Course Format
Lectures: There are 14 2-hour lectures, two per week. Reading material, in textbook, web, or papers, is assigned for each lecture.
Exercises: Each lecture has assigned exercises, some for training only, most are for hand-in. Training exercises are voluntary. Deadline for each weeks hand-in exercises is Friday 10.00 (right before the respective exercise session). We apply peer review, with review deadline following Wednesday 18.00. The weeks exercises are discussed in the Friday exercise session.
Labs: Labs are done asynchronously. That is, no fixed time is allotted for the labs, it is up to yourself to plan your time and make sure the labs are handed in at the appropriate time. Labs are done pairwise. We are using PDC facilities in order to get access to machines with more interesting architecture and larger number of cores than what the regular laptops offer. An extra PDC intro lecture is scheduled during the first week of the course. Lab presentations will be scheduled separately, on Zoom for Covid-19 reasons.
Seminars: Each student is strongly encouraged to present a research paper of own choosing at one of the four scheduled seminar sessions. Check here for details.
Discussions: Use of the Canvas discussion feature is encouraged. Try to make it a habit to submit at least one reasonably well thought out comment per lecture. This can be either by initiating a new discussion thread or by commenting on an existing one.
Examination: Is oral, check here for details.
Attendance
Attendance at lectures and exercise sessions is strongly recommended, particularly in these Covid-19 times. The material is not easy and a good result in the course is strongly correlated with activity (like: asking questions in real time, browsing through slides the day before the scheduled lecture) and attendance at lectures and exercise sessions.
Seminar attendance is obligatory.
Course Requirements
The course returns TEN2, 4.5 hp and UPP1, 3 hp. TEN2 grade scale is A, B, C, D, E, Fx, F and UPP1 is pass/fail. The TEN2 grade is determined by the oral exam, optionally "plus one" if a presentation was given and awarded VG. For UPP1 the requirements are the following:
- Presence at seminars.
- All exercises handed in and passed.
- All peer reviews handed in and passed.
- Labs handed in and passed.
The aggregate course grade is the exam grade, and the exam grade "plus one", if the presentation was awarded VG. Additional adjustments either direction may in exceptional situations be done based on exercise and peer review performance, and contributions to the discussions.
PhD Students
Postgraduate students (using course code FDD3008) must pass the course at minimum level B, and must receive a VG grade for the paper presentation.
Covid-19
For Covid-19 reasons lectures and seminars are this year (2021) given on zoom. Exercise sessions are given physically on Campus, with ample space and attention to physical distancing. Labs are presented on zoom. The final (oral) exam will likely be done physically, details to be announced.