Dr. Ian Bruce
Room ITB-A213, Ext. 26984
e-mail: ibruce@mail.ece.mcmaster.ca
e-mail alias: ibruce@ieee.org
For MSAF use: brucei@mcmaster.ca
Office Hours: 12:30–1:20pm on Mondays, or by appointment
Larissa Taylor
taylorla@mcmaster.ca
Room ETB-432
Office Hours: 12:30–1:20pm on Mondays and WednesdaysMelih Yayli
yaylim@mcmaster.ca
Room ETB-432
Office Hours: 1:30–2:20pm on Mondays and 12:30–1:20pm Wednesdays
EE3BB3_2019_outline.pdf
The required text is R. Plonsey and R. C. Barr , "Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach," 3rd Edition, Springer, 2007.
Electronic copies (PDF files for each chapter) are free to download from the McMaster Library (available only for computers on the McMaster campus or logged in to the LibAccess system).
Secondary references:
- D. Johnston and S. M.-S. Wu, "Foundations of cellular neurophysiology," MIT Press, 1994.
- A. C. Guyton and J. E. Hall, "Textbook of Medical Physiology," 10th Edition, W. B. Saunders, 2001. (13th Edition now available.)
- C. Koch, "Biophysics of computation: information processing in single neurons," Oxford University Press, 1998.
- P. L. Nunez and R. Srinivasan, "Electric fields of the brain: the neurophysics of EEG," 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005.
- B. Hille, "Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes," 3rd Edition, Sinauer Associates, 2001
Previous years' homework assignments, quizzes and exams (problems and solutions).
Computer Lab Assignment (10% ); Homework Assignments (6 × 5% = 30%); Midterm Quizzes (2 × 15% = 30%); Final Exam (30%)
There will be ≤ 36 one-hour lectures (3 per week) at:
8:30am–9:20am on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in BSB-105, and
≤ 12 tutorials (1 per week) at:
1:30pm–2:20pm on Wednesdays in T13-127.
Lecture notes in PDF format will be posted on this web site (password protected).
Lecture #1 (Tuesday, January 8); No tutorial on Wednesday, January 9; Lecture #2 (Thursday, January 10)
Lecture #3 (Friday, January 11); Lecture #4 (Tuesday, January 15; Tutorial #1 (Wednesday, January 16)
Lecture #5 (Thursday, January 17); Lecture #6 (Friday, January 18); Lecture #7 (Tuesday, January 22)
Tutorial #2 (Wednesday, January 23); Lecture #8 (Thursday, January 24); Lecture #9 (Friday, January 25)
Lecture #10 (Thursday, January 25; Tutorial #3 (Wednesday, January 30); Lecture #11 (Thursday, January 31)
Practice Computer Lab Session (Friday, February 1); Tuesday, February 5 — continuing with notes from Lecture #11
Wednesday, February 6 — no lecture; Lecture #12 (Thursday, February 7); Graded Computer Lab Session (Friday, February 8);
Tuesday, February 12 — no lecture; Tutorial #4 (Wednesday, February 13); Thursday, February 14 — no lecture
Lecture #13 (Friday, February 15); Lecture #14 (Tuesday, February 26); Tutorial #5 (Wednesday, February 27)
Lecture #15 (Thursday, February 28); Lecture #16 (Friday, March 1); Lecture #17 (Tuesday, March 5)
Tutorial #6 (Wednesday, March 6); Lecture #18 (Thursday, March 7); Lecture #19 (Friday, March 8)
Lecture #20 (Tuesday, March 12); Tutorial #7 (Wednesday, March 13); Lecture #21 (Thursday, March 14)
Lecture #22 (Friday, March 15); Lecture #23 (Tuesday, March 19); Tutorial #8 (Wednesday, March 20)
Lecture #24 (Thursday, March 21); Lecture #25 (Friday, March 22); Lecture #26 (Tuesday, March 26)
Tutorial #9 (Wednesday, March 27); Thursday, March 28 — continuing with notes from Lecture #26
Lecture #27 (Friday, March 29); ECG, EMG and EEG Demo (12:30pm on Monday, April 1, in the LIVELab)
Lecture #28 (Tuesday, April 2); Lecture #29 (Wednesday, April 3); Lecture #30 (Thursday, April 4)
Lecture #31 (Friday, April 5); Lecture #32 (Tuesday, April 9)
There will be 6 homework assignments. Students must complete the homework math and computer programming problems in pairs and submit their report and code together by the posted deadline.
Assignment #1: Problems; Solutions; Submitted Code
Assignment #2: Problems; Starting Code; Solutions; Submitted Code
Assignment #3: Problems; Starting Code; Solutions; Submitted Code
Assignment #4: Problems; Starting Code; Solutions; Submitted Code
Assignment #5: Problems; Biopotential Data from LIVELab Visit; Solutions
Assignment #6: Cancelled
There will be 1 lab assignment taking place over 2 regular class times.
You can get some experience with the Hodgkin-Huxley model simulator that will be used in the lab by downloading it from http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/HHsim/.
The first class (8:30am on Friday, February 1, in ITB-A114 and ITB-154) will be a practice session for students to familiarize themeselves with the neural simulator.
Practice Session Worksheet: EE3BB3_HHlab_practice.pdf
Version of HHsim used in Practice Session: hhsim_practice.zip
The second class (8:30am on Friday, February 8, in ITB-A114 and ITB-154) will be a lab session where a worksheet will be completed to determine the grade for the lab assignment. The lab worksheet will be handed out at the beginning of the class and returned at the end.
Graded Session Solutions: EE3BB3_HHlab_graded_solns.pdf
Version of HHsim used in Graded Session: hhsim_graded.zip
Midterm Quiz #1: Problems; Solutions.
Midterm Quiz #2: Cancelled
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019
Time: 7:30pm
Duration: 2.5hrs
Place: MDCL-1102A draft of the equations to be supplied with the exam paper can be found here: EE3BB3_finalexam_supplied.pdf.
Details of the exam format and content can be found here: EE3BB3_finalexam_details.pdf.
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The instructor reserves the right to choose the format (i.e., written or oral) of any deferred midterm or final exam in this course.
Please note that announcements concerning any type of graded material may be in any format (e.g., announcements may be made only in class, via the course e-mailing list, or on the course web site). Students are responsible for completing the graded material regardless of whether they received the announcement or not.
See the Course Outline (link given above) for a reminder of the applicable Faculty of Engineering and University policies.
Last updated Friday, April 12, 2019