On January 18th, Bud Peterson, President of Georgia Institute of Technology, Xu Qin, Mayor of Shenzhen and Li Jiajun, President of Tianjin University, signed a memorandum for a specialized institute in the city of Shenzhen. The new program will serve as a continuation of Georgia Tech- Shenzhen program, which currently provides a M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and exchange opportunities for students in China and U.S. In the future, Georgia Tech- Shenzhen will provide undergraduate and graduate degrees in Automation Control, Computer Science, Micro-electronics, Software Studies, Communication Engineering etc. After the new campus is established, it is expected to be about 1200 students from all over the world coming to Shenzhen and become a member of Georgia Tech’s global alumni.

“Georgia Tech already offers in Shenzhen a top quality Master degree program in Electrical and Computer Engineering taught by our faculty who come from Atlanta on a rotating basis.” said Dr. Yves H. Berthelot, Vice Provost for International Initiatives. When asked for his outlook of this newly launched program, he said: “We are very excited at the prospect of extending our partnership with Tianjin University. Georgia Tech sees Shenzhen as the perfect fit because it is such an entrepreneurial, high tech giant in Asia.”

Shenzhen is an emerging city in southern China, and is famous for high-technology industries and manufacturing-oriented enterprises. It is recognized as one of the most exciting and energetic cities in China.

On-site classes: August 22 – November 5

Video classes: August 22 – December 15

ECE 4751 “Laser Theory & Application”

Fulfills: Elective requirement

Instructor: Prof. Ali Adibi

Textbook:D. O’Shea, W.R. Callen and W. Rhodes, An Introduction to Lasers and Their Applications, Addison-Wesley, 1977.

ISBN: 0201055090 (recommended)

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ECE 6412 “Analog Integrated Circuit Design”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = Electronic Design & Applications

Instructor: Prof. Gabriel Rincon-Mora

Textbook: G. Rincon-Mora, Analog IC Design – An Intuitive Approach (4th edition), Lulu, 2015.

ISBN: 9781312145665

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ECE 6500 “Fourier Techniques and Signal Analysis”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = any (use as a “wild card” course)

Instructor: Prof. Ali Adibi

Textbook: R. Bracewell, The Fourier Transform and Its Application (3rd edition), McGraw Hill, 1999.

ISBN: 0073039381

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ECE 6520 “Integrated Optics”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = Optics & Photonics

Instructor: Prof. Ali Adibi

Textbook: C. Pollock and M. Lipson, Integrated Photonics, Springer, 2003.

ISBN: 1402076355

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ECE 6122 “Advanced Programming Techniques for Engineering Applications” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = Computer Systems and Software

Instructor: Prof. George Riley

Textbook: Handouts provided electronically via class website

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ECE 6258 “Digital Image Processing” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = Digital Signal Processing

Instructor: Prof. Ghassan AlRegib

Textbook: None required

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ECE 6320 “Power Systems Control and Operation”  (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = Electrical Energy

Instructor: Prof. Sakis Meliopoulos

Textbook: Provided electronically via class website

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ECE 6550 “Linear Systems and Controls” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirement, TIA = Systems and Controls

Instructor: Prof. Erik Verriest

Textbook: T. Kailath, Linear Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1980.

ISBN: 0135369614

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ISYE 6650 “Probabilistic Models” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: Elective requirement for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Sigrun Andradottir

Textbook: S. Ross, Introduction to Probability Models, Eleventh Edition (11th edition), Academic Press, 2014.

ISBN: 0124079482

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MATH 6701 “Math Methods of Applied Sciences I” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: Elective requirement for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Xu-Yan Chen

Textbook: D. Zill and W. Wright, Advanced Engineering Mathematics (4th or 5th edition), Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012.

ISBN: 1449691722

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Travel Information

Airfare

Please make your own airfare arrangements for studying at GT-Shenzhen. The closest international airports are Hong Kong (HKG) and Guangzhou (CAN). Shenzhen Airport (SZX) is a domestic airport with daily direct flights to most large Chinese cities. You can check with your favorite airline, travel agent, or online services such as Travelocity, Expedia. Some travel consolidators specialize in Asian travel and may offer significantly discounted airfares to Shenzhen.

Once in China, it will be easy to make domestic travel arrangements via CTrip, which is the Chinese equivalent of Travelocity or Expedia. The GT-Shenzhen office can help with ticket ordering and delivery for visiting international students.

Visa Application

We have made arrangements with a reputable visa service in Houston to serve your visa needs. Their web site is visa2china.com. We will email GT-Shenzhen students a special code which entitles you to a Georgia Tech/group discount. If your passport/visa situation is more complicated, please contact the visa service. Under normal circumstances, we do not anticipate any GT-Shenzhen participant to be denied of the Chinese visa.

Registration with the embassy – for your safety and protection

Register With U.S. Consulate

The nearest U.S. Consulate to Georgia Tech-Shenzhen is located in Guangzhou, China. The Consulate is able to provide services to U.S. citizens, including passport requests.
During an emergent situation, American citizens should contact the after hours calling number for American citizen-related emergencies at (010) 8531-4000 and (011-86-10) 8531-4000 from the U.S. For non-emergencies, individuals may seek information on U.S. Citizen Services on the Embassy’s website: https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/u-s-citizen-services

U.S. Citizens Services Guangzhou
Address: 43 Hua Jiu Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China 510623
Telephone:
(020) 3814-5775, within China
(011-86-20) 3814-5775, from the U.S.
Fax: (86-20) 3814-5572
Email: GuangzhouACS@nullstate.gov

If you travel to Honk Kong and is in any emergency, please call 2523-9011 or visit Emergency Contact Information for U.S. Citizens https://hk.usconsulate.gov/u-s-citizen-services/emergency-contact/. The website for U.S. Citizens Services in Honk Kong is: https://hk.usconsulate.gov/u-s-citizen-services/

Address: 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
Email: acshk@nullstate.gov
Tel: 2841-2211(office hours); 2523-9011(after office hours)
Fax: 2845-4845

Students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents can create an account and enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP, https://step.state.gov/step/) to get travel advisory updated for both Guangzhou and Hong Kong. You’ll need to sign up to receive updates for both locations separately.

Vaccination

Health Information for Travelers to East Asia

Georgia Tech Health Services Medical/Travel Clinic

On April 23, 2014, a six-person Georgia Tech delegation led by President Bud Peterson visited Shenzhen and held a media briefing to formally announce the Georgia Tech – Shenzhen Master of Science program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).

The Georgia Tech event was blessed with strong support from the US Consulate General in Guangzhou, the Shenzhen Municipal Government, and the American Chamber of Commerce.

Consul General Jennifer Galt of the US Consulate General in Guangzhou delivered the opening remarks in fluent Chinese (video of the speech; transcript of the speech in Chinese; speech content in English). She emphasized that an investment in cooperative education programs between the U.S. and China is an investment that pays dividends for all of us. These programs bridge language barriers, open lines of communication, and connect people in both immediate and lasting ways. Georgia Tech’s program in Shenzhen is thus another terrific step forward in continuing to build relations between the United States and China. She was joined by a number of consular staff members at the event.

Mr. Guohui Gao, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, gave his remarks (video of the speech; speech in Chinese). He commented that the opening of the Georgia Tech program in Shenzhen is a fruitful outcome of the friend-city agreement between Shenzhen and Atlanta that was entered into a couple of years earlier. Shenzhen is a high tech city but lacks higher education resources thus Georgia Tech’s presence is highly appreciated by the government of Shenzhen.

President Bud Peterson’s speech outlined what the Georgia Tech program is about (video of the speech; speech in English; speech translated into Chinese). It was followed by remarks given by Vice Provost for International Initiatives Yves Berthelot who provided further details about the program (video of the speech; speech in English; speech translated into Chinese).

Mr. Harley Seyedin, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China, and a recent recipient of the “Peace through Commerce Medal” originally initiated by Thomas Jefferson in 1790 when he was the first Secretary of State of the United States. Mr. Seyedin is among fewer than 20 individuals who have received this Medal since its inception. He remarked that if Mr. Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he would probably rename the Medal “Peace through Education and Commerce” emphasizing the important role that education plays in building a peaceful world. In terms of meeting industry demands, Mr. Seyedin strongly believes that the Georgia Tech – Shenzhen graduates will be highly sought after by multinational companies. Watch the video of Mr. Seyedin’s exuberant speech.

Dr. Bin Lu, Director, Eaton Corporate Research & Technology – China delivered his remarks from the perspectives of an industry partner as well as a Georgia Tech alum.
Georgia Tech produces the largest number of women engineers in the United States and women engineering students are highly cherished at Georgia Tech. Three former and one incoming Georgia Tech female engineering students joined Director of Georgia Tech – Shenzhen, Professor G. Tong Zhou, all wearing pink sunglasses, in a call for women students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Women students are warmly welcome to join the Georgia Tech – Shenzhen family (video; content of speech).
A Q/A session followed at the end of the media briefing.

In attendance were also the following Shenzhen Municipal government leaders: Dr. Jian Lu, Director-General, Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission; Ms. Yurong Guo, Director, Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau; Ms. Xuan Qiu, Deputy Director-General, Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission; Mr. Jianling Xu, Director, Higher Education Division of Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau; Zhijun Huang, Director, Shenzhen Internationalization Promotion Committee.
Dr. Wenping Hu, Assistant President of Tianjin University, industry partner representatives from China Construction Bank, Cypress Semiconductor, DTS, Eaton, Guangdong Solid State Lighting Industry Innovation Center, Shanghai Bell, ZTE, as well as a number of Georgia Tech alumni also attended the event.

On-site classes: May 16 – July 30

Video classes: May 16 – August 4

ECE 4500 “Optical Engineering”

Fulfills: Elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Wenshan Cai

Textbook: F. Pedrotti and L. Pedrotti, Introduction to Optics (3rd edition), Prentice Hall, 2006.

ISBN: 0131499335 (not required)
 

ECE 4100/6100 “Advanced Computer Architecture”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Computer Systems and Software

Instructor: Prof. David Keezer
 

ECE/BMED 6786 “Medical Imaging Systems”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Bioengineering

Instructor: Prof. Lei Zhu

Textbook: J. Prince and J. Links, Medical Imaging Signals and Systems (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, 2014.

ISBN: 0132145189 (recommended)
 

ISYE 4311 “Capital Investment Analysis”

Fulfills: Elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Shijie Deng

Textbook: None Required
 

ISYE 6227 “Introduction to Financial Engineering”

Fulfills: Elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Shijie Deng

Textbook: D. Luenberger, Investment Science, Oxford University Press, 1997.

ISBN: 0195108094
 

MATH 6701 “Math Methods of Applied Sciences I” (streaming video)

Fulfills: Elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor:  Prof. Guillermo H. Goldsztein

Textbook: None Required

 

On-site classes: January 11 – March 31

Video classes: January 11 – May 5

ECE 6500 “Fourier Techniques and Signal Analysis”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = any (use as a “wild card” course)

Instructor: Prof. Guotong Zhou

Textbook: R. Bracewell, The Fourier Transform and Its Application (3rd edition), McGraw Hill, 1999.

ISBN: 9780073039381 (not required)

 

ECE 6601 “Random Processes”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Telecommunications

Instructor: Prof. Matthieu Bloch

Textbook: A. Papoulis and U. Pillai, Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes (4th edition), McGraw-Hill, 2002.

ISBN: 0071226613 (not required)

 

ECE 6605 Information Theory”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Telecommunications

Instructor: Prof. Matthieu Bloch

Textbook: T. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory (2nd edition), Wiley-Interscience, 2006.

ISBN: 0471241954

 

ECE 6323“Power System Protection” (streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Electric Energy

Instructor: Prof. A P Meliopoulos

Textbook: Elmore Walter, Protective Relaying: Theory and Applications (2nd edition), CRC Press, 2003.

ISBN: 0824709721 (not required)

Textbook: S. H. Horowitz, Power System Relaying (2 edition), Research Studies Press, 1995.

ISBN: 0863801854 (not required)

 

ECE 6612“Computer Network Security” (streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Telecommunications

Instructor: Prof. John Copeland

Textbook: W. Stallings, Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards (5th edition), Pearson, 2013.

ISBN: 0133370437 Syllabus

 

CSE/MATH 6643 “Numerical Linear Algebra” (streaming video)

Fulfills: Elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Haesun Park

Textbook: G. Golub and C. Van Loan, Matrix Computations (4th edition), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

ISBN: 1421407949

 

ISYE 6669“Deterministic Optimization” (streaming video)

Fulfills: Elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Eva K. Lee

Textbook: Hamdy A. Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction (9th edition), PE, 2013.

ISBN: 933251822X

On-site classes: August 17 – November 6

Video classes: August 17 – December 11

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = VLSI Systems and Digital Design

Instructor: Prof. David Keezer

Note: ECE 6140 and ECE 7141 are complementary in contents and can be taken concurrently

Textbook: M. Abramovici, M. Breuer, & A. Friedman, Digital Systems Testing & Testable Design, Wiley-IEEE Press, 1994.

ISBN: 0780310624

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ECE 6558 “Stochastic Systems”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Systems and Controls

Instructor: Prof. Fumin Zhang

Textbook: Dan Simon, Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H Infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches, Wiley-Interscience, 2006.

ISBN: 0471708585 (not required)

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ECE 6562 “Autonomous Control of Robotics Systems”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Systems and Controls

Instructor: Prof. Fumin Zhang

Textbook: R. Siegwart & I. R. Nourbakhsh, Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots (2nd edition),MIT Press, 2011.

ISBN: 0262015358

Textbook: J. J. Craig, Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control (3rd edition), Prentice Hall, 2004.

ISBN: 0201543613

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ECE 7141 “Advanced Digital Systems Test”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = VLSI Systems and Digital Design

Instructor: Prof. David Keezer

Note: ECE 7141 and ECE 6140 are complementary in contents and can be taken concurrently

Textbook: H. Johnson & M. Graham, High-Speed Digital Design, Prentice Hall, 1993.

ISBN: 0133957241

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ECE 8813 “Power IC Design”

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIAs = Electronic Design and Applications and Electrical Energy

Instructor: Prof. Gabriel Rincon-Mora

Textbook: G.A. Rincón-Mora, Power IC Design, Lulu, 2015.

ISBN: 9781312146174

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CSE 6740 “Computational Data Analytics” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: Minor or elective requirements for MS in ECE, crosslisted with ISYE 6740

Instructor: Prof. Le Song

Textbook: K. Murphy, Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective, MIT Press, 2012.

ISBN: 0262018020

Textbook: T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, & J. Friedman, The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction (2nd edition), Springer, 2009.

ISBN: 0387848576

ECE 6122 “Advanced Programming Techniques” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Computer Systems and Software

Instructor: Prof. George Riley

ECE 6258 “Digital Image Processing” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Digital Signal Processing

Instructor: Prof. Ghassan AlRegib

Textbook: R. Gonzalez and R. Woods, Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall, 2007.

ISBN: 013168728X (not required)

ECE 6550 “Linear Systems and Controls” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: ECE graduate level course requirements, TIA = Systems and Controls

Instructor: Prof. Yorai Wardi

Textbook: J. Hespanha, Linear Systems Theory, Princeton University Press, 2009.

ISBN: 0691140219

ISYE 6650 “Probabilistic Models” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: Minor or elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Sigrun Andradottir

Textbook: Sheldon M. Ross, Introduction to Probability Models (11th edition), Academic Press, 2014.

ISBN: 0124079482

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MATH 4261 “Mathematical Statistics I ” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: Minor or elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Karim Lounici

Textbook: R. Hogg, J. McKean, & A. Craig, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (7th Edition), Pearson, 2012.

ISBN: 0321795431

MATH 4305 “Topics in Linear Algebra” (via streaming video)

Fulfills: Minor or elective requirements for MS in ECE

Instructor: Prof. Ronghua Pan

Textbook: O. Bretscher, Linear Algebra with Applications (5th Edition), Pearson, 2012.

ISBN: 0321796977

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Degree Requirements

The GT non-thesis MS degree in ECE requires 30 credit hours; the degree requirements are posted athttp://www.ece.gatech.edu/academics/graduate/msreq.html

ECE courses that are taught at GT-Shenzhen are drawn primarily from the following Technical Interest Areas (TIAs): Computer Systems and Software, Digital Signal Processing, Electric Energy,Electromagnetics, Electronic Design and Applications, Microelectronics/Microsystems, Optics and Photonics, Systems and Controls, Telecommunications, and VLSI Systems and Digital Design. Courses outside of ECE will be taught at GT-Shenzhen as well, so that the students can meet the “Minor” component of the degree requirements. Non-ECE courses may be taught in Shenzhen from the following disciplines: Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics.

Coursework Form

Students are required to submit a coursework form early on in the program to aid their program planning and to ensure that they fully understand the MS ECE degree requirements. There is a certain degree of flexibility in completing the coursework form. Some sample course completion forms are given below; a and b versions correspond to the same set of courses, but different ways of grouping them.

Example 1a, Example 1b, Example 2a, Example 2b, Example 3a, Example 3b
See the ECE Graduate Handbook for detailed instructions.

Courses – TIA classifications; note that some courses are cross-listed under different TIAs. ECE 6500 can be used as a DSP TIA or Modern Optics TIA or Systems & Controls TIA course. Enter the course grades that are already known.

To submit the form online, please use the Coursework form link from the ECE secure website:https://secure2.ece.gatech.edu/PHP/gradforms/login.php

Revisions to the coursework planning form should be submitted whenever a significant change is made in the student’s study program.