Course detail

Modern Trends in Informatics (in English)

FIT-MTIaAcad. year: 2020/2021

The course is based on a series of self-contained lectures focusing on modern trends of computer science. An initial list of topics is given below.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia (UPGM)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will get acquainted with modern trends of computer science and information technology that have a great potential to impact future development in the field. They will self-study a chosen topic and prepare an overview of the current state of the art and recent advancements.

Thanks to the contacts with experts presenting lectures on their specific domains of interest, students will be able to get an insight into the way researchers and developers think about problems in their respective field. They will also strenghten their ability to get grasp of a new theoretical subjects, to correctly use referred papers and to follow the current development in scientific disciplines.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

At the end of most of the lectures, there will be a couple of questions to be answered on the topic. Answers will be assessed and students get points (~10 per lecture). Everybody paying attention to the presentation should be able to answer correctly.

Exam prerequisites:

At least 50 points from the tests after lectures (the total for all the lectures will make 100)

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get an overview of novel research and development directions in computer science and information technologies, to gain an insight into modern trends in a wide range of theoretical areas of the computer science and their known and expected applications, to understand basic concepts of the fields and processes influencing their future development.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Quantum computing
Security, safety, and credibility
Recent progress in AI research
Synthetic biology
Machine translation
Astroinformatics
Physical modeling
Continent-scale weather forecast
Automotive driving systems
Medical domain modeling
Algorithmic trading
Brain-computer interfaces
Current and future supercomputers

Project

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Pavel Smrž, Ph.D.

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Modern Trends in Informatics (in English)

Type of course unit