<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am a junior in EE at UIUC interested in pursuing digital signal processing (DSP) and wireless/digital communications. Rankings aside, which schools have strong graduate programs in the aforementioned areas? I assume that schools like MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford fall into this category, but what about others? My professor, for example, has told me that UCSD's communications program is getting strong fast because of investment from Qualcomm. I've also heard that GA Tech has a strong DSP program. I'm also interested in learning more about USC, Princeton, and Carnegie Mellon. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>