14 weeks of teaching consisting of lectures and exercise. The course will have three segments; each segment has an introductory lecture, a series of seminars, followed by a 1-week mini-project putting the theory into practice. It is mandatory for students to participate in the presentation of research papers and to hand-in the 3 mini-projects in order attend the exam. See the schedule here: <link to the time table> -- The schedule will be available shortly before the beginning of the term. Choice quotes from course planning: "Bottom line is that I would like to show [...] some useful and advanced concepts for addressing real-world issues, and [explain] why the industry cares about them." -- Fabrizio Montesi, Dec 1, 2010. "... I mean, we'll look at advanced stuff from research which you can go program and play around with. How could that not be awesome?" -- Søren Debois, Dec 2, 2010.
TThis course has mandatory assignments (e.g. attendance, papers, exercises, presentations, productions), that need to be completed/approved before being eligible to register for the examination: - presentation of 2 papers - being an opponent at 4 papers - having 3 mini-projects approved