My Electrical Engineering Learning Roadmap

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This post records the roadmap and resources for my Electrical Engineering learning.

My Electrical Engineering Learning Roadmap

Notes on Scope

Note that this roadmap is not intended to be a systematic EE curriculum.

Since I am not an electrical engineering researcher or professional engineer, my exploration of EE will inevitably be selective and somewhat opportunistic. The topics included here reflect my personal interests rather than a comprehensive coverage of the field.

In particular, I am interested in semiconductors and chip technology, partly because (as of 2026) the semiconductor industry has become a highly prominent topic in China.

At the same time, my research interests lie in reinforcement learning, world models, and embodied intelligence, which naturally leads to topics related to robotics and control systems.

As a result, this roadmap focuses mainly on a few directions that I personally find meaningful:

  • signal processing and information theory
  • control systems
  • robotics
  • semiconductor devices and chip technology

rather than attempting to cover the entire landscape of electrical engineering.

Stage 1

This stage covers the basic theoretical foundations of EE.

  • Signals and Systems:

    • Signals and Systems — Oppenheim & Willsky, alternatively, you can choose
    • Linear Systems and Signals — B. P. Lathi

  • Digital Signal Processing:

    • DSP First — McClellan, Schafer & Yoder

  • Electric Circuits:

    • Fundamentals of Electric Circuits — Alexander & Sadiku

  • Semiconductor Devices:

    • Semiconductor Physics and Devices — Donald A. Neamen

  • Control Systems:

    • Control Systems Engineering — Norman Nise

  • Information Theory:

Stage 2

  • Robotics:

    • Modern Robotics — Kevin Lynch & Frank Park

  • Information Theory:

    • Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms - David J.C. MacKay

Stage 3 (Hope to learn before I'm 30)

  • Chip Design:
    • CMOS VLSI Design — Weste & Harris
  • Chip Fabrication:
    • Silicon VLSI Technology — Plummer

Interesting notes

  • https://thekalmanfilter.com/kalman-filter-explained-simply/