OUTLINE FOR THE SPECIAL SP MAG ISSUE ON DSP EDUCATION (9-99)


        OVERVIEW, INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE

      1. Remarks from the Chair: IEEE SP Society Special Subcommittee (NOW TC!) on Education  - R. Bogner
      2. Guest Editors' Message - J. Deller & Y. Wang

        3. FIRST THINGS FIRST.  BUT WHAT ARE THE FIRST THINGS?

    Key issues:  Teaching signals and systems concepts early in the EE curriculum; Analog before digital, or vice versa, or mixed?; Wherefore mathematics? Are epsilons and deltas dead for the undergraduate DSP major?; When and how do we teach stochastic processes?
     
      1. DSP Before Ckts? - M. Yoder, J. McClellan & R. Schafer
      2. Ckts Before DSP? (but not in the "traditional" way) - D. Munson
      3. Information Engineering - D. Johnson

        4. THE DSP LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

    Key issues:  The "infrastructure" of future DSP education - What form will the future "textbook" take?; The role of the web and future communications technologies; The future "campus"; University - industry interactions and roles in DSP education.
      1. Integrating New Technologies - "Modern DSP Education: The Story of Three Greek Philosophers" - J. Picone et al.
      2. Experiences in  Inter-University / International DSP Education - G. Orsak & D. Etter
      3. The Future DSP "Textbook" - Learning Materials for DSP Education - S. Haykin
      4. Integrating Computing at all Levels of the DSP Curriculum - B. Evans, E. Lee, J. McClellan

        PROSPECTIVES / RETROSPECTIVES

      1. Remarks of a Veteran DSP Educator - J. Kaiser
      2. Remarks of a "Rookie" DSP Educator - D. Grover (NSF Fellow, author, entrepreneur)
      3. Invitation for Reader Comments (Web Site) & Posting of Further Resources
            4.  
    Unaddressed issue: Education for DSP's Future Roles in the New Millennium: Health Care, Peace-keeping, and ??
             
    --jd / yw v.4