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About the Course

Digital Signal Processing is the branch of engineering that, in the space of just a few decades, has enabled unprecedented levels of interpersonal communication and of on-demand entertainment. By reworking the principles of electronics, telecommunication and computer science into a unifying paradigm, DSP is a the heart of the digital revolution that brought us CDs, DVDs, MP3 players, mobile phones and countless other devices. In this series of four courses, you will learn the fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing from the ground up. Starting from the basic definition of a discrete-time signal, we will work our way through Fourier analysis, filter design, sampling, interpolation and quantization to build a DSP toolset complete enough to analyze a practical communication system in detail. Hands-on examples and demonstration will be routinely used to close the gap between theory and practice. To make the best of this class, it is recommended that you are proficient in basic calculus and linear algebra; several programming examples will be provided in the form of Python notebooks but you can use your favorite programming language to test the algorithms described in the course....

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DS

Mar 22, 2024

Great course, nice and clean presentation. Deserves the "intermediate" level. I used it to refresh my dsp knowledge from my bachelors many years ago and for this purpose the course is perfect.

JA

Jul 21, 2020

very good course, but it require some math and a brief reading of a book in signals, there are only few courses in coursera that are challenging, this is one of them, 10/10

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By Germán V M

Dec 1, 2023

The course itself is not bad, the teachers are quite good, but keep in mind that you need a good grounding in algebra and mathematics to understand the course well. I give it one star because some of the exams seem to me to be too high a level for the content given in the course, and there are also times when you answer a question in the questionnaire and it gives you the wrong answer even though you got it right. For example, I once gave an answer with the first letter in lower case and it was taken as wrong, whereas if I wrote it with the first letter in capital letters it gave it as correct. In addition to this, there is too much content to study with only a week to do the exam, this is the main problem of the course and I would not recommend it under any circumstances. You need to dedicate almost all your time only to this course, forgetting to do the rest, if they gave you more time to do the questionnaire (2 or 3 weeks instead of one) the course would be much bette

By Francisco R

Apr 24, 2021

Frustrating graders don't waste your money/time here

By Deleted A

Nov 5, 2020

The lectures are excellent. The videos, slides, exercises are high quality. The course is very well-organized and the instructors propose extra resources, which I very appreciate. The instructors explained well the different notions introduced. There are examples and applications that illustrate well the concepts. Quizzes are challenging. Need a (strong) maths background to follow the course, but I think this is not the most important point in order to achieve this course. If your ambition is to master concepts of DSP, I think this course is well-suitable. Thanks for sharing your teaching.

By Hazem K 2

Oct 1, 2020

The course instructors are really good at delivering the concepts intuitively and it does not fall short of providing mathematical derivations as well. It also benefited me in other domains like linear algebra, in which the instructor's explanation really cemented some concepts that I felt were abstract and arbitrary before I took this course.

For full experience, I would recommend trying to implement what you learn in code, and/or do the provided jupyter notebooks on your own, in your preferred language.

By Reema S

Dec 31, 2020

The problems and quizzes were difficult but very standard. The descriptions were detailed and understandable. I'd totally recommend this course. I wish it had some programming challenges as graded exercises as well. Also, I found it difficult during the quizzes that the incorrect answers were not shown, and every time you try, the options and questions change so for some of the answers that were incorrect, I couldn't find the reason.

By Thiago C C

Mar 10, 2021

A great course to learn about Digital Signal Processing. The professors use a variety of resources to support the content thought in the video lectures. Recommended for everyone who wants to learn the subject.

By Denis S

Mar 22, 2024

Great course, nice and clean presentation. Deserves the "intermediate" level. I used it to refresh my dsp knowledge from my bachelors many years ago and for this purpose the course is perfect.

By Булат Р И

Dec 3, 2020

It will be great if there are more exercises. May be from some educational books. They could be optional. Thank you for your course! Very like your "signal of the day". It is great.

By Paulo R C P

Aug 21, 2023

Excellent course! The professors are amazing. It is a very tough course, you will not get through only with algebra, a little of analysis is necessary.

By Christopher T

Mar 31, 2023

Comprehensive and very clear - extremely satisfying material too! Quite math-heavy, so make sure your calculus and linear algebra skills are sharp.

By el_dAna

Jul 19, 2022

One of the mathematically engaging courses I have ever taken on Coursera. Be reminded to have patience to go through the math. Good luck.

By 肖湘

Feb 15, 2021

it's fantastic, i really enjoy it. the only thing can be prove is that could the instructor give solution to the excercise on the book?

By Prakriti M

Jun 6, 2020

The lectures were extremely good. Concepts were well-explained. Very engaging lessons and coursework.

By Yashwanth

Sep 13, 2020

The state space approach to explaining the basics of signal processing has been handled well.

By Dylan L

Oct 15, 2021

The best courser to understand digital signal processing, and the labs are very interesting!

By Daniel R

Jun 27, 2021

excellent review of dsp fundamentals. Very thought provoking and challenging quiz questions

By Fenghua W

Aug 21, 2020

Lecture explains concepts very clearly. Python labs provide very good hands-on experience.

By Arbaaz J

Aug 27, 2020

Course was very interesting and the quizzes were tough but you definitely learn a lot.

By Daniel S

Dec 28, 2020

Really nice course, the topics were really understanbale and easy to get.

By NO N G Z

Aug 7, 2021

its good brief introduction to DFT, DFS and DTFT having a unifying theme

By akshaykiranjose

Apr 25, 2022

examples, corollaries and relevant talk are to the point.

By Balakrishna M

Aug 13, 2020

Amazing course and assignment questions are framed well .

By Soumya M

Oct 31, 2020

The math was extremely difficult. But I made it through.

By IONCEAIrina

Sep 13, 2020

IT WAS AMAZING, I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS!!! Great job

By Ashok M

Aug 22, 2020

One of the best course in DSP i have seen in my life