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Individual Assignment

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Digital Signal Processing

(EE004-3.5-3)
Instruction:

This assignment is to be carried out individually.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to demonstrate the following learning
outcomes:
LO4: DESIGN AND SIMULATE THE VARIOUS

FILTERS FOR

DIGITAL

IMPLEMENTATION USING MATLAB - (PO2, PO3, PO5, PO6, PO10)

PO2: Ability to identify engineering problems and apply basic engineering principles to
solve them.
PO3: Ability to recognise and apply suitable tools and techniques for engineering
practical applications.
PO5: Ability to design solutions for complex engineering problems.
PO6: Ability to communicate effectively and professionally.
PO10: Ability to function effectively as an individual or in a team.

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Q.N0
Assignmen
t

POM

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Question VS Taxonomy
Psychomotor

Cognitive
1

Affective

20M

25M

30M

25M

20%

25%

30%

25%

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1.0 Introduction
Biometric identifiers are the distinctive, measurable characteristics used to label and describe
individuals. Biometric identifiers are often categorized as physiological versus behavioral
characteristics. Behavioral characteristics are related to the pattern of behavior of a person such
as typing rhythm, gait, voice and etc. Voice is one of the important features used to identify the
person who have involved in the scene and conversations. It is very useful to have a speaker
recognition system in the real time for many purposes. Speaker recognition is the process of
automatically recognizing who is speaking on the basis of individual information included in
speech waves. This technique makes it possible to use the speaker's voice to verify their identity
and control access to services such as voice dialing, banking by telephone, telephone shopping,
database access services, information services, voice mail, security control for confidential
information areas, and remote access to computers.
2.0 Design Requirement
In this assignment, you are required to research on the concept of Biometric identifiers and
proceed to design a speaker recognition system that can recognise 4 different voices as per your
choice by taking noisy samples are an inputs. It is your responsibility to design and implement
the recognition system appropriately and according to the requirement of the assignment.
3.0 Design Verification
The design of your system must be appropriately supported by relevant fundamental
principles and all chosen design parameters have to be justified with calculations or with
appropriate references. You are allowed and encouraged to refer to reputable publications (e.g.
journal papers) for base-reference of your design.

4.0 Report
In this assignment, you are required to compile a technical report. The report should not be
more than 35 pages long, inclusive of diagrams, with 1 spacing in-between lines. The format of
the report is as follows:
(i)

Introduction

(ii)

Theoretical concepts

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(iii)

Design principles

(iv)

Analytical calculations

(v)

Simulation results

(vi)

Discussion

(vii)

Conclusion

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(viii) References
(ix)

Appendices

5.0 Assessment Criteria (100%):

Report format (5%)

-

5%

Presentation, flair of language, labeling, citation and referencing.

Report documentation (75%)

(i)

Introduction

5%

(ii)

Theoretical concepts

10 %

(iii)

Design principles

15 %

(iv)

Analytical calculations

15 %

(v)

Simulation results

20 %

(vi)

Discussion

5%

(vii)

Conclusion

5%

Tutor Assessment (20%)

(i)

Presentation

10%

(ii)

Question and Answer

10%

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APPENDIX A

General requirements on Report

The report must be formatted with a font size of 12pt if Times New Roman or a font size of
11pt if Arial and 1.5 line spacing. Please ensure the paragraphs are properly aligned/
justified.

There should be List of Tables and List of Figures after the Table of Content.

The report should be in chapters and the structure should not go beyond the second level.
Instead of adding subsections at the third level you may use bullets if required.

All information provided must be straight to the point, precise and all information must be
accordingly cited and well presented. Avoid plagiarism.

All figures and tables must have a title and referenced i.e. indicate the source.

The report must be in binding.

Please also include the following in you report

Page numbering at each page (Page X of Y)

Figure and table caption font size : Times New Roman,10pt

Position of figure and table: centre-aligned.

Appendix B
Instructions to Students on Discussion, Conclusion and Reference
Discussion
In the Discussion section you should give an overall appraisal of the results of your work. It is
here that you will have the best opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the work and
to give a critical account of what has been achieved.
Conclusion

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The Conclusion is a short summary of the results of your work (about 200 words). The
Conclusion should follow naturally from the Discussion. It should give a concise statement of
what has been achieved. Anticipated application of techniques developed should be summarized
very briefly. The Conclusion should be self-contained, i.e., it should not make reference to any
sections, figures, or references in the report.
References
All references to books, papers, and other publications must be fully and correctly quoted to be
useful to the reader.
Citation Example
In the text
The analysis of the varactor diode multiplier has been extensively reviewed by Scanlan (1989)
and will.
In the References section
Scanlan, J O (1989), Analysis of Varactor Harmonic Generators, Bell Systems Technical
Journal, Vol. 44, pp75-92.

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APPENDIX C Grading Criteria

Name : _______________________________________
Criteria

Fail
0

Very poor
documentation
standards
No citation and
references

Report format
(5%)

TP : ____________

Marginal Fail
12

Rather poor
documentation
standards
Some attempts made
to do citation and
referencing but
either irrelevant /
outdated or not
according to Harvard
Name Referencing

Pass
3

Structure of report
visible but missing
various components

Average documentation
standards met
Some citation and
references noted but
either irrelevant /
outdated or not according
to Harvard Name
Referencing

Credit
4

Structure of report visible

but with some minor
omissions

Distinction
5

Good documentation
standards met

Most citation and

references noted and
are relevant / up-todate using Harvard
Name Referencing

Structure of report
visible with one or two
omissions (cover
page/contents page/list
of figures/references
page)

12

Introduction
(5%)

No
introduction

Theoretical concepts
(10%)

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No explanation
on relevant
theoretical
concepts

12

Attempted to
provide introduction
but irrelevant to the
assignment

Poor and partial

explanation on
relevant theoretical
concepts

Able to provide brief

introduction and relevant
to the assignment

35

Basic explanation on
relevant theoretical
concepts

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All citation and

references are relevant
/ up-to-date and using
Harvard Name
Referencing
Report well-structured
with hardly any
omissions / errors
Cover page, contents
page, list of figures,
references page
All figures and tables
have titles and captions

Good introduction is
provided and relevant
to the assignment

68

Excellent
documentation
standards

A very well-written
introduction and highly
relevant to the
assignment

9 10

Good explanation on
relevant theoretical
concepts

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on relevant theoretical
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Design principles
(15%)

Not done

Attempt to identify
and briefly describe
some functional
requirements of the
Audio Signal
Processor

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58

Able to identify and give

a brief discussion of the
main functional
requirements of the Audio
Signal Processor

9 12

14

Not done.

Analytical calculations
(15%)

Simple description
of the calculation
Did not manage to
identify any
specifications used

58

Simple description of the

calculation
Able to identify only one
specification used

15

Not done.

Simple description
of the steps and
results

Did not manage to

identify all the steps
used

6 10

Simple description of the

steps and results
Able to identify only one
step used

Able to identify and

give a moderately
detailed discussion of
the main functional
requirements of the
Audio Signal
Processor
Explained the
importance of these
design properties

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Extensive description
of the calculation

Able to identify the

various specifications
used

Some details missing

11 15

Able to identify and

give a detailed
discussion of the main
functional
requirements of the
Audio Signal
Processor
Explained the
importance of these
design properties

13 15
Extensive and detailed
description of the
calculation
Able to identify the
various specifications
used
Able to state reasons
for the use of certain
specifications

16 20

Extensive description
of the steps and results

Able to identify the

various steps used

Some details missing

Simulation results
(20%)

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9 12

13 15

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Extensive and detailed

description of the steps
and results
Able to identify the
various steps used
Able to state reasons
for the use of all the
steps

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Discussion
(5%)

No discussion
on the work
done and the
simulation
results

Not done

Conclusion
(5%)

Presentation
(10%)
Tutor
Assessment
(20%)

Did not turn up

for the
presentation

Q&A
(10%)

Did not turn up

for the
presentation or
unable to
answer any of
the questions

Simple description
of the future
improvements

Did not manage to

identify any proposal

Barely able to
explain what was
done in the
assignment.

Able to answer up to
25% of the questions

Average discussion on the

work done and the
simulation results

3
Simple description of the
future improvements
Able to identify only one
proposal

45

Able to explain
sufficiently what was
done in the assignment

Able to answer up to 25%

- 50% of the questions

Total Marks:

Good discussion on the

work done and the
simulation results

Extensive description
of the future
improvements
Able to identify the
various proposals
Some details missing

Extensive and detailed

description of the
future improvements
Able to identify the
various proposals
Able to state reasons
for the proposals and
conclusion

8 10

Able to explain clearly

and in detail what was
done in the assignment

67

Excellent discussion on
the work done and the
simulation results

67

45

13

13

12

Poor discussion on
the work done and
the simulation
results

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Explanation was highly

appropriate and
coverage of the
complete work done in
the assignment

8 10

Able to answer up to
50% - 75% of the
questions

Excellent explanation
and able to answers all
questions

Lecturer: Chandrasekharan Nataraj

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