this course
Signal processing plays a central role:
- new generations of mobile telecommunication
- intelligent automation systems
- the efficient transmission, reception,
decoding, organisation and retrieval of
information content in search engines
 Why this course
Signal processing :
- analysis and modelling of signals
- extraction of information from signals
- classification and recognition of patterns
- synthesis and morphing of signals

Techniques and Methods

– DFT, filters, filter banks (signal analysis and
reconstruction)
– Statistical signal processing (parameter
estimation, detection)
– Adaptive filters, neural networks
– Analytical techniques (e.g. linear algebra,
optimization)
– DSP hardware, fast
algorithms/architectures (implementation)
 Why this course
We consider mostly random signals:
- Signals described by statistical properties: mean, variance, correlation,
pdf, power spectrum
- Signals often modeled by filters
Prediction filters: minimize prediction error
Optimal filters (Wiener/Kalman): minimize mean square error
Adaptive filters (LMS/RLS)
- Estimation of signal properties via filter parameter estimation
Spectrum analysis
Estimation of frequencies
 Examination
• Written exam
– Middle exam, week 41
– Final exam, week 45
Questions will be similar to those in the book.
• Assignments
– 4 in total: weeks 39, 40, 42, 44
– Graded
Statistical Signal Processing
Week 36: Introduction; recapitulation of prior knowledge :
Fourier transform , Z-transform, discrete time, linear algebra,
random processes
Week 37,39: Signal modeling, linear prediction
Week 39: Assignment nr 1
Week 41: Middle exam
Week 40: Spectrum estimation; frequency estimation
(Pisarenko, MUSIC algorithm)
Week 41: Assignment nr 2
Week 41,42: Optimal filtering (Wiener and Kalman filters)
Week 42: Assignment nr 3
Week 43,44: Adaptive filters (LMS, RLS algorithm)
Week 44: Assignment nr 4
Week 45: Final exam
Applications of Digital Signal Processing
1. Communications - transmission and reception of digital information
2. Radar and sonar - target detection, localization, and tracking
3. Biomedicine - heart arrhythmia detection, brain computer interfaces
4. Image processing - medical diagnostic imaging, data compression
5. Speech processing - speech recognition and synthesis
6. Radio navigation - global positioning systems

Bio-medical signal processing is concerned with the analysis, denoising, synthesis

and classification of bio-signals such as magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the
brain or electrocardiograph (ECG) signals of the heart or electroencephalogram
(EEG) signals of brain neurons