2013-2014 Course Edition

Departamento de Informática
Universidade do Minho
 Course Structure – 1st year

1st Semester
UC Obs. ECTS
Foundations of Computing one elective course. 5
Programming Paradigms one elective course. 5
Information Technologies one elective course. 5
Thematic Option one elective course in one of the 3 main areas above 5
Seminar which includes visits to MAP Research Centers and 10
Laboratories and the development of small research
projects.

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 Course Structure – 1st year

2nd Semester
UC Obs. ECTS
Thematic Seminar a set of modules and mini-courses on advanced topics in 5
Informatics research supported by Laboratories and
Research Centers associated to MAP-i
Free Option optional course specially designed for each student to cover 5
particular needs on background studies.
ExternalOption a discipline on a different PhD Program offered by the MAP 5
Universities on a relevant, but different area (e.g., project
management, economics, basic sciences, portuguese
cultural studies)
Thesis Planning which includes the presentation of a thesis theme and 15
research plan.

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 Elective Courses
Offered in this edition
AA - Automata and Applications
ACMSD - Algebraic and Coalgebraic Models in
Foundations of Computing Software Development
CIS - Cryptography and Information Security
• Presentations tomorrow from 09:00 to 11:50 (DI-A1)
DCO - Distributed Computing

• Select one from each UC DWS - Data Warehousing Systems

KDD - Knowledge Discovery from Data Bases
• Select one from any UC for Thematic Option
MMC - Multi-Core and Many-Core Computing
Computing Paradigms
SCAM - Source Code Analysis and Manipulation
• Selections must be made bySTAQE
15h00, Friday, the
- Software Test Automation and Quality
11th.October Engineering
ABI - Adaptive Business Intelligence
• Select two options, sorted by preference,
CGR for each UC and
- Computer Graphics
send your preferences to lsb@di.uminho.pt
Information Technologies CVI - Computer Vision
IRO - Intelligent Robotics
ICS - Interactive Computing Systems
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 Calendar
• 1st Semester: 10/10/2013 - 22/02/2014
Divided in two blocks of 8 lecturing weeks.
Each Curricular Unit will run along one of these with 4 lecturing hours / week.

1st Semester
1st Block 14.Oct.2013 .. 06.Dec.2013
2nd Block 09.Dec.2013 .. 20.Dec.2013
Christmas Break 23.Dec.2013 .. 04.Jan.2014
2nd Block (cont.) 06.Jan.2014 .. 14.Feb.2014
Exams 17.Feb.2014 .. 22.Feb.2014
Lectures start on the
2nd Semester 14th.October
Classes 24.Feb.2014 .. 11.Apr.2014
Easter Break 14.Apr.2014 .. 22.Apr.2014
Classes 23.Apr.2014 .. 13.Jun.2014

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 Calendar
Thesis Selection Procedure
• 24/01/2014: Thesis proposals published
• 7/2/2014: Student's selection and application
• 21/2/2014: Selection approval and nomination of tutoring team

MAP-i Doctoral Symposium

(attendance is mandatory for all students)
• 15/7/2014: Progress Report submission –
all but 1st year students (strict deadline)
• 15/7/2014: Pre-thesis submission –
1st year students (strict deadline)
• 25-26/9/2014: MAP-i Doctoral Symposium

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 Timetable
• 1st Block (14.Oct.2013 .. 06.Dec.2013)
Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday

09.00
P:KDD P:STAQE T:ABI Seminar
.. ---
(DI-A2) (DI-A2) (DI-MR) (DI-A2)
13.00
14.00
T:IRO F:DCO F:AA T:CVI
.. ---
(DI-A2) (DI-MR) (DI-A2) (DI-MR)
18.00
Wednesday, 16th October,
• 2nd Block (09.Dec.2013 .. 14.Feb.2014) 11h00 (DI-A2):
Presentation of this UC
Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday

09.00
F:CIS P:DWS P:SCAM Seminar
.. ---
(DI-A2) (DI-A2) (DI-MR) (DI-A2)
13.00
14.00
P:MMC T:ICS F:ACMSD T:CGR
.. ---
(DI-A2) (DI-MR) (DI-A2) (DI-MR)
18.00

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 Contacts

• All registrations and financial matters are handled by

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
(mapi@map.edu.pt)

• Local administrative issues handled by D. Helena Dias

(helena@di.uminho.pt)

• Any contact regarding this course should be made through this email

mapi@map.edu.pt