You will require the following textbook for this course:

• Mark Wickert, Signals and Systems for Dummies, John Wiley & Son, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-118-47581-2

You may purchase this book through the York University Bookstore.

Prof. Wickert has written supplemental code useful for the course. It may be downloaded from his book support page:

• Signals and Systems for Dummies (SSD) Code, Apps and More

Here he describes his rationale for writing the “for Dummies” book with Python instead of the more traditional Matlab:

• Signal Processing and Communications: Teaching and Research Using IPython Notebook

Anaconda Python distribution - we will use Python 3.4 version (follow the “I want Python 3.4” link):

• Anaconda 3

Pandoc, MiKTeX (needed for pdf output):

• Pandoc
• MiKTex (for Windows)
• Mac OS needs MacTeX or BasicTeX (see Pandoc page above)
• Linux needs TeX Live (see Pandoc page above)

• LTI System Theory (Wikipedia)
• Signals and Systems Connexions Online Course

• EECS Department Home Page
• York Exam Schedule