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Learning Path
26-week Coursera curriculum from DSP foundations to ML for SIGINT — prerequisites, topics, and progression.
26 weeks
Total Duration
333h
Total Hours
17
Total Courses
Gantt Chart — 26 Weeks
W1
W4
W8
W12
W16
W20
W24
Phase 1
DSP Foundations
1–8 · 130h
Phase 2
Hardware Security & Crypto
9–12 · 18h
Phase 3
RF Engineering
13–19 · 70h
Phase 4
ML for Signals
20–24 · 30h
Phase 5
Supplementary
25–26 · 85h
/ Phase Breakdown
Phase 1 — DSP Foundations
Weeks 1–8 · 130h · 5 courses
- › Digital Signal Processing (Coursera/Duke)
- › Introduction to Fourier Analysis
- › MATLAB/Python for DSP
- › Filter Design
- › Spectral Analysis
Phase 2 — Hardware Security & Crypto
Weeks 9–12 · 18h · 2 courses
- › Hardware Security (Maryland)
- › Cryptography I (Stanford)
Phase 3 — RF Engineering
Weeks 13–19 · 70h · 2 courses
- › RF & mmWave Circuit Design
- › Wireless Communications Fundamentals
Phase 4 — ML for Signals
Weeks 20–24 · 30h · 2 courses
- › ML Specialization (deeplearning.ai)
- › Applied ML for RF Systems
Phase 5 — Supplementary
Weeks 25–26 · 85h · 6 courses
- › 5G & Wireless Networks
- › Satellite Communications
- › IoT Security
- › SDR with GNU Radio
- › Antenna Theory
- › Radar Systems
/ Prerequisite → Wiki Article Map
Phase 1: DSP
Electromagnetic Side Channel PSigint Machine Learning Pipeli
Phase 2: HW Security
Electromagnetic Side Channel APqc Em ScaPqc Implementation Security 20
Phase 3: RF Eng.
Sdr Tools Landscape 2026Research Grade Em Sca LabTempest Standards Reference
Phase 4: ML
Sigint Machine Learning PipeliRf Fingerprinting Device IdentEm Sca 2026 Developments