The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EE381K-6 Estimation Theory: Final Projects



Types of final projects (students may choose either one):

Project Proposal (Due: on 11/07/17, in class)

Evaluating final reports (the reports are due 12/11/17, 4:30pm, EER 7.810 or by e-mail):
  1. Survey Article

    (15 points) In the Introduction section, the article should provide background on the general area and motivate the survey.

    (10 points) The references should be relevant to the topic of the survey. Journal papers are strongly preferred. Including references which present different approaches to the solution of the same problem is desirable.

    (65 points) The main part of the article -- survey of the area -- should provide details about the area/problem being surveyed; give a thorough description of the contributions in the cited papers; compare and contrast different contributions, including numerical/simulation illustrations; and give some insight and provide suggestions for future work.

    (10 points) Since this is a report, please take care of clarity and style thereof. Please use 11pt or 12pt font (references may be 10pt), double spaced text, standard 1 inch margins. Preferred length (not including title, abstract, figures, and table-of-contents) is 10-12 pages.

  2. Research Paper

    (15 points) In the Introduction section, the article should provide background on the general area and motivate the research project.

    (10 points) In the Introduction (or a Problem Statement) section, clearly describe the objectives of the project. (Ideally, they should be similar to the objectives outlined in the project proposal.)

    (65 points) The main part of the paper should provide concise problem statement, setup, and key assumptions; description of methods (any derivations, algorithms employed, etc.); explanation of the project contributions illustrated with analytical and/or simulation results; and give some insight and provide suggestions for future work.

    (10 points) Since this is a report, please take care of clarity and style thereof. Please use 11pt or 12pt font (references may be 10pt), double spaced text, standard 1 inch margins. Preferred length (not including title, abstract, figures, and table-of-contents) is 10-12 pages.



    An incomplete list of potential projects, with some interesting papers (last updated: 09/26/17):

  1. Kalman filtering for sparse signals

  2. Distributed Kalman filtering

  3. Deep tracking and deep Kalman filter

  4. Cognitive radio

  5. Applications of Cramer-Rao bounds

  6. Total least-squares

  7. Resolving mixtures of exponential functions

  8. Sensor selection and scheduling

  9. Estimating parameters of diffusion processes

  10. Neural decoding with Kalman, particle filters

  11. Channel estimation