Overview

This course will, after all the euphoria about Compressive Sensing (CS), serve to get our feet back on the ground by taking a fresh and objective view. What works and what doesn’t? Which promises are realistic and which are less so? To decide whether or not to use CS we should not mainly, or solely, rely on mathematicians telling us that it works, with no recourse to any challenge of that viewpoint. A fair amount of understanding is necessary before challenging CS is possible, appropriate, and has a chance to succeed. This course provides that understanding. Advanced math will be avoided as much as possible but some simple mathematical principles will be explained.