X Window Computer Laboratory for Communication and Control Engineering

本项目将通过使用现代计算机实验室，培养对通信、信号处理和控制系统的理论概念的说明、解释和整合。本科生将很早就接触到最先进的网络计算系统、X- Window环境和一些高级计算工具。入门实验课程中的动手实验将培养大二学生模拟波形、噪声、简单滤波器和基本线性系统的能力。为了加强信号和系统理论的核心课程，初级阶段的学生将进行各种信号和系统的数值模拟实验。在与高级课程相关联的实验课程中，学生将对真实的通信、控制和信号处理系统进行模拟和设计实验。此外，实验室将是高级设计项目的重要资源。本实验将提供学生更深入了解通讯与控制的基本概念。同时，它将更好地为学生准备现代工业和研究生院。采购的设备包括：26台X- Window终端、额外的处理器、现有sparc级服务器的内存和磁盘驱动器，以及网络硬件。通过开发一个优化的X-Window图形用户界面、课程材料、课堂项目、问题和解决方案的电子图书馆，以及在第一个实验课程中向学生介绍现代计算和模拟软件，本科生可以轻松地使用该设备。

This project will foster illustration, interpretation, and integration of theoretical concepts in communication, signal processing, and control systems through the use of a modern computer laboratory. Undergraduate students will be exposed early to a state-of-the-art networked computing system, the X- Window environment, and several high-level computational tools. The hands-on laboratory experiments in an introductory lab course will develop in the sophomore students the ability to simulate waveforms, noise, simple filters, and basic linear systems. To enhance the pivotal course in signal and system theory, the junior level students will experiment with the numerical simulation of a broad variety of signals and systems. In the laboratory courses associated with the senior level courses, students will experiment with the simulation and design of realistic communication, control, and signal processing systems. In addition, the laboratory will be an important resource for senior design projects. This laboratory will provide students with better insight into the fundamental concepts of communication and control. At the same time, it will better prepare students for both modern industry and graduate school. Equipment to be purchased includes: 26 X- Window terminals, additional processors, memory and disk drive for the existing Sparc-class server, and networking hardware. The ease of use of this equipment by undergraduate students will be achieved by developing an optimized X-Window graphical user interface, course materials, class projects, an electronic library of problems and solutions, and by providing the students with an introduction to modern computing and simulation software within the first laboratory course.