[COURSE CRITIQUE]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03576A000100020014-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 25, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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COURSE CRITIQUE
Please rate 1-10 (poor to excellent respectively) by placing a check on the
scale given. Comment below question where indicated. Use back of
pages if needed.
RATING
1. Format of the course was intended to accommodate to a rough
5% time commitment and to provide for a full-day class treatment
of a particular topical area. Please rate:
1 day/month 1
4 hours/ every 2 weeks 1
2. The point of the applications session was to illustrate where
current course material was utilized in the real world. Please
rate effectiveness:
Material relevance 1
Applications speakers 1
3. The purpose of the homework was to exercise topical material
with about 8 hours of work. Please rate these:
3 one-hour problems
20 ten-minute problems
4. The goal of the intermediate 2-hour session was to give a "keep-
alive" exercise in the topical area. Please rate these alternatives
for continuity:
Problem-solving session 1
Second applications session 1
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5. The class was intended to be weighted towards a blackboard-
pictorial development in order to convey modelling concepts more
readily. Please rate:
Diagrammatic presentation 1 o, 1(
Mix of vuegraphs & chalkboard
6. The symbology of various systems disciplines is confusing due to
the separate source developments. An effort at consistency was
made in order to permit cross interpretation within the technical
literature. Please rate effectiveness:
Common symbology 1 11
Example illustrations
1 11
7. The intent of notes and handout material furnished throughout the
month was to tie course topics to technical literature. Please rate:
Effectiveness of handout
reprints
Effectiveness of specially
developed handouts
8. General impedimenta such as same room same day/month, same
format, etc., for providing continuity. Please rate:
Room
Day
Daily sequence
9. The course was designed to present a semi-unitary approach to
several disciplines: Please rate applicable areas 1-10:
Communications
Hum. Eng. & Biomed.
Computer Technology
__ Optics Acoustics
Seismics Pictorial
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SUBSTANCE
10. The course material was split 50% basic math tools and 50% in
commonality subsystems. (Those subsystems which are pervasive
in designs across disciplines.) The sequence was that recommended
by ASEE for math modelling related to several fields. Please rate:
RATING
Balance of material 1
10
Total content 1
_ 10
The sequence is given below for each session. Please give your rating
for both material content and for the applications given both formally
and in the course of concept development.
11. Session I; Vectorial Representation; matrices, num. analysis,
linear systems, sampling, manipulation
Material
Application
12.' Session II; Transforms; convolution, Fourier and Laplace
transformations, Z transforms, impulse response, numerical
analysis.
Material
Application
13. Session III; Probability and Statistics; random var. ,
expectancy, density functions, distributions, confidence limits
Material
Application
14. Session IV; Stochastic Variable; stationarity, ergodicity,
moments, correlation, power spectral density, white noise,
square law detection.
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10
1
10
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10
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10
Material 1
10
Application 1 I
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15. Session V; Signal Detection; value, cost liklihood ratio
detection, Bayes Law.
Material 1
Application 1
16. Session VI; Detector Subsystems I; receiver operating
characteristics, detection situations, S/N ratio, data smoothing
and prediction.
Material
Application 1
17. Session VII; Detector Subsystems II; non-white noise,
whitening, matched filtering, threshold, detectability Markov
chains.
Material 1
Application 1
18. Session VIII; Spatial Processing I; space-time relationships, spatial
filtering, correlation matrix for signal and noise.
Material 1
Application 1
19. Session IX Spatial Processing II; optimum array, shading, optimum
filtering, lobe periodicity.
Material 1
Application 1
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20. Session X; Servomechanisms and Control; closed loop systems,
regulation, feedback, root locus, stability criteria, bang-bang systems.
Material 1
10
Application 1
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21. Session XI; Modulation; analog modulation, AM, FM, PM, supressed
band modulation, effects of index of modulation noise immunity.
Material 1
10
Application 1
10
22. Session XII; Modulation; PPM, PWM, PCM, error correction codes,
noise immunity, entropy. (Content Only)
Material
1
10
Application
1
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