Survey of Research on the Frontiers of Computer Science

Course Name:	Survey of Research on the Frontiers of Computer Science
Lecturers:	Prof. Till Mossakowski, M.Sc. Madhura Thosar
Primary Contact:	thosar@iks.cs.ovgu.de
Course Nature:	Seminar
Credits:	6
Class Capacity:	12 to 15 students
Duration:	3 hours; Monday starting at 1500
Exam Form:	Survey Article Submission, Presentation
Exam Eligibility:	80% Attendance, 75% Exercise Submission
Grading:	25% Exercise, 60% Survey Article, 15% Presentation
Misc:	A possible publication

Goal

Primary Goal

To enable students to narrow down a possible topic for their master thesis

Secondary Goal

To teach students techniques of conducting a scientifc work during their master thesis

Tertiary Goal

To teach students tools for conducting a scientific work

Requirements

Interest in scientific work
Can work independently
Willingness to work hard
Plenty of reading, writing and presentation
Active participation in the class
Min 30 credits in other courses
Interest in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data

Registration

Please send the following as a pdf to thosar@iks.cs.ovgu.de

NOTE: Email Subject line: [FrontCS] Registration

Name
Matriculation Number
Courses Taken
Credits Completed
Semester
Area of Interest
150/200 words: why would you like to take this course

Please note that if any of the above required information is incomplete or missing, the registration will not be considered. Also, due to the limited size, students will be notified of their admit at the end of September.