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