Hi everyone,

Welcome to the HST.582J/6.555J/16.456J mailing list.

This list, along with the course web site, will be your main sources of
up-to-date announcements and course information outside of Tuesday/Thursday
lectures.

WEB SITE:
The course web site can be found at http://web.mit.edu/6.555/www/. This web site
will be used extensively throughout the semester, so feel free to bookmark it
now. Note that if you are receiving this email on an MIT Athena account, you
should now have access to the "Materials" section, and should be able to
download all posted materials, provided you have MIT certificates installed on
your computer.

MATLAB TUTORIAL (this Friday, 11:00am-12:30pm):
This Friday is an optional MATLAB tutorial for those students who do not have
extensive MATLAB experience. This tutorial will be held in room 14-0637 (in the
basement near Hayden library) this Friday, 2/8, from 11:00am to 12:30pm. I will
be sending out a MATLAB self-test shortly in a separate email. If you are unable
to successfully complete this self-test within roughly 10 minutes, then you are
strongly encouraged to attend this Friday's tutorial.

LABORATORIES
As Julie mentioned in class, the primary difference between this course and
other signal processing courses offered at MIT / Harvard is the practical
hands-on experience you will gain through weekly laboratories. We hope that this
course will help you bridge the gap between signal processing theory and
application, and will provide you with a strong applied foundation, whether you
are working in a research environment or are preparing for a career in industry.
You are encouraged  to work with lab partners, but in some cases it is acceptable
for you to work alone. But please note that regardless whether you work in
collaboration or individually, you must write up all labs ON YOUR OWN-- no
collaborations are allowed on the writeups themselves.

LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTS
Everyone has received their first laboratory choice, be it Wednesday or Friday.
We will work out pairing up lab partners in your first lab. Note that Lab 1 starts
next week.

FEEDBACK
The teaching staff of HST.582J/6.555J are receptive to your comments and
suggestions. Please don't hesitate to send us any feedback you may have.

Thanks,
Bo