Interactive Teaching of Adaptive Signal Processing

Over the last 30 years adaptive digital signal processing has progressed from being a strictly graduate level advanced class in signal processing theory to a topic that is part of the core curriculum for many undergraduate signal processing classes. The key reason is the continued advance of communications technology, with its need for echo control and equalisation, and the widespread use of adaptive filters in audio, biomedical, and control applications. In this paper we will review the basic theory and applications of adaptive signal processing and also present information on the current multimedia teaching methods on an adaptive signal processing 24 hour module course. In particular we will present some recent world wide web JAVA programmes that were developed for teaching and self-study. We also provide information on how to download and run the JAVA applet