Estructura y ficha de los cursos del Máster Europeo (UPC, IST, KTH)

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RESPUESTA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE CATALUNYA
AL INFORME DE LA ANECA
EXPEDIENTE: 3567/2010
TÍTULO: MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN COMPUTACIÓN DISTRIBUIDA / EUROPEAN MASTER
IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
UNIVERSIDAD SOLICITANTE: UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE CATALUNYA
• ASPECTOS QUE NECESARIAMENTE DEBEN MODIFICARSE:
CRITERIO 1: DESCRIPCIÓN DEL TÍTULO
La denominación del título debe figurar primero en castellano.
Respuesta UPC:
Se ha modificado en la aplicación VERIFICA el orden de la denominación del título.
CRITERIO 3: OBJETIVOS
Las competencias específicas son excesivamente genéricas, se deben reformular de forma que sean
evaluables y coherentes con los objetivos del Título.
Respuesta UPC
Se han definido las competencias que figuran en el formulario presentado por el Consorcio
del máster a la Comisión Erasmus Mundus, que efectivamente están redactadas a un nivel
muy agregado puesto que es el resultado del consenso entre las universidades
participantes. A efectos de que nuestros estudiantes reconozcan con mayor precisión el
significado de dichas competencias, estas se han desglosado en los conocimientos,
habilidades y destrezas que, a criterio de los responsables académicos de la UPC
participantes del màster, son evaluables y coherentes con los objetivos del título. A tal
efecto, en el momento que se elaboren las guías docentes de las asignaturas que imparte
la UPC se incluirán el nivel más detallado.
CRITERIO 4: ACCESO Y ADMISIÓN DE LOS ESTUDIANTES
Dado que se trata de enseñanzas a impartir conjuntamente por 3 universidades europeas, y de
conformidad con lo previsto en el artículo 3.4 del R.D. 1393/2007, de 29 de Octubre, debe
especificarse cuál será la Universidad responsable de la custodia de los expedientes, así como de la
expedición del título.
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Respuesta UPC
En el apartado 4.2 del protocolo se añadido un párrafo: “Control y expedición del título”
en el que se incluye esta información que se había omitido en la primera versión.
CRITERIO 5: PLANIFICACIÓN DE LAS ENSEÑANZAS
Debe clarificarse el carácter obligatorio de las asignaturas de 1er año, cuando aparentemente existe
la posibilidad de elegir entre la opción propuesta por la UPC y la propuesta por IST, y en este sentido
se debe explicar cómo dos grupos de estudiantes (en la UPC y en el IST) alcanzan las mismas
competencias cursando asignaturas diferentes. La estructura propuesta resulta adecuada a nivel de
módulos pero debe justificarse a nivel de asignaturas.
Se debe incluir una descripción del Trabajo Fin de Máster (competencias, indicación de los
contenidos de referencia, actividades formativas y sistema de evaluación).
Las actividades formativas de los módulos deben ser coherentes con la dedicación establecida para
los estudiantes y ésta debe situarse en los márgenes que señala el R.D. 1393/2007 (1ECTS=25-30
horas de trabajo del estudiante). Se debe unificar este criterio en todos los módulos o materias del
plan de estudios.
Dado que se trata de un Máster conjunto con otras Universidades europeas, se debe incluir el
sistema de calificaciones según establece el RD 1125/2003 para los titulados por la UPC.
Respuesta UPC
Se ha revisado la redacción de este apartado y se ha incluído en el punto 5.1 una explicación sobre
el carácter obligatorio de las asignaturas de 1er. año, y la garantía de que todos los estudiantes del
máster adquieran las competencias del título. Relacionado con el punto 5.3 se ha incluído un anexo
al documento que contiene la descripción de todas las asignaturas del plan de estudios de todas las
universidades participantes.
Se ha revisado la cuestión de las horas equivalentes de los créditos ECTS y se ha insertado un texto
referente al criterio que aplica el Consorcio Erasmus Mundus.
Se ha incluido la ficha de la materia Trabajo Fin de Máster (TFM) que se había omitido por error en
la versión inicial.
Es ha incluido en el punto 5.3 la tabla de calificaciones aplicada por la UPC y su equivalente al
sistema que aplicará el Consorcio del Máster.
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CRITERIO 6: PERSONAL ACADÉMICO
Se debe proporcionar información del perfil docente e investigador del núcleo básico del
profesorado de las tres universidades para poder valorar su adecuación a los objetivos del máster.
Respuesta UPC
El anexo 2 de este documento contiene el CV del profesorado de cada universidad que
participa en la docencia del Máster. En el texto del capítulo 6 se incluye una nota.
• RECOMENDACIONES
CRITERIO 4: ACCESO Y ADMISIÓN DE ESTUDIANTES
Se recomienda describir detalladamente los mecanismos previstos para facilitar información previa a
la matriculación de los alumnos, así como los procedimientos de acogida y orientación de los
estudiantes de nuevo ingreso, especialmente para los estudiantes de América del Sur y Asia.
Respuesta UPC:
El programa ya tiene el sistema de información a los estudiantes implantado: la web del máster en
la UPC:
http://www.ac.upc.es/es/master-emdc-m%C3%A1ster-europeo-en-computaci%C3%B3ndistribuida-emdc
La web oficial del programa a través de la web localizada en el sitio del KTH:
http://www.kth.se/studies/master/em/emdc?l=en_UK
CRITERIO 5: PLANIFICACIÓN DE LAS ENSEÑANZAS
Se recomienda expresar las competencias de cada módulo o materia en términos de resultados de
aprendizaje, y diferenciar éstos de los contenidos.
Respuesta UPC
El formato y contenidos de las fichas de las materias corresponde a lo que la comisión evaluadora
del programa EM pide; las competencias en términos de resultados de aprendizaje están incluidos
en la sección "learning outcomes", y tanto los objetivos como los contenidos se completarán
cuando se publiquen las "guias docentes" de las asignaturas.
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Subapartados
1. DESCRIPCIÓN DEL TÍTULO
1.1. Denominación
1.2. Universidad solicitante y Centro, Departamento o Instituto responsable del
programa
1.3. Tipo de enseñanza
1.4. Número de plazas de nuevo ingreso ofertadas
1.5. Número de créditos de matrícula por estudiante y período lectivo y
requisitos de matriculación
1.6. Resto de información necesaria para la expedición del Suplemento Europeo
al Título de acuerdo con la normativa vigente
1.1. Denominación
Máster Universitario en Computación Distribuida / European Master in
Distributed Computing (EMDC)
1.2. Universidad solicitante y Centro, Departamento o Instituto
responsable del programa
Máster Europeo Erasmus Mundus, coordinado por la Kungliga
Tekniska Högskolan de Suecia (KTH), con UPC y el Instituto Superior
Técnico de Portugal (IST) como participantes.
En la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, el Departamento de
Arquitectura de Computadores es el responsable del programa, con el
soporte de la Facultad de Informática de Barcelona.
1.3. Tipo de enseñanza
Máster presencial con movilidad
1.4. Número de plazas de nuevo ingreso ofertadas
Primer año de implantación: 30
Segundo año de implantación: 30
Tercer año de implantación: 30
Cuarto año de implantación: 30
La mitad de los estudiantes comienzan sus estudios en la UPC (el resto en el IST).
1.5. Número de créditos de matrícula por estudiante y período lectivo y
requisitos de matriculación
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120 créditos ECTS repartidos en 4 periodos cuatrimestrales de 30 ECTS.
Requisitos de admisión para EMDC:
Los siguientes requisitos se deben cumplir para ser elegible para la admisión al
programa EMDC. Hay que tener en cuenta también que el programa tiene un
número limitado de plazas y que se lleva a cabo una selección entre los estudiantes
elegibles.
Los requisitos se basan en:
1. Estudios anteriores
2. Requisitos de idioma
3. Documentación
1. Estudios anteriores
La licenciatura completa de Grado correspondiente a 180 créditos ECTS,
equivalentes los títulos académicos o una licenciatura completa en una universidad
reconocida internacionalmente. El grado debe ser Informática o equivalente. Es
necesario un excelente conocimiento en sistemas operativos, redes, lenguajes de
programación, arquitecturas de computadores y teoría de la computación.
La universidad de origen tiene que estar listada en la última edición del Manual
Internacional de Universidades.
http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/list.ht ml
2. Requisitos de idioma
Prueba de suf iciencia del Inglés
Los solicitantes deben proporcionar prueba de su aptitud en Inglés, que es más
comúnmente establecidas a través de una prueba reconocida internacionalmente.
Las calificaciones siguientes examen TOEFL se aceptan como mínimo:
Resultado total de 570 (prueba escrita, de grado 4)
Resultado total de 88 (Internet, prueba escrita, grado 22)
Resultado total de 230 (computador, número de ensayo, grado 4)
Código de TOEFL para KT H: 7966. Los resultados de la prueba de Inglés TOEFL
deben ser enviados directamente desde el centro de pruebas a la Oficina de
Admisiones KTH. No se aceptan otros informes de puntuación o fotocopias. El
TOEIC TOEF L institucional no se acepta como prueba suficiente de dominio del
Inglés.
3. Documentación
La documentación de soporte debe estar autenticada por vía diplomática.
Las normas de permanencia corresponden al centro donde los estudiantes realicen
las asignaturas, aplicando en el caso de UPC la normativa genérica de permanencia
de los estudios de máster, y tratando los casos por la comisión de Máster del
Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores.
El programa se implementa mediante acuerdos de doble titulación. Cada
universidad ya ha aprobado la puesta en marcha de este esquema y se han firmado
cartas de aprobación y acuerdos de doble titulación. Cada universidad ha iniciado el
proceso respectivo de acreditación para el máster.
Trayectorias Año 1 Año 2 Año 3 GRADOS
1 UPC KTH UPC A+B
2 UPC KTH KTH A+B
3 IST KTH IST A+C
4 IST KTH KTH A+C
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Normativa de permanencia en los estudios de máster universitario
de la UPC
Preámbulo
El artículo 46.3 de la Ley orgánica 6/2001, de universidades (BOE de 24.12.2001), y el artículo
59 de los Estatutos de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, aprobados por el Decreto
225/2003 (DOGC de 7.10.2003), atribuyen al Consejo Social la competencia de fijar las normas
que regulan la permanencia del estudiantado en la Universidad.
La Universidad tiene la obligación de velar por la utilización racional de los recursos que la
sociedad le destina, tiene la responsabilidad de garantizar un nivel adecuado de calificación de
los titulados y tituladas y la exigencia que como servicio público debe satisfacer, de asegurar el
acceso del mayor número posible de estudiantes. La Universidad tiene que establecer los
instrumentos para que puedan alcanzar un rendimiento adecuado y les debe exigir una
dedicación suficiente y un aprovechamiento responsable de los medios que se han puesto a su
disposición.
6.1 Ámbito de aplicación
Estas normas se aplican a todo el estudiantado que se matricula para cursar
estudios oficiales de máster en la UPC. Las titulaciones conjuntas de la UPC con otras
universidades se rigen por lo establecido en el convenio correspondiente.
6.2 Rendimiento mínimo en el primer año académico
Dadas las distintas tipologías de másteres oficiales, el órgano responsable del máster puede
establecer el rendimiento mínimo que tiene que obtener el o la estudiante que inicia los
estudios conducentes a la obtención de un título de máster universitario durante el primer año
académico. En cualquier caso, y con carácter general, este rendimiento mínimo no puede ser
inferior a 15 créditos.
Este rendimiento mínimo se tiene que obtener con independencia de las matrículas
formalizadas y de la tipología de estos créditos: se contabilizan todos los créditos matriculados
que se tienen que cursar, que pueden corresponder a asignaturas y/o a actividades formativas
y formar parte del plan de estudios de máster o bien de la formación complementaria
establecida por el órgano responsable en el itinerario curricular personalizado del o la
estudiante. No se tienen en cuenta, con respecto a la permanencia, los créditos convalidados,
adaptados, reconocidos y dispensados.
Si no se obtiene el rendimiento mínimo, el o la estudiante no puede continuar estos mismos
estudios en la UPC.
6.3 Plazo máximo de permanencia
Cada órgano responsable de un máster regulará el plazo máximo de permanencia del
estudiantado para obtener el título correspondiente.
6.4 Continuidad de los estudios
El rector o rectora puede, en situaciones justificadas y teniendo en cuenta el
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informe razonado del órgano responsable del máster, no aplicar lo previsto en los apartados
6.2 y 6.3 al estudiantado que lo solicite de forma motivada.
Por una sola vez, el o la estudiante excluido de unos estudios de máster universitario en
aplicación de lo previsto en los apartados 6.2 o 6.3 puede iniciar otros estudios en la UPC, si
obtiene una plaza de acuerdo con los criterios específicos de admisión vigentes.
6.5 Seguimiento del progreso académico del estudiantado
Al finalizar el periodo lectivo, se calcula para cada estudiante el parámetro de resultados
académicos: cociente de los créditos superados en un periodo
lectivo sobre el total de créditos matriculados, excluyendo de este cómputo los créditos
convalidados, adaptados y reconocidos y los que hayan sido calificados como “no presentado”.
En función de este parámetro, el tutor o tutora realiza el seguimiento del progreso del
estudiantado que tiene asignado y acuerda, para garantizar un buen aprovechamiento de los
recursos, las medidas académicas que se tengan que aplicar cuando el parámetro sea inferior a
0,5.
6.6 Información sobre el progreso del estudiantado al Consejo Social
Anualmente, cada órgano responsable de un estudio de máster debe entregar al Consejo de
Gobierno, para su remisión al Consejo Social, un informe relativo a la entrada y al progreso del
estudiantado y a los criterios y las medidas adoptados.
6.7 Aclaraciones de la Normativa de permanencia
Corresponde al Consejo Social resolver las aclaraciones interpretativas de esta normativa.
1.6. Resto de información necesaria para la expedición del
Suplemento Europeo al Título de acuerdo con la normativa vigente (RD
1044/2003, de 1 de agosto por que se establece el procedimiento para la
expedición por las universidades del Suplemento Europeo al Título)
Rama de conocimiento: Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Naturaleza de la institución que ha conferido el título: Institución pública.
Naturaleza del centro universitario: Centro propio.
Profesiones para las que capacita una vez obtenido el título: ninguna
El Suplemento de Diploma sigue el modelo elaborado por la Comisión Europea,
Consejo de Europa y UNESCO / CEPES. Proporciona datos independientes para
mejorar la transparencia internacional y el reconocimiento acadé mico y profesional
justa de las cualificaciones (diplomas, títulos, certificados, etc.) Está diseñado para
proporcionar una descripción de la naturaleza, nivel, contexto, contenido y estado
de los estudios seguidos y completados con éxito por la persona nombrada en el
título original al que se adjunta este suplemento. Es libre de cualquier juicio de
valor, posibles equivalencias o sugerencias de reconocimiento.
La articulación del Suplemento al Diploma del programa Erasmus Mundus está
escrito en Inglés y describe el programa conjunto Erasmus Mundus al que el
alumno ha asistido con el detalle específico sobre las instituciones que adjudican el
grado y el sistema educativo en esos países. Los detalles del programa (por
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ejemplo, módulos o unidades de estudio), y la notas / calif icaciones / créditos
obtenidos, así como información sobre el sistema de clasif icación y el grado de
distribución se describen en el Certificado de Título / transcripción oficial. La
información necesaria para poder producir los suplementos de diploma se registra
en una base de datos y el suplemento de diploma será entregado a cada estudiante
por la institución coordinadora (KTH) después de la graduación, y en relación con la
entrega de los certificados de estudios.
La lengua de impartición del Máster será el inglés.
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Subapartados
2. JUSTIFICACIÓN
2.1. Justificación del título propuesto, argumentado el interés académico, científico
o profesional del mismo
2.2. Referentes externos a la universidad proponente que avalen la adecuación de
la propuesta a criterios nacionales o internacionales para títulos de similares
características
2.3. Descripción de los procedimientos de consulta internos y externos utilizados
para la elaboración del plan de estudios
2.1. Justificación del título propuesto, argumentado el interés académico,
científico o profesional del mismo.
La computación distribuida ha sido reconocida en el informe Horizon
20091 como una de las tecnologías emergentes que tienen un gran
impacto en la educación en el futuro próximo. La industria está
adoptando rápidamente la tecnología y estamos entrando en una era
en la que los aspectos de distribución debe ser manejado en cada
área de las tecnologías de la información. Dado que los sistema de
computación más relevantes no están centralizados, la computación
distribuida es un área clave en Ciencias de la Computación e
Ingeniería, ya que establece un camino teóricamente sólido para
alcanzar el rendimiento deseado del sistema y necesaria fiabilidad del
sistema.
La tecnología de la información se está convirtiendo en todas partes y
cada vez en algo más importante para todo tipo de organizaciones,
incluyendo empresas, fábricas, empresas de servicios públicos,
organismos estatales, salud, banca, transporte, aeropuertos y
sistemas de control, etc. La tecnología de la Información y de
computación distribuida, en particular, es necesaria para emprender y
gestionar con éxito proyectos de gran escala en esas organizaciones.
Además, la computación distribuida proporciona las bases para la
gestión de las comunicaciones y el procesamiento de datos
requeridos por otros campos de las ciencias como ciencias de la
salud, biología, física, química, mecánica e ingeniería civil. La
magnitud de estas tareas, al considerar el acceso distribuido, la
difusión y recogida de de grandes volúmenes de datos, y la
complejidad computacional de procesamiento de datos, impiden que
sean ejecutados por los sistemas informáticos centralizados. Por lo
tanto, más y más tareas, incluyendo las de misión crítica (por
ejemplo, seguridad, vigilancia, vigilancia de la salud), están siendo
asumidos por sistemas distribuidos.
1 Horizon09: Johanson L., Levine A. and Smith R., The 2009 Horizon Report, 2009.
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El Máster Europeo en Computación Distribuida tiene como objetivo
proporcionar la mejor base posible para los estudiantes que deseen
proseguir una carrera en la industria o de la universidad en este
ámbito crecientemente importante. Para entender cómo los alumnos
se beneficiarán del Máster Europeo en computación distribuida, es
importante primero en dar un paso atrás y observar las tendencias a
largo plazo en los sistemas informáticos.
Cambio de paradigma
En los dos últimos años hemos visto una fuerte tendencia hacia una
red basada en infraestructura de servicios a menudo denominada
"Cloud Computing". Centros de datos proporcionan servicios
computacionales, redes y recursos de almacenamiento disponibles
para los desarrolladores de servicios a un precio competitivo. Los
servicios residen en estos centros y se accede a través de clientes
ligeros, como un navegador web. Las aplicaciones van desde las
redes sociales y los servicios de correo electrónico hasta las ventas
en línea y medios de distribución.
Históricamente estamos en el proceso de un cambio de paradigma.
Hace treinta años casi todos los sistemas basados en computadoras
fueron construidas con una única unidad central de computación para
ser accedidos desde terminales con un mínimo de recursos. Esto
cambió con la introducción de las computadoras personales y durante
los últimos veinte años hemos visto un tremendo incremento en los
recursos disponibles en el lado del cliente. Durante varios años, la
potencia de cálculo y el número de las computadoras personales
aumentó más rápidamente que la conectividad de red, dando lugar a
escenarios en los que los servicios estaban relacionados con el
hardware de cliente con poca o ninguna capacidad de comunicación.
Como ejemplo, se puede considerar cómo los programas de juegos se
usaban unos pocos años atrás: la aplicación se instalaba en un
ordenador personal y se utilizaba como un sistema aislado.
Durante los últimos diez años se ha observado una tendencia
importante: la conectividad ha estado aumentando casi tan rápido
como la potencia de cálculo. El aumento de la conectividad se deriva
tanto del hecho de que la infraestructura básica ha sido sustituida
gradualmente de telefonía vocal a redes de datos y centrado en el
aumento de la cobertura y ancho de banda disponible en la “última
milla” (la conexión con el usuario final). Así, las aplicaciones no
tienen que ser independientes y pueden beneficiarse de la
conectividad disponibles, una mayor interacción (como en los juegos
en línea) o beneficiarse de la potencia de cálculo extra desplegados
en los centros de datos. En el límite, muchas aplicaciones se puede
implementar directamente en los centros de datos y los equipos
cliente sólo actúan como terminales ligeros. De este modo, puede
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encontrar rápidamente los escenarios que se asemejan a situaciones
cuarenta años atrás, pero ahora en una escala de Internet, disponible
en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar usando más o menos
cualquier terminal con un navegador web.
La ventaja de la perspectiva de un desarrollador de servicios no sólo
es la casi eliminación de la inversión inicial en hardware necesario
para desplegar un servicio, sino que el servicio puede escalar y
soportar miles o millones de usuarios. Para los desarrolladores de
estos servicio se ha reducido drásticamente el umbral para el
desarrollo y lanzamiento de servicios, planificación de recursos, que
tradicionalmente ha sido una gran parte del diseño del sistema, se ha
convertido en un problema inexistente. Por otra parte, la alta
disponibilidad, la prestación del servicio a pesar de fallos en la red y
los ordenadores, que es extremadamente problemático y costoso, es
algo que se proporciona como parte de la infraestructura de red.
Sin embargo, la infraestructura que soporta estos servicios es ahora
un sistema distribuido muy complejo. El principal problema es que ha
de crecer en escala a la vez que se incrementa su uso. Debería
hacerlo, manteniendo la imagen de una máquina de computación
cada vez más potente. La manera más rentable de hacer esto es
implementar el servicio utilizando un conjunto cada vez mayor de
pequeñas computadoras relativamente baratas. En lugar de utilizar
una máquina a su límite y, a continuación, a los altos costos,
sustituirla por una máquina con el doble de su potencia, máquinas
más pequeñas poco a poco se puede añadir al conjunto. Un gran
conjunto de ordenadores también nos dará un sistema tolerante a
errores, ya que es menos probable el mal funcionamiento de varios
ordenadores simultáneamente. Proporcionar una solución escalable,
una infraestructura tolerante a fallos es, por supuesto, muy
conveniente. Claramente, necesitamos profesionales que sean
capaces de diseñar e implementar los mecanismos y el software que
proporcionen estas características: aquí es donde el Máster europeo
en computación distribuida y sus estudiantes encuentra su papel.
El papel de la UPC en este programa de maestría es el de impartir
cursos básicos y específicos durante el primer año de estudios a los
estudiantes que se matriculan en el programa a través de la UPC. Los
cursos básicos que se incluyen se vienen ya impartiendo en los
estudios de máster de la UPC y son análogos a los cursos que se
imparten durante el primer año en IST para garantizar la coherencia
en las competencias básicas adquiridas por los estudiantes,
independientemente del centro de estudios y para garantizar una
adecuada integración con los cursos impartidos en el KTH en el tercer
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El objetivo de los cursos básicos es introducción en temas
relacionados con el middleware, seguridad, ajuste de rendimiento,
concurrencia, paralelismo y computación distribuida. Los cursos
específicos que se imparten exclusivamente en la UPC constituyen un
perfil que ofrece a los estudiantes una especialización en la
evaluación del desempeño, la optimización y escalabilidad en
sistemas distribuidos, donde la UPC dispone de una sólida formación
y actividad investigadora. Esto incluye cursos sobre sistemas
descentralizados, entornos de ejecución distribuidos, creación de
redes, multimedia, medición y ajuste de rendimiento. Por otra parte,
la UPC también acogerá a algunos estudiantes para su trabajo de
tesis de grado, supervisados por los profesores del programa de la
UPC que realizan actividades de investigación en las áreas indicadas.
2.2. Referentes externos a la universidad proponente que avalen la
adecuación de la propuesta a criterios nacionales e internacionales para
títulos de similares características
La calidad académica
El programa de Máster ha sido aprobado por el programa Erasmus
Mundus de la Comisión Europea en una convocatoria competitiva con
un nivel de aceptación inferior al 10% de propuestas presentadas.2
Las tres universidades pertenecen a la red Cluster3 y son excelentes
en la investigación y la educación a nivel nacional e internacional
sobre los temas tratados en este programa de Máster.
Estas universidades tienen grupos de investigación activos que
trabajan en diferentes aspectos de la computación distribuida, en
colaboración con muchos otros grupos de investigación, industrias y
organizaciones de todo el mundo. Estos grupos tienen más de 20
años de experiencia en el campo, con muchos excelentes resultados
en esta área, tales como trabajos de investigación en importantes
conferencias y publicaciones periódicas, libros de texto que son
ampliamente utilizados por la comunidad, prototipos de software y
sistemas, y empresas de base tecnológica que han surgido de esos
grupos.
Propuestas de máster similares se pueden encontrar en otras universidades
europeas. En la propia UPC, el máster CANS4 (Computer Architecture,
Networks and Systems) del Dep. de Arquitectura de Computadores, tiene
una orientación similar aunque tiene una orientación más amplia pues
profundiza en varios temas más allá de los sistemas distribuidos
2
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_
master_courses_en.php
3 http://www.cluster.org/
4 http://www.ac.upc.edu/cans
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(arquitectura de computadores, sistemas operativos, redes de
computadores). En el programa SEDS5 (Software Engineering and
Distributed Systems) del KTH también se tratan diversos temas más allá de
los sistemas distribuidos. Otros ejemplos relevantes en Europa:
� University of Lugano, Suiza: Master of Science in Dependable
Distributed Systems6
� Universidad de Chalmers, Suecia: Master in Networks and Distributed
Systems7
� Universidad de Vrije, Holanda: Master in Parallel and Distributed
Computer Systems8
2.3. Descripción de los procedimientos de consulta internos y externos
utilizados para la elaboración del plan de estudios
El programa se ha diseñado a partir de la experiencia en formación
de Máster de las tres universidades participantes en temas
relacionados. Se ha consultado con investigadores relevantes en el
ámbito Europeo de varias universidades técnicas pertenecientes a la
red Cluster para analizar el ámbito y los temas que deberían tratarse
en el Máster. El diseño final se ha realizado en colaboración entre los
investigadores de los grupos de investigación en sistemas distribuidos
de la UPC, IST y KTH. [Ver Anexo III de la propuesta del Máster
Erasmus Mundus].
La UPC aporta asignaturas que ya se imparten en el “Máster en
Arquitectura de Computadores, Redes y Sistemas” en el ámbito de
sistemas distribuidos que imparte el Departamento de Arquitectura
de Computadores y la Facultat de Informática de la UPC.
La propuesta de Máster ha recibido el apoyo de varias organizaciones
internacionales: Ericsson, Link Consulting, Nokia-Siemens Networks,
Portugal Telecom Innovation, SUN Microsystems, Swedish Institute of
Computer Science (SICS), Telefónica R+D, BEST (a European
Engineering student's organization). [Ver Anexo IV de la propuesta
del Máster Erasmus Mundus].
Interacción con los sectores profesionales
El programa se apoya sobre la excelente trayectoria de cooperación
con la industria de las tres instituciones asociadas. Todas las
5 http://www.kth.se/studies/master/programmes/it/2.1730?l=en_UK
6 http://www.mdds.usi.ch/
7 http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/education/masterprogrammes/programme‐
descriptions/networks‐distributed
8 http://www.vu.nl/en/programmes/international‐masters/programmes/n‐q/parallel‐and‐distributed‐
computer‐systems‐msc/
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instituciones tienen ya en vigor vínculos estables con la industria local
e internacional y otras organizaciones sociales para participar
fácilmente en el Máster. También hay procesos y mecanismos para
apoyar la ejecución de los trabajos conducentes a la tesis de maestría
en cooperación con los socios industriales. Por ejemplo, la presencia
de expertos de la industria en los jurados que evalúan las tesis de
maestría es ya una práctica común en estas instituciones. Los cursos
suelen tener participaciones de expertos de la industria para motivar
y presentar algunos temas de su experiencia práctica.
Un Consejo Consultivo, integrado por expertos de la industria se
encargará de proporcionar recomendaciones para la mejora de los
planes de estudio. Para ayudar al Consejo Consultivo en su tarea, se
recogerán sugerencias de todos los socios industriales que reciban a
nuestros estudiantes, no sólo durante el trabajo de tesis. Este
Consejo Consultivo se creó como parte de los pasos iniciales para la
difusión del Máster y definirá tareas en las que pueden participar los
sectores profesionales, tales como prácticas de verano, tesis de
maestría en la industria, charlas invitadas de la industria, el
patrocinio de actividades o becas para los estudiantes.
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Subapartados
3. OBJETIVOS
3.1. Competencias generales y específicas
Los objetivos del programa y el valor añadido
El objetivo del Máster Europeo en Computación Distribuida es dar la
mejor base posible para una carrera en la investigación y el
desarrollo de sistemas distribuidos escalables y fiables. Después del
programa, los estudiantes no sólo debe comprender y ser capaz de
utilizar grandes sistemas distribuidos, sino que deben ser capaces de
diseñar y construir tales sistemas. En una situación ideal el uso de un
sistema distribuido no es más complicada que un sistema tradicional
de distribución, pero es muy complejo construir estos sistemas.
También es más a menudo un hecho que los sistemas reales se
desvían de un sistema ideal y entender estas diferencias y saber de
cómo manejarlas será de suma importancia y un activo muy
apreciado.
En este contexto, las cuestiones clave a tratar son el rendimiento y
tolerancia a fallos. El rendimiento es, por supuesto, siempre es un
factor importante cuando se construyen sistemas basados en
computadores, pero cuando se espera que estos sistemas alcancen
una extrema escala, se convierte en un reto difícil. No sólo se debe
diseñar el sistema para un alto rendimiento, sino que también debe
ser capaz de predecir, medir continuamente y monitorear el
desempeño.
La tolerancia a fallos de un sistema distribuido de gran escala es por
supuesto igualmente importante. La gran escala de los sistemas
impone que se deben tratar los fallos no como un caso excepcional
sino como una consecuencia inevitable.
Hay muchos aspectos a considerar en el tema, y mientras muchos
cursos y másters en el ámbito nacional, europeo e internacional
abarcan aspectos parciales de la materia, no existe un programa de
equivalente maestría en computación distribuida. De hecho, esta
propuesta reúne una investigación comunes y complementarias y la
experiencia educativa de cada universidad en el consorcio, y organiza
la oferta existente sobre el tema en un programa de maestría
conjunta.
El Máster reúne los elementos necesarios de la técnica, la ciencia, la
práctica y la experiencia de los sectores industrial y de investigación
para formar a los estudiantes en entender, diseñar, construir y llevar
a cabo la investigación sobre sistemas distribuidos.
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El programa está construido de tal forma que dará a los estudiantes
una comprensión profunda de un aspecto de la computación
distribuida, pero aprovechando de los conocimientos adquiridos por
los participantes del curso en otros aspectos del campo.
Así, el programa tendrá la ventaja de la excelencia de los sistemas
distribuidos en nuestras localizaciones diferentes: aspectos de
rendimiento en la UPC y aspectos de tolerancia a fallos en IST. Los
conocimientos adquiridos por los estudiantes se pone en acción en un
contexto integrado y de colaboración en las actividades organizadas
en el KTH.
Otros programas de maestría en el área o bien incluye ambos
aspectos de los sistemas distribuidos o se concentran en uno solo.
Tener ambos aspectos en un programa es más común, pero esto es,
por supuesto, a expensas de la excelencia de ambos. En el Máster
Europeo en Computación Distribuida los estudiantes se convertirán en
expertos en un aspecto, mientras tendrán la oportunidad de trabajar
con estudiantes que tienen un punto de vista diferente. Esto se logra
mediante un programa integrado que aprovecha la excelencia de las
universidades asociadas y la movilidad de los estudiantes.
3.1. Competencias generales y específicas
3.1.1 Competencias genéricas o transversales
Las competencias genéricas son transferibles a una gran variedad de
funciones y tareas, y capacitan al estudiantado para integrarse con éxito en
la vida laboral y social. No son exclusivas de ninguna especialidad
profesional, sino que se pueden aplicar a muchos ámbitos de conocimiento
y situaciones.
La UPC considera que todos sus planes de estudios deben incluir, al menos,
7 competencias genéricas. A continuación se puede encontrar la definición
de cada una de estas competencias.
Emprendeduría e innovación
Conocer y entender los mecanismos en que se basa la investigación
científica así como los mecanismos e instrumentos de transferencia de
resultados entre los diferentes agentes socioeconómicos implicados en los
procesos I + D + i.
Sostenibilidad y compromiso social
Ser capaz de integrar conocimientos y enfrentarse a la complejidad de
formular juicios a partir de una información que, siendo incompleta o
limitada, incluya reflexiones sobre las responsabilidades sociales y éticas
vinculadas a la aplicación de sus conocimientos y juicios.
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Tercera lengua
Conocer una tercera lengua, que será preferentemente el inglés, con un
nivel adecuado de forma oral y por escrito y en consonancia con las
necesidades que tendrán las tituladas y titulados en cada estudio.
Comunicación eficaz oral y escrita
Comunicar sus conclusiones, y los conocimientos y razones últimas que la
sustentan, a públicos especializados y no especializados de una manera
clara y sin ambigüedades.
Trabajo en equipo
Ser capaz de trabajar como miembro de un equipo interdisciplinario, ya sea
como un miembro más, o realizando tareas de dirección con la finalidad de
contribuir a desarrollar proyectos con pragmatismo y sentido de la
responsabilidad, asumiendo compromisos considerando los recursos
disponibles.
Uso solvente de los recursos de información
Gestionar la adquisición, la estructuración, el análisis y la visualización de
datos e información científictècnica y valorar de forma crítica los resultados
de esta gestión.
Aprendizaje autónomo
Detectar carencias en el propio conocimiento y superarlas mediante la
reflexión crítica y la elección de la mejor actuación para ampliar este
conocimiento.
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3.1.2 Competencias específicas
Las competencias de la titulación (C), es decir, lo que los estudiantes
al finalizar la formación ha de ser capaces de hacer, son:
� C1: Haber adquirido una base teórica y práctica sólida en los
sistemas distribuidos con conocimientos avanzados en las áreas
relacionadas, mostrando un dominio de una amplia gama de los
temas, conceptos, tecnologías, herramientas y técnicas
necesarias para aplicar sus conocimientos a problemas
específicos que requieran diseñar, construir o mantener
sistemas distribuidos.
C1.1 Conocer la problemática y algoritmos fundamentales para
resolver los problemas que plantean los sistemas distribuidos en
los aspectos de rendimiento, fiabilidad, escalabilidad.
C1.2 Conocer el funcionamiento, las dificultades y poder modelar
las características de elementos básicos como redes y
computadores.
C1.3 Diseñar y analizar algoritmos y sistemas que forman parte
de un sistema distribuido.
C1.4 Escoger los algoritmos y esquemas teniendo en cuenta el
modelo del entorno y los requerimientos de funcionales y
operacionales.
C1.5 Realizar un análisis de una situación utilizando herramientas
matemáticas o de simulación.
C1.6 Utilizar herramientas para la verificación, evaluación,
monitorización y mantenimiento en el diseño, implementación y
funcionamiento de sistemas distribuidos.
� C2: Mostrar familiaridad con la investigación en el área de
sistemas distribuidos y áreas relacionadas.
C2.1 Conocer los problemas e ideas más relevantes del estado del
arte reciente en el ámbito de los sistemas distribuidos.
C2.2 Conocer los fundamentos de las metodologías y
herramientas vigentes de la investigación para poder seleccionar
las más adecuadas para cada problema.
C2.3 Saber aplicar varias metodologías clave para la investigación
en sistemas distribuidos.
� C3: Mostrar capacidad para trabajar de forma individual o en
grupos en proyectos pequeños o grandes para diseñar,
desarrollar o mantener sistemas distribuidos.
C3.2 Realizar y organizar tareas individuales o en grupo de
desarrollo, mantenimiento, guiadas o no por un supervisor en el
ámbito temático del máster.
C3.1 Realizar y organizar tareas individuales o en grupo de
análisis, diseño de algoritmos y sistemas, transferencia de
tecnología, guiadas o no por un supervisor en el ámbito temático
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� C4: Mostrar capacidad para comunicar sobre temas de sistemas
de distribuidos a un público de carácter científico o técnico
(estructuración, redacción, presentación, argumentación).
C4.1 Preparar y presentar temas avanzados a una audiencia
técnica o científica, tanto en la lengua propia como en inglés.
C4.2 Poder participar en actividades de análisis, discusión,
escritura de propuestas de proyectos, negociación de temas
tratados en el máster
� C5: Demostrar habilidades para adaptarse a la evolución de las
tecnologías y el entorno, aprendizaje permanente.
C5.1 Complementar y actualizar los conocimientos adquiridos por
el seguimiento de los avances a partir de las publicaciones y foros
científicos e industriales del área de investigación y desarrollo.
C5.2 Participar en actividades y foros profesionales sobre la
profesión, su evolución y las consecuencias éticas y sociales.
� C6: Demostrar preparación para entrar en la comunidad de
sistemas distribuidos, ya sea en el ámbito académico, el
gobierno o la industria.
C6.1 Poder iniciar una carrera académica o industrial en el ámbito
de la investigación, y concretamente, poder iniciar el doctorado en
un programa de nivel internacional.
En resumen, los egresados tendrán una base teórica y práctica sólida
en sistemas distribuidos con conocimientos avanzados en las áreas
relacionadas con una perspectiva hacia un futuro académico y/o
carrera profesional.
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4. ACCESO Y ADMISIÓN DE ESTUDIANTES
Subapartados
4.1 Sistemas de información previa a la matriculación y procedimientos accesibles
de acogida y orientación de los estudiantes de nuevo ingreso para facilitar su
incorporación a la universidad y la titulación
4.2 Acceso y admisión
4.3 Sistemas de apoyo y orientación de los estudiantes una vez matriculados
4.4 Transferencia y reconocimiento de créditos: sistema propuesto por la
Universidad
4.1 Sistemas de información previa a la matriculación y procedimientos
accesibles de acogida y orientación de los estudiantes de nuevo ingreso
para facilitar su incorporación a la Universidad y la titulación
De acuerdo con el artículo 16 del Real Decreto 1393/2007, de 29 de
octubre, por el que se establece la ordenación de las enseñanzas
universitarias oficiales, podrán acceder a estas enseñanzas oficiales
de máster quienes reúnan los requisitos exigidos por la legislación
vigente para el acceso a estudios universitarios y cumplan la
normativa vigente así como su admisión a estas enseñanzas,
conforme al artículo 17 del RD antes mencionado.
Los sistemas de información y promoción son los siguientes:
Un sitio web
Un sitio web específico 9 para el programa para los posibles
participantes que ofrezca una visión general y la descripción
incluyendo la admisión y los criterios de selección e información de
contacto. Varias páginas principales en la UPC (y en las demás
universidades participantes) tendrán un enlace al Máster (en el Dep.
de Arquitectura de Computadores, en la Facultad de Informática, en
la lista de másters ofrecidos por la Universidad), así como en el sitio
web de la UE que coordina los programas de Máster Erasmus
Mundus.
La vida del estudiante fuera del aula o laboratorio es esencial para
una mente sana y abierta. Estocolmo, Barcelona y Lisboa son
ciudades atractivas para los estudiantes con una vida cultural activa.
Los estudiantes encontrarán oportunidades para practicar deportes y
actividades sociales. Estas características pueden ser un aspecto
relevente, especialmente para los estudiantes de terceros países, que
en general, no pueden acceder a eventos deportivos y culturales
organizados en Europa.
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Colaboración con BEST
Para orientar a los estudiantes europeos el consorcio colaborará con
BEST - Consejo de Estudiantes Europeos de Tecnología. BEST es una
organización estudiantil que trabaja desde 1989 en la comunicación,
la cooperación y las posibilidades de intercambio para estudiantes de
toda Europa. Se pretende participar en la organización de un curso de
verano de BEST, destinado a estudiantes de licenciatura segundo año
que esperamos sirva no sólo para animar a los estudiantes a seguir
una carrera académica en el son de la computación distribuida, sino
por supuesto con el Máster Europeo de Computación Distribuida como
su primera opción.
Orientación a América del Sur
Dado que nuestro programa tiene su primer año de estudios en
España y Portugal, vemos una oportunidad para atraer a estudiantes
de América del Sur. Para la UPC e IST este es un ámbito natural para
la promoción, para el KTH es una oportunidad. En KTH hay
comparativamente pocos estudiantes de América por lo que el Máster
Europeo en Computación Distribuida se convierte en un activo
estratégico importante.
Orientación de Asia
Asia es otra región de alta prioridad para el reclutamiento de
estudiantes. Las actividades ya programadas para el año que viene
son las ferias de estudiantes en Singapur y en China, Beijing y
Shanghai. KTH ha creado recientemente una oficina en el campus de
la Universidad Nacional de Singapur, NUS, y a través de ella se
pueden organizar actividades a fin de exponer a los estudiantes e
investigadores al programa mediante la organización de diferentes
eventos en el área. Otras dos oficinas se establecieron en Beijing y
Shanghai y pueden ser empleadas para los mismos fines.
Las actividades de acogida se integran en el proyecto “La UPC te
informa” que facilita información sobre el procedimiento de matrícula
y sobre los servicios y oportunidades que ofrece la universidad, a
través de Internet (http://upc.es/matricula/) y del material que se
entrega a cada estudiante en soporte papel y digital junto con la
carpeta institucional.
4.2. Acceso y admisión
El proceso de acceso y admisión será gestionado por el KTH,
institución universitaria coordinadora del Máster Europeo, aunque se
tendrá en cuenta que el proceso respete la normativa académica de
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los Másteres oficiales de la UPC, aprobada por la Comisión de
Docencia y Estudiantado y el Consejo de Gobierno(10).
Aplicación (acceso):
Todas las solicitudes para el programa se administrarán por el KTH
con una aplicación conjunta y se utilizará un sistema informático de
soporte a la selección, que ya utiliza desde hace tiempo el KTH. Cada
solicitante presentará una solicitud electrónica a través del sistema,
así como enviará una solicitud en papel firmado con los anexos
necesarios al KTH. Los criterios generales de admisibilidad de todos
los solicitantes se verifica por personal de la oficina de admisión KTH.
Las solicitudes en papel elegibles serán escaneadas e incorporadas en
el foro web interno para la evaluación conjunta. Todos los socios del
consorcio tienen pleno acceso a los documentos de cada solicitante
en el sistema, lo que permite a las universidades asociadas
previsualizar, descargar y evaluar las solicitudes elegibles.
Selección:
La Junta Directiva del consorcio lleva a cabo la selección de
estudiantes para el programa. El proceso de selección determina una
ordenación de los demandantes. El primer paso será identificar a los
estudiantes que hayan superado la comprobación de elegibilidad
general, pero se considera que es inadmisible debido a otros criterios
de selección específicos. Los estudiantes admisibles europeos y no
europeos se clasifican por separado debido a las diferentes
condiciones de las becas otorgadas por la UE. Por último, un grupo de
estudiantes entre los admisibles se clasifica como seleccionado, y un
grupo se clasifican como reservas.
Entrada:
El Consorcio encarga al Coordinador del Consorcio de la tarea de
admitir a los estudiantes seleccionados a trámite (en algunos casos,
la aceptación condicional requiere que cumplan otras condiciones de
elegibilidad (véase más abajo)). En el caso de los estudiantes
seleccionados con condiciones de admisibilidad en trámite que
finalmente no se resuelvan favorablemente se recurrirá a la lista de
reservas por orden de su clasificación.
Los requisitos de ingreso mínimo para el curso de Máster para el
solicitante son:
� Un grado en Ciencias de la Computación o equivalente (debe
ser equivalente a una licenciatura o un grado de primer ciclo
que abarque al menos 180 créditos ECTS).
� Es necesario un excelente conocimiento en sistemas operativos,
redes, lenguajes de programación, arquitecturas de
computadores y teoría de la computación.
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� La universidad de origen tiene que estar listada en la última
edición del Manual Internacional de Universidades 11 .
� Pruebas de dominio del idioma Inglés (nivel mínimo TOEFL 570
- grado de Cambridge, IELTS 6.5 o Grado C). Solicitantes de
terceros países donde el Inglés es el idioma oficial debe
presentar un certificado de idiomas de su institución de origen.
El expediente de solicitud completo debe ser enviado en papel a la
secretaría técnica del Consorcio antes de un plazo convenido
(principios de Diciembre para estudiantes no Europeos para aplicar a
una beca Erasmus Mundus de tipo A). El archivo debe contiene los
siguientes documentos, con traducciones en Inglés certificadas:
� Impresos firmados del formulario electrónico de solicitud;
� Currículum vitae, incluyendo detalles sobre la carrera
académica en instituciones de educación superior;
� Transcripciones certificadas oficialmente de los expedientes
académicos conforme haber asistido previamente a una
institución de educación superior;
� Una copia certificada del título de estudios;
� Dos cartas de recomendación de profesores de la institución de
educación superior donde cursó sus estudios;
� Carta de motivación;
� Certificados de idiomas.
Los solicitantes que cumplan con los requisitos mínimos de admisión
generales y específicos son evaluados en una escala de 0-4 de
acuerdo a los siguientes criterios:
Criterios Peso
Competencia lingüística 2
La calidad y el reconocimiento de la Universidad de origen 5
Título: Contenido de la 1 ª y posiblemente 2 º grado de la
4
Universidad
Resultados de estudios (calificaciones) 3
Motivación 2
Recomendaciones 5
Experiencia de trabajo pertinente u otra actividad 2
Publicaciones de trabajos científicos, etc 3
En cuanto al aprendizaje permanente, la experiencia de la industria y
en el ámbito científico del Máster puede ser tomada en cuenta. Esto
promueve que los contactos y alianzas con la industria sean una
forma de involucrar a investigadores con alto nivel de experiencia en
investigación aplicada.
Los estudiantes seleccionados para el programa con aceptación
condicional tendrá que recibir un permiso para iniciar o continuar sus
estudios después de haber presentado pruebas de cumplimiento de
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las condiciones de elegibilidad restantes. Estas incluyen un número
limitado de aspectos técnicos, tales como la verificación del título
universitario anterior y otra información relacionada que puede no ser
oficial en el momento de presentación de las solicitudes.
La clasificación hecha por el Comité Consorcio cumplir con las normas
aplicables al procedimiento de selección de los becarios definido cada
año por la EACEA (Agencia Ejecutiva que gestiona en nombre de la
UE los programas Erasmus Mundus) para la lista principal, así como
para la lista de reserva. Los resultados finales tienen que estar listos
antes de la fecha límite anual fijada por la EACEA para las solicitudes
de una beca de Erasmus Mundus. El acta de la reunión de selección
se distribuirá para su aprobación a todos los participantes oficiales.
Distribución de los estudiantes entre las universidades asociadas:
El Consorcio se ha comprometido a una distribución equilibrada de los
estudiantes durante el primer y el segundo año. El alumno será capaz
de expresar sus preferencias sobre el perfil de estudios prefierido, y
esto se tendrá en cuenta la medida de lo posible, siempre y cuando
se mantenga el equilibrio. La decisión sobre la distribución de los
estudiantes será adoptada por el Comité del Consorcio.
Al final del primer año, el desempeño del estudiante será evaluado y
comparado con los criterios mínimos. Si los estudiantes no han
logrado alcanzar los criterios mínimos, y de acuerdo con la normativa
académica (permanencia) de las respectivas universidades (UPC e
IST) se les puede negar la admisión en el segundo año.
La decisión sobre la admisión al segundo año es tomada por el
coordinador del consorcio.
Custodia y expedición del título:
De acuerdo al acuerdo de consorcio (anexo 3), los expedientes los custodiará la
universidad en la que hacen la matrícula del primer año/semestre. Cada una de las dos
universidades en que participe el estudiante le otorgará su propio título (doble
titulación). Los documentos originales que dan acceso quedan en poder del KTH,
encargado del proceso de selección. Por tanto, como todos los estudiantes a los que
aplica este protocolo comienzan en la UPC y obtienen una titulación de la UPC, la UPC
custodiará el expediente de estos alumnos, enviando una copia de la documentación
relevante al KTH.
4.3. Sistemas de apoyo y orientación a los estudiantes
Una vez admitidos, varios meses antes del comienzo de la docencia,
los estudiantes tendrán acceso a un sitio web del máster donde
podrán encontrar información académica suficiente para poder
planificar y preparar su proceso de aprendizaje, como información
orientativa sobre características, actividades y servicios en las
instituciones participantes; guías docentes de las asignaturas;
horarios y calendarios de clases, tutorías, exámenes y otras
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actividades relacionadas; materiales de referencia que permitan a los
estudiantes repasar y preparar los temas que se asume en cada
asignatura como conocimientos previos.
Todos los alumnos tendrán asignado un profesor-tutor a lo largo de
sus estudios. La acción tutorial se plantea en la titulación como un
servicio de atención al estudiantado, mediante el cual el profesorado
les orienta, informa y asesora de forma personalizada.
La orientación que propicia la tutoría constituye un soporte al
alumnado para facilitar el aprovechamiento del Máster. Se persigue
un doble objetivo:
� Realizar un seguimiento en cuanto a la progresión académica
� Asesorar respecto a la trayectoria curricular y el proceso de
aprendizaje (métodos de estudio, recursos disponibles)
Actuaciones del tutor:
1. Asesorar al alumnado en el diseño de la planificación de su
itinerario académico personal
2. Convocar reuniones grupales e individuales con el estudiantado
que tutoriza, a lo largo de todo el curso.
3. Facilitar información sobre la estructura y funcionamiento de la
titulación así como la normativa académica que afecta a sus
estudios.
4. Valorar las acciones realizadas en cuanto a satisfacción y
resultados académicos de los tutorados.
4.4. Transferencia y reconocimiento de créditos: sistema propuesto por la
Universidad
De acuerdo al RD 1393/2007 de 29 de octubre por el que se
establece la ordenación de las enseñanzas oficiales, se entiende por
reconocimiento la aceptación por parte de la Universidad de los
créditos que, habiendo sido obtenidos en unas enseñanzas oficiales,
son computados al efecto de la obtención del título oficial.
Asimismo, la transferencia de créditos implica que, en los
documentos académicos oficiales acreditativos de las enseñanzas
seguidas por cada estudiante, se incluirán la totalidad de los créditos
obtenidos en enseñanzas oficiales cursadas con anterioridad que no
hayan conducido a la obtención de un título oficial.
Todos los créditos obtenidos por el estudiante en enseñanzas oficiales
cursada en cualquier universidad, los reconocidos y los superados
para la obtención del correspondiente título así como los transferidos,
serán incluidos en su expediente académico y reflejados en el
Suplemento Europeo al Título, regulado en el real decreto 1044/2003
de 1 de agosto, por el que se establece el procedimiento para la
expedición del Suplemento Europeo al Título.
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Los reconocimientos se han de hacer siempre a partir de las
asignaturas cursadas en los estudios de origen, nunca a partir de
asignaturas reconocidas, convalidadas o adaptadas previamente. De
esta posibilidad de reconocimiento se excluye el proyecto o tesina de
final de Máster.
No se podrá realizar ningún reconocimiento en un programa de
Máster universitario de asignaturas de una titulación de primer ciclo
de la estructura actual (diplomado, arquitecto técnico o ingeniero
técnico), que haya dado acceso.
El órgano responsable del Máster en la UPC resolverá las solicitudes
de reconocimiento de los estudiantes en coordinación con el órgano
responsable del Máster Erasmus Mundus. Asimismo, este órgano
definirá y publicará los mecanismos, calendario y procedimiento para
que los reconocimientos se hagan efectivos en el expediente
correspondiente.
Subapartados
5. PLANIFICACION DE LAS ENSEÑANZAS
5.1. Estructura de las enseñanzas
5.2. Planificación y gestión de la movilidad de estudiantes propios y de acogida
5.3. Descripción detallada de los módulos o materias de enseñanza-aprendizaje de
que consta el plan de estudios
5.1 Estructura de las enseñanzas
El Máster Europeo de Computación Distribuida es una titulación de
dos años de duración que comprende cuatro semestres de 30 créditos
ECTS, siendo el último semestre dedicado a los trabajos de tesis. El
primer año de estudios se lleva a cabo en dos lugares de entrada
alternativos (IST en Portugal y UPC en España), recibiendo cada uno
alrededor de la mitad de los estudiantes matriculados. El tercer
semestre de estudios se llevarán a cabo en KTH para la totalidad de
estudiantes matriculados. Luego, los estudiantes se preparan sus
tesis de maestría (aproximadamente un tercio de ellos en cada
institución participante). Las tesis serán co-asesoradas por profesores
de al menos dos instituciones de educación superior. Esta estructura
del programa asegura que los estudiantes asistirán a cursos en al
menos dos instituciones distintas.
La docencia se planificará tomando como base que el calendario
anual de trabajo de los estudiantes alcanzará entre 35 y 40 semanas.
El Máster se ha diseñado para que todos los estudiantes lo sigan al
mismo ritmo. Las asignaturas no tienen requisitos específicos para
ser cursadas, pero están situadas a lo largo de los semestres en el
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orden adecuado para el aprendizaje (asignaturas básicas seguidas de
asignaturas avanzadas), de manera que las asignaturas de un
semestre asumen que el estudiante ha superado las asignaturas de
semestres anteriores. Si algún estudiante tiene problemas de
rendimiento o de evaluación, se tratará el problema con el tutor y
el/los profesores de las asignaturas implicadas para buscar
actividades de formación o evaluación complementarias que no
detengan su progreso. Si el problema no puede resolverse a este
nivel, el tema será tratado por la comisión de Máster y el coordinador
de la universidad involucrada, o en último caso, por el órgano de
gobierno global del Máster.
Durante el primer año, los estudiantes estudian una combinación de
temas fundamentales. El plan de estudios durante el primer semestre
(entre Septiembre y Enero aproximadamente) se ajusta para dar a
los estudiantes una plataforma común para trabajar con todas las
asignaturas de carácter obligatorio.
Los temas fundamentales, como los middleware distribuidos, la
seguridad, en paralelo y computación distribuida, y peer-to-peer
sistemas están cubiertos por los cursos impartidos en la UPC y en
IST. Las asignaturas en ambas universidades se han diseñado de
forma coordinada para asegurar que en lo esencial y en cuanto a las
competencias desarrolladas, sean equivalentes, aunque puedan
diferir en aspectos menores. Esto asegura que los estudiantes están
expuestos a un conjunto integrado y coherente de los temas
fundamentales, independientemente de su punto de entrada.
El segundo semestre (entre Febrero y Junio aproximadamente)
contiene asignaturas más especializadas diferenciada en cada una de
las universidades. Las asignaturas de este semestre tienen carácter
optativo teniendo que elegir los alumnos 5 entre las 6 asignaturas. La
oferta de asignaturas optativas puede variar a lo largo de los años
para adaptarse a la evolución del tema.
En IST el perfil está orientado a los aspectos relacionados con la
fiabilidad (tolerancia a fallos, inter-operabilidad, sistemas
autonómicos), y en la UPC hacia aspectos relacionados con el alto
rendimiento (medición del rendimiento, optimización, escalabilidad).
No obstante, se ha seguido un criterio similar al aplicado al primer
semestre para asegurar unos conocimientos comunes entre ambos
grupos. Esto significa que los dos grupos tienen perfiles con una parte
común y una parte específica, pero son igualmente importantes para
el trabajo en el semestre siguiente.
Un evento de verano en el comienzo del tercer semestre (finales de
Agosto aproximadamente) reunirá a estudiantes, instructores y varios
expertos invitados procedentes del mundo académico, la
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investigación y la industria. Durante aproximadamente una semana
trabajarán juntos en una colección de actividades para integrar a los
alumnos, discutir todos juntos y por los grupos sobre temas
relacionados con el Máster, reflexionar sobre los cursos anteriores,
preparación para los próximos cursos, buscar intereses comunes y
propuestas de trabajo conjunto, recibir charlas y debatir con los
expertos invitados.
Un evento de invierno (entre Enero y Febrero) marca el final de los
cursos y el inicio de los proyectos de Máster. Aquí los estudiantes
presentan los resultados de los trabajos durante el tercer semestre,
en particular los resultados del proyecto. También reciben una
presentación formal de las propuestas de tesis de maestría de cada
universidad y organizaciones relacionadas con el Máster. Los
estudiantes eligen a un proyecto de tesis y comienzan a discutir con
los tutores y los directores el plan concreto de trabajo para la tesis de
maestría.
Durante el tercer semestre (Septiembre a Enero aproximadamente),
los estudiantes asisten a cursos en el KTH para aplicar y
complementar los conocimientos adquiridos durante el primer año.
Los estudiantes trabajan en equipos, integrados por miembros que
hicieron su primer año en IST y la UPC, de manera que puedan
desarrollar los diversos antecedentes de cada uno para hacer frente a
problemas complejos. Además de desarrollar proyectos a gran escala,
los estudiantes también desarrollan la metodología de la investigación
científica y las destrezas de escritura, esencial para continuar sus
estudios y realizar la investigación y la innovación con éxito. Un
objetivo importante en este semestre también es aprovechar el
trabajo conjunto para intercambiar y “nivelar” conocimientos entre
estudiantes provenientes de ambas universidades.
4º
3º
2º
1º
IST KTH UPC
Ilustración: Estructura del programa
Tesis de
master
Integración
Especialización
Fundamentos
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Durante el cuarto semestre (entre Febrero y Junio aproximadamente)
los estudiantes trabajarán en su trabajo de tesis individual en
cualquiera de las universidades: KTH, UPC o IST.
Distribución del plan de estudios en créditos ECTS por tipo de
materia:
Tipo de materia Créditos
Formación básica 0
Obligatorias 60
Optativas 30
Prácticas externas 0
Trabajo fin de Grado 30
Créditos Totales 120
5.1.1 Coordinación docente
El programa de máster Erasmus Mundus II se gestiona en el marco del Acuerdo de
Consorcio [Ver Anexo VI de la propuesta del Máster Erasmus Mundus]
(versión final en el anexo 3 a este documento), donde se especifican los
derechos y obligaciones de los socios. En el acuerdo de consorcio se especifican todas
las tareas para el coordinador y los socios. La gestión general del programa se realiza
de forma continuada por la organización coordinadora (KTH), por el responsable
académico y con el apoyo de personal administrativo de esa institución. Sin embargo,
la gestión se rige por las políticas y estrategias decididas por el Comité Directivo, que
se reunirá al menos una vez al año, o más a menudo si es necesario, además de las
reuniones de selección de estudiantes no comunitarios que se celebra cada año en
Enero.
El Comité de Dirección
El Comité Directivo está formado por dos representantes por socio (uno académico y
uno administrativo y el Coordinador que actúa como Presidente. Las funciones del
Comité Directivo incluyen:
� Tomar las decisiones sobre la selección de los candidatos para el programa,
� Tomar las decisiones sobre la distribución de los estudiantes a las universidades
respectivas,
� Supervisar y revisar el trabajo del Coordinador,
� Evaluar los cursos y el programa y proponer mejoras y/o cambios.
La agenda y el calendario de las reuniones son fijados por el Coordinador. Las
reuniones se organizan según la práctica de los órganos deliberativos tal como se
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describe en las Reglas de Orden de Robert 12 . Todas las decisiones se toman por
mayoría simple. En caso de empate, el Presidente tiene el voto decisivo.
El Presidente es responsable de:
� La interacción con los servicios de la Comisión Europea, incluida la presentación
de informes financieros y cualquier otro, las negociaciones sobre enmiendas al
Acuerdo de Consorcio y cualquier cambio en el programa del curso y/o del
consorcio,
� Preparación de los procesos de selección y asignación,
� Distribución de material para la evaluación del Comité de Dirección,
� Expedición de cartas de aceptación a los estudiantes admitidos en el programa,
� Supervisión del rendimiento de los estudiantes y la calidad educativa del
programa,
� Presentación de informes a la Comisión y al Comité de Dirección.
� Promover cambios en los cursos y el programa educativo.
Cada universidad participante tiene un representante académico, responsable de
cualquier aspecto local o proceso, con el apoyo de personal administrativo local y la
oficina internacional local.
En el caso de la UPC, corresponde la representación académica al responsable del
máster EMDC en el Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores (DAC). Las
decisiones serán refrendadas por el órgano de gestión de máster del DAC. El personal
administrativo de la FIB y el DAC proporcionará el soporte necesario.
5.2. Planificación y gestión de la movilidad de estudiantes propios y de
acogida
La movilidad en este Máster es una característica propia, de manera
que los dos primeros semestres se cursan en una institución (UPC o
IST), el tercer semestre en el KTH y el cuarto en el KTH o la
institución donde el estudiante comenzó los estudios. En la UPC la
oficina de relaciones internacionales ofrece soporte en todos los
aspectos relacionados con la movilidad. En el KTH la oficina
equivalente se encarga también de facilitar todos los aspectos
relacionados con la movilidad de los estudiantes durante los estudios.
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Servicios proporcionados a los estudiantes
Las universidades que participan en este consorcio ofrece un amplio y
bien organizado programa de servicio para ayudar a los estudiantes
Erasmus Mundus a adaptarse al nuevo entorno social y de estudio.
Las tres universidades tienen una oficina internacional para ayudar a
estudiantes y académicos internacionales en la práctica, proceso de
integración académica y cultural. Estas oficinas ofrecen una amplia
gama de servicios e información sobre cuestiones prácticas,
académicas, culturales y sociales, como se describe a continuación.
Estos servicios también abordan cuestiones de los estudiantes con
familia o necesidades especiales.
KTH – La oficina de movilidad ofrece orientación y ayuda a los
estudiantes en problemas prácticos tales como los visados. La
vivienda se organiza a través de KTH Alojamiento. Existe una amplia
información sobre el sitio web de KTH para estudiantes
internacionales y también hay un foro de Internet controlados por
ISS, la Unión de Estudiantes, donde los estudiantes pueden hacer
preguntas y conocer a sus compañeros de clase futuros. ISS también
organiza actividades sociales durante todo el año. La integración
social también se ofrece a través de clubes y asociaciones deportivas.
IST - La Oficina Internacional (OI) en IST proporciona toda la
información necesaria acerca del Instituto Superior Técnico, los
procedimientos de solicitud para diferentes propósitos, los detalles
sobre los trámites necesarios antes y después de la llegada del
estudiante. También proporciona alojamiento para estudiantes en las
residencias IST o en apartamentos, cuando se solicita. La OI
proporciona información y todos los documentos necesarios para
solicitar un visado cuando sea necesario. El campus está preparado
para recibir a estudiantes con discapacidad y la OI da apoyo a
estudiantes con necesidades especiales.
La OI siempre ayuda a los estudiantes para su integración académica,
cultural y social en el IST. Esta oficina también ofrece información
sobre la ciudad de Lisboa y Portugal. Un nuevo programa SN-Lisboa
está en desarrollo y el objetivo principal es proporcionar apoyo a
todos los estudiantes extranjeros que llegan a Portugal. Este
programa incluye la recepción de los estudiantes en el aeropuerto,
transporte al lugar de alojamiento, recepción en las universidades y
en los centros de investigación, así como actividades culturales,
deportivas y sociales.
UPC – El Servicio de Relaciones Internacionales de la UPC promueve
la movilidad internacional y la prestación de asistencia a los
estudiantes y académicos internacionales en el proceso de integración
en aspectos prácticos en el ámbito académico y cultural. Ofrece una
amplia gama de servicios e información práctica, así como
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información general acerca de la UPC (actividades académicas,
deportivas y culturales) orientadas a la integración social.
El alojamiento puede hacerse a través del Servicio de Vivienda de
Barcelona para estudiantes (www.bcn-housingstudents.com), una
organización especializada en alojamiento de jóvenes, con un acuerdo
estable con la UPC.
En Cataluña, el castellano y el catalán son lenguas co-oficiales. La
Universidad ofrece dos módulos de catalán gratis, y los módulos de
español (a través de la escuela de idiomas "Merit School"), diseñados
especialmente para estudiantes internacionales.
UPC tiene también un Programa de Atención Integral Discapacitados
(PAD) para dar apoyo y facilitar la integración de ya sea física o
sensorial de estudiantes discapacitados. Aunque la universidad se
adapta a los estudiantes con discapacidad, la unidad PAD promueve
medidas técnicas específicas y proporciona asistencia en el
tratamiento de los problemas académicos.
Plan de seguros
Como parte de la matrícula del curso, todos los estudiantes inscritos
estarán cubiertos por un seguro común contra los problemas de salud
y accidentes en cualquiera de los tres lugares.
Es muy importante que los estudiantes tengan un seguro que cubra
los temas de salud, pertenencias personales, etc. KTH como
institución coordinadora, ofrece seguros para todos los estudiantes
Erasmus Mundus, para cubrir los gastos relacionados con accidentes
que tengan lugar durante las horas de estudio en el campus y fuera
de el.
Aspectos lingüísticos de la movilidad de los estudiantes
El Inglés será la lengua de trabajo durante todo el curso, incluyendo
también los procedimientos administrativos correspondientes y
servicios de apoyo. Los estudiantes tienen acceso gratuito o de bajo
costo cursos de idiomas locales en el campus, y también será capaz
de utilizar el idioma local para los exámenes y la interacción con los
instructores y los servicios de apoyo.
Al comienzo de la estancia en cada uno de los estudiantes
universitarios participarán en un evento de bienvenida y orientación y
se les ofrecerá cursos de idioma adicionales, por un módico precio o
de forma gratuita.
KTH ofrece cursos de idioma sueco redacción técnica Inglés y la
cultura sueca. Todos estos cursos están basados en el crédito y de
forma gratuita para los estudiantes. En Cataluña, el español y el
catalán es el idioma co-oficial. De ahí la UPC ofrece módulos de
catalán para los módulos libres, y en español (a través de la escuela
de idiomas "Merit School") por un módico precio, especialmente
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diseñado para estudiantes internacionales. No es un curso intensivo
de portugués para estudiantes extranjeros (siempre que sea posible)
en el Instituto Superior Técnico que tiene lugar al comienzo de cada
semestre. Al final los alumnos recibirán un certificado. No se
requieren cuotas.
Medidas para facilitar la creación de redes
La creación de redes entre los estudiantes de Erasmus Mundus se
verá facilitada por la acogida inicial y de eventos de orientación en el
inicio de la estancia en cada sitio. Allí se presentan entre sí, a los
instructores y sus mentores y tutores, a los grupos de investigación
en los departamentos implicados, y los servicios de apoyo. Durante el
curso, las oficinas de movilidad internacional en cada sitio organizan
la participación de los estudiantes en las actividades dirigidas
específicamente a los otros estudiantes internacionales (por lo
general otros Erasmus Mundus u otros cursos de Máster Internacional
en la misma universidad). Los grupos de investigación y
departamentos en cada lugar presentan sus temas de investigación y
oportunidades de colaboración con los estudiantes. Las
organizaciones locales o asociaciones de estudiantes ofrecen también
actividades complementarias orientadas a integrar a los estudiantes
extranjeros en la vida social y cultural local y las actividades
deportivas.
KTH – La Asociación de Estudiantes constituye un foro donde los
estudiantes pueden comunicarse. El Foro incluye a cada programa de
maestría del KTH, así como los programas Erasmus Mundus.
UPC - Las asociaciones de estudiantes prestan apoyo a los
estudiantes extranjeros mediante la asignación de estudiantes locales
que actúan como asesores para introducir al estudiante en la
universidad local y actividades sociales.
A nivel internacional, organizaciones como Best: Consejo de
Estudiantes Europeos de Tecnología, o estudiantes de los capítulos de
IEEE y ACM ayudan en la promoción de eventos locales y externos
con el objetivo de crear y fortalecer los lazos entre estudiantes y
empresas, así como permitir a los alumnos reforzar su formación a
través de actividades complementarias.
5.3. Descripción detallada de los módulos o materias de enseñanzaaprendizaje
de que consta el plan de estudios
Las actividades formativas de los módulos en cuanto a la dedicación
establecida para los estudiantes se sitúa en los márgenes que señala
el R.D. 1393/2007 (1ECTS equivale a unas 25 horas de trabajo del
estudiante para todas las materias excepto para el proyecto final de
máster que puede alcanzar las 30 horas).
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UPC (Primer año, 50% de los estudiantes)
1er
Semestre
Común 30
UPC-DNS Distributed and Networked Systems 6
UPC-SITS Security in Information Technology Systems 6
UPC-PPMA Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms 6
UPC-SPE System Performance Evaluation 6
UPC-CDP Concurrent and Distributed Programming 6
2º
Semestre
Diferenciación 5 de 6 30
UPC-EEDC Execution Environments for Distributed
Computing
6
UPC-DS Decentralized Systems 6
UPC-SDS Scalable Distributed Systems 6
UPC-MTT Measurement Tools and Techniques 6
UPC-
Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer 6
MCACN
Networks
UPC-IMAP Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols 6
IST (Primer año, 50% de los estudiantes)
1er
Semestre
Común 30
IST-MDIA Middleware for Distributed Internet
Applications
7.5
IST-NCS Network and Computer Security 7.5
IST-P2PON Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks 7.5
IST-DPC Parallel and Distributed Computing 7.5
2º
Semestre
Diferenciación 4 de 6 30
IST-FTDS Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems 7.5
IST-CC Cloud Computing 7.5
IST-VEE Virtual Execution Environments 7.5
IST-MC Mobile Computing 7.5
IST-AICA Applications and Implementations of
Cryptographic Algorithms
7.5
IST-DAT Database Administration and Tuning 7.5
KTH (100% de los estudiantes)
3er
Semestre
Común 30
KTH-RM Theory and Methodology of Science with
Applications
7.5
KTH-DC Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing 7.5
KTH-ILDS Implementation of Scalable Distributed
Systems
7.5
KTH-TW Technical Writing 7.5
KTH, ICT, UPC (estudiantes a partes iguales)
Proyecto de
Máster
En KTH, IST o UPC 30
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La siguiente tabla relaciona asignaturas con competencias en el nivel
agregado de las competencias definidas en el protocolo aprobado por la
comisión evaluadora del programa Erasmus Mundus:
El Trabajo Fin de Máster (Master Final Thesis o MFT) será de 30 ECTS y será
obligatoria su realización y superación para la obtención del título de
Máster. El TFM será el resultado de la adquisición de las competencias de
las materias que forman parte del plan de estudios del Máster, tanto las
genéricas como las específicas.
El detalle de las asignaturas, con la descripción oficial (en inglés)
para el máster Europeo se adjunta en el anexo 1.
Plan de estudios, estudiantes que empiezan en UPC Competencias
Asignaturas Créds C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
1er SemestreComún
30
UPC-DNS Distributed and Networked Systems 6 x x x
UPC-SITS Security in Information Technology Systems 6 x x
UPC-PPMA Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms 6 x x
UPC-SPE System Performance Evaluation 6 x x
UPC-CDP Concurrent and Distributed Programming 6 x x
2º Semestre Diferenciación 5 de 6
30
UPC-EEDC Execution Environments for Distributed Comput 6 x x x x x
UPC-DS Decentralized Systems 6 x x x x x
UPC-SDS Scalable Distributed Systems 6 x x x x x
UPC-MTT Measurement Tools and Techniques 6 x x x
UPC-MCACN Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Ne 6 x x
UPC-IMAP Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols 6 x x x x
KTH (100% de los estudiantes)
3er SemestreComún
30
KTH-RM Theory and Methodology of Science with Applic 7.5 x x x x
KTH-DC Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing 7.5 x x x x x
KTH-ILDS Implementation of Scalable Distributed System 7.5 x x x x x x
KTH-TW Technical Writing 7.5 x x x
KTH, UPC (estudiantes a partes iguales)
x
Proyecto de Máster
30 x x x x x
Descripción de la materia: Trabajo Fin de Máster:
Trabajo fin de Máster - Master Final Thesis (MFT)
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Créditos ECTS 6 ECTS
Carácter Obligatorio
Duración y ubicación Cuatrimestre 4
temporal
Competencias Todas, transversales y específicas,
especialmente C1.3-6, C2.3, C3.1-2, C4.1-2, C5, C6
Resultados del aprendizaje Desarrollo de todas las competencias definidas el plan de estudios
Requisitos previos Tener superados los créditos anteriores, salvo casos excepcionales a
juicio del coordinador del programa.
Actividades formativas - Integrar las competencias adquiridas durante la formación en la
Universidad y en eventuales organizaciones colaboradoras.
- Buscar, seleccionar y analizar la información.
- Analizar, diseñar, validar una solución.
- Reflexionar y recopilar la información en forma escrita (informe) y oral
(presentación y defensa).
Metodología de enseñanza- La Universidad ofrecerá unas pautas para la realización del TFM.
aprendizaje
Sistema de evaluación de la Evaluación de la elaboración y presentación oral de la memoria que
adquisición de las
verifica la adquisición de competencias genéricas y específicas
competencias y sistema de establecidas en el Máster. Se constituirá un tribunal formado por
calificaciones
profesores del máster, con participación opcional de algún profesor
invitado de las otras universidades que forman parte de la titulación (IST
y KTH).
Metodología de enseñanza- El trabajo fin de Máster será el resultado de las competencias adquiridas
aprendizaje
en los tres cuatrimestres previos que forman del Plan de estudios.
Necesariamente el TFM implicará el análisis, diseño, y validación de un
aspecto relacionado con los sistemas distribuidos.
En cuanto a la evaluación, la siguiente tabla muestra la relación entre el
sistema de calificaciones de la UPC y el sistema de calificaciones en las
otras universidades (IST, KTH) que sigue el esquema ECTS.
La tabla y su contexto está explicado en mayor detalle en la sección 8 del
acuerdo de consorcio que se adjunta como anexo 3.
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6. PERSONAL ACADÉMICO
6.1. Profesorado y otros recursos humanos necesarios y disponibles para llevar a
cabo el plan de estudios propuesto
6.1. Profesorado y otros recursos humanos necesarios y disponibles para
llevar a cabo el plan de estudios propuesto
� Personal académico disponible
El Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores (DAC) y la Facultad de
Informática de Barcelona (FIB) disponen de una plantilla de Personal Docente e
Investigador de primera línea que le ha permitido no sólo garantizar un excelente
nivel de docencia en sus 32 años de existencia (FIB) y más de 20 años (DAC),
dando soporte a las diferentes titulaciones que se han impartido (Licenciatura en
Informática, Diplomatura en Informática, Diplomatura en Estadística, Ingeniería en
Informática, Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de Gestión e Ingeniería Técnica en
Informática de Sistemas, Máster en Tecnologías de la Información) en la FIB y el
Máster CANS que proviene del programa de doctorado del DAC.
Todos los profesores responsables de asignatura del máster y la práctica totalidad
de los que imparten docencia tienen el título de doctor. Las asignaturas que imparte
la UPC en este máster forman ya parte del Máster CANS del DAC que se viene
impartiendo desde el curso 2006-2007 y una asignatura del Máster MTI de la FIB
que se viene impartiendo desde las mismas fechas. En el Anexo III (Anexo 2 a este
documento) de la propuesta del máster Erasmus Mundus se presenta el curriculum
de las personas clave de las tres universidades incluyendo los indicadores más
relevantes en investigación y docencia, de los profesores responsables de la
coordinación del máster y de cada asignatura en la actualidad.
Es de destacar que aparte de los profesores responsables de las asignaturas, el
departamento cuenta con 47 doctores que pueden impartir docencia en el máster
(13 catedráticos de universidad y 34 titulares de universidad), con la práctica
totalidad con dedicación a tiempo completo.
La UPC cuenta con un sistema de puntos que permite valorar la experiencia y
capacidad del Personal Docente e Investigador en dichos ámbitos.
El sistema de puntos de la actividad docente permite el reconocimiento de:
• Docencia reglada básica de primer, segundo y tercer ciclo: impartición de
asignaturas, dirección de tesinas y proyectos finales de carrera, tutoría de
trabajos de investigación.
• Participación en tribunales: tesinas, proyectos finales de carrera, DEA.
• Tareas de responsabilidad personal: coordinación de asignaturas, de
programas de doctorado, de titulaciones de primer y segundo ciclo, de
programas de intercambio, de programas de cooperación educativa.
• valoración de la actividad docente: encuestas a los estudiantes, informes de
valoración de los centros docentes y departamentos.
• Iniciativas de mejora e innovación docente: autoría de material docente,
tutorías intensivas, organización y/o impartición de actividades de formación
docente o pedagógica, participación en proyectos de mejora e innovación
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docente, autoría de material relacionado con la mejora e innovación
docente.
• Participación en tareas de promoción, evaluación y difusión de la calidad
docente: miembro experto de comisiones de evaluación, participación en
congresos y seminarios, participación en procesos de mejora de la transición
secundaria-universidad.
• Procesos de formación profesional: participación en actividades de formación
pedagógica, asistencia a seminarios y congresos de contenido pedagógico.
• Reconocimiento externo: premios, invitaciones para impartir docencia como
profesor visitante.
Por su parte, el sistema de puntos de la actividad investigadora permite reconocer:
• Artículos de investigación publicados.
• Actas de congresos.
• Libros y capítulos de libros de investigación.
• Edición de monográficos en revistas notables.
• Publicaciones sobre la obra de un autor.
• Tesis leídas (director y autor).
• Premios.
• Concursos de arquitectura.
• Comisario de exposiciones.
• Coordinación de proyectos europeos.
• Patentes.
• Reports de investigación.
• Organización de congresos y exposiciones.
El sistema de puntos es dual, con puntos de tipo I, que intentan medir la calidad de
la actividad docente e investigadora, y puntos de tipo II, que tienen relación en la
medida en que eso es posible con la dedicación del Personal Docente e
Investigador.
Con la entrada prevista de estudiantes, y dado que las asignaturas que aporta la
UPC a este máster ya se imparten en el máster CANS y por tanto no son de nueva
creación, no se presenta actualmente necesidad de contratación de nuevo
profesorado.
Dado que este máster involucra asignaturas y profesores de varias universidades
(principalmente dos universidades, UPC y KT H, de las 3 que participan en el
consorcio), se incluye en un anexo la lista de currículos resumidos de todos los
profesores involucrados en el máster provenientes de las tres universidades.
Los profesores directamente relacionados son los siguientes (varios detalles sobre
su perfil docente e investigador se encuentran en el anexo):
Nombre profesorado Perfil docente Perfil investigación
KTH
Johan Montelius
(coordinador del máster)
TU (equivalente) Doctor
Rasul Ayani CU (equivalente) Doctor
Mats Brorsson CU (equivalente) Doctor
John Cantwell TU (equivalente) Doctor
Ali Ghodsi TU (equivalente) Doctor
Seif Haridi CU (equivalente) Doctor
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Hans Malmström TU (equivalente) Doctor
Mihhail Matskin CU (equivalente) Doctor
Christian Schulte TU (equivalente) Doctor
Vladimir Vlassov TU (equivalente) Doctor
UPC
Leandro Navarro
(coordinador académico UPC)
TU Doctor
Ale x Ra mirez TU Doctor
Eduard Ayguadé Parra CU Doctor
Felix Freitag TU Doctor
Jordi Guitart Colaborador Doctor
Jordi Torres CU Doctor
Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas TU Doctor
Llorenç Cerdà TU Doctor
Manel Medina CU Doctor
Maria Luisa Gil Gomez TU Doctor
Jorge Castro TU Doctor
� Personal de soporte a la gestión
El soporte a la gestión se realiza en colaboración entre la Facultad de Informática
de Barcelona (FIB) y el Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores (DAC). El
DAC se encarga de los procesos académicos relacionados con la gestión de la
admisión, preinscripción, y aspectos relacionados con la organización e impartición
de las asignaturas, y la FIB se encarga de matrícula, gestión y custodia de
expedientes, gestión de aulas y laboratorios, gestión de la evaluación y soporte
TIC.
El Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores dispone de una plantilla
consolidada de Personal de Administración y Servicios formada por un conjunto de
profesionales cuya formación, experiencia profesional y dedicación le ha permit ido
garantizar un excelente nivel de serv icio a lo largo de su historia y en particular en
el soporte al programa de doctorado, con mención de calidad y el programa máster
CANS. La experiencia y capacidad de esa plantilla garantiza la óptima implantación
de los estudios de Máster propuestos. De la misma forma que en el máster CANS,
la Facultad de Informática de Barcelona proporciona soporte al DAC en algunos
aspectos de la gestión de los estudiantes (promoción, acto de matrícula, expediente
académico).
La Facultad de Informática de Barcelona ha consolidado una plantilla de Personal de
Administración y Servicios formada por un conjunto de profesionales cuya
formación, experiencia profesional y dedicación le ha permit ido garantizar un
excelente nivel de servicio en sus 32 años de existencia, dando soporte a las
diferentes titulaciones que en ella se han impartido: Licenciatura en Informática,
Diplomatura en Informática, Diplomatura en Estadística, Ingeniería en Informática,
Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de Gestión e Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de
Sistemas. La continuidad de esa plantilla garantiza la óptima implantación de los
estudios de Máster propuestos.
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La plantilla de Personal de Administración y Servicios que da soporte al máster,
desglosada por perfiles, está formada por 49 personas en la FIB y 4 personas en el
DAC que dan soporte a los procesos de gestión asociados a este máster
(compartidos con otras titulaciones gestionadas por estas dos entidades.
Con la entrada prevista de estudiantes, el DAC con el soporte de la FIB, no tiene
actualmente necesidad de contratación de nuevo personal de soporte.
� Mecanismos de que se dispone para asegurar la igualdad entre hombres
y mujeres y la no discriminación de personal con discapacidad
En este sentido la UPC creó la Comisión para la igualdad entre hombres y
mujeres, además de la oficina de soporte a la igualdad de oportunidades.
El plan director de igualdad de oportunidades de la UPC cuenta con los siguientes objetivos
dentro del plan sectorial de igualdad entre mujeres y hombres:
Objetivo específico 1: Sensibilizar a toda la comunidad universitaria en materia de no
discriminación y de equidad, especialmente a las personas que tienen responsabilidad
y están relacionadas en los procesos de selección y de gestión de recursos humanos.
De este objetivo se han derivado las siguientes acciones:
� Creación de un servicio u oficina para la igualdad
� Incorporar la Igualdad de Oportunidades (IO) en el futuro código ético de la UPC
� Publicar anualmente en la web todos los datos desglosados por sexo. Hacer un
seguimiento por la Comisión y comunicación de los datos a los órganos de gobierno.
� Programar y realizar jornadas/sesiones/seminarios de formación específicos sobre
género y/o discriminación, impartidas por expertos, a los responsables de unidades y a
personas con cargos de gestión (y también, sobretodo, al personal de RRHH)
� Inclusión de un módulo sobre género y/o discriminación en el material para estudiar en
los concursos/oposiciones de categorías de mando del PAS y puestos técnicos.
� Añadir objetivos e indicadores relacionados con la IO en los planes estratégicos de las
unidades básicas y asignar una parte del presupuesto variable en función del grado de
alcance de este objetivo.
Objetivo específico 5: Establecer condiciones especiales en los pliegos de las cláusulas
administrativas a fin de promover la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres en el mercado
de trabajo, de acuerdo con lo establecido en la legislación de contratos del sector
público.
De este objetivo se ha derivado la siguiente acción: Adaptar las cláusulas administrativas
conforme los artículos 33 y 34 de la Ley Orgánica 3/2007 para la igualdad efectiva de
mujeres y hombres.
El plan director de igualdad de oportunidades cuenta con el siguiente objetivo dentro del
plan sectorial de igualdad de oportunidades para las persona s con discapacidad:
Objetivo específico 5: Promover la integración en el mercado de trabajo de las personas
con discapacidad, favoreciendo su contratación por parte de la UPC. De este objetivo
de ha derivado la siguiente acción:
• Diseñar y poner en funcionamiento un Programa de Integración de personas con
discapacidad (conforme la Ley 53/2003, de empleo público para discapacitados y
conforme la LISMI)
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Más información en:
Web del programa Igualtat d'Oportunitats a la UPC:
http://www.upc.edu/catala/programes/programes.php
Pla Director per a la Igualtat d’Oportunitats – UPC
http://www.upc.edu/catala/programes/docs/Oficina07_plaDirectorIgualtatO
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7. RECURSOS MATERIALES Y SERVICIOS
7.1. Justificación de la adecuación de los medios materiales y servicios disponibles
7.2. Previsión de adquisición de los recursos materiales y servicios necesarios
7.1. Justificación de la adecuación de los medios materiales y serv icios
disponibles
Estructura del Campus Norte de la UPC
El Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores (DAC) y la Facultad de
Informática (FIB) están ubicado en el Campus Norte de la UPC junto con otros
centros y departamentos relacionados con las TIC y la ingeniería civil. Este Campus
Norte está concebido como un campus moderno, dinámico y bien comunicado. Se
construyó en base a una estructura modular con 28 edificios con tres propósitos
distintos: dirección y administración de los tres centros docentes, ubicación de los
departamentos que llevan a cabo su docencia en las titulaciones que se imparten
en el Campus Norte y espacios comunes y compartidos tanto por los centros
docentes como por los departamentos mencionados.
En los edificios donde se encuentra la sede de los centros docentes se ubica la
dirección del centro y los servicios administrativos y técnicos propios de cada
centro.
En los edif icios departamentales están ubicadas la dirección y los servicios
administrativos departamentales, despachos del personal docente e investigador,
laboratorios docentes y de investigación y también algunas aulas destinadas a la
docencia.
Los espacios comunes al servicio de toda la comunidad del campus y ubicados en
distintos edif icios son: 6 módulos de aularios, la Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferrater,
aulas informáticas, laboratorios comunes, bares y restaurantes, pabellón
polideportivo, dispensario, oficina de movilidad internacional, servicios de
coordinación del campus, servicio de reprograf ía, servicio de actividades sociales
(deportivas y culturales), servicio de mantenimiento, conserjería general, centro de
control de seguridad, Casa del Estudiante y zona comercial.
Organización de los servicios de la F IB
Los servicios que ofrece la FIB están organizados de acuerdo con los objetivos
fijados en el plan estratégico del centro, las directrices del equipo directivo y el
mapa de procesos estratégicos, fundamentales, clave y de soporte que se llevan a
cabo. A continuación pasamos a detallar la estructura actual de la FIB, que está
organizada en diferentes áreas, indicando los servicios y procesos correspondientes
a cada una de ellas:
• Secretaría de dirección: soporte al equipo directivo y a los órganos de
gobierno del centro, organización y logística de los actos académicos e
institucionales y de los actos de reconocimiento.
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• Área de gestión académica: gestión de los expedientes académicos de los
estudiantes, atención personalizada al estudiante presencial y mediante la
“ventanilla virtual”, recepción, tramitación y resolución de las solicitudes de
los estudiantes, becas y ayudas a los estudios, convalidación y
reconocimiento de créditos, tribunales de lecturas de proyecto fin de carrera,
títulos oficiales, suplemento europeo al título, acreditación, registro de la
documentación general del centro.
• Área de ayuda a la toma de decisiones: Programas de movilidad de
estudiantes nacionales e internacionales, programas de movilidad
internacional del PDI, organización de reuniones para los estudiantes
“incoming” y “outgoing”, networking con universidades partners y c on
empresas extranjeras, participación en redes universitarias, organización de
visitas de staff de universidades extranjeras, gestión de becas y ayudas de
movilidad con entidades privadas y públicas, soporte en los procesos de
convalidación académica asociados a los diferentes tipos de movilidad.
Planificación y organización académica, análisis de la actividad docente del
profesorado, encuestas a los estudiantes sobre profesores y asignaturas.
Guía docente. Sistema de garantía interna de la calidad. Planificación
estratégica. Memoria anual del centro. Análisis de la situación
socioprofesional de los titulados.
• Área de recursos y servicios: planificación y ejecución del presupuesto,
adquisiciones, gestión económica de convenios y proyectos, contabilidad
patrimonial, gestión de las ayudas económicas a las asociaciones de
estudiantes, gestión de personal de administración y servicios, gestión de
becarios de soporte a la docencia, reserva y/o alquiler de espacios, sistema
de control de presencia, sistema de control de accesos, servicio de recepción
y atención a los usuarios, recogida y distribución de correo y paquetería,
seguimiento de los servicios de limpieza, mantenimiento, seguridad y
medioambiente, reprografía.
• Área de relaciones externas: Convenios de cooperación educativa, bolsa de
trabajo, asesoramiento a las empresas en el marco de las relaciones
institucionales, organización de eventos, asociación de antiguos alumnos,
convenios de colaboración con empresas e instituciones nacionales y
extranjeras. Promoción de los estudios de grado y máster, captación de
recursos –patrocinio-, orientación a los futuros estudiantes y fidelización de
titulados. Comunicación institucional y proyección exterior.
• Laboratorio de Cálculo: Of rece servicios informáticos y de comunicaciones,
dentro del ámbito de las TIC en la Facultad(módulo B6), en sus laboratorios
docentes (A5, B5 y C6) y al colectivo de profesores y estudiantes para
temas académicos y docentes en las siguientes áreas: gestión de las
infraestructuras informáticas y de comunicaciones, sistemas de información
y gestión, soporte a las aulas informáticas, salas multimedia y laboratorios
de docencia, servicios a la gestión Académica- Docente, asesoramiento
dentro del ámbito TIC a la Dirección y Administración de la FIB.
1. Aulas
Tal como hemos comentado en el apartado anterior, entre los espacios comunes se
encuentran los aularios docentes, ubicados en seis módulos que comparten los tres
centros indistintamente, según la tipología, equipamiento y capacidad de las aulas
que se requieren cada curso académico. Por lo tanto las aulas no están asignadas a
ninguno de los tres centros del Campus Norte.
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El Campus Norte dispone actualmente de un total de 86 aulas docentes y 2 aulas
de dibujo, con una superficie total construida de 7.871 m2 y una capacidad para
13.400 estudiantes (6.700 estudiantes simultáneos en dos turnos de mañana y de
tarde).
Todas las aulas disponen de cañón y pantalla de proyección, conexión inalámbrica a
red (wifi) y retroproyector. Además, 12 de ellas disponen actualmente de equipo de
proyección de video.
Las tipologías de las aulas son las siguientes:
• 12 aulas anfiteatro con una capacidad para 120-144 estudiantes, equipadas
con mesas continuas y sillas abatibles fijas. Además disponen de equipo de
vídeo y megafonía.
• 10 aulas con una capacidad para 132-140 estudiantes, equipadas con sillas
de pala fijas.
• 1 aula para 126 estudiantes, equipada con mesas de dibujo y taburetes.
• 1 aula para 99 estudiantes, equipada con sillas de pala fijas.
• 12 aulas para 84 estudiantes, equipadas con sillas de pala fijas.
• 9 aulas para 57-62 estudiantes, equipadas con sillas de pala fijas.
• 6 aulas para 35-45 estudiantes, equipadas con sillas de pala fijas.
• 1 aula para 80 estudiantes, equipada con mesas y sillas movibles.
• 4 aulas para 64 estudiantes, equipadas con mesas y sillas movibles.
• 4 aulas para 50-60 estudiantes, equipadas con mesas y sillas movibles.
• 10 aulas para 40 estudiantes, equipadas con mesas y sillas movibles.
• 5 aulas para 28-32 estudiantes, equipadas con mesas y sillas movibles.
Puede observarse que la FIB cuenta con 31 aulas de diferentes tipologías, con una
capacidad total para 2.743 en el turno de mañana y 2.002 en el de tarde. Todas las
aulas disponen de cañón de proyección y acceso Wifi (red Eduroam).
La FIB cuenta con ordenadores portátiles y kits de aprendizaje activo (clickers o
mandos a distancia) para prestar a los profesores que deseen usar estas
herramientas en las aulas anteriores.
El máster EMDC, en las asignaturas que se impartirán en la UPC, sólo necesitará
una o dos de las aulas anteriores asignadas por la FIB, y varios de los laboratorios
docentes y de investigación.
2. Laboratorios docentes
La experimentalidad ya era una parte fundamental de los Planes de Estudio
actuales de la FIB, iniciados en 1991, y se mantiene su uso en los planes de
Master. La FIB cuenta con cuatro laboratorios docentes. Mantener y mejorar la
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equipos directivos de la facultad. El valor actual del conjunto de equipamientos
supera los 2 millones de Euros, con una inversión media anual por renovaciones y
nuevas adquisiciones de alrededor de 388.667,89 €. Es de destacar que el conjunto
de estudiantes realizan en los laboratorios docentes de la FIB alrededor de 172.851
horas de trabajo anuales.
Generalmente la estructura de los laboratorios permite tanto su uso en las
actividades formativas de laboratorio guiado por un profesor (todos los estudiantes
haciendo la misma práctica) como su uso realizado por grupos.
Se describe a continuación el nombre, situación, capacidad y equipamiento
(resumido) de los distintos laboratorios.
2.1. LCFIB: Laboratorio de Cálculo de la F IB
(http://www.fib.upc.edu/fib/serveis/sales/informatiques.html)
El Laboratorio de Cálculo dispone de 21 aulas informáticas equipadas con un total
de 370 equipos (PCs Intel Core 2 Duo i PCs Intel Pentium D dual core) y 2
impresoras. Todos los equipos están conectados en red a 1 Gbps y tienen una
antigüedad inferior a 3 años. Todas las aulas disponen de cobertura de red WIFI
802.11g conectada a la red EDUROAM.
Todas las aulas disponen de equipamiento audiovisual (cañón de proyección
instalado en el techo y altavoces).
El formato de las aulas es el adecuado para poder trabajar en pequeños grupos de
laboratorio:
• 2 aulas de proyectos y de trabajo en grupo para 16 estudiantes cada una.
Disponen de mobiliario flexible y equipamiento audiovisual.
• 3 aulas especializadas para asignaturas y proyectos de sistemas operativos.
Los ordenadores pueden funcionar con diferentes versiones de Linux.
• 12 aulas informáticas medianas equipadas con 20-24 equipos para
estudiantes y 1 para el profesor, con equipamiento audiovisual. Los
ordenadores pueden funcionar con Linux o Windows XP.
• 4 aulas informáticas pequeñas equipadas con 12-15 equipos para
estudiantes y 1 para el profesor. Los ordenadores pueden funcionar con
Linux o Windows XP.
Para adaptar estos laboratorios a las nuevas necesidades de los estudios en el
marco del EEES y ampliar el número de aulas disponibles, durante el periodo 2006-
2008 la UPC ha acometido diferentes actuaciones sobre los espacios donde están
ubicadas estos laboratorios por un importe medio anual de 170.688,35 €. Estas
actuaciones incluyen obras, renovación de mobiliario y de las instalaciones básicas.
Aulario A5
Aula PCs Tipo equipamiento Descripción
A5S101 10
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1,86Ghz 2GB RAM, DVD-ROM, monitor TFT 19",
Nvidia Geforce 6200
Reservada PFCs
A5S102 25
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1,86Ghz 2GB RAM, DVD-ROM, monitor TFT 19",
Nvidia Geforce 6200
A5S103 14
PCs Intel Pentium D dual core 3,4Ghz, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM, monitor 17",
ATI Radeon X300 256MB
Reservada S.O.
A5S104 21
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
A5S105 14 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
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A5S108 21
A5S109 25
A5S111 13
A5S112 13
A5S113 21
Aulario C6
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1,86Ghz 2GB RAM, DVD-ROM, Monitor TFT 19",
Nvidia Geforce 6200
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
PCs Intel Pentium D dual core 3,4Ghz, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM, Monitor 17",
ATI Radeon X300 256MB
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1,86Ghz 2GB RAM, DVD-ROM, Monitor 17", Nvidia
Geforce 6200
Reservada S.O.
Aula PCs Tipo equipamiento Descripción
C6S301 15
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
C6S302 25
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1,86Ghz 2GB RAM, DVD-ROM, monitor 17",
Nvidia Geforce 6200
C6S303 16
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
C6S304 11
PCs Intel Pentium D dual core 3,4Ghz, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM, monitor
17", ATI Radeon X300 256MB
Reservada S.O.
C6S306 21
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
C6S307
Aula de trabajo
en grupo
C6S308 21
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, ATI Radeon X1300 ,
monitor HP L1750 17" TFT, DVD-ROM
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz, ASUS EAH3450 Series 1Gb (512
C6S309 21 Mb) compatible ATI Radeon 34xx, 4 Gb RAM, monitor HP L1950g
TFT 19”, DVD-ROM
Aula Sun
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Aulario B5
Aula PCs Tipo equipamiento
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz, ASUS EAH3450 Series 1Gb (512
Descripción
B5S101 22 Mb) compatible ATI Radeon 34xx, 4 Gb RAM, monitor HP L1950g
TFT 19”, DVD-ROM
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz, ASUS EAH3450 Series 1Gb (512
B5S201 22 Mb) compatible ATI Radeon 34xx, 4 Gb RAM, monitor HP L1950g
TFT 19”, DVD-ROM
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz, ASUS EAH3450 Series 1Gb (512
B5S202 22 Mb) compatible ATI Radeon 34xx, 4 Gb RAM, monitor HP L1950g
TFT 19”, DVD-ROM
En negrita, aulas renovadas en Julio de 2009.
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Además de la gestión de las aulas informáticas, el Laboratorio cálculo ofrece otros
servicios relacionados:
• Prést a mo de material. Se ofrece un servicio de préstamo de material tanto
para el profesorado como para los estudiantes, para ello dispone de un
parque de 25 ordenadores portátiles, 50 discos extraíbles, tarjetas WIFI,
conmutadores de red, etc.
• Servicio de impresión.
• Servicio de soporte y ayuda a los estudiantes y al profesorado.
• Servidores docentes: Para dar soporte a estos laboratorios el Laboratorio de
Cálculo gestiona 35 servidores con una disponibilidad del 99%. Gracias a
estos servidores se ofrece espacio de almacenamiento, acceso al software
docente, correo electrónico, etc.
• Software docente: A través de estos servidores se puede acceder a 142
paquetes de software, de los cuales casi un centenar son software libre y
abierto. El Laboratorio de Cálculo gestiona también las licencias especiales
que permiten a los estudiantes descargar e instalarse en su ordenador
personal software de grandes compañías informáticas (por ejemplo, Oracle
Academic Initiative de Oracle o MSDN-AA de Microsoft).
2.2. Laboratorio docente de AC (Arquitectura de Computadores)
Este laboratorio cuenta con una serie de recursos que satisfacen las necesidades de
laboratorios de las asignaturas que imparte el departamento de AC en la FIB. En
concreto, se trata de 3 aulas de laboratorio, dos (D6-003 y D6-003bis) funcionan
como aula docente (se imparten clases de laboratorio) y la otra funciona como
laboratorio para Proyectos de Fin de Carrera (C6-001).
Las aulas docentes (D6-003 y D6-003bis) disponen cada una de 25 lugares de
trabajo equipados con PCs AMD SEMPRON que pueden funcionar con Windows XP y
Linux Ubuntu.
El laboratorio también consta de diferentes equipos de red (10 encaminadores y 7
conmutadores de red) instalados en dos racks con ruedas que pueden utilizarse en
cualquiera de las aulas para las prácticas de las asignaturas de redes.
La otra aula (C6-001) está equipada con 20 PCs (Pentium- 4 y Core 2 Duo), discos
externos, impresora y escáner.
2.3. Laboratorios de investigación de AC
Aparte de estos laboratorios, los grupos de investigación del DAC que participan en
el máster disponen de laboratorios de investigación e instalaciones singulares en las
que los estudiantes pueden llevar a cabo sus trabajos de fin de máster, actividades
de colaboración y, en algunos casos, actividades formativas dentro de las
asignaturas del máster. Los grupos de investigación relacionados con el máster son
los siguientes:
• CAP: Computación de Altas Prestaciones (High Performance Computing) El
grupo CAP investiga en técnicas que permitan mejorar la ef icienc ia de los
sistemas de computación de altas prestaciones. Esta investigación se ataca
desde perspectivas distintas que requieren un cierto grado de cooperación:
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arquitectura del sistema uniprocesador y multiprocesador, modelos de
programación y compiladores, entornos operativos, herramientas de
análisis, visualización y predicción, algorit mos y aplicaciones. En la medida
de la eficiencia se consideran métricas que van más allá del tiempo de
ejecución de los programas. En particular se consideran aspectos
relacionados con el diseño del sistema (ciclo de operación, área y consumo
de potencia del procesador y la jerarquía de memoria, escalabilidad de la
organización uniprocesador y multiprocesador), con la correctitud de los
sistemas, con la facilidad y portabilidad del modelo de programación y
con el rendimiento en entornos multiprogramados y distribuidos, entre
otros. EL grupo dispone de clusters para la realización de experimentos y
simulaciones de gran escala.
• CNDS: Computer Networks and Distributed Systems Los objetivos del grupo
son hacer investigación básica y aplicada, formación y diseminación en
temas de redes de computadores y sistemas distribuidos. Temas: Redes de
computadores con soporte a la movilidad. Redes ad-hoc y de sensores.
Diseño de equipos de red. Evaluación del rendimiento. Protocolos de
Internet. Protocolos, mecanismos y especificaciones de seguridad.
Protocolos y aplicaciones distribuidas. Sistemas distribuidos descentralizados
y de gran escala. Aplicaciones educativas y colaborativas. El grupo dispone
de un laboratorio con un cluster de máquinas multi-core virtualizadas y
también forma parte de la red Planet-lab Europa con 3 nodos de este
consorcio, que permite el acceso a una infraestructura experimental con
cerca de 800 nodos repartidos por todo el planeta.
3. Equipamientos especiales
3.1. Sala de Actos
Sala ubicada en la planta baja del edificio de la facultad con capacidad para 80
personas de público y 8 en presidencia. Dispone de dos ordenadores para
presentaciones, proyector de vídeo y datos, 2 cámaras de vídeo, videoconferencia
portátil, reproductor de DVD, platina de audio, proyector de opacos, proyector de
diapositivas, equipo de control (mesa audio, sw itch datos) y microfonía de
sobremesa e inalámbrica.
Los servicios que se ofrecen son:
• Presentaciones
• Conferencias
• Multiconferencias IP (teleclases, telemeetings, teleconferencias)
• Audioconferencias
• Videoconferencia de escritorio
• Difusión de vídeo en directo
• Grabación de eventos (vídeo bajo demanda)
• Reuniones
• Videoconferenc ias RDSI
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3.2. -Sala de Juntas
Sala ubicada en la primera planta de la facultad con capacidad para 50 personas.
Dispone de dos ordenadores para presentaciones, proyector de vídeo y datos,
monitores de sobremesa, equipo de control (mesa de audio, switch de datos i
vídeo, control Touch Panel).
Los servicios que se ofrecen son:
• Presentaciones
• Conferencias
• Reuniones
3.3 Sala de Videoconferencias
Sala ubicada en la primera planta de la Facultad con capacidad para 10 personas.
Actualmente la Facultad dispone de un amplio equipamiento audiovisual, personal
técnico y la tecnología necesaria para poder realizar la mayoría de modalidades de
videoconferencia existentes. Desde la más sencilla con una aplicación de PC hasta
multiconferencias con múltiples sedes. Está equipada con el siguiente material:
• Equipo de videoconferencia
• Reproductor de DVD
• Televisor de pantalla plana de 40’’ para usar como elemento de salida de la
videoconferencia
• Posibilidad de conectar un portátil por el puerto VGA
Los servicios que ofrece la Facultad desde esta sala son:
• Presentaciones
• Conferencias
• Multiconferencias IP (teleclases, telemeetings, teleconferencias)
• Videoconferencias RDSI
• Videoconferencia de escritorio
• Audioconferencias
• Reuniones
4. Renovación de equipos
Los recursos actuales están sujetos al plan de amortización y renovación de equipos
informáticos y docentes, para lo cual la UPC y la propia Facultad tienen establecidos
diferentes planes de inversiones.
Para la FIB es prioritario mantener permanentemente actualizados los
equipamientos utilizados en sus laboratorios docentes. Esta situación viene
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motivada por el alto grado de experimentalidad de los planes de estudio que ha
impartido hasta la actualidad y por la voluntad explícita definida en el Plan
Estratégico de continuar priorizando esta experimentalidad en los planes de
estudio, ya que se identifica como uno de nuestros puntos fuertes y se considera
indispensable para la formación práctica de los titulados.
Esta vocación de mejora permanente de la experimentalidad hace necesaria la
ampliación, mejora y renovación permanente de los equipos utilizados en las
prácticas docentes. Con este fin, se acometen diferentes actuaciones a través de
alguno de los planes de inversiones establecidos por la UPC, por valor de 290.000€
anuales aproximadamente, de los cuales la FIB cofinancia el 50%.
Adicionalmente, la FIB destina anualmente una media de 100.000,00 € a financiar
el funcionamiento y la adquisición del equipamiento docente de sus Laboratorios
Docentes, en el caso de que dicha adquisición no quede cubierta en alguno los
planes de inversiones establecidos por la UPC y que pasamos a detallar.
5. Bibliotecas
5.1. Servicio de Bibliotecas y Documentación
El Servicio de Bibliotecas y Documentación (SBD) de la UPC está compuesto por 13
bibliotecas distribuidas por los diferentes campus de la universidad. Todas las
bibliotecas ofrecen a los usuarios un amplio abanico de servicios bibliotecarios y
acceso a la información de las colecciones bibliográf icas así como a la biblioteca
digital. Las bibliotecas facilitan amplios horarios, ordenadores conectados a Internet
y espacios de trabajo individual y en grupo.
Las bibliotecas de la UPC disponen de los recursos bibliográficos científicos y
técnicos especializados en las diferentes áreas de conocimiento politécnicas que
dan soporte a todas las titulaciones de la Universidad. También disponen de los
recursos electrónicos (bases de datos y revistas electrónicas principalmente) que
dan soporte al aprendizaje en red y a la investigación
(http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu).
La gestión de las bibliotecas de la UPC se realiza mediante la planificación
estratégica y la dirección por objetivos. Esta herramienta ha servido para
incrementar la calidad de los servicios bibliotecarios. El SBD ha sido evaluado por la
AQU en diversas ocasiones y su calidad ha sido también acreditada por la ANECA.
En cuanto a las relaciones y la colaboración externa, el SBD es miembro fundador
del Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Cataluña (CBUC) y miembro de
REBIUN (Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias de la CRUE). Además, participa
activamente en organizaciones bibliotecarias de carácter internacional como IATUL
(International Association of Technological University Libraries).
5.2. BIBLIOTECA REC TOR GABRIEL FERRATÉ (BRGF)
La Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté (BRGF) ofrece sus servicios principalmente a las
tres escuelas del Campus Norte de la UPC (CNUPC): E.T.S. de Ingeniería de
Telecomunicación; E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, y la
Facultad de Informática, así como a los 22 departamentos y centros de
investigación tecnológica ubicados en el mismo campus.
La BRGF es la biblioteca más importante de Cataluña en recursos de información
relacionados con las TIC y la ingeniería civil y ofrece soporte al mayor polo de
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investigación TIC en España así como a una actividad docente en el CNUPC que se
traduce en 8 titulaciones y 23 másters oficiales.
El fondo de la biblioteca está especializado en telecomunicaciones, informática e
ingeniería civil, y está formado por libros recomendados en las guías docentes,
bibliografía especializada, normativa, obras de consulta, revistas, vídeos, mapas,
apuntes y exámenes, proyectos de fin de carrera y tesis doctorales.
La BRGF se configura como un entorno rico en información, tecnología y personas
que ha de integrarse en las actividades de docencia, aprendizaje e investigación del
campus para contribuir a alcanzar los nuevos retos del Espacio Europeo del
Conocimiento,
• ofreciendo espacios versátiles con un alto componente tecnológico;
• colaborando con otras unidades;
• implicándose en los procesos de aprendizaje, investigación y formación
continuada;
• convirtiendo Bibliotécnica, la biblioteca digital de la UPC, en un portal de
recursos y servicios personalizados, y
• dando a conocer de manera eficaz los recursos y servicios bibliotecarios.
El horario habitual de la biblioteca es de 9 a 21h de lunes a viernes. En período de
exámenes la biblioteca amplía su oferta en horario nocturno (hasta las 02.30) y
durante los fines de semana.
RECURSOS DE INF ORMAC IÓN
Colecciones bibliográficas
Las colecciones bibliográficas científicas y técnicas se dividen en colecciones básicas
que dan soporte a las guías docentes de las titulaciones y colecciones
especializadas que dan soporte a las diferentes áreas temáticas de la titulación.
La colección bibliográfica la componen más de 556.538 ejemplares de monografías
y 20.397 colecciones de publicaciones en serie. La BRGF mantiene un fondo
bibliográfico divido en tres ámbitos principales:
• Colecciones destinadas a la docencia, con todos los libros recomendados en
las diferentes titulaciones de primer, segundo ciclo y másteres y cursos de
doctorado que se imparten en el campus.
• Colecciones especializadas politécnicas de materias que dan soporte a la
investigación en las siguientes áreas:
� Electrónica
� Física
� Geología
� Informática
� Ingeniería civil
� Ingeniería hidráulica
� Ingeniería sanitaria
� Ingeniería del transporte
� Matemáticas
� Química
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� Telecomunicaciones
• Colecciones documentales especializadas en ámbitos científico-técnico
(normativa y legislación, tecnología del desarrollo humano sostenible, cartografía,
tecnología y sociedad) y humanísticos (ciencia ficción, jazz y poesía catalana).
Colecciones digitales
Las bibliotecas también proporcionan acceso a recursos de información electrónicos
tanto a través del catálogo como desde la biblioteca digital de la UPC: diccionarios y
enciclopedias, libros electrónicos, bases de datos, revistas electrónicas, etc.
Actualmente pueden consultarse 8.403 títulos de revistas electrónicas en texto
completo.
El Servicio de Bibliotecas y Documentación de la UPC ofrece acceso a más de 8.000
revistas, libros y bases de datos electrónicos. Entre los más relevantes en cada
área de especialización de la BRGF destacamos:
• Ingeniería electrónica y telecomunicaciones:
� Inspec,
� IEEEXplore
� Recomendaciones UIT
• Informática:
� ACM Digital Library
� Lecture Notes in Computer Science
� CSA
� Safari Tech Books Online
• Ingeniería civil:
� Compendex
� ICEA
� Revistas ASCE
• Matemáticas:
� Mathscinet
� Zentralblatt
� SIAM
Por otra parte, la BRGF elabora y mantiene cuatro portales web con la finalidad de
difundir y dinamizar sus colecciones especiales y culturales:
• TDHS
http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/dhs/
• ciencia ficción
http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/cienciaficcio/
• poesía catalana
http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/bib160/colleccions/poesia/home/home.asp
• jazz
http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/jazz/
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Además, el SBD dispone del portal UPCommons (http://upcommons.upc.edu/),
formado por un conjunto de repositorios institucionales de acceso abierto en
Internet de documentos producidos y editados por los profesores e investigadores
de la UPC. Los repositorios incluyen: tesis doctorales, materiales docentes, eprints,
revistas, trabajos académicos, etc. También se dispone de una videoteca y de
repositorios de colecciones patrimoniales de la Universidad.
SE RVIC IOS B IB LIOTECARIOS BÁSICOS Y ESPEC IALIZADOS
Espacios y equipamientos
Las bibliotecas ofrecen espacios y equipamientos para el estudio y el trabajo
individual o en grupo, salas de formación y equipamientos para la reproducción del
fondo documental.
• Servicio de catálogo
El catálogo de las bibliotecas de la UPC es la herramienta que permite localizar los
documentos en cualquier formato que se encuentran en las bibliotecas de la UPC
(libros, revistas, apuntes, TFC, PFC, recursos electrónicos, etc.). También se puede
acceder al Catálogo Colectivo de las Universidades de Cataluña (CCUC), que
permite localizar, a través de una única consulta, todos los documentos de las
bibliotecas del Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Cataluña (CBUC) y de
otras instituciones.
• Servicio de información bibliográfica y especializada
El servicio de información bibliográfica, atendido de manera permanente por
personal bibliotecario, ofrece información sobre las bibliotecas y sus servicios, y
asesoramiento sobre dónde y cómo encontrar la información especializada. Los
bibliotecarios temáticos, especializados en las colecciones de las áreas temáticas de
la UPC, proporcionan respuestas sobre búsquedas concretas de información, y
también resuelven otras peticiones de información generales.
• Servicio de préstamo
El servicio de préstamo permite solicitar documentos de las bibliotecas de la UPC a
todos los miembros de la comunidad universitaria durante un período establecido
de tiempo. El servicio es único: pueden solicitarse los documentos
independientemente de la biblioteca de la UPC donde se encuentren y, además,
pueden recogerse y devolverse en cualquiera de las bibliotecas.
• Servicio de Obtención de Documentos (SOD)
El SOD proporciona a la comunidad universitaria originales o copias de documentos
que no están disponibles en las bibliotecas de la UPC y, a su vez, proporciona a
instituciones y usuarios externos originales o copias de documentos de las
bibliotecas de la UPC. El SOD suministra todo tipo de documentos: libros, artículos
de revista, tesis doctorales, informes técnicos, patentes, conferencias, etc., de
cualquier país del mundo y en cualquier lengua.
• Servicio de Préstamo de Ordenadores Portátiles
Las bibliotecas ofrecen a sus usuarios ordenadores portátiles en préstamo. Este
servicio tiene como principal objetivo facilitar a los estudiantes, al PDI y al PAS
equipos portátiles para acceder a la información y documentación electrónica y
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trabajar de forma autónoma con conexión a la red inalámbrica de la UPC,
potenciando el aprendizaje semipresencial y el acceso a los campus digitales de la
UPC.
• Servicio de formación en la competencia transversal en “Habilidades
Informacionales”
Las bibliotecas organizan un gran número de actividades de formación con el
objetivo de proporcionar al alumnado las habilidades necesarias para localizar,
gestionar y utilizar la información de forma eficaz para el estudio y el futuro
profesional: sesiones introductorias dirigidas a los alumnos de nuevo ingreso,
sesiones de formación a los estudiantes (tres créditos de libre elección),
colaboraciones en asignaturas de la UPC, sesiones sobre recursos de información
para la investigación, etc.
• Servicio de Propiedad Intelectual (SEPI)
El Servicio de Propiedad Intelectual (SEPI) orienta a los miembros de la comunidad
universitaria sobre los principios básicos de la normativa en derechos de autor,
especialmente en lo que respecta a la información que se pone a su disposición a
través de los servicios de las bibliotecas de la UPC. Igualmente, facilita la
tramitación de los números identificadores (ISBN, depósito legal, etc.) de algunos
documentos de interés para la docencia y la investigación universitaria.
• La Factoría de Recursos Docentes
La Factoría es un servicio de soporte a la innovación docente del PDI. La Factoría es
un espacio en las bibliotecas donde el PDI puede usar recursos de información de
calidad, hardware (PC multimedia, grabadoras de DVD, tarjetas para capturar
vídeo, escáneres, impresoras en color) y software (edición de imagen, vídeo y
sonido; edición de páginas web, maquetación de publicaciones, digitalización) para
la elaboración de recursos o contenidos de nuevos materiales docentes digitales.
• Servicio de conexión remota a los recursos electrónicos
A través del servicio de acceso remoto es posible, previa autenticación, acceder a
los recursos de la biblioteca digital de la UPC desde ordenadores que no estén
conectados a la red de la Universidad.
• Laboratorio Virtual de Idiomas (LVI)
El LVI es un espacio virtual para aprender, mantener o mejorar el nivel de
diferentes lenguas, principalmente, el inglés, pero también el catalán y el
castellano. Se trata de un portal con una selección de recursos accesibles en línea:
cursos, gramáticas, materiales para la preparación de exámenes, etc.
• Acceso wifi
Los usuarios de las bibliotecas de la UPC disponen de conexión a los recursos de la
red UPC y a Internet en general con dispositivos sin cables.
• canalBIB
Las bibliotecas de la UPC disponen de un sistema de difusión de informaciones de
interés para los usuarios presenciales que consiste en una pantalla LCD que
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proyecta contenidos multimedia alimentados a partir de diferentes fuentes de
información, como las noticias de las escuelas del Campus Norte de la UPC.
• Servicio de préstamo de libros electrónicos.
OTROS SERVIC IOS A DESTACAR DE LA BRGF
• Área CLIC, el espacio de autoaprendizaje multimedia: recursos bibliográficos
e informáticos, con 24 ordenadores de libre acceso para:
� satisfacer las necesidades de autoaprendizaje en materias
propias de las titulaciones del CNUPC y de idiomas de los
usuarios de la BRGF
� ofrecer acceso a Internet para complementar las prestaciones
del acceso wifi
� dar posibilidad de uso libre y gratuito de programas ofimáticos
y otros usados en las titulaciones del CNUPC
� posibilitar sesiones de formación en habilidades
informacionales
• Estudios bibliométricos e infonométricos según las necesidades y demandas
de las unidades de funcionamiento del CNUPC
• Bibliotecarios especializados (bibliotecarios temáticos) en recursos de
información sobre ingeniería civil; ingeniería electrónica y telecomunicaciones;
informática; sonido, imagen y multimedia; f ísica; matemáticas y estadística;
economía y organización de empresas; educación y aprendizaje, y recursos
generales
• Colección centralizada de las tesis doctorales de la UPC en soporte papel
• Aplicaciones de comunicación externa con los usuarios basadas en las TIC –
SMS, pantalla AV (canalBIB), noticiario web, mensajes de correo electrónico, etc.
• La biblioteca como agente activo en la vida académica y social del CNUPC:
difunde las actividades que se generan en el campus, colaborando con su tejido
asociativo o cediendo sus instalaciones y equipamientos para exposiciones y otras
actividades
• Servicio de préstamo de taquillas para semestres o cursos académicos
completos
• Colaboración con la docencia del CNUPC ofreciendo formación en habilidades
informacionales a nivel de grado y postgrado (masteres y doctorados)
• Servicios a los departamentos del CNUPC mediante bibliotecario de
departamentos: obtención de documentos, préstamo a domicilio, copias de
artículos, etc.
• Servicios a empresas que ponen al alcance de empresas, organizaciones y
particulares, prestaciones de información y documentación especializadas en los
ámbitos temáticos de la BRGF
PRINC IPALES DATOS 2007
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Política bibliotecaria de adquisiciones
Criterios generales de gestión
• Los libros y otros documentos científicos y técnicos adquiridos con este
presupuesto son propiedad de la UPC y están al servicio de toda la comunidad
universitaria, independientemente de la biblioteca depositaria del documento. Por
tanto, tienen que estar todos catalogados y clasificados en el Catálogo de las
bibliotecas de la UPC.
• Las partidas asignadas para la adquisición y la renovación de documentación
bibliográfica son finalistas y por tanto no pueden destinarse a otros conceptos y
necesidades. Este es un primer paso para asegurar un crecimiento continuado y
una correcta gestión de las colecciones bibliográficas de las bibliotecas de la UPC.
Indicadores cualitativos
• Calidad: Los documentos bibliográficos adquiridos tienen que satisfacer las
necesidades de formación e información científica y técnica de los usuarios de la
biblioteca.
• Vigencia: Los documentos bibliográficos adquiridos tienen que ser de
máxima actualidad y/o validez.
• Difusión y acceso: Los documentos bibliográficos adquiridos tienen que ser
conocidos y accesibles por los miembros de la UPC mediante el catálogo.
• Utilidad: Los documentos bibliográficos adquiridos tienen que ser
consultados por los usuarios, en la modalidad de préstamo o de consulta en la
biblioteca.
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• La biblioteca asegurará la presencia de toda la bibliografía recomendada en
las guías docentes de las titulaciones, duplicando, cuando se considere necesario,
los títulos más consultados.
• La biblioteca reforzará las colecciones básicas adquiriendo, cuando se
considere necesario, como mínimo 1 ejemplar de los 100 títulos más solicitados en
préstamo a otras bibliotecas de la UPC a lo largo del curso.
• La biblioteca adquirirá aquellos documentos que crea conveniente para el
desarrollo de la docencia y según las necesidades de sus usuarios directos.
• La biblioteca potenciará al máximo los libros y las revistas electrónicas y
otros documentos digitales que se encuentren accesibles desde Bibliotécnica y/o la
Biblioteca Digital de Cataluña BDC/CBUC.
1.1. Colecciones especializadas
• La biblioteca adquirirá, cuando se considere necesario, aquella nueva
bibliografía especializada recomendada por los usuarios durante el curso y
desideratas, que no estén en ninguna otra biblioteca de la UPC.
• La biblioteca gestionará, según sus recursos, las áreas de especialización
que le son propias o próximas.
1.2. Colecciones de revistas
• La biblioteca seguirá la política de adquisiciones de revistas que marca el
documento aprobado por la COBISID: La comunicació científica a la UPC.
• Gestión de las revistas de las bibliotecas y subscripciones (2003). (No
duplicados y priorización del soporte electrónico frente al soporte papel).
• La biblioteca tendrá que realizar evaluaciones periódicas de la colección para
así adaptarla a las necesidades de sus usuarios teniendo en cuenta las nuevas
posibilidades de servicio que ofrecen las revistas electrónicas y los presupuestos
asignados.
• La biblioteca hará llegar a la Unidad de Recursos para la Investigación el
listado de los títulos de revistas que considere necesarios para el apoyo a la
docencia y a la investigación de los usuarios.
Se priorizarán los títulos que sean accesibles en soporte digital, y no se suscribirá la
colección en papel si esto hace incrementar el coste de la suscripción.
• Se seguirán realizando las tareas iniciadas respecto a la eliminación de
duplicados entre bibliotecas de la UPC y, para las revistas más caras, se colaborará
con las bibliotecas del CBUC.
1.3. Colecciones digitales y otro material multimedia
• La biblioteca mantendrá y renovará la suscripción local de los documentos
electrónicos y digitales que crea necesarios para el soporte a la docencia y a la
investigación del centro o campus.
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• La biblioteca velará por el incremento, cuando lo considere necesario y en la
medida que sea posible (recursos económicos y novedades editoriales), de sus
colecciones documentales en soporte electrónico y digital.
• La biblioteca comunicará a las unidades de los Servicios Generales de
Bibliotecas las nuevas adquisiciones para poder analizar la compra con acceso en
red.
1.4. Encuadernaciones y mantenimiento de las colecciones
• La biblioteca velará para asegurar la conservación y el mantenimiento de las
colecciones documentales mediante la encuadernación u otros sistemas de
conservación.
Informes de cierre
• Se recomienda que cada biblioteca informe de este presupuesto a la
comisión de biblioteca o de usuarios de centro o campus, así como de aquellas
distribuciones internas que cada responsable de biblioteca haya elaborado.
• Cada responsable de biblioteca tendrá que presentar un informe de cierre y
valoración del presupuesto con propuestas de mejora, a finales de enero del 2008 a
la Unidad de Gestión y Desarrollo del Servicio de Bibliotecas y Documentación.
Los programas de cooperación educativa de la UPC: carácter general
La Ley Orgánica de Universidades y la Ley de Universidades de Cataluña establecen
en su articulado que una de las funciones de la universidad es preparar a los
estudiantes para el ejercicio de actividades profesionales que exijan la aplicación de
conocimientos y métodos científicos. Para favorecer el cumplimiento de esta
función, la UPC promueve la participación de sus estudiantes en actividades de
cooperación educativa. Un convenio de cooperación educativa es una estancia de
prácticas profesionales en una empresa, durante un período de tiempo establecido
entre el estudiante y la empresa y con la conformidad de la universidad, en el que
el estudiante adquiere competencia profesional tutelado por profesionales con
experiencia.
Los objetivos de los programas de cooperación educativa universidad-empresa son:
complementar la formación recibida por el estudiante en la universidad con
experiencias profesionales en el ámbito empresarial; promover y consolidar
vínculos de colaboración entre la universidad y su entorno empresarial y
profesional; fortalecer los lazos entre el estudiante y la universidad, así como con
las empresas.
Los programas de cooperación educativa podrán dar lugar al reconocimiento de
créditos optativos, que se incorporarán al expediente del estudiante. La concesión
de dichos créditos estará avalada por la CRUE (Comisión de Relación Universidad –
Empresa) de la FIB, la cual velará por el interés formativo para el estudiante de los
Convenios de Cooperación Educativa.
Convenios que regulan la participación de empresas en la realización de
prácticas de los estudiantes
La Ley Orgánica de Universidades y la Ley Catalana de Universidades establecen en
su articulado que una de las funciones de la Universidad es preparar a los
estudiantes para el ejercicio de actividades profesionales que exijan la aplicación de
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conocimientos y métodos científicos. Para favorecer el cumplimiento de esta
función, la FIB promueve la participación de sus estudiantes en actividades de
cooperación educativa con las empresas del sector. El marco para estas actividades
son los Convenios de Cooperación Educativa, regulados por el Real Decreto
1491/81 sobre Programas de Cooperación Educativa, y actualizado por el Real
Decreto 1845/94. El Convenio que se firma con las empresas es común a toda la
Universidad y especifica el plan de trabajo, la duración y horario de este, la
compensación que recibirá el estudiante en concepto de beca y el tutor de la
empresa encargado de velar por el correcto funcionamiento de la estancia.
La FIB en su Guía Docente apartado 5, establece las condiciones bajo las cuales se
desarrollan los Convenios de Cooperación Educativa. La FIB pone a disposición de
las empresas una aplicación web, para que estas puedan publicitar sus ofertas de
prácticas de empresa de forma totalmente transparente. Estas ofertas son
validadas por el Área de Proyectos y Relaciones Externas de la FIB, el cual asegura
que el plan de trabajo corresponde a un proyecto informático. A continuación los
estudiantes interesados pueden aplicar a ellas.
Para participar en los programas de cooperación educativa los estudiantes deben
haber superado la mitad de los créditos de la titulación que estén cursando y tener
vigente el seguro escolar. El número máximo de horas autorizado que un
estudiante puede participar en convenios de cooperación educativa es de 960 horas
por año académico, respetando siempre el horario escolar.
Al finalizar el Convenio, tanto el tutor de la empresa como el estudiante deben
completar sendos informes de evaluación de la estancia, cada uno desde su punto
de vista, además el estudiante debe redactar una breve memoria explicando el
objeto de la estancia, el trabajo desempeñado, y el aporte formativo logrado. Estos
materiales son utilizados por la CRUE de la FIB para hacer el seguimiento de las
prácticas y eventualmente tomas las medidas correctoras necesarias.
Los programas de cooperación educativa puede suponer el reconocimiento de 12 créditos
optativos. Compete a la CRUE el reconocimiento de estos créditos, para ello es condición
necesaria tener los correspondientes informes favorables y haber efectuado una estancia de
una duración mínima de 300 horas.
Asimismo, los Convenios de Cooperación Educativa también son el marco para la realización
del Proyecto Final de Grado o Máster en empresa. Para ello, el estudiante deberá tener
asignado un tutor académico, aparte del tutor de la empresa y la estancia deberá ser de una
duración mínima de 540 horas. Si la estancia en la empresa es superior a las 900 horas, el
estudiante podrá en este caso solicitar el reconocimiento de los 12 créditos por prácticas en
empresa, además de los propios por la realización del Proyecto Final de Grado o Máster.
Comisión de Relaciones Universidad/Empresa (CRUE)
El objeto de esta comisión es organizar, promover y tutelar los convenios de
cooperación educativa en que participen estudiantes de la FIB. Está formada por el
presidente (Vicedecano de Relaciones con las Empresas), dos profesores, dos
estudiantes y un PAS.
Es a esta Comisión a quien compete los eventuales efectos académicos de los
convenios.
Durante el curso 2007-2008 en la FIB se realizaron 513 convenios de cooperación
educativa con 157 empresas
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6.2 Igualdad de oportunidades, no discriminación y accesibilidad universal
de las personas con discapacidad
La UPC, como institución creadora de cultura, está obligada a transmitir el
conocimiento que genera, con acciones que alcancen desde la participación
activa en los debates sociales, hasta la formación de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas
en los ámbitos de conocimientos que le son propios.
El Consejo de Gobierno de la UPC apuesta por un proyecto de Universidad
comprometida con los valores de la democracia, de los derechos humanos, la
justicia, la solidaridad, la cooperación y el desarrollo sostenible.
En general, quiere fortalecer el compromiso social y el respeto por la diversidad.
De manera particular, pretende alcanzar la igualdad de oportunidades de
aquellas personas que tienen vínculos con la institución.
Para explicitar su compromiso, el Consejo de Dirección de la UPC, en su proyecto
de gobierno (UPC 10) para el período 2007-2010, ha plasmado de forma explícita la
realización de una serie de actuaciones dirigidas a alcanzar estos objetivos.
Dentro del modelo de gestión de la UPC se han creado diferentes figuras y
unidades, con la f inalidad de alcanzar los objetivos propuestos por la institución.
Cabe destacar el programa de atención a las discapacidades (PAD) del que
seguidamente describimos su principal misión y objetivos.
Programa de Atención a las Discapacidades (PAD)
El Programa de Atención a las Discapacidades (PAD) se enmarca dentro del Plan
Director para la Igualdad de Oportunidades de la UPC, bajo la estructura del
Servicio de Actividades Sociales, UNIVERS.
El principal objetivo es: Contribuir a la plena integración de la comunidad
universitaria (estudiantes, PDI y PAS) que presenten alguna discapacidad,
para que su actividad en la universidad se desarrolle con normalidad.
Los objetivos específicos son los siguientes:
1. Identif icar y conocer los estudiantes, PDI i PAS de la UPC con alguna
discapacidad.
2. Detectar, analizar, atender y/o derivar les necesidades de las personas de la
comunidad universitaria con discapacidad.
3. Velar por el cumplimiento de medidas técnicas y académicas, y conseguir los
recursos necesarios.
4. Informar y orientar sobre cuestiones relacionadas con la discapacidad.
5. Promover la participación de las personas con alguna discapacidad en las
actividades de la comunidad universitaria.
6. Realizar acciones de sensibilización de la comunidad universitaria sobre la
discapacidad.
7. Promover la participación de la comunidad universitaria en actividades de
atención y soporte a las personas con discapacidades.
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A través de la Vicerrectora de Relaciones Institucionales y Promoción Territorial se
crea la figura de los agentes colaboradores en los centros docentes propios y
campus universitarios.
La función de los agentes colaboradores es detectar los estudiantes, PDI i PAS, de
sus centros docentes o campus universitarios, con necesidades e informarnos de
cada caso para coordinar las actuaciones a realizar.
Plan Director para la Igualdad de Oportunidades - UPC
Así pues, tal como se indica en la introducción, uno de los objetivos de la UPC es
fortalecer el compromiso social y el respecto por la diversidad. De mane ra
particular, quiere alcanzar la igualdad de oportunidades de aquellas personas
que, de alguna manera, tienen vínculos con la institución
Es con esta finalidad que se diseña y aprueba el Plan Director para la Igualdad de
Oportunidades, mediante el cual la UPC se dota de una herramienta, de un
medio y de un marco de referencia para desarrollar su compromiso institucional
con este principio de igualdad, no-discriminación y de respeto por la diversidad.
Este plan define los principios sobre los cuales se han de desarrollar los Planes
Sectoriales. Inicialmente, el compromiso con la comunidad universitaria es la
elaboración, puesta en marcha y seguimiento de dos Planes Sectoriales, que tienen
como base la igualdad de oportunidades por razón de género y por razón de
discapacidad.
De ntro del Plan Sectorial para la Igualdad de Oportunidades por razón de
discapacidad, destacamos el Objetivo General 4 “Eliminar todo tipo de
barreras, asegurando la accesibilidad universal” que ha derivado en los
siguientes objetivos específicos:
Objetivo Específico 12.- Introducir el principio de igualdad y de accesibilidad
tecnológica y de comunicaciones.
Objetivo Específico 13.- Introducir el principio de igualdad y de accesibilidad
arquitectónica, incorporándolo en los proyectos de obra nueva, de acuerdo con la
legislación vigente, así como en la adaptación de los edificios ya existentes.
Para alcanzar estos objetivos se han previsto un total de 43 acciones a desarrollar
en el período 2007-2010.
Las diferentes acciones han sido asignadas al responsable del Consejo de Dirección
y al responsable directo de la gestión.
Más información en:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. UPC 10 : pla de govern 2006-2010. Disponible
a
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Cátedra de Accesibilidad: arquitectura, diseño
y tecnología para todos. Disponible a
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Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. Pla Director per a la Igualtat d’Oportunitats.
Disponible a
7. Enseñanzas no presenciales
La titulación de graduado en ingeniería informática se propone en modalidad
presencial.
De todos modos, se pondrá a disposición de los estudiantes los recursos propios de
la enseñanza a distancia disponibles, como son la plataforma Atenea y los
laboratorios remotos (i-Labs) y las herramientas de soporte a la docencia
contenidas en el Racó de la FIB (la Intranet de la Facultad).
Plataforma ATENEA: entorno virtual de docencia de la UPC
Atenea es el entorno virtual de docencia de la UPC. Su diseño se ha realizado a
partir de las aportaciones del profesorado y de las unidades básicas (centros
docentes, departamentos y institutos universitarios de investigación), con el
objetivo de dar soporte a la adaptación de los estudios de la UPC a las directrices
del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Atenea se ha desarrollado utilizando
como base tecnológica la plataforma de programario abierto de Moodle.
Racó de la F IB: La Intranet de la Facultad está integrada con ATENEA y con otros
sistemas de información de la universidad y recibe una media de 250.000 visitas
mensuales. A través de este servicio se puede acceder a contenidos docentes y a
recursos de forma no presencial, acceder a herramientas de participación que
facilitan el aprendizaje no formal, entregar prácticas y trabajos y solicitar otros
servicios de soporte (como la reserva de equipos, las consultas, etc.).
8. Conclusión
Según lo descrito en los apartados anteriores se pone de manifiesto que la FIB
dispone de los recursos necesarios para la implantación de la titulación de máster
propuesta.
7.2. Previsión de adquisición de los recursos materiales y servicios
necesarios
Como se ha comentado en el apartado anterior, la FIB dispone actualmente de
recursos suficientes para desplegar la titulación de máster propuesta.
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Subapartados
8. RESULTADOS PREVISTOS
8.1. Valores cuantitativos estimados para los indicadores y su justif icación
8.2. Progreso y resultados de aprendizaje
8.1. Valores cuantitativos estimados para los indicadores y su justificación
Los valores estimados para la titulación, en comparación con otras titulaciones de Máster Erasmus
Mundus similares, y debido al proceso de selección de estudiantes, casi la totalidad becados por el
programa, son los siguientes:
Tasa de graduación: 94 % (todos los estudiantes salvo 2 de cada 30)
Tasa de abandono: 6 %
Tasa de eficiencia: 100 %
8.2. Progreso y resultados de aprendizaje
La evaluación del aprendizaje del alumnado se plantea de forma continua, es decir no se
acumulará en la etapa final y además servirá tanto para regular el rit mo de trabajo y del
aprendizaje a lo largo del transcurso de la materia (evaluación formativa), como para permit ir al
alumnado conocer su grado de adquisición de aprendizaje (evaluación sumativa) y también para
darle la opción, a reorientar su aprendizaje (evaluación formativa).
La evaluación formativa se ha diseñado de tal modo, que permita informar al alumnado sobre su
progreso o falta de él, además de ayudarlo, mediante la correspondiente retroalimentación por
parte del profesorado, a alcanzar los objetivos de aprendizaje contemplados en la correspondiente
asignatura o materia.
La evaluación sumativa se ha diseñado con el objetivo de calificar al alumno o alumna para su
correspondiente promoción y acreditación ante terceros. La calificación de cada alumno o alumna
está basada en una cantidad suficiente de notas que debidamente ponderadas configuran su
calificación final.
Para valorar el aprendizaje del estudiantado se han planificado suficientes y diversos tipos de
actividades de evaluación a lo largo de la impartición de cada materia. La programación de dichas
actividades es un documento útil tanto para el alumnado como para el profesorado. Todas las
actividades de evaluación son coherentes con los objetivos específicos y/o competencias genéricas
programadas por el plan de estudios, en cada asignatura o materia. El conjunto de tareas y/o
actividades que realiza el alumno o alumna configura su aprendizaje y le permite la obtención de
la calificación final de cada asignatura o materia.
La evaluación se basa en unos criterios de calidad, suficientemente fundamentados, transparentes
y públicos para el alumno o alumna desde el inicio. Dichos criterios están acordes tanto con las
actividades planificadas, metodologías aplicadas, como con los objetivos de aprendizaje previstos
para alcanzar por el alumnado.
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APARTADO 9 VERIFICA – SISTEMA DE GARANTÍA DE LA CALIDAD
9.1. Responsables del sistema de garantía de calidad del plan de estudios
La Comisión de Máster EMDC del Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores
(en coordinación con el órgano de gestión inter-universitario del Máster Erasmus
Mundus EMDC) será la responsable de gestionar, coordinar y realizar el seguimiento
del Sistema de Garantía Interno de la Calidad del programa formativo. El órgano de
gestión que ya existe en el DAC para el Master CANS se ha duplicado para crear en
esta comisión que se encargará también de este nuevo máster, aprovechando la
experiencia de la comisión del máster CANS.
a) Estructura y composición:
En relación a su composición, está formada por miembros del equipo directivo y
técnico de la unidad, por personas de su comunidad (PDI, PAS y estudiantes) y, si
se considera oportuno, puede incluir una representación de otros grupos de interés
(empresas, centros de investigación, colegios profesionales, representantes de la
administración, etc.) vinculados muy estrechamente a las actividades de la unidad.
b) Normas de funcionamiento:
El Reglamento de la Comisión especifica quien elige a los miembros y cuando se
renuevan, la periodicidad de las reuniones (ordinarias y extraordinarias), quién las
convoca y los plazos para convocar y anunciar el orden del día, qué tipo de
información es preceptivo incluir; la duración máxima de la sesión; si existe la
posibilidad de invitar con fines informativos a las personas que se consideren
oportunas; el contenido mínimo del acta (asistentes, orden del día, fecha y lugar
donde se ha celebrado, los puntos principales de las deliberaciones y el contenido
de los acuerdos adoptados); y la custodia y el mecanismo para hacerla pública.
c) Mecanismos para la toma de decisiones:
La toma de decisiones se lleva a cabo a través de las intervenciones de los
miembros de la comisión correspondiente en las reuniones que periódicamente se
lleven a cabo. Los acuerdos pueden ser adoptados por consenso o mediante
votación, cuando fuera el caso. La comisión encargada del sistema de garantía de la
calidad los eleva al órgano que corresponda para su aprobación (la junta del
departamento).
d) Participación de los distintos colectivos (PDI, PAS, estudiantes, otros
grupos de interés, etc.):
Se asegurará la participación de un número determinado de representantes de
todos los colectivos de la unidad. Los miembros de la comisión tienen voz y voto,
en cambio, se puede considerar oportuno invitar a otras personas, las cuales
pueden participar en la sesión con voz pero sin voto.
e) Funciones asignadas:
� Verif icar el cumplimiento de los requisitos generales de la Política y Objetivos de
Calidad de las enseñanzas del máster y difundir esta información entre todos los
colectivos de la unidad.
� Analizar y proponer mejoras en los procedimientos de:
• Evaluación y mejora de la calidad de la enseñanza y el profesorado.
• Análisis de la inserción laboral de los titulados y de la satisfacción con la
formación recibida.
• Análisis de la satisfacción de los distintos colectivos implicados y de
atención a las sugerencias y reclamaciones.
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� Realizar el desarrollo y seguimiento de los diferentes procesos que conforman el
sistema, la identificación y coordinación de las unidades implicadas en el mismo,
el seguimiento de las acciones correctoras y de mejora, los cambios que se
planifiquen que puedan afectar al sistema de calidad, los resultados de cada
proceso y las recomendaciones a llevar a cabo en función de los mismos para la
mejora del plan de estudios.
� Elaborar propuestas de mejoras del sistema de calidad del programa formativo
que se presentarán al órgano responsable del máster para su ejecución,
seguimiento y evaluación.
9.2. Procedimientos de evaluación y mejora de la calidad de la enseñanza y
el profesorado
1) Procedimientos para la recogida y análisis de información sobre la
calidad de la enseñanza.
� Anualmente, se valora la calidad de la docencia de las asignaturas que
conforman el plan de estudios del máster mediante la Encuesta al estudiantado
sobre las asignaturas. Los objetivos de esta encuesta son:
• Detectar problemas en el ámbito de la docencia.
• Posibilitar vías de solución para la mejora continua del plan de estudios.
• Ser un elemento a tener en cuenta en la evaluación de las actividades de
planificación, organización y seguimiento de las enseñanzas que
corresponden a la unidad.
La población encuestada son todos los estudiantes de grado y de máster. Se
utiliza un modelo único en formato papel o en formato electrónico. Dicho
instrumento consta de 5 preguntas comunes para todas las titulaciones:
• Creo que el seguimiento de esta asignatura me aporta nuevos
conocimientos.
• Creo que el tiempo de trabajo personal que se debe dedicar a esta
asignatura para seguirla con aprovechamiento por hora de clase
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El informe de resultados de la encuesta será revisado y analizado por la
Comisión de Máster del Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores, que
determinará el conjunto de actuaciones a llevar a cabo y presentará una
propuesta para su aprobación al órgano responsable del máster.
Esta Comisión se ocupará de solicitar al departamento responsable de una
asignatura que tome las iniciativas necesarias, si la actividad docente de la
asignatura se considera deficiente o incumple con los objetivos propuestos por
la unidad. Si la Comisión considera que las deficiencias no han estado
corregidas, se informará al órgano que corresponda para que actúe en
consecuencia.
� Los estudiantes pueden hacer llegar sus opiniones acerca de la calidad de la
enseñanza a través de sus representantes en la comisión de seguimiento de la
calidad del máster o directamente a su tutor o al jefe de estudios. Mediante los
mecanismos establecidos por la unidad (ej: reuniones periódicas de los órganos,
sesiones tutoriales individuales o grupales, etc.) se recogerán acciones de
mejora sobre el proceso de aprendizaje, la resolución y previsión de problemas
académicos y para la garantía de la calidad del plan de estudios.
2) Los procedimientos para la recogida y análisis de información sobre los
resultados de aprendizaje.
Se tienen en cuenta los resultados obtenidos anualmente por los estudiantes sobre
una serie de indicadores:
� Parámetro de resultado medio: es el cociente de la media de los créditos
superados por el estudiante en un periodo lectivo sobre la media del total
de créditos matriculados, excluyendo de este cómputo los créditos
convalidados, adaptados, reconocidos y equiparados. Este indicador
expresa el grado de eficacia del estudiante y de la institución docente en
relación a su actividad académica.
� Parámetro de éxito: es el cociente de los créditos superados por el
estudiante en un periodo lectivo sobre el total de créditos presentados,
excluyendo de este cómputo los créditos convalidados, adaptados,
reconocidos, equiparados y los “No presentado”.
� Media de créditos teóricos: resulta de dividir el número total de créditos
por el número de cuatrimestres teóricos.
� Tasa de eficiencia: relación porcentual entre el número total de créditos
teóricos del plan de estudios a los que debieron haberse matriculado a lo
largo de sus estudios el conjunto de estudiantes titulados en un
determinado curso académico y el número total de créditos en los que
realmente han tenido que matricularse.
� Tasa de abandono: relación porcentual entre el número total de
estudiantes de una cohorte de nuevo ingreso que debieron obtener el
título el año académico anterior y que no se han matriculado ni en ese
año académico ni en el anterior.
� Tasa de graduación: porcentaje de estudiantes que finalizan la
enseñanza en el tiempo previsto en el plan de estudios o en año
académico más en relación con su cohorte de entrada.
Los resultados de estos indicadores se hacen públicos cada año en la web de Datos
Estadísticos y de Gestión de la UPC (http://www.upc.edu/dades/), y se presentan
en esta plataforma de forma global (Apartado Docencia, Subapartado 1.4.1) y por
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titulaciones (Apartado Docencia, Subapartado 1.4.2). Dichos resultados se tendrán
que traducir en actuaciones orientadas a la mejora del proceso de aprendizaje del
estudiantado.
Por otra parte, con carácter anual, por unidades y titulaciones, la UPC también
publica en su web de Datos Estadísticos y de Gestión (http://www.upc.edu/dades/,
Apartado Docencia, Subapartado 1.5.1) indicadores relativos a los titulados:
� la distribución del número de titulados por género y edad
� el % de titulados en función de la duración de los estudios
� la evolución global y por titulaciones de los titulados
� el número de titulados con una estancia académica internacional
equivalente a un cuatrimestre
El objetivo de dichas publicaciones, tanto en el caso de los indicadores sobre los
resultados académicos como sobre los titulados, es rendir cuentas a la comunidad
universitaria y a la sociedad en general.
Para la evaluación del aprendizaje de los estudiantes también se utilizan otros
mecanismos (exámenes, proyectos realizados, trabajos finales de máster, etc.)
como indicadores para determinar el grado de consecución de los objetivos
establecidos en el plan de estudios. Los resultados obtenidos por los estudiantes en
cada una de las pruebas quedan certificados mediante unos actos de evaluación
que sirven de instrumento para que el órgano/comisión encargado de la evaluación
del estudiantado lleve a cabo su análisis y tome las medidas y las decisiones
adecuadas para la mejora del plan de estudios.
La Comisión de Máster del Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores,
encargada de la calidad del plan de estudios garantizará que anualmente se midan,
se analicen y se utilicen los resultados del aprendizaje para la toma de decisiones y
la mejora continua de la calidad de las enseñanzas impartidas. Para ello se
elaborará un informe o memoria anual que se presentará al órgano responsable del
máster para que analice dichos resultados y defina las medidas que sean
necesarias.
3) Los procedimientos para la recogida y análisis de información sobre el
profesorado.
3.1. Manual de evaluación de la Actividad Docente de la UPC
Con respecto a los mecanismos de evaluación y mejora de la calidad del
profesorado, la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña aplica desde el curso
2007/2008 un modelo de evaluación del profesorado basado en el Manual de
Evaluación de la Actividad Docente de la UPC aprobado por el Consejo de Gobie rno
(acuerdo número 174/2007 del Consejo de Gobierno de 13 de noviembre de 2007).
Esta certificación responde a la adecuación del modelo de evaluación de la UPC a
los criterios establecidos por AQU Catalunya a: Resolución IUE / 2037/2007, de 25
de junio, que publica las Instrucciones para la Certificación de Manuales de
Evaluación Docente de las Universidades Públicas Catalanas y la Guía para el diseño
y la implantación de un modelo institucional de evaluación docente del profesorado
a las universidades públicas catalanas (AQU Catalunya, segunda edición).
La evaluación del profesorado funcionario y contratado no se hace únicamente a
efectos de la concesión de un complemento autonómico, sino que tiene que
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� Informar de los resultados de la evaluación a AQU Catalunya y al
departamento competente en materia de universidades para la obtención
del complemento autonómico.
� Informar los tribunales de concursos para plazas de profesorado.
� Considerarla un requisito para presidir los tribunales de los concursos de
acceso a plazas de profesorado, y un mérito para formar parte.
� Considerarla un mérito en los procesos de promoción interna.
� Considerarla un mérito en las solicitudes de ayudas para la innovación, la
mejora docente y la búsqueda sobre docencia.
� Considerarla un mérito para la concesión de permisos y licencias.
� Considerarla un mérito en la solicitud de la condición de profesor
emérito.
� Considerarla un requisito para poder optar a la concesión de premios y
otros reconocimientos de calidad docente.
� Considerarla un requisito para poder optar a la concesión del
complemento autonómico de docencia.
� Otros efectos que el Consejo de Gobierno determine en acuerdos
posteriores a la aprobación de este modelo.
El modelo de evaluación recoge información referente a los contenidos siguientes:
� Autoinforme del profesor.
� Planificación docente.
� Actuación profesional.
� Resultados de la actividad docente.
� Satisfacción de los estudiantes.
En el apartado del autoinforme, se pretende que el profesor haga una reflexión
personal sobre la docencia impartida (haciendo referencia al resto de apartados) así
como identificar los méritos docentes más relevantes del quinquenio.
En el apartado de planificación docente, se tiene en cuenta el volumen de docencia,
así como la variedad de asignaturas impartidas durante el quinquenio, y en el
apartado de “actuación profesional” se quiere dar importancia a las actividades que
el profesor ha realizado y que están vinculadas a la mejora docente.
Para asegurar una buena valoración de las tareas desarrolladas por el profesor se
han designado diferentes comisiones de ámbito que se encargan de validar y
valorar los méritos aportados por el profesor.
3.2. Encuesta al estudiantado sobre la actuación docente del profesorado
Para valorar la satisfacción de los estudiantes, la UPC realiza la Encuesta al
estudiantado sobre la actuación docente del profesorado que valora anualmente la
calidad académica del profesorado. Los objetivos de esta encuesta son:
� Contribuir a la mejora de la calidad docente de la Universidad.
� Detectar problemas en el ámbito de la docencia y posibilitar vías de
solución para la mejora continua del plan de estudios.
� Ser un elemento a tener en cuenta en la valoración del complemento de
méritos docentes (quinquenios), la promoción o renovación del contrato,
la concesión de permisos temporales, y la evaluación de la docencia del
Departamento donde esté asignado.
La población encuestada son todos los estudiantes de grado y de máster. Se utiliza
un modelo único en formato papel o en formato electrónico. Dicho instrumento
consta de 4 preguntas comunes para todas las titulaciones:
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� Creo que este/a profesor/a me ha ayudado a comprender esta materia.
� Pienso que está motivado/a en la materia que imparte.
� Considero que se muestra receptivo/a para resolver las dudas de los
estudiantes.
� Pienso que lo/la profesor/a que ha impartido esta asignatura es un
buen/a profesor/a.
(Las respuestas van de 1 (mucho en desacuerdo) a 5 (muy de acuerdo)).
y, según la tipología de la asignatura (teoría, laboratorio, etc.), además se pueden
añadir algunas preguntas adicionales. La gestión, el tratamiento y análisis de datos,
y la difusión de los resultados de la encuesta se llevan a cabo de forma centralizada
a través del Gabinete de Planificación, Evaluación y Calidad de la universidad. Los
resultados de la encuesta se difunden a través de una intranet
(https://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/apae/enquestes/login.asp) y los datos se publican
anualmente de forma desagregada por profesores y de forma agregada por unidad
básica (centro y departamento). Los destinatarios de la difusión son el
Vicerrectorado de Política Académica, el profesorado, los directores,
administradores y los técnicos de planif icación y calidad de los centros y
departamentos, y el Servicio de Personal.
El informe de resultados de la encuesta será revisado y analizado por la Comisión
de Máster del Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores, que determinará el
conjunto de actuaciones a llevar a cabo y presentará una propuesta para su
aprobación al órgano responsable del máster.
La Comisión de Máster del Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores es el
órgano encargado de velar por la calidad de las enseñanzas impartidas, y de
evaluar la actividad docente y la tarea docente del PDI adscrito a la unidad. Esta
Comisión se ocupará de evaluar la tarea docente del PDI asignado al máster y de
elaborar informes sobre la tarea docente llevada a cabo por este personal. Para ello
se tendrán en cuenta, entre otros elementos, los resultados obtenidos en esta
encuesta y se informará de los mismos al director/a del máster junto con un
informe de medidas correctoras a adoptar y de acciones de mejora a aplicar.
3.3. Info PDI
También se dispone de otro mecanismo para la consulta de la valoración del
estudiantado sobre la actuación docente y de los indicadores sobre la actividad
docente, de investigación, de dirección y coordinación, y de extensión universitaria
del PDI. Se trata de un aplicativo informático llamado “Info PDI”
(https://bibliotecnica.upc.es/apae/infopdi/login.asp) que contiene la evolución
histórica de cada uno de los indicadores de actividad del profesorado y los
resultados de las encuestas de los estudiantes desde el curso 1995/1996. A este
aplicativo puede tener acceso cada profesor, el cual puede visualizar un informe
global que contiene su progresión en los distintos ámbitos de su actividad:
� Docencia: docencia impartida en titulaciones de grado, máster y
doctorado; direcciones de PFC, trabajos de investigación tutelados y
proyectos de tesis; participación en tribunales (PFC, tesis y DEA);
coordinaciones de programas docentes, de programas de intercambios
de estudiantes, de programas de cooperación educativa, etc.;
actividades personales (asistencia a cursos, seminarios, jornadas,
simposios de formación docente, pedagógica o de materias propias del
área de conocimiento, …); y encuestas de los estudiantes.
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� Investigación: resultados de la actividad de investigación obtenidos a
partir de la publicación de artículos en revistas, congresos, libros,
premios, etc.
� Dirección y coordinación: de órganos de gobierno y de representación,
en órganos colegiados o unipersonales de las unidades básicas, etc.
� Extensión universitaria: resultados de la actividad de extensión
universitaria, relacionados con actividades de voluntariado, de
colaboración con las instituciones y con los medios de comunicación, etc.
El Info PDI constituye para el profesorado un motivo individual de ref lexión, que
incide en la mejora de la calidad docente. Dicho aplicativo se actualiza anualmente
y se gestiona a través del Gabinete de Planif icación, Evaluación y Calidad en
colaboración con el Servicio de Personal de la UPC.
3.4. Plan de Formación del PDI de la UPC
En relación a la formación del PDI y la vinculación de ésta a la evaluación del
profesorado, la UPC cuenta con un Plan de Formación del PDI de la UPC
(Documento aprobado por el Consejo de Gobierno de fecha 22 de julio del 2005) en
el cual se establecen los objetivos, su desarrollo, los instrumentos y los criterios de
priorización de las actividades de formación. Según este documento marco, el
Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación (ICE) de la UPC canaliza todas las actividades
formativas dirigidas al PDI con el objetivo de mejorar su actividad académica
(docencia, investigación, transferencia de tecnología, extensión universitaria, y
dirección y coordinación), instrumental (idiomas, etc.) y la propia de su ámbito de
conocimiento (actividades de formación continuada, etc.). El conjunto de la oferta
existente se estructura a través de la creación de un espacio propio dentro de la
web del ICE aprovechando los recursos ya existentes (inscripciones vía web, listas
de distribución, etc.) y mediante la web de la UPC así como otros medios de
comunicación interna de forma coordinada con el Servicio de Comunicación y
Promoción de la UPC. El Consejo de Gobierno fija anualmente las líneas de
formación a impulsar así como los colectivos y las situaciones a las cuales se
dirigen, de acuerdo con las líneas estratégicas de la institución. El ICE lleva a cabo
la priorización de las solicitudes, a partir de las líneas aprobadas anualmente por el
Consejo de Gobierno. El Instituto canaliza el proceso de acreditación de las
actividades formativas realizadas por el PDI. Las diversas comisiones del Consejo
de Gobie rno, a propuesta del ICE, asignan el reconocimiento pertinente de acuerdo
con la tipología de actividad realizada.
4) Objetivos de calidad previamente fijados
� Proporcionar una formación dirigida hacia la excelencia, garantizando una
oferta académica acorde con las necesidades y expectativas de los usuarios
y la sociedad en general.
� Facilitar al PDI y PAS, la adquisición de la formación necesaria para realizar
sus respectivas actividades, y facilitar los recursos necesarios para que las
puedan desarrollar satisfactoriamente.
� Conseguir un compromiso permanente de mejora continua.
� Orientar continuadamente la dirección y la gestión de la Universidad a los
objetivos de docencia e investigación.
� Asegurar que la Política de Calidad sea entendida y aceptada por todos los
grupos de interés y que se encuentre a disposición de todos ellos.
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� Garantizar que el Sistema de Gestión de Calidad se mantenga efectivo y que
sea controlado y revisado de forma periódica.
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9.3. Procedimiento para garantizar la calidad de las prácticas externas y
los programas de movilidad
No se preveen prácticas externas o programas de mobilidad más allá de las
actividades del propio programa de Máster.
9.4. Procedimientos de análisis de la inserción laboral de los titulados y de
la satisfacción con la formación recibida
La UPC impulsa la Encuesta a titulados de la UPC.
Los objetivos de dicha encuesta son:
� Evaluar su inserción laboral 3 años después de finalizar sus estudios.
� Valorar su satisfacción con la formación recibida en la Universidad y su
adecuación al lugar de trabajo que ocupan.
� Además esta encuesta se trata de un proyecto compartido con las 7
universidades públicas catalanas y la Agencia de Calidad del Sistema
Universitario catalán (AQU Catalunya). Este instrumento permite realizar
una evaluación transversal de la inserción laboral de los titulados
universitarios y armonizar la metodología utilizada para poder comparar e
integrar la información con el objetivo de extraer conclusiones fiables en el
ámbito catalán.
� Finalmente, los resultados de este cuestionario permiten extraer indicadores
para comparar las posibilidades de inserción que of recen las diferentes
titulaciones de la UPC y, al mismo tiempo, posibilita el análisis de cada una
de las áreas de conocimiento en particular.
La población encuestada es una muestra de los titulados y se utiliza un modelo
único de encuesta para todo el colectivo. La encuesta está estructurada en distintos
bloques: el primero está relacionado con el primer trabajo (dificultad, cuándo y
cómo se encontró, etc.), el segundo con la situación laboral actual del encuestado
(ámbito y características de la empresa, salario, tipo y duración de contrato,
funciones realizadas, satisfacción con el trabajo, factores que influyeron para que lo
contrataran, etc.), el tercero está relacionado con el nivel de formación recibida en
la UPC (la formación teórica y práctica; las competencias transversales como la
informática, los idiomas o la documentación; las competencias interpersonales y de
gestión como la expresión oral, la comunicación escrita, el trabajo en equipo, el
liderazgo y la gestión; y las competencias cognitivas como son la resolución de
problemas, la toma de decisiones, la creatividad o el pensamiento crítico) y su
adecuación al lugar de trabajo, el cuarto está vinculado con la formación
continuada, en el quinto se pregunta acerca de la movilidad mientras que en el
sexto bloque se analizan las situaciones de titulados en paro (medios para buscar
trabajo, tiempo en desempleo, elementos que pueden dificultar el acceso a un
trabajo, etc.).
A partir de los resultados de la encuesta, AQU Catalunya elabora dos tipos de
informes que contienen datos agregados: “La inserción laboral de los titulados
universitarios. Total por áreas en Cataluña” y “La inserción laboral de los titulados
universitarios. Total por subáreas en Cataluña”.
Desde el Gabinete de Planificación, Evaluación y Calidad de la UPC, a partir de los
resultados de esta encuesta se confecciona el “Informe sobre la inserción laboral de
los titulados de la UPC”, el cual se difunde a través de prensa escrita y mediante el
Sistema de Información Directiva de la UPC y se presenta en distintos foros de los
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órganos de gobierno, de representación y de consulta, como el Consejo de
Dirección o el Consejo de Directores de Centros Docentes para su información,
reflexión y debate. Paralelamente, también se hace difusión de los resultados por
centros y titulaciones a través del web de Datos Estadísticos y de Gestión de la UPC
(http://www.upc.edu/dades/, Apartado Centros Docentes, Subapartado “Encuestas
a los titulados”).
En conclusión, los datos extraídos de esta encuesta representan una herramienta
que permite realizar un seguimiento de los indicadores básicos de inserción laboral
de los titulados de la UPC, de conocer la tasa de ocupación por unidades básicas y
la valoración de la formación recibida en cada una de ellas, y de aplicar sin perder
de vista la complejidad del mercado laboral las adecuadas medidas de mejora en el
plan de estudios.
Por otra parte, la UPC dispone de la Oficina de Orientación e Inserción Laboral
(OOIL) que tiene como objetivo dar respuesta a las necesidades de los estudiantes
y titulados de la UPC en materia de orientación e inserción laboral. El objetivo
principal de la OOIL no es sólo facilitar la inserción laboral de los nuevos titulados
de la UPC que se han apuntado a su bolsa de trabajo, sino, fundamentalmente, y
pensando en las perspectivas de futuro, facilitar el desarrollo de su carrera
profesional para procurar un posicionamiento correcto ante el mercado laboral.
Además la OOIL está vinculada directamente con más de 300 empresas, e
indirectamente con muchos más usuarios de la bolsa de trabajo, a las que ofrece
una serie de servicios: les asesora en sus necesidades de incorporación de personal
calificado con respecto a los perfiles profesionales derivados de las titulaciones de la
UPC y con respecto a las condiciones laborales que se les pueden ofrecer; les ofrece
un servicio de bolsa de trabajo y los implica en acciones relacionadas c on el t e ma
de la inserción laboral (workshops de empresas, talleres de competencias
transversales,...). Al mismo tiempo, la OOIL lleva a cabo estudios de carácter
puntual y sistemático sobre los titulados inscritos en el servicio de empleo y los
e mp leadores. En el caso de los titulados, a través de una encuesta on-line periódica
(pudiendo hacer un refuerzo de encuestas telefónicas) se recogen los datos más
significativos sobre el trabajo desarrollado, el tipo de empresa donde se han
insertado los titulados (sectores, alcance, número de trabajadores, etc.), el proceso
de búsqueda de ocupación realizado, las condiciones laborales, la valoración del
puesto de trabajo conseguido, la movilidad internacional y la formación continuada.
En relación a las empresas, a través de encuestas personales con gerentes y
responsables de recursos humanos se identifican las necesidades de las empresas
en materia de perf iles profesionales y, al mismo tiempo, se detecta la opinión
(aspectos del CV y competencias personales) que tiene la empresa de los recién
titulados de la UPC, sus puntos fuertes y las áreas de mejora.
El estudio permite disponer de información sobre la tasa de ocupación de los
usuarios de la OOIL (todos con titulaciones politécnicas), las características de su
inserción laboral (sueldo, tipo de empresa donde trabaja, autoocupación, etc.) y
también la satisfacción del titulado y del empleador con la formación universitaria
recibida. Con los resultados obtenidos se elabora un estudio que se publica y se
difunde en distintos formatos (web de la OOIL, correo electrónico, papel, CD, etc.).
Los destinatarios de la difusión son los estudiantes, la UPC y los equipos directivos
de los centros docentes, los responsables de las administraciones públicas, las
empresas y la sociedad en general ya que es un estudio público y de libre acceso.
Este estudio es una herramienta de gran utilidad para las siguientes promociones
de titulados, que tienen información sobre su mercado de trabajo.
Por otra parte, la interpretación correcta de las características y los problemas de
inserción de cada una de las titulaciones sólo puede obtenerse a partir de estudios
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sectoriales, con la utilización de técnicas cualitativas que permiten recoger las
experiencias de los diferentes actores implicados en la relación entre estudios y
mercado de trabajo (titulados, profesorado, gestores y empleadores).
La unidad responsable del máster llevará a cabo un análisis sobre la inserción
laboral y la satisfacción de los titulados a partir de los estudios elaborados y
publicados por AQU Cataluña y también a partir de encuestas propias a los
titulados, estudios de opinión de los empleadores, observatorios del mercado
laboral, etc. Se elaborará un informe que se expondrá a los órganos de gobierno
del centro para poder planificar actuaciones de mejora de los planes de estudios.
9.5. Procedimiento para el análisis de la satisfacción de los distintos
colectivos implicados (estudiantes, personal académico y de
administración y servicios, etc.) y de atención a las sugerencias y
reclamaciones. Criterios específicos en el caso de extinción del título
1) Procedimientos/mecanismos para la recogida y análisis de información
sobre la satisfacción de los colectivos implicados en el Título
La unidad básica dispone de un reglamento propio (aprobado por el Claustro
Universitario) en el cual se define, entre otros aspectos, la estructura de gobierno y
de gestión de la unidad. En este reglamento se especifican las funciones de cada
uno de los órganos de gobierno y la representatividad en éstos de los diferentes
colectivos que forman la comunidad. A través de las reuniones de las comisiones de
estos órganos colegiados y unipersonales se canalizan las opiniones de los
colectivos de la unidad, las cuales quedan registradas en unas actas y se toman
acuerdos que se convertirán en acciones de mejora para el desarrollo del plan de
estudios.
Por otra parte, al objeto de recabar la información sobre el nivel de satisfacción de
los colectivos implicados en el título, se utilizarán encuestas para poder contrastar
adecuadamente las distintas opiniones.
El procedimiento para la realización de las encuestas de opinión comienza con el
envío de la herramienta de recogida de información (mediante correo electrónico o
plataforma virtual), por parte de la unidad competente establecida a tal efecto por
la unidad básica o la Universidad, a los estudiantes, PDI, PAS y otros agentes
externos (cuando sea el caso) implicados en el título, indicándoles una fecha
máxima para su remisión. La encuesta podrá ser cumplimentada en formato
electrónico. Los datos se volcarán en un fichero informático para su procesamiento
y análisis por parte de la unidad o servicio responsable.
Finalizados los análisis de satisfacción global, la unidad competente elaborará un
informe con los resultados. En él se def inirán los puntos fuertes y débiles, así como
las propuestas de mejora detalladas y dirigidas a los agentes pertinentes. La unidad
competente trasladará al responsable del título los resultados de satisfacción y las
propuestas que hayan elaborado a partir de la información recabada. Dichas
propuestas deben permitir detectar las necesidades de mejora y obtener
orientaciones básicas para el diseño de acciones encaminadas a subsanar las
deficiencias detectadas. El responsable del título trasladará las propuestas de
mejora a la Comisión de Máster del Departamento de Arquitectura de
Computadores o cualquier otro órgano o comisión encargada de tomar las
decisiones oportunas sobre el título.
Cuando se disponga de varias evaluaciones, la unidad competente tendrá en cuenta
la evolución de los datos de satisfacción y lo hará constar en los informes.
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El seguimiento de la ejecución de las acciones derivadas debe recoger, en su caso,
los siguientes aspectos: acciones propuestas, responsable(s) del seguimiento de la
acción, valoración del grado de cumplimiento y tiempo necesario para su ejecución.
En concreto, los estudiantes también pueden presentar sus opiniones en las
sesiones tutoriales o a través del jefe de estudios de la titulación. En este sentido,
la UPC cuenta con un Plan de acción tutorial que consiste en un servicio de atención
al estudiante, a través del cual el profesorado proporciona elementos de
información, orientación y asesoramiento de forma grupal y personalizada. La
tutoría permite recibir orientación en dos ámbitos: el académico, con el
seguimiento de la progresión académica y asesoramiento en cuanto a la trayectoria
curricular en función de las posibilidades de cada uno; y, el personal, con el
asesoramiento sobre el proceso de aprendizaje (adecuación de los métodos de
estudio, recursos disponibles en la universidad, etc.). Al comienzo de curso se
comunica al estudiante quién es su tutor o tutora. Se realizan reuniones grupales al
inicio de curso para resolver o prever problemas académicos que puedan surgir.
2) Procedimientos/mecanismos para la recogida y análisis de información
sobre las sugerencias o reclamaciones de los estudiantes
En este ámbito, la UPC dispone de la f igura del Defensor de la comunidad
universitaria de la UPC, cuya misión fundamental es la de recibir quejas,
sugerencias, iniciativas y propuestas de mejora, así como atender a cualquier
persona física o jurídica que no se considere suficientemente atendida a través de
los canales de que dispone la comunidad. Este mecanismo está regulado en los
Estatutos de la UPC (Título VI) y en el Reglamento número 9/2004 del Claustro
Universitario. El Defensor de la UPC no está sujeto a ningún mandato imperativo,
no recibe instrucciones de ninguna autoridad y cumple sus funciones con autonomía
y según su criterio. Entre sus funciones está la de presentar al Consejo Social y al
Claustro Universitario un informe anual sobre sus actuaciones y la de facilitar la
presentación de sugerencias relacionadas con la mejora de la calidad en el
funcionamiento de la universidad y atenderlas con una atención especial. El
procedimiento para tramitar las quejas u observaciones es a través de escrito y
documentos justificativos. En todos los casos el Defensor debe emitir resolución o si
decide no admitir a trámite una queja tiene que comunicarlo al interesado mediante
un escrito motivado. Para rendir cuentas de sus acciones, en la web de la UPC, en
el apartado “La UPC”, esta figura dispone de un apartado específico en el cual se
hacen públicos, además de su reglamento y su marco de actuación, los informes
que ha elaborado hasta el momento incluyendo una relación de quejas, de
actuaciones y de recomendaciones desde el 1995 hasta el 2006. Dicho acopio
contiene de forma resumida la tipología de expedientes tramitados y las
recomendaciones realizadas hasta el momento.
Por otra parte, según el artículo 162 de los Estatutos de la UPC, los estudiantes
para potenciar su participación en todos los ámbitos de la vida universitaria y su
contribución en las finalidades de la Universidad, tienen que crear una organización
propia, que tiene que incluir, como uno de sus órganos de representación, el
Consejo del Estudiantado. Este órgano representa a todos los estudiantes de la UPC
y se rige por el reglamento aprobado por acuerdo número 15/1999 de la Junta de
Gobierno. En dicho reglamento se establece sus competencias, sus objetivos, su
funcionamiento, sus órganos y las funciones que le corresponde. Entre las
competencias de este Consejo están la de servir de medio de expresión de las
aspiraciones, peticiones y propuestas de los estudiantes; y promover, coordinar y
defender sus inquietudes, derechos e intereses, además de emitir informes sobre
cuestiones de la actividad universitaria que considere oportunas. El Consejo del
Estudiantado dispone de una web en la cual incorpora información acerca de
material, normativas, servicios, etc., de interés para los estudiantes.
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Además los estudiantes cuentan con un órgano de asesoramiento y defensa de los
intereses del conjunto de estudiantes miembros de la unidad básica y de
coordinación de sus representantes. Este órgano es la Delegación de Estudiantes
formada, como mínimo, por los representantes de los estudiantes en los órganos de
gobierno y representación de la unidad básica y por los representantes de los
estudiantes en los órganos de gobierno y representación de la universidad. En la
web de la UPC, en el apartado “Estudiantes de la UPC”, Subapartado “Servicios y
Vida universitaria” se publicitan todas las delegaciones de estudiantes que cuentan
con página web propia.
Las reclamaciones tendrán como objeto poner de manifiesto las actuaciones que, a
juicio del reclamante, supongan una actuación irregular o no satisfactoria en el
funcionamiento de los servicios que se prestan con motivo de las enseñanzas del
título. Las sugerencias tendrán como f inalidad la mejora de la eficacia, eficiencia y
calidad de los servicios prestados en el título e incrementar la satisfacción de los
estudiantes. Los canales disponibles para presentarlas son: aplicativo web, buzón,
correo electrónico, de forma presencial a través de la oficina correspondiente,
mediante los representantes a los distintos órganos de gobierno de la unidad
básica, la Dirección de la unidad, etc. La resolución de la solicitud se llevará a cabo
por correo electrónico, ordinario o de forma presencial.
En cualquier caso, se deberá remitir un informe de todas las reclamaciones o
sugerencias de forma periódica a la unidad competente (establecida por el órgano
responsable del máster), quien las analizará y emit irá un informe que será enviado
al responsable del máster y a la Comisión de Máster del Departamento de
Arquitectura de Computadores para la toma de la decisión oportuna. La unidad
competente recabará las decisiones adoptadas por los órganos correspondientes y
acordará las recomendaciones pertinentes o las medidas correctoras encaminadas a
la mejora del título, tratando con especial atención aquellas incidencias que se
repitan frecuentemente o tengan un carácter relevante.
3) C riterios y procedimientos para una posible extinción del Título.
La extinción de un título oficial impartido por las Unidades Básicas de la Universidad
Politécnica de Cataluña podrá producirse por no obtener un informe de acreditación
positivo, o porque se considere que el título necesita modificaciones de modo que
se produzca un cambio apreciable en su naturaleza y objetivos o bien a petición del
Centro, del Consejo de Gobierno de la Universidad o de la Comunidad Autónoma,
de acuerdo con los criterios que ésta establezca.
El RD 1393/2007 establece que las titulaciones acreditadas inicialmente, deben
someterse a un proceso de evaluación, por la ANECA o los órganos de evaluación
que la Ley de las Comunidades Autónomas determinen, cada 6 años desde la fecha
de su registro en el RUCT (Registro de Universidades, Centros y Títulos), con el f in
de mantener su acreditación.
Tal como indica el artículo 27 del citado RD, la acreditación de los títulos se
mantendrá cuando obtengan un informe de acreditación positivo. En caso de
informe negativo, se comunicará a la Universidad, a la Comunidad Autónoma y al
Consejo de Universidades, para que las deficiencias encontradas puedan ser
subsanadas. De no serlo, el título causará baja en el RUCT y perderá su carácter
oficial y validez en todo el territorio nacional, estableciéndose en la resolución
correspondiente las garantías necesarias para los estudiantes que se encuentren
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cursando dichos estudios. Por tanto, un plan de estudios se considera extinguido
cuando no supere este proceso de acreditación.
También se procederá a la extinción del título cuando, tras modificar los planes de
estudios y comunicarlo al Consejo de Universidades para su valoración por ANECA
(articulo 28 del mencionado RD), ésta considere que tales modif icaciones suponen
un cambio apreciable en la naturaleza y objetivos del título previamente inscrito en
el RUCT, lo que se trata de un nuevo plan de estudios y se procederá a actuar como
corresponde a un nuevo título.
Por último, también podrá producirse la extinción de un título oficial cuando de
forma razonada lo proponga la unidad básica (tras aprobación por su Junta), el
Consejo de Gobierno de la UPC y el Consejo Social de la UPC.
Puesto que, cuando ocurra la extinción de un título oficial, las Universidades están
obligadas a garantizar el adecuado desarrollo efectivo de las enseñanzas que
hubieran iniciado sus estudiantes hasta su finalización, el órgano responsable del
máster debe proponer a la Junta, para su aprobación, los criterios que garanticen el
adecuado desarrollo efectivo de las enseñanzas que hubieran iniciado sus
estudiantes hasta su finalización, que contemplarán, entre otros, los siguientes
puntos:
� No admit ir matrículas de nuevo ingreso en la titulación.
� La supresión gradual de la impartición de la docencia.
� La implementación, en su caso, de acciones tutoriales y de orientación
específicas a los estudiantes.
� El derecho a evaluación hasta consumir las convocatorias reguladas por la
normativa vigente.
La Universidad y el Equipo Directivo de la unidad básica velarán por la difusión
eficaz a la sociedad en general, de la extinción de los planes de estudios de la UPC,
así como de las actuaciones que se realicen desde la unidad básica para garantizar
a los estudiantes el desarrollo efectivo de las enseñanzas que estos hubieran
iniciado.
4) Mecanismos para publicar información
La UPC dispone de una web (http://www.upc.edu/) estructurada por temas y por
colectivos en la cual se publica información relativa a los planes de estudios, a los
perfiles de ingreso de los estudiantes, a sus resultados académicos y de inserción
laboral, etc. Dicha web es de acceso público aunque también contiene apartados de
acceso restringido (intranets, sistemas de información, etc.) según el colectivo al
cual va dirigida la información. Además la web UPC integra las webs de las distintas
unidades básicas (centros docentes, departamentos e institutos universitarios de
investigación), funcionales (servicios generales) y otros entes de la Universidad.
La unidad responsable del máster propondrá la información que se debe publicar,
los medios de difusión y los grupos de interés a los que va dirigida. No obstante, en
la propuesta de Máster se acordó disponer de una única página web común para
todo el programa que gestiona y se encuentra en la web de la universidad que
coordina el programa: http://www.kth.se/emdc
Por lo que respecta a las titulaciones se informará al menos sobre:
� La oferta formativa.
� Los objetivos y la planificación de la titulación.
� Las metodologías de la enseñanza, aprendizaje y evaluación.
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� Los resultados de las enseñanzas por lo que se refiere al aprendizaje,
inserción laboral y satisfacción de los diferentes grupos de interés.
� Los procedimientos para realizar alegaciones, reclamaciones y sugerencias.
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Subapartados
10. CALENDARIO DE IMPLANTACIÓN
10.1 Cronograma de implantación de la titulación
10.2 Procedimiento de adaptación de los estudiantes, en su caso, de los estudiantes
de los estudios existentes al nuevo plan de estudio
10.3 Enseñanzas que se extinguen por la implantación del correspondiente título
propuesto
10.1. Cronograma de implantación de la titulación
Al tratarse de una titulación totalmente nueva, es decir, que el nuevo título de
Máster no sustituye a ningún otro título, su implantación se realizará de forma total
durante el curso 2010-11.
10.2. Procedimiento de adaptación de los estudiantes, en su caso, de los
estudiantes de los estudios existentes al nuevo plan de estudio
No existen estudios universitarios que precisen la adaptación de los estudiantes al
nuevo plan de estudios del Máster.
10.3. Enseñanzas que se extinguen por la implantación del
correspondiente título propuesto
La propuesta de titulación de Máster Universitario en Computación Distribuida no implica la
extinción de ningún título.
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Anexo 1: Estructura y ficha de los cursos del Máster Europeo
(UPC, IST, KTH)
Anexo 2: Curriculum de los responsables de asignatura y
coordinadores académicos
Anexo 3: Acuerdo de consorcio aprobado
Anexo 4: Propuesta presentada y aprobada por agencia
encargada del programa Erasmus Mundus
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UPC (1st year, 50% of students)
1st Semester Common 30 ECTS
UPC-DNS Distributed and Networked Systems 6
UPC-SITS Security in Information Technology Systems 6
UPC-PPMA Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms 6
UPC-SPE System Performance Evaluation 6
UPC-CDP Concurrent and Distributed Programming 6
2nd Semester Differentiation 5 out of 6 30 ECTS
UPC-EEDC Execution Environments for Distributed Computing 6
UPC-DS Decentralized Systems 6
UPC-SDS Scalable Distributed Systems 6
UPC-MTT Measurement Tools and Techniques 6
UPC-MCACN Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks 6
UPC-IMAP Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols 6
IST (1st year, 50% of students)
1st Semester Common 30 ECTS
IST-MDIA Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications 7.5
IST-NCS Network and Computer Security 7.5
IST-P2PON Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks 7.5
IST-DPC Parallel and Distributed Computing 7.5
2nd Semester Differentiation 4 out of 6 30 ECTS
IST-FTDS Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems 7.5
IST-CC Cloud Computing 7.5
IST-VEE Virtual Execution Environments 7.5
IST-MC Mobile Computing 7.5
IST-AICA Applications and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms 7.5
IST-DAT Database Administration and Tuning 7.5
KTH (100% of students)
3rd Semester Common 30 ECTS
KTH-RM Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications 7.5
KTH-DC Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing 7.5
KTH-ILDS Implementation of Scalable Distributed Systems 7.5
KTH-TW Technical Writing 7.5
KTH, ICT, UPC (students equally split)
Master project Either at KTH, IST, UPC 30 ECTS
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UPC-DNS - Distributed and Networked Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Distributed and Networked Systems
Id UPC-DNS
Contact Jordi Guitart (jguitart@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Networks, Programming, Operating systems
Learning outcomes General goals:
In this subject, students focus on the concepts behind operating systems, their
relationship with computer networks and their role in the advanced services that
students interested in specialising in systems must be familiar with.
Students should be able to build applications using the main programming paradigms
used in distributed systems and using the resources provided by distributed systems.
Specific goals
Knowledge
- Acquire in-depth knowledge of the main programming paradigms for the model
client/server model in distributed systems.
- Basic and advanced distributed services.
- Properties arising from overall system behaviour: fault tolerance, increased capacity,
security.
- Learn the latest trends regarding distributed system solutions.
Abilities
- Ability to analyze problems posed by the design and workings of a distributed
application, and to choose the best solutions.
- Optimising system resources and the network.
- Ability to develop systems/mechanisms for solving problems concerning fault
tolerance, performance, scale, mobility.
Competences
- Ability to work effectively in small groups to solve problems of middling difficulty.
- Ability to make convincing formal and informal oral presentations.
- Ability to study various sources, recognise that the information obtained in class is
insufficient, and to seek the supplementary information required.
- Ability to learn on one"s own.
Bibliography Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten Van Steen Distributed Systems: Principles and
Paradigms, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007.
Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim
Kindberg, 2005, Addison-Wesley.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods A) Partial written exam (test) - monitoring of each student’s knowledge and skills.
B) Final written exam on each student’s knowledge and skills.
C) Evaluation of reading reports, presentations, and discussion of recommended
articles and documents.
D) Evaluation of group / co-operative work on concepts, skills and competencies in the
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lab.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 28, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 24, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 24,
Study: 30, Additional time: 30, Evaluation: 4, Autonomous work: 10.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-SPE - System Performance Evaluation
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course System Performance Evaluation
Id UPC-SPE
Contact Maria Luisa Gil Gomez (marisa@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Networks, Programming, Operating systems
Learning outcomes General goals:
Upon finishing this subject, students will have an in-depth understanding of what is
required to assess system performance. Furthermore, they will be able to foresee,
analyse and synthesise the behaviour of the execution environment (hardware,
operating system, network, virtual machines, applications serve, etc.), in order to be
able to improve the performance of the applications that are required in our information
society.
Specific goals:
Knowledge
1. Learn the common technical environments in which current computing applications
are executed, and related advanced technologies.
2. Learn about current application servers and the role they play in the Information
Society.
3. Learn about system calls and specific commands for obtaining/modifying system
parameters (hardware and operating system, network, virtual machine, application
server, etc.).
4. Learn basic modelling and analytical techniques for evaluating system performance.
Abilities
1. Understand the system structure (at hardware, software, and all other levels) in which
certain applications are executed.
2. Determining the best tools for studying system performance.
3. Define the information metrics for evaluating system performance.
4. Understand the relationship between various metrics and estimate other unobserved
metrics.
5. Modifying system parameters in order to harmonise improvements in the system"s
performance.
Competences
1. Ability to work effectively in small groups to solve problems of middling difficulty.
2. Ability to solve poorly-structured problems.
3. Ability to summarise both formal and informal knowledge in written and oral form in a
way that convinces others.
4. Ability to understand other lines of reasoning.
5. Ability to work without disposing of all the information.
Bibliography Basic Bibliography:
Specific documentation CARS, FIB, 2005.
Complementary Bibliography:
Samuel Kounev and Alejandro Buchmann Performance Modeling and Evaluation of
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Large-Scale J2EE Applications, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of the
CMG, 2003.
Daniel A. Menascé, Virgilio A.F. Almeida Capacity planning for web services : metrics,
models, and methods, Prentice Hall,, 2002.
Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and Mike Loukides System performance tuning, O'Relly, 2002.
Stacy Joines, Ruth Willenborg, and Ken Hygh Performance analysis for Java web sites,
Addison-Wesley, 2003.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical lab classes.
The course is based on students' practical work, which is carried out in the lab sessions
and builds on theoretical foundations.
The course's theoretical foundations will be given in the form of lectures given by the
teacher.
Students will actively participate in this part of the course by following up the
bibliographic references and documentation indicated by the teacher.
The practical part of the course will be imparted in the teaching labs, and employ tutored
practical assignments. All practical assignments will be held in the lab hours reserved
for the purpose.
Practical assignments will initially consist of experiments whose scope will be limited to
achieving the pre-set objectives. Students will subsequently apply all their acquired
knowledge to optimise the solution.
Students must write a report on each of the practical assignments, which will follow the
methodology set out above. Use will also be made of virtual learning.
Assessment methods The course evaluation will be based on the following four items:
a. Final Theory Exam
b. Optional Participation Grade (Participation, voluntary assignments, etc.)
c. Continuous assessment of Theory, which is based on:
c1. Test on Part 1
c2. Test on Part 2
d. Continuous lab assessment, comprising two grades of the two lab practical
assignments.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 24, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 39, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 29,
Study: 42, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 6, Autonomous work: 10.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-PPMA – Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms
Id UPC-PPMA
Contact Eduardo Ayguadé Parra (eduard@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Basic understanding of parallel architectures
Learning outcomes General goals
In this course, students should gain an understanding of the concepts behind parallel
programming models for current supercomputing architectures, based on a collection
of distributed-memory nodes, each one with a shared-memory architecture. Nodes are
built from current multi-core chips and/or accelerators. The course will be very practical
with simple parallelization assignments using different programming models (such as
OpenMP, MPI, ...).
Specific goals
Knowledge
1. Programming models: shared memory (OpenMP) and message passing (MPI).
2. Trends in programming models for multicore and accelerator-based architectures.
Abilities
1. Ability to write parallel applications in mixed MPI/OpenMP.
2. Identification of the most appropriate programming model for a given application.
3. Simple modelling for parallel applications.
Competences
1. Be able to parallelize a sequential application and tune it for a specific parallel
architecture.
2. Be able to work in group to discuss the use of different programming models and
parallelization strategies for a given sequential application.
Bibliography Basic Bibliography
* W. Gropp, W., Lusk, E. and Skjellum, A. Using MPI - Portable Parallel Programming
with the Message Passing Interface, Mit Press, in Scientific and Engineering
Computation Series, 1999.
* Chapman, B. , Jost. G. and Van Der Pas, R. Using OpenMP - Portable Shared
Memory Parallel Programming, Mit Press, in Scientific and Engineering Computation
Series, 2007.
Complementary Bibliography
* Culler, D.E. and Singh, J.P. Parallel Computer Architecture: A hardware software
approach, Morgan Kauffmann. ISBN 1-55860-343-3, 1999.
* Other papers in international conferences and journals related to novel programming
models.
Teaching methods Classes building up concepts in a structured fashion and setting out the commitment
required for their practical application. Classes focusing on a set of parallel
programming models. Laboratory classes focusing on co-operative work in order to
consolidate concepts, skills and competencies.
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the implementation and report presented
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for a set of practical assignments and a presentation and discussion of a
bibliographical item.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 22, Problems: 16, Laboratory: 24, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 40,
Study: 26, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0, Autonomous work: 22.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-SITS - Security in Information Technology Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Security in Information Technology Systems
Id UPC-SITS
Contact Manel Medina (medina@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Networks, Programming, Operating systems
Learning outcomes General goals
This subject aims to cover the various facets of computer security, including
evaluation, network protection, security protocols and architectures and their
implementation in e-commerce.
Specific goals
- Security evaluation. Risk analysis. Security management.
- Basic network security. Threats, services. Public key infrastructure.
- Network protection. Perimeter security, IDS, antivirus.
- Security in e-Commerce Applications.
Bibliography * Carlisle Adams, Steve Lloyd Understanding PKI : concepts, standards, and
deployment considerations, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
* Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper & D. Brent Chapman Building Internet Firewalls;,
O'Reilly & Associates, 2000.
* Stephen Northcutt et al. Intrusion signatures and analysis, New Riders, 2001.
* Simson Garfinkel with Gene Spafford Web security, privacy & commerce, O'Reilly &
Associates, 2002.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical lab classes.
Theory classes will explain the technical differences between the various techniques
and security tools.
These theoretical explanations will be supplemented by lab sessions, which will give
students the opportunity to use the most common security tools for protecting networks
and computing systems.
Assessment methods 1. Carrying out and presenting an assignment bearing on network security. Marks will
make up 40% of the final grade.
2. An exam will be given on the theoretical part of the course. Marks will make up 40%
of the final grade.
3. Presentation of documentation arising from lab sessions. Marks will make up 20% of
the final grade.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 40, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 24, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 27,
Study: 40, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0, Autonomous work: 19.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-CDP - Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Id UPC-CDP
Contact Jorge Castro (castro@lsi.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Programming (Java)
Learning outcomes General goals
The aim of this subject is for students to learn to design and implement concurrent and
distributed programs securely and reliably. To guide the students in the design process,
they are introduced to LST (Labelled Transition System), a simple finite state model that
allows one to design, visualise and analyse concurrent systems. In order for them to
have a broader idea of concurrence and distributed systems, students are taught other
models, such as Petri networks and the software designed for analysing them. In order
for students to gain a complete understanding of the steps of the process, from
modelling to implementation, they undertake practicals in Java programming.
Specific goals:
Knowledge
1. Learn the use of transitional labelling systems (finite state models) as a design tool
and for analysing concurrent and distributed programs.
2. Learn a software package, e.g. LTS, for the design and analysis of transition
systems.
3. Learn Petri networks and other formal models for design and analysis, and some
specific analysis software.
4. Acquire a clear idea of the basic problems that can arise in concurrent and
distributed programming.
5. Learn parts of Java related to concurrent and distributed programming.
Abilities
1. Ability to model and analyze simple examples of concurrent programs through the
use of label transition systems.
2. Ability to use an analytical tool based on transition systems (LTS, for example).
3. Learn Petri networks and other formal models for design and analysis, and some
specific analysis software for Petri Networks.
4. Ability to use parts of Java related to concurrent and distributed programming.
Competences
1. Ability to formally argue whether or not a design is correct, using programs for this
purpose where necessary.
2. Ability to pass abstract tools for design and analysis, and for implementation in
programming languages (Java, for example).
Bibliography Basic Bibliography* Jeff Magee & Jeff Kramer Concurrency: state models & Java
programs, John Wiley & sons, 1999.
* Wolfgang Reisig Elements of distributed algorithms: modelling and analysis with Petri
Nets, Springer Verlag, 1998.
* Perterson, James Petri net theory and the modeling of systems, Prentice-Hall, 1981.
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* Gerard Tel Introduction to distributed algorithms, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Complementary Bibliography* Doug Lea Concurrent programming in Java : design
principles and patterns, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
* Bil Lewis, Daniel J. Berg Multithreaded programming with Java technology, Prentice
Hall, 2000.
Teaching methods Examples will be used to introduce basic concepts in the theory classes. Students will
solve exercises on theory class themes in the practical classes. Lab classes will cover
implementation of these problems (or similar problems) in Java. Both the lab and
problem classes may employ design and analysis tools such as LTS.
Assessment methods Final exam and a lab grade. The exam comprises problems presented on the theory
classes. The lab grade reflects the quality of students' work. The final grade will be
calculated as follows: final exam*0.7 + lab grade*0.3.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 28, Problems: 28, Laboratory: 14, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 14,
Study: 60, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 6.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-EEDC - Execution Environments for Distributed Computing
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Execution Environments for Distributed Computing
Id UPC-EEDC
Contact Jordi Torres (torres@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Concepts on Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent and Distributed
Programming
Learning outcomes General goals
Nowadays, business and scientific organisations have a large amount of critical
workflow processes that depend upon a set of heterogeneous applications. This set of
applications can range from transactional applications, with databases, to non
interactive applications such as those that perform scientific CPU-intensive computing,
document indexing or intensive I/O.
To efficiently execute all these kinds of applications, a new execution environment (or
middleware) is needed to manage the available resources and simplify the
development and integration of the different types of applications and services. These
middleware components are crucial to new systems and architectures because of their
direct impact on the quality of the service offered by the application.
This course provides an overview of the wide scope of this area and introduces past
and current research focusing on conceptual and practical aspects of Middleware.
The course also has the objective of introducing the student to research. In general the
EEDC course is focused on developing skills rather than content. For this reason each
year the focus changes as the field evolves.
Specific goals
- Middleware basics
- Cloud Computing
- Topic focus: Green Computing
Bibliography Collection of scientific papers and Internet resources.
Teaching methods Theory classes, readings of research papers, presentation and discussion of topics by
students. Two main reading parts in the course, one for general papers and one for
more in depth research in the area (related with the research project). Discussions will
be led by one or more students and may include a brief presentation of the paper.
All students taking the course are required to complete a research project (or “state-ofthe-
field” review). The project is intended to provide the student with an opportunity to
gain experience with research in a topic related to the content of the course. Moreover
student will be introduced to the research information resources.
Finally students will participate in the organization of a course workshop organized like
an international scientific workshop, where the research results will be presented.
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the participation of students in class,
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eading reports and and a project work on specific topics.
- Paper Readings/Presentations: 35%
- Research Project: 35%
- Participation: 30%
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 10, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 0, Other activities: 20, External Laboratory: 20,
Study: 90, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0, Autonomous work: 10.
Total work hours for student: 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-DS - Decentralized Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Decentralized Systems
Id UPC-DS
Contact Felix Freitag (felix@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Concepts on Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent and Distributed
Programming
Learning outcomes General goals
Learn the fundamental concepts, operation, design and evaluation of decentralized
systems.
Specific goals
Fundamental concepts: peer-to-peer and overlay networks.
Routing: unstructured and structured overlay networks.
Techniques and models: publish/subscribe, group communication, self-properties,
incentives, management, resource allocation, security and anonymity, characterization
and evaluation.
Applications: content and media distribution, storage, file sharing, communication,
computing, social networks.
Bibliography Collection of papers publicly available.
Teaching methods Theory classes, readings of research papers, presentation of topics by students
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the participation of students in class,
reading reports and and a project work on specific topics.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 27, Problems: 9, Laboratory: 0, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 15,
Study: 90, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 2, Autonomous work: 7.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-SDS - Scalable Distributed Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Scalable Distributed Systems
Id UPC-SS
Contact Leandro Navarro (leandro@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Concepts on Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent and Distributed
Programming
Learning outcomes General goals
Learn the fundamental concepts, operation and design guidelines, patterns and
methods for developing software systems with
good scalability
and predictability, and the evaluation of scalable and Internet-scale systems.
Specific goals
- Fundamental concepts: The effect of scale in system properties (functional and
operational).
- Issues in large-scale systems: virtualization, service orientation and composition,
availability, locality, performance and adaptation (host-spots, autonomic computing).
- Models for large-scale systems: system models for analysis (game-theoretic,
economic, evolutionary, control, complex networks), architectural models (multi-tier,
cluster, farm, grid, cloud, SaaS).
- Scaling techniques: basic techniques (caching, distribution, replication), scalable
computing techniques for architectural models.
- Middleware and Applications: computing, storage, web, content distribution, Internetscale
systems or services
Bibliography Collection of papers publicly available.
Teaching methods Theory classes,
Reading and discussion of research papers,
Presentation of topics by students,
Laboratory activities
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the participation of students in class,
reading reports and an experimental project work on specific topics.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 18, Problems: 9, Laboratory: 10, Other activities: 10, External Laboratory: 10,
Study: 75, Additional time: 5, Evaluation: 5, Autonomous work: 8.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-MTT - Measurement Tools and Techniques
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Measurement Tools and Techniques
Id UPC-MTT
Contact Alex Ramirez (aramirez@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Notions of parallel or distributed systems and programming models, concurrent
programming computer architecture, operating systems.
Learning outcomes General goals
Knowledge of the different techniques involved in performing research on computer
architecture and technology: code instrumentation, obtaining execution traces,
performance analysis and trace visualization, and performance simulation. Knowledge
of the tools required to perform these tasks: instrumentation libraries and packages,
trace visualizers, performance analyzers, and simulators. Knowledge about the
different performance metrics relevant for a computer system and their actual meaning.
Specific goals
- Code instrumentation and trace generation
- Source code instrumentation
- Binary instrumentation
- Performance analysis and characterization, trace visualization
- Simulation
- Simulator taxonomy
- Simulation techniques
Bibliography Major documentation will correspond to manuals of the tools to be used, conference
and journal papers, web sites.
Teaching methods Theory classes and lab classes.
Theory classes: The teacher present theoretical knowledge to the students, performs
demonstrations of the different related tools, and moderates discussion on the
alternatives.
Lab sessions: Students develop a practical work with assistance of the teacher.
Individual student's work: Students develop a practical work without direct supervision
of the teacher.
Assessment methods Delivery of reports related to theoretical and / or practical aspects of the course.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 26, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 40, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 35,
Study: 27, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0, Autonomous work: 22.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-MCACN - Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks
Id UPC-MCACN
Contact Llorenç Cerdà (llorenc@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Notions of computer architecture, operating systems, computer networks.
Learning outcomes General goals
Provide the student with general probability concepts focused on the mathematical
analysis of computer networks.
Contents
1-Combinatory
2-Mathematical model of probability
3-Inclusion-exclusion formula
4-Continuous models
5-Conditioned probability and expectation
6-Probability distributions
7-Repeated trials
8-Auto-similar distributions
9-Information theory
10-Stochastic processes
11-Markov Chains
12-Queueing Theory.
Bibliography • An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, William Feller, Wiley;
(1971).
• Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, Athanasios Papoulis
McGraw-Hill (2001).
• Understanding Probability : Chance Rules in Everyday Life, Henk Tijms, Cambridge
University Press (2004).
• Finite Markov Chains. John G Kemeny, J Laurie Snell. Springer, 1960.
• Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Queuing Theory. Randolph Nelson. Springer
1995.
Teaching methods Theory classes.
There will be 5 hours per week, dedicated to magistral classes to explain the theory
and solve problems. The students’ activities will consist of reading material and solving
practical problems that will be proposed at each theoretical unit. The problems will be
collected and corrected during the course.
Assessment methods The evaluation will be based on the correction of the problems proposed to the
students during the course and a final exam.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 50, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 0, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 0,
Study: 75, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0, Autonomous work: 25.
Total work hours for student: 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-IMAP - Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols
Id UPC-IMAP
Contact Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas (joseb@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Basic concepts on WAN, LAN and TCP/IPv4
Learning outcomes General goals
This course aims to further students' knowledge on the basic concepts of the TCP/IP
protocols and the structure of data communication networks (Internet) that they have
gained in prior courses (XC and PXC). This course focuses on more advanced
concepts, such as EGP routing, Spanning Tree protocol, wireless networks, mobility
and multimedia support. The main topics are organized as follows:
- Routing (OSPF, BGP, Peering, STP).
- Wireless networks and mobility (Wireless networks, mobile IP).
- Multimedia (Coding, scheduling mechanisms, multimedia protocols).
Specific goals
Knowledges
1. Support for mobility in IP wireless networks.
2. Routing protocols for medium-sized and large networks. Internet Service Providers
(ISPs).
3. Support for multimedia transmission over the Internet.
4. Multimedia applications and related protocols.
5. L2 routing (STP)
Bibliography Basic Bibliography* Christian Huitema Routing in the internet, Prentice Hall PTR, 2000.
* John W. Stewart III BGP4 : inter-domain routing in the Internet, Addison-Wesley,
1999.
* James D. Solomon Mobile IP, the Internet unplugged, PTR Prentice Hall, 1998.
* James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross Computer networking : a top-down approach
featuring the Internet, Addison-Wesley, 2005.
* Radia Perlman Interconnections : bridges, routers, switches, and internetworking
protocols, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 2000.
Complementary Bibliography* Catherine Paquet, Diane Teare Building Scalable Cisco
Networks, Cisco Press, 2001.
* B. Hubert Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO, DocBook Edition,
2002.
Teaching methods Theory classes and lab classes.
The lab classes will be 2 hours long, in which students will learn how to configure an
important aspect of TCP/IP protocols. The practical sessions put the concepts learnt in
the theory classes into practice.
Some sessions are given over to seminars, in which aspects complementing the
course are dealt with.
Assessment methods Half-term test (Ctrl)
Final theory exam (Eft)
Lab exam (Elab). This exam will be held during the last lab session.
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Language English.
Total hours Theory: 42, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 20, Other activities: 12, External Laboratory: 8,
Study: 65, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 3.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-PTAT - Performance Tuning and Analysis Tools (?)
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Performance Tuning and Analysis Tools
Id UPC-PTAT
Contact Jesus Jose Labarta Mancho (jesus@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Notions of computer architecture, operating systems, parallel programming models.
Learning outcomes General goals
The course aims at describing performance analysis techniques and tools and gain
practical experience in their application to real codes. We will survey the state of the art
in performance data acquisition, processing and presentation as well as performance
modeling techniques. Methodological guidelines will be provided to navigate the huge
search space of potential performance bottlenecks and forecast the impact of different
design and architectural factors on application performance.
Specific goals
Knowledge
1. To understand the basic functionalities of performance analysis tools.
2. To gain insight into the techniques to process raw performance data in order to
generate useful information.
3. To understand the issues in doing performance analysis at a very wide dynamic
range of scales.
Abilities
1. To use some relevant performance tools.
2. To be able to design the experiments required to achieve deeper and deeper
understanding of the causes of an observed behavior.
3. To be able to suggest ways to improve the performance of an application and
quantitatively estimate the potential gain such proposals should achieve.
Competences
1. Open minded attitude towards understanding the performance of a system.
2. Correlation of knowledge at multiple levels (architecture, programming models,
Operating system,...).
3. Gaining insight on the behavior and structure of an application without having to
know/dig beforehand the details of its internals.
4. Being able to refine and validate such understanding based on measurements and
fitted models with information on the internals of the application.
Bibliography Major documentation corresponds to manuals of the tools to be used.
Teaching methods Theory classes and lab classes.
A general introduction of the main techniques and basic features of major tools will be
given in the theory lectures. Laboratory classes will start by introducing the usage of
the tools on some simple examples but then the student will be faced with a few
relatively large codes that will have to be analyzed with different tools.
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on a set of practical works. At least two
major applications will have to be evaluated by each student. At least one of the
applications will be in an area to which the student has no previous exposure. A
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detailed analysis report of the performance "problems" of each application will be
required, including a detailed quantification of their importance and suggestions of
potential ways to overcome them.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 26, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 40, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory: 35,
Study: 27, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0, Autonomous work: 22.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-MDIA - Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications
Id IST-MDIA
Contact Luis Rodrigues (ler@ist.ult.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction to large scale distributed systems, main problems and
challenges, non-functional requirements, main theoretical results. Models
(application, objects, communication, synchronization, naming, faults and
security) and architectures (client-server, publish-subscribe, P2P, GRID).
Study each of the former architectures in detail with emphasis on the existing
solutions (e.g. replication) to fulfill the non-functional requirements. Case
Studies: study the most relevant existing middleware systems.
Understand the system level problems underlying the design and
development of large scale applications. Learn the existing solutions
concerning the middleware for large scale applications with emphasis on the
models and architectures taking into account non-functional requirements
(scalability, performance, etc.). Ability to specify, design, analyze and
implement large scale distributed applications as well as its underlying
middleware.
Bibliography Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, George Coulouris, Jean
Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, 2005, Addison-Wesley.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-NCS - Network and Computer Security
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Network and Computer Security
Id IST-NCS
Contact Carlos Ribeiro (carlos.ribeiro@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction. Organizations Security Architectures. Authentication.
Authentication protocols. Key and certificate management. Access
Control. Authorization Models. Distributed Trust Management. Software
Development. Secure Code. Safe Protocols. Networks. Firewalls and
Intrusion Detection Systems. Secure Communication. Virtual Private
Networks. Secure Network Management. Secure storage.
File systems. Databases.
The main course goal is to provide the student with a set of security
concepts, methodologies and tools which gives him the ability to handle
security problems on a large spectrum of technologies, namely: local,
personal and wide area networks, secure software development,
operating systems, distributed systems, data bases, and file systems.
The course starts by defining a set of security concepts and the elements
comprising the organization security architecture. It then analyses the
key elements of identifying the common vulnerabilities and the
methodologies and tools to eliminate or mitigate them.
Bibliography Computer Security. Dieter Gollmann. 1998. John Wiley and Sons.
Introduction to Computer Security. Matthew Bishop. 2004. Addison
Wesley
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Examination Exam and project.
methods
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-P2PON - Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks
Id IST-P2PON
Contact Luis Rodrigues (ler@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Overlay networks. Peer-to-peer systems. Routing in peer-to-peer
overlays. Unstructured networks. Distributed hash tables: storage and
multicast. Search in non-structured networks. Membership in large-scale
networks. Gossip multicast and aggregation protocols. Anonymity,
security, and incentives in peer-to-peer overlays. Measurement studies.
Content distribution networks (CDNs). Social overlay networks.
Bibliography Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking. Shen, X.; Yu, H.; Buford, J.;
Akon, M. (Eds.). 2009. Springer. ISBN: 978-0-387-09750-3
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-DPC - Parallel and Distributed Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Parallel and Distributed Computing
Id IST-DPC
Contact Jose Monteiro (jcm@inesc-id.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Parallel computing models: multiprocessors and multicomputers. Memory
organization; communication complexity. Interconnection networks. Flynn´s
taxonomy. Analysis and synthesis of parallel algorithms: problem partitioning;
data organization; synchronization; balancing and scheduling.
Programming message-passing systems: MPI.
Programming shared memory systems: OpenMP, threads, race conditions,
deadlock detection. Performance analysis for parallel algorithms. Foundations
of distributed computing and their applications to parallel algorithms. Limits of
distributed computing. Examples: document classification and Monte Carlo
methods. Examples: matrix multiplication, solving systems of linear equations,
FFT. Examples: Searching problems.
Understanding the models, techniques, and programming methods for
parallel algorithms. Analyzing and designing parallel algorithms.
Understanding the foundations of distributed computing.
Bibliography Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked
Workstations and Parallel Computers. Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen.
2005. Prentice Hall
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-FTDS - Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Id IST-FTDS
Contact Luis Rodrigues (ler@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Reliability and availability are fundamental concerns in the design,
implementation and deployment of distributed systems. However, achieving
robust cooperation in a distributed system, despite the failures or
disconnections of some processes, is surprisingly hard. In order to allow the
system designer to master this complexity, the course introduces a number of
fundamental reliable distributed programming abstractions, and describes the
algorithms that implement them. Namely, the course addresses:
Basic abstractions: processes, links, failure detectors.
Reliable broadcast: best-effort, regular, uniform, randomized, and causal
broadcast. Shared memory: regular and atomic registers. Consensus.
Consensus variants: total order broadcast, terminating reliable broadcast,
atomic commit, group membership, view-synchronous communication.
The Appia group communication framework. To experiment these
abstractions in practice, the students will develop a project using an open
source toolkit for reliable distributed programming.
To obtain an understanding of the fundamental problems in the design of
reliable distributed applications. To learn a portfolio of abstractions to support
the development of fault-tolerant applications. To learn how to apply these
abstractions through a concrete hands-on experiment using group
communication systems.
Bibliography Introduction to Reliable Distributed Programming. Rachid Guerraoui and Luís
Rodrigues. Springer. 2006.
ISBN-10 3-540-28845-7
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading
Taught in semester 2
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IST-CC – Cloud Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Cloud Computing
Id IST-CC
Contact Luis Veiga (luis.veiga@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction to the cloud computing paradigm (motivation, assumptions,
background, goals, and base concepts: software-as-a-service).
Base Architecture and its layers: computing infrastructure, storage, platform,
applications, services.
Underlying Computational Infrastructures: Grid computing (Globus, Condor,
Sun Grid Engine, middleware OGSA, OGSI); Utility computing (Amazon
Elastic Clouds, Google Apps, Enomalism, Eucalyptus), system-level
virtualziation technology (Xen, VMWare Virtual Center, standard OVF), edge
computing and cycle-sharing/scavenging (BOINC, OurGrid).
Storage infrastructures: SimpleDB, BigTable, Simple Storage Service, storage
virtualization, cloud storage.
Resource management: scheduling, migration, payment and market models.
Autonomic Computing and Networks: adaptability, self-configuration and
management, fault-tolerance, recovery, self-healing.
Non-functional cross-cutting aspects: scalability, reliability, security, economic
efficiency, energy and environmental sustainability.
Bibliography - The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure, Morgan
Kaufmann, Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman (Editors), 2003.
ISBN-13: 978-1558609334
- Market-Oriented Grid and Utility Computing, Wiley
Rajkumar Buyya, Kris Bubendorfer, 2009.
ISBN-13: 978-0470287682
- Autonomic Computing and Networking, Mieso K. Denko, Laurence Tianruo
Yang, Yan Zhang (Editors), 2009,
ISBN-13: 978-0387898278
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Examination methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-VEE - Virtual Execution Environments
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Virtual Execution Environments
Id IST-VEE
Contact Luis Veiga (luis.veiga@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction to virtualization.
Emulation and hardware virtualization.
High-level architecture of a virtual machine (execution engine, byte-codes,
GC, profiling, JIT).
Virtual Machines (J2ME, .Net CF, J2SE, .Net, Jikes RVM)
Implementation and extension of a virtual machine.
Parallel and distributed virtual machines (PVM, Remoting, Grid)
VEE for Enterprise Computing (J2EE, COM+,MTS, Win Vista).
Virtualization of concurrent hardware (virtual clusters).
Microprocessor support for virtualization.
Understand a vertical approach of the different technologies for virtualization.
These provide to applications greater flexibility, more efficient resource
usage, and improved adaptability.
Attain an integrated perspective of the virtual execution environment as a
synthesis of aspects from computer architecture, operating systems,
programming languages, and distributed systems.
Understand the architecture of a virtual machine and know the internal
mechanisms of the implementation of reference virtual machines. Perform the
extension of a pedagogic virtual machine (e.g., Rotor CLI).
Bibliography Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes. Smith and
Nair. 2005. Morgan Kaufmann
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-MC - Mobile Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Mobile Computing
Id IST-MC
Contact Paulo Ferreira (paulo.ferreira@inesc-id.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Fundamental challenges and problems of mobile computing (communication,
fault tolerance, availability, acess to remote information, security, adaptability,
location, scalability, etc), applications, architectures and paradigms for mobile
computing, hoarding/staging, replication, consistency, sinchronization,
automatic resource and service discovery, middleware, awareness, security,
mobile code.
Bibliography Mobile Middleware. Paolo Bellavista. 2006.
Auerbach Publishers
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-AICA - Applications and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Applications and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms
Id IST-AICA
Contact Carlos Ribeiro (carlos.ribeiro@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes The course starts by establishing the design principles of cryptographic
symmetric algorithms (both block and stream ciphers) and the issues behind
their implementations both in hardware and in software. The students will then
learn the implementation issues of several asymmetric algorithms (RSA, El-
Gamal, EC El-Gamal, etc.), including how to handle operations with big
numbers both in hardware and in software. Several different implementations
with different goals (e.g. performance, minimum resource usage, minimum
ciphertext size) will be studied, both in hardware and in software. The second
section of the course will be the studied of cryptanalysis techniques (e.g.
statistical, differential) and some cryptanalysis historic examples.
The course will also studied standard cryptographic API like the GSSAPI and
their implementation in operating systems (e.g. Windows, MacOS), and
software virtual machines (e.g. Java Virtual Machine, .Net Framework).
Finally the course will focus on common vulnerabilities of cryptographic
algorithms implementations (e.g. race and timing attacks).
Bibliography Applied Cryptography, Bruce Schneier, Wiley & Sons, 1996
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Examination methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-DAT - Database Administration and Tuning
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Database Administration and Tuning
Id IST-DAT
Contact Helena Galhardas (helena.galhardas@tagus.ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming, Introduction to Databases
Learning outcomes Indexing techniques (B+tree and hash-based)
Data storage system: files of records, RAIDs, etc
Query processing and optimization
Transaction management, concurrency control and recovery management.
Relational database administration: log management, backups, disk
management, failure recovery
Relational database tuning: indexes, database schema, concurrency control,
recovery management, hardware used, and architecture.
Administration and tuning of large volumes of historical data. A possible case
study is datawarehousing.
Students must be able to:
Understand the RDBMS internal mechanisms, namely in what concerns
storage management, indexing, query processing and optimization,
transaction management concurrency control and recovery management.
Understand the tasks involved in database administration
Optimize the information acess in databases that store large amounts of data.
Bibliography Database Systems and Concepts.
Silberchatz, Korth, Saudarshan, 2005.
McGraw-Hill
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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KTH-RM - Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications in
Computational Science
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications in Computational
Science
Id KTH-RM
Contact Johan Cantwell
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level non-technical
Prerequisites proficiency in English
Learning outcomes The course provides an introduction to the theory and methodology of science
and is intended for the Master student or beginning PhD student. One aim is
to supply the basic concepts needed for placing the techniques and
knowledge acquired in the student's other courses in the wider context of the
computational sciences. Another aim is to provide the basic intellectual tools
that allow for a reasoned and critical assessment of results and methods from
the wide variety of disciplines that the student is likely to encounter during his
or her continued career in research and/or in professional life. The course is
mainly focused on the general theoretical and methodological issues that arise
in science, with an emphasis on the natural and computational sciences; but
basic theoretical issues, techniques and problems from the social sciences are
also covered to provide the student with a wider outlook. Emphasis is placed
on the fundamental problems common to the computational, social and natural
sciences and on the general strategies, methods and concepts that modern
science has developed to address these problems.
Bibliography --
Teaching methods Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods written report, written assignments
Language English
Total hours seminars: 60 hours
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
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KTH-DC - Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing
Id KTH-DC
Contact Johan Montelius
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites distributed computing
Learning outcomes The course prepares the students for M.Sc projects, and Ph.D. studies in the
area of distributed computing
After the course is completed the student will be able to :
describe several topics of research in the are of distributed computing
read, reflect on and, present research articles in the area of distributed
computing
Bibliography Research articles in the area of Distributed Computing
Teaching methods Seminar sessions, reading assignments, lectures with invited speakers.
Assessment methods Written reflections, oral presentations.
Language English
Total hours Seminars: 40 hours
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
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KTH-ILDS - Implementation of Scalable Distributed Systems
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Implementation of Scalable Distributed Systems
Id KTH-ILDS
Contact Johan Montelius
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites distributed computing
Learning outcomes After the course is completed the student will be able to evaluate system
architectures with respect to fault-tolerance, high availability, consistency
requirements and performance implement a scalable distributed system, make
performance studies and identify strength and weakness present a system for
system developers as well as application designers
Bibliography Research articles
Teaching methods Lectures, group assignments,implementation work, presentations, peer review
Assessment methods written report, code review, oral presentation
Language English
Total hours 40h seminar, 100h group work
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
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KTH-TW - Technical Writing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Technical Writing
Id KTH-TW
Contact Hans Malmström
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level non-technical
Prerequisites proficiency in English
Learning outcomes On completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify and critically analyze the most important text types represented in
engineering and academic texts.
- Write short texts based on these text types.
apply the Process Writing method to his/her own writing whereby constructive
criticism from others (peers/teachers) is used to improve texts from first to final
draft
- Summarize texts and integrate them into scientific reports
- Write a short report, adapted to a less specialised reader, on a topic from
his/her own area of specialization
- Write clearly, correctly and concisely in the formal English style that is typical
of engineering or specialized texts from his/her own area
- Formulate his/her ideas in English logically, coherently, precisely and
persuasively.
Bibliography ”Academic Writing”, Björk/Räisänen
course compendium
Teaching methods lectures, assignments, peer review, seminar sessions
Assessment methods written report, written assignments
Language English
Total hours seminars: 80 hours
(187 hours including individual work)
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
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Master project
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Master Project
Id
Contact Leandro Navarro at UPC, Johan Montelius at KTH, Luis Rodríguez at IST
(advisor and co-advisor from alternative university)
University UPC, KTH, IST (alternatives depending on student path)
Regime compulsory
Level Advanced
Prerequisites All courses
Learning outcomes On completing the course, the student should have developed all the
competences defined in the study plan for the master program
Bibliography Diverse depending on the specific topic of the project
Teaching methods Work supervised individually, reporting, oral presentation
Assessment methods Initial proposal, intemediate report, written final report, dissertation defense
Language English
Total hours 900
ECTS 30
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 4
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Anexo 2: Curriculum de los responsables de asignatura y
coordinadores académicos
KTH.....................................................................................................................................................2
Johan Montelius (Master coodinator and KTH academic coordinator)...............................................2
Rasul Ayani...........................................................................................................................................3
Mats Brorsson.......................................................................................................................................4
John Cantwell.......................................................................................................................................5
Ali Ghodsi............................................................................................................................................6
Seif Haridi............................................................................................................................................7
Hans Malmström..................................................................................................................................8
Mihhail Matskin...................................................................................................................................9
Christian Schulte................................................................................................................................10
Vladimir Vlassov................................................................................................................................11
UPC....................................................................................................................................................12
Leandro Navarro (UPC academic coordinator)..................................................................................13
Alex Ramirez......................................................................................................................................15
Eduard Ayguadé Parra........................................................................................................................17
Felix Freitag........................................................................................................................................19
Jordi Guitart........................................................................................................................................21
Jordi Torres.........................................................................................................................................23
Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas................................................................................................................25
Llorenç Cerdà.....................................................................................................................................27
Manel Medina.....................................................................................................................................29
Maria Luisa Gil Gomez......................................................................................................................31
Jorge Castro........................................................................................................................................33
IST......................................................................................................................................................35
Luis Rodrigues (IST academic coordinator)......................................................................................35
Paulo Ferreira.....................................................................................................................................37
Luís Veiga...........................................................................................................................................39
Carlos Ribeiro.....................................................................................................................................41
José Monteiro.....................................................................................................................................42
Helena Galhardas................................................................................................................................44
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KTH
Johan Montelius
Academic career
Dr Johan Montelius is a lecturer at the School of ICT, KTH – Royal Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden. He worked as a researcher at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science form
1989 to 1998. He received his Ph.D. degree in computing science at Uppsala University in 1997 and
has been at KTH since 2001. Johan Montelius was the coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master
program in Internetworking, a collaboration between KTH, DTU, TKK, NTNU and the University
of Tartu.
Teaching experience
Johan Montelius has a long experience as teaching and is currently enroled in the courses on
distributed systems for the masters program of Software Engineering and Distribution Systems. He
has previously given classes in Internet security, mobile networks and mobile applications. Johan
Montelius is also course responsible for the course Advanced course for software developers, given
to Ericsson.
Recent publications
Johan Montelius and Khayri A. M. Ali. ”An And/Or Parallel Implementation of AKL”, in New
Generation Computing, vol 14, no 1, 1996, Special issue on the Workshop on Parallel Logic
Programming
Johan Montelius and Peter Magnusson. “Using SimICS to evaluate the Penny system”, Proceedings
of International Logic Programming Symposium ILPS'97, October 1997
Johan Montelius and Seif Haridi. “An evaluation of Penny: a system for fine-grain implicit
parallelism”, Second International Symposium on Parallel Symbolic Computation PASCO'97,
July 1997
Johan Montelius, Sverker Janson, Jan Gabrielsson, Anders Danne, Göran Båge and .Mikael
Eriksson, “Intentions and Intelligent Screening in an Agent-based Personal Communication
System”, ECAI'96 IATA workshop
Haruyasu Ueda, Johan Montelius. ”Dynamic Scheduling in an Implicit Parallel System”, in the
Proceedings of the ISCA 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
Systems (K. Yetongnon and S. Haridi eds.) held in Dijon, France, September 26-27, 1996.
Web site reference
http://www.it.kth.se/~johnamon
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Rasul Ayani
Academic career
Dr Rasul Ayani is a Professor in computer science at the School of ICT, KTH - Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He has studied and worked in several countries; received his
academic degrees from University of Technology in Vienna (Austria), University of Stockholm and
the KTH - Royal Institute of Technology. He worked as a visiting scientist at the Loughborough
University of Technology (UK) 1978/79, Lecturer at Tehran University, visiting associate professor
at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) 1991/92, and Visiting Professor at the National University
of Singapore (NUS), Department of Computer Science, 1997-2000.
Teaching experience
Rassul Ayani has many years of teaching experience for graduate and undergraduate programs. He
is currently giving the course on System Modeling and Simulation, a 7.5 credits course offered at
the KTH School of ICT.
Recent publications
Peder Nordvaller, Farshad Moradi and Rassul Ayani, “Simulation Model Composability using
BOMs”, proceedings of the 10th IEEE Distributed Simulation and Real-time Applications (DS-
RT’06), Malaga, Spain, October 2006.
Martin Eklöf and Rassul Ayani, “Evaluation of a Fault-Tolerance Mechanism for HLA-Based
Simulations”, in proceedings of the 20th ACM/IEEE/SCS Workshop on Principles of Advanced
and Distributed Simulation (PADS 2006), Singapore, May 2006.
V. March, Y.M. Teo, H.B. Lim, P. Eriksson and R. Ayani, “Collision Detection and Resolution in
Hierarchical Peer-to-Peer Systems”, Proceedings of 30th IEEE Conference on Local Computer
Networks, IEEE Computer Society Press, Sydney, Australia, November 2005
Simon J. E. Taylor, Stephen J. Turner, Henrik Åhlander and Rassul Ayani, “A Comparison of CMB-
and HLA-Based Approaches to Type I Interoperability Reference Model Problems for COTS-
Based Distributed Simulation”, in SIMULATION (Transactions of the Society for Modeling and
Simulation International), January 2005.
Website reference
www.ict.kth.se/~rassul
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Mats Brorsson
Academic career:
Dr Mats Brorson is a Professor in Computer Architecture at the School of ICT, KTH - Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He is also the vice dean at the School and responsible
for undergraduate education. Mats Brorsson defended his Ph.D. At Lund University in 1994. He has
since been a visiting professor at Fudan University, and visiting researcher at the University of
Toronto.
Teaching experience
Mats Brorsson has a long experience as a lecturer both at the undergraduate and graduate level. He
was the director of the Master of Science program in Information and Communication Technology
at the School of ICT during 2002 -2008.
Recent publications
S. Karlsson and M. Brorsson. Priority based messaging for software distributed shared memory.
Cluster Computing, 6(2):161-169, Apr 2003.
C. Brunschen and M. Brorsson, OdinMP/CCp – A Portable Implementation of OpenMP for C,
Concurrency: Practice and Experience, 12: 1193-1203, 2000.
M. Nikitovic, T. de Schampeleire, and M. Brorsson, A Study on Periodic Shutdown for Adaptive
CMPs in Handheld Devices, in Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Asia-Pacific Computer Systems
Architecture Conference, 2008.
M. Brorsson and M. Collin, Adaptive and Flexible dictionary code compression for embedded
applications, in Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Compilers, Architecture,
and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES'06).
M. Nikitovic, and M. Brorsson, A Low Power Strategy for Future Mobile Terminals, in DATE’04,
in Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in nEurope-Volume 1, 2004.
Website reference
http://web.it.kth.se/~matsbror/
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John Cantwell
Academic career
Dr John Cantwell is a associated professor at the Division of Philosophy at the School of
Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
John Cantwell obtained his Doctor degree in Philosophy at Uppsala University in 2000. He became
a Docent in Philosophy in 2002. And holds as of 2007 the position as associate professor.
Teaching experience
John Cantwell is giving several courses in the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of
science. He has along experience in introducing and explaining the core of research and science to
engineering students both at a graduate and undergraduate level.
Recent publications
“Reasoning with conditionals”, Synthese, DOI 10.1007/s11229-008-9379-6, 2008.
“Changing the modal context”, Theoria, 74, pp.331-351, 2008.
“The Logic of Conditional Negation”, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, vol. 49, no. 3, 2008.
”Indicative conditionals: Factual or Epistemic?”, Studia Logica, vol. 88, pp. 157-194, 2008.
"Indicative conditionals in the logic of assertion", in Hommage à Wlodek,
http://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/, 2007.
Website references
http://www.infra.kth.se/~cantwell/
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Ali Ghodsi
Academic career
Dr Ali Ghodsi is a associated professor at at the School of ICT, KTH - Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He defended his Ph.D. On the subject of Distributed k-ary
System: Algorithms for Distributed Hash Tables at KTH in January 2007 and has been part of the
faculty since 2008. Ali Ghodsi also holds a research position at SICS.
Teaching experience
Ali Ghodsi has been contributing to several courses at KTH and is today course responsible for the
advanced course in distributed systems.
Recent publications
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi. Dealing with Network Partitions in Structured Overlay
Networks, to appear in Journal of Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
Ali Ghodsi. Multicast and Bulk Lookup in Structured Overlay Networks. to appear in Handbook of
Peer-to-Peer Networking, Springer-Verlag
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi. Managing Network Partitions in Structured P2P
Networks. to appear in Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking, Springer-Verlag
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi. Handling Network Partitions and Mergers in Structured
Overlay Networks, Seventh IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing
(P2P'07), September, 2007, Ireland
Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi, Hakim Weatherspoon. Exploiting the Synergy Between Gossiping and
Structured Overlays, ACM Operating Systems Review (OSR), October 2007
Website reference
http://www.sics.se/~ali/
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Seif Haridi
Academic career
Dr Seif Hairidi is a professor at the School of ICT KTH - - Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Systems, thesis title: Logic
Programming Based on a Natural Deduction System at KTH in 1981. He became a Docent in
Computer Systems, Royal Institute of Technology in 1984. Seif Haridi is also the Chief Scientist of
the Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
The current research is in the areas of self-managing overlays networks, and peer-to-peer
computing. These activities are performed in the following EU projects: scientific coordinator of
FET projects PEPITO and Evergrow , partner in IST projects Selfman and GRID4All..
Teaching experience
Seif Haridi has many years of teaching experience. He is currently responsible for the courses
Distributed Systems Advanced Course and Distributed Computing, Peer-to-Peer and GRIDS.
Recent Publications
Supriya Krishnamurthy, Sameh El-Ansary, Erik Aurell, Seif Haridi: Comparing Maintenance
Strategies for Overlays. PDP 2008: 473-482
Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi, Alexander Reinefeld, Jean-Bernard Stefani, Roland H. C. Yap, Thierry
Coupaye: Self Management for Large-Scale Distributed Systems: An Overview of the
SELFMAN Project. FMCO 2007: 153-178
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi: Handling Network Partitions and Mergers in Structured
Overlay Networks. Peer-to-Peer Computing 2007: 132-139
Jim Dowling, Jan Sacha, Seif Haridi: Improving ICE Service Selection in a P2P System using the
Gradient Topology. SASO 2007: 285-288
Paolo Trunfio, Domenico Talia, H. Papadakis, P. Fragopoulou, Matteo Mordacchini, M. Pennanen,
Konstantin Popov, Vladimir Vlassov, Seif Haridi: Peer-to-Peer resource discovery in Grids:
Models and systems. Future Generation Comp. Syst. 23(7): 864-878 (2007)
Website reference
http://www.sics.se/~seif
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Hans Malmström
Academic career
Dr Hans Malmström received his Ph.D. In in English Linguistics from Lund University in 2008.
The thesis, Accountability and the making of knowledge statements – a study of academic
discourse, considers the notion of speaker accountability as a meta-discourse phenomenon and
discusses how knowledge stating verbs are used by academic writers in different disciplines. I am
currently working at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm where I give courses in
technical English and do research in English vocabulary acquisition on a project funded by the
Swedish Research Council.
Teaching Experience
Hans Malmström has experience from both the University of Lund and KTH in courses for
technical writing. He is currently giving the courses English Report Writing and Technical English
at KTH
Recent publications
Malmström, H. Knowledge-stating Verbs and Contexts of Accountability in Linguistic and Literary
Academic Discourse. Nordic Journal of English Studies, vol 7, No 3 (2008): Special Issue:
English for Academic Purposes Details
Malmström, H. Accountability and the making of knowledge statements - a study of academic
discourse. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Lund University, 2008.
Paradis, C & Malmström, H. Modelling speech processing: evidence from Swedish blends. The
Department of English: working papers in English linguistics, vol. III, ed. by Gyllstad, H. and F.
Heinat, 2003
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Mihhail Matskin
Academic carrer :
Dr Mihhail Matskin is a professor of Software Engineering at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden where he is the program director of the masters program in Software
Engineering and Distributed Systems. Mihhail Matskin also holds an adjunct professor position at
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Teaching experience
Mihhail Matskin has extensive experience as a course lecturer. His current courses are: Distributed
artificial intelligence and intelligent agents , Programming web services and Modern Methods in
Software Engineering.
Recent publications
Abdul Haseeb, Mihhail Matskin and Peep Kungas. Distributed Discovery and Invocation of Web
Services in Infrastructure-less Dynamic Environments. International Journal of Web Services
Practices (IJWSPa, Volume 3, Issue 3&4, 2009
Nima Dokoohaki, Mihhail Matskin. Effective Design of Trust Ontologies for Improvement in the
Structure of Socio-Semantic Trust Networks. International Journal On Advances in Intelligent
Systems, IARIA, 2008 Vol. 1 / No. 1, (in print).
Küngas, Peep; Matskin, Mihhail. Symbolic Negotiation: Partial Deduction for Linear Logic with
Coalition Formation. Web Intelligence and Agent Systems 2008 ;Volume 6.(2) p. 193-215
Küngas, P. and Matskin, M. (2007). From web services annotation and composition to web services
domain analysis., Int. J. Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp.157.178.
J. Rao, P. Küngas, M. Matskin. Composition of Semantic Web Services using Linear Logi c
Theorem Proving. Information Systems, Special Issue on the Semantic Web and Web Ser vices,
Vol. 31, No. 4-5, pp. 340-360, 2006, Elsevier.
Website reference
http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~misha
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Christian Schulte
Academic career
Dr Christian Schulte is a Associate Professor at the School of ICT, KTH – Royal Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Christian Schulte gained his Dr.-Ing. degree. defending his thesis
on Programming Constraint Services at Universität des Saarlandes in 2000.
Teaching experience
Christian Schulte has an extensive experience as a lecturer and Christian was elected the Teacher of
the year for the KTH civil engineer program in Information Technology in 2003. He is today
responsible for the the courses: Constraint Programming, Applied Programming and, Compilers
and Execution Environments.
Recent publications
Constraint Programming in Sweden, Pierre Flener, Mats Carlsson, Christian Schulte. IEEE
Intelligent Systems, 2009.
Efficient Constraint Propagation Engines, Christian Schulte, Peter J. Stuckey. Transactions on
Programming Languages and Systems, 2008.
Dynamic Analysis of Bounds versus Domain Propagation, Christian Schulte, Peter J. Stuckey.
Twenty Fourth International Conference on Logic Programming, 2008.
Perfect Derived Propagators, Christian Schulte, Guido Tack. Fourteenth International Conference
on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, 2008..
Dynamic Variable Elimination During Propagation Solving, Christian Schulte, Peter J. Stuckey.
Tenth International ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Declarative
Programming, 2008.
Web site reference
http://web.it.kth.se/~cschulte
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Vladimir Vlassov
Academic career :
Dr Vladimir Vlassov is an Associate Professor at the School of ICT, KTH – Royal Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Teaching experience
Vladimir Vlassov Ihas an extensive experience as course lecturer. He is currently responsible for
course: Concurrent Programming and, Network Programming with Java. He is also contributing to
the Advanced course for software developers, given to Ericsson.
Recent publications
N. De Palma, K. Popov, N. Parlavantzas, P. Brand, and V. Vlassov Tools for Architecture Based
Autonomic Systems, accepted for the 5-th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous
Systems (ICAS 2009), April 20-25, 2009 - Valencia, Spain
Ruby Krishnaswami, Leandro Navarro, Vladimir Vlassov A Democratic Grid: Collaboration,
Sharing and Computing for Everyone eChallenges, Oct 2008, Volume 1, Stockholm, (2008) in:
Collaboration and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, Paul Cunningham
and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IOS Press, 2008 Amsterdam, ISBN 978-1-58603-924-0
Ahmad Al-Shishtawy, Joel Hoglund, Konstantin Popov, Nikos Parlavantzas, Vladimir Vlassov and
Per Brand Enabling Self-Management of Component Based Distributed Applications In: From
Grids to Service and Pervasive Computing. Proc. of the CoreGRID symposium 2008, Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria, Spain, August 2008. pp. 163-174, CoreGRID Series. Springer.
Yao Guo, Vladimir Vlassov, Raksit Ashok, RichardWeiss, and Csaba Andras Moritz
Synchronization Coherence: A Transparent Hardware Mechanism for Cache Coherence and Fine-
Grained Synchronization, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume 68, Issue 2,
February 2008, Pages 165-181
Web site reference
http://web.it.kth.se/~vladv/
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UPC
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Leandro Navarro
First name Leandro
Last name Navarro
e-mail leandro@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro
Birth date Marc 17, 1964
Degree Telecom Engineer (1988) and PhD from UPC (1992).
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Generally, I am interested in distributed systems, collaborative systems, scalable
Internet services, Grid and Peer-to-Peer systems, economics based algorithms
and systems applied to grids and peer-to-peer, collaborative learning and
networking.
I am part of the Distributed Systems group that I coordinate as part of the
CNDS group. I have a number of research projects brewing, including:
* P2PGrid:A national integrated project on several aspects of large scale
systems.
* Grid4All:Grid4All aims at enabling domestic users, non-profit organisations
such as schools, and small enterprises, to share their resources and to access
massive Grid resources when needed, envisioning a future in which access to
resources is democratised, readily available, cooperative, and inexpensive.
* SORMA: Development of methods and tools for an efficient market-based
allocation of resources, through a self-organizing resource management system,
using market-driven models supported by extensions for Grid infrastructures.
IST European Project (2006-2009).
* PlanetLab: I am the Principal Investigator (PI) for Planetlab at UPC.
Recent courses taught are:
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Recent
publications
* SD - Distributed Systems - an advanced course (master of research program)
on Distributed Systems with emphasis on issues of scale in distributed systems
and Internet scale systems.
* APDA - Advanced Programming and Distributed Applications: a master's
course of advanced topics on programming distributed applications.
* PXCSO - Projects in Computer Networks and Operating Systems: a hands on,
project based course on servers and networks.
* SODX - Distributed and Networked Operating Systems: a course on advanced
topics and applications of distributed systems.
Xavier Vilajosana, Joan Manuel Marquès, Ruby Krishnaswamy, Angel A. Juan,
Nejla Amara-Hachmi, Leandro Navarro: Bidding Support for Computational
Resources. CISIS 2008: 309-314.
Xavier Vilajosana, Daniel Lázaro, Angel A. Juan, Leandro Navarro: Towards
Decentralized Resource Allocation for Collaborative Peer to Peer Learning.
CISIS 2008: 501-506.
Roc Messeguer, Sergio F. Ochoa, José A. Pino, Leandro Navarro, H. Andrés
Neyem: Communication and coordination patterns to support mobile
collaboration. CSCWD 2008: 565-570.
Ruby Krishnaswamy, Leandro Navarro, René Brunner, Xavier León, Xavier
Vilajosana: Grid4All: Open Market Places for Democratic Grids. GECON
2008: 197-207.
Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro, Joan Manuel Marquès: Improving the
Introduction to a Collaborative Project-Based Course on Computer Network
Applications. ICCS (2) 2008: 669-677.
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Alex Ramirez
First name Alex
Last name Ramirez
email aramirez@ac.upc.edu
Home page http: //people.ac.upc.edu/aramirez
Degree Computer Science Technical Engineering, FIB (UPC), 1995
Computer Science Engineering, FIB (UPC), 1997
Doctor on Engineering, UPC, 2002 (Extraordinary UPC award to the best
PhD in Computer Science)
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Recent
publications
Alex Ramirez is an associated professor at the Computer Architecture
Department of UPC, and manager of the Heterogeneous Architectures research
group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
He has a BSc ('95), MSc ('97) and PhD ('02, awarded the UPC extraordinary
award to the best PhD in computer science) in Computer Science from the
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
He has been a summer student intern with Compaq's WRL in Palo Alto,
California for two consecutive years ('99-'00), and with Intel's 7Microprocessor
Research Laboratory in Santa Clara ('01). He has co-authored over 70 papers in
international refereed conferences and journal in topics ranging from compiler
optimizations, high performance fetch architectures, multi-threaded
architectures, vector and multimedia architectures, and architecture support for
parallel programming models.
He has been teaching since 2000 in operating systems, operating system
administration, and computer architecture. He currently teaches an
undergraduate course on Architecture Conscious Programming, and a masters
course on Tools and Techniques for Computer Architecture Research.
Alejandro Rico, Alex Ramirez, Mateo Valero. "Available Task-level Parallelism
on the Cell BE". Scientific Programming, IOS Press. April 2009.
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Kyle J. Nesbit, Miquel Moreto, Francisco J. Cazorla, Alex Ramirez, Mateo
Valero, and James E. Smith. "Multicore Resource Management". IEEE Micro
Vol. 28(3). Special issue on Interaction of Computer Architecture and Operating
Systems in the Manycore Era, IEEE Computer Society. May 2008.
OliverioJ. Santana, Alex Ramirez and Mateo Valero. "Enlarging Instruction
Streams". IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 56(10), IEEE Computer
Society. October 2007.
Koen de Bosschere, Wayne Luk, Xavier Martorell, Nacho Navarro, Mike
O'Boyle, Dionisios Pnevmatikatos, Alex Ramirez, Pascal Saintrat, Andre
Seznec, Per Stenstrom, Olivier Temam. "High Performance Embedded
Architectures and Compilation Roadmap". Transactions on HiPEAC Vol 1,
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4050, Springer-Verlag. January 2007.
F. Cazorla, P. M.W. Knijnenburg, R. Sakellariou, E. Fernandez, A. Ramirez and
M. Valero. "Predictable Performance in SMT processors: Synergy Between the
OS and SMTs". IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 55(7), IEEE Computer
Society. July 2006.
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Eduard Ayguadé Parra
First name Eduard
Last name Ayguadé Parra
e-mail eduard@ac.upc.edu
Home-page http://people.ac.upc.edu/eduard
Birth date May 15, 1962
Degree Engineering degree in Telecommunications in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree in
Computer Science in 1989, both from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC), Spain.
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Recent
publications
Since 1997, he is full professor of the Computer Architecture Department at
UPC. He is currently associated director for research on Computer Sciences
at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). His research interests
cover the areas of processor microarchitecture, multicore architectures and
programming environments models and their architectural support. He has
published around 200 publications in these topics and participated in
several research projects with other universities and industries, in
framework of the European Union programmes or in direct collaboration with
technology leading companies.
Since 1987 he has been lecturing on computer organization and architecture
and parallel programming models. Currently he is teaching one course on
Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms and one course on Architecture
Conscious Programming.
Ferad Zyulkyarov, Vladimir Gajinov, Osman S. Unsal, Adrián Cristal, Eduard
Ayguadé, Tim Harris, Mateo Valero: Atomic quake: using transactional memory
in an interactive multiplayer game server. PPOPP 2009:25-34
Chinmay Eishan Kulkarni, Osman S. Unsal, Adrián Cristal, Eduard Ayguadé,
Mateo Valero: Turbocharging boosted transactions or: how i learnt to stop
worrying and love longer transactions. PPOPP 2009:307-308
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Xavier Teruel, Priya Unnikrishnan, Xavier Martorell, Eduard Ayguadé, Raúl
Silvera, Guansong Zhang, Ettore Tiotto: OpenMP tasks in IBM XL compilers.
CASCON 2008:16
Jordi Guitart, David Carrera, Vicenç Beltran, Jordi Torres, Eduard Ayguadé:
Dynamic CPU provisioning for self-managed secure web applications in SMP
hosting platforms. Computer Networks (CN) 52(7):1390-1409 (2008)
David Carrera, Malgorzata Steinder, Ian Whalley, Jordi Torres, Eduard
Ayguadé: Managing SLAs of heterogeneous workloads using dynamic
application placement. HPDC 2008:217-218
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Felix Freitag
First name Felix
Last name Freitag
e-mail felix@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/felix
Birth date June 11, 1968
Degree - Electrical Engineering (1993) from Technical University of Munich,
- PhD in Telecomunications (1998) from Technical University of Catalonia
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality German
Birth date June 11, 1968
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
From 1994 -1998 PhD in speech recognition using neural networks. The PhD
included work in the areas of signal processing, feature extraction,
classification, pattern recognition, statistics, neural networks, non-linear
systems. From 1999 research in parallel and distributed systems. The research
include performance evaluation of parallel systems, performance evaluation
tools, resource allocation in distributed applications, multi-disciplinary research
integrating economic approaches in technical systems, resource virtualization,
distributed information systems.
Teaching experience: Since 1999, at the Technical University of Catalonia in
the School for Computer Science (FIB)
Present courses:
DS - Distributed Systems - an advanced course (master of research program) on
Distributed Systems with emphasis on issues of scale in distributed systems and
Internet scale systems.
PXC - Projects in Computer Networks: a hands on, project based course on
application-layer networks and protocols.
Former courses:
AAD - Architecture of Distributed Applications: an introductory graduate
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Recent
publications
course on the principles of distributed applications on the Internet.
IC - Introduction to Computers: an introductory undergraduate course on
computer architecture.
Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro, Joan Manuel Marquès: Improving the
Introduction to a Collaborative Project-Based Course on Computer Network
Applications. ICCS 2008:669-677
René Brunner, Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro: Towards the development of a
decentralized market information system: Requirements and architecture.
IPDPS 2008:1-7
René Brunner, Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro: Uncertainty Management for the
Retrieval of Economic Information from Distributed Markets. SUM 2008:106-
119
Felix Freitag, Pablo Chacin, Isaac Chao, René Brunner, Leandro Navarro, Oscar
Ardaiz: Performance Measuring Framework for Grid Market Middleware.
EPEW 2007:141-153
Liviu Joita, Omer F. Rana, Felix Freitag, Isaac Chao, Pablo Chacin, Leandro
Navarro, Oscar Ardaiz: A catallactic market for data mining services. Future
Generation Comp. Syst. (FGCS) 23(1):146-153 (2007)
138

Jordi Guitart
First name Jordi
Last name Guitart
e-mail jguitart@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/jguitart
Birth date 1976
Education Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, 2005.
M.S. degree in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, 1999.
B.S. degree in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, 1997.
Position Collaborator professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research career His current research work focuses on the area of Resource Management
Solutions for Autonomic Computing Systems. He is a member of the High
Performance Computing Group at the Computer Architecture Department
(DAC). He is also an associate researcher at the Autonomic Systems and
eBusiness Platforms research line in the Barcelona Supercomputer Center
(BSC). The line's goal is to understand and to create the core of future largescale
Autonomic Middleware. He is the coordinator of the "Innovative
approaches in resource provisioning for modern distributed computing
environments" working area within this research line. He is involved in a
number of European projects, including BREIN, SORMA and XtreemOS.
Teaching
experience
Recent
publications
He is a full-time collaborator professor at the Computer Architecture
Department of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). He started
teaching in 2003, and has been mainly involved in operating systems related
courses. In particular, taught courses include "Operating Systems",
"Operating Systems Project" and "Distributed and Networked Operating
Systems".
Maximizing Revenue in Grid Markets using an Economically Enhanced
Resource Manager; M. Macías, O. Rana, G. Smith, J. Guitart, and J. Torres
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, September 2008
ISSN: 1532-0634; Impact Factor: 1.154 (SCI 2007)
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Dynamic CPU Provisioning for Self-Managed Secure Web Applications in
SMP Hosting Platforms; J. Guitart, D. Carrera, V. Beltran, J. Torres, and E.
Ayguadé; Computer Networks, Vol. 52 (7), pp. 1390-1409, May 2008; ISSN:
1389-1286; Impact Factor: 0.829 (SCI 2007)
Designing an Overload Control Strategy for Secure e-Commerce
Applications; J. Guitart, D. Carrera, V. Beltran, J. Torres, and E. Ayguadé;
Computer Networks, Vol. 51 (15), pp. 4492-4510, October 2007; ISSN: 1389-
1286; Impact Factor: 0.829 (SCI 2007)
Economically Enhanced Resource Management for Internet Service Utilities
T. Püschel, N. Borissov, M. Macías, D. Neumann, J. Guitart, and J. Torres;
Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 4831, pp. 335-348; ISBN:
978-3-540-76992-7, ISSN: 0302-9743; 8th International Conference on Web
Information Systems Engineering (WISE'07); Nancy, France, December 3-7,
2007
SLA-Driven Semantically-Enhanced Dynamic Resource Allocator for
Virtualized Service Providers; J. Ejarque, M. de Palol, I. Goiri, F. Julià, J.
Guitart, R. Badia, and J. Torres; 4th IEEE International Conference on
eScience (eScience 2008); Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, December 7-12, 2008,
pp. 8-15; ISBN: 978-0-7695-3535-7
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Jordi Torres
First name Jordi
Last name Torres
e-mail torres@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/torres
Birth date May 27, 1964
Degree - Masters degree in Computer Science in 1988 at the TechnicalUniversity of
Catalonia (UPC, Barcelona).
- Ph. D. in Computer Science (UPC, 1993, Best UPC Computer Science Thesis
Award).
Position Full professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
His knowledge background comes from the areas of Computer Architecture,
Operating Systems, Computer Networks and Distributed Applications. His
research activities from the beginning, in 1988, centred on the area of
parallelism in the High Performance Computing Group (HPC) at DAC. One of
his relevant contributions to the HPC group was to extend the applicability of
parallel computation beyond normal HPC applications to new environments and
commercial applications, as well as contributing to the creation (with the
eDragon group) a research community in this new area. Currently this
community within the HPC group has been consolidated with a group of
research doctors, doctorate students and masters students who are working on
these new themes. Currently he is actively working to combine the research
from different research areas such as autonomic computing, parallel and
distributed systems, performance modelling, virtualization, machine learning,
cloud computing, green computing, amongst others, to reasonably stem the
difficulties that this complexity brings in obtaining more sustainable IT.
Current courses:
- Master Course: Execution environment for Distributed Computing
- Graduate Course: System Performance Evaluation
Recent courses:
- Undergradute course: Computer Networks and Applications
- Graduate course: Distributed Application Arquitecture
- PhD Course: Performance Engineering of eBusiness platforms
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Recent
publications
R. Nou, S. Kounev and J. Torres. “Autonomic QoS control in enterprise Grid
environments using online simulation“. Journal of Systems and Software 82
(2009) 486-502. ISSN: 0164-1212. 2009.
M. Macías, G. Smith, O. Rana, J. Guitart, and J. Torres. “Enforcing Service
Level Agreements using an Economically Enhanced Resource Manager”
Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems Autonomic Systems
Series, Part I, Chapter 6. Birkhäuser-Springer, February 2009 (To Appear)
ISBN: 978-3-7643-8896-6
David Carrera, Malgorzata Steinder, Ian Whalley, Jordi Torres and Eduard
Ayguadé. “Enabling resource sharing between transactional and batch
workloads using dynamic application placement“. ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9 th
International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2008).
Nicolas Poggi, Toni Moreno, Josep Lluis Berral, Ricard Gavaldà, Jordi
Torres,”Self-Adaptive Utility-Based Web Session Management.” Computer
Networks Journal, 2008. ISSN: 1389-1286.
J. Guitart, D. Carrera, V. Beltran, J. Torres, and E. Ayguadé. “Dynamic CPU
Provisioning for Self-Managed Secure Web Applications in SMP Hosting
Platforms“. Computer Networks , Vol. 52 (7), pp. 1390-1409, May 2008. ISSN:
1389-1286.
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Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas
First name Jose Maria
Last name Barceló-Ordinas
e-mail joseb@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/joseb
Birth date June 25, 1967
Degree Telecom Engineer. (1991) and PhD (1998) from UPC.
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
I joined the CompNet group at the Computer
Architecture Departament in 1993. From that year I have participated in several
European projects such as EXPLOIT, BAF, EXPERT, NETPERF and
MOEBIUS, WIDENS (FP6) and Networks of Excellence (NoE) EuroNGI
(FP6), EuroNFI (FP6) and EuroNF (FP7).
My current areas of interest are Wireless Networks and Ad Hoc Networks with
special emphasis in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSN), Vehicular
Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) and Delay/Disruptive Tolerant Networks (DTN).
However, in past years I researched in Broadband Networks (my PhD was on
ATM traffic control), TCP/IP protocol design, Mobile communications and
Internet Topology (BGP4 and Internet taxonomy).
I have also participated as AIDIT (Agencia de Acreditacion en Investigacion,
Desarrollo e Innovacion Tecnologica) evaluator of Spanish National Projects.
I have been Academic Responsible of Master CANS (Computer Architecture,
Network and Systems) belonging to the department of Computer Architecture at
UPC from May 2005 to July 2007.
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I have also been Academic Responsible of the "Computer Architecture"
Department PhD Program from May 2005 to May 2008.
Courses in which I currently participate:
* RALIAS (Wireless LAN, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks) in Master CANS
(2006-now).
* PIAM (Internet Protocols and Multimedia Applications) in Master CANS, in
master MTI (FIB) and in Computer Science degree (FIB) (2002-now).
Previous courses in which I gave lectures (from 1995 to 2004):
Undergraduate level: ISO: Introduction to Operating Systems (1995-1997),
CBXC: Basic Concepts in Computer Networks (1995-2002), ARISO:
Introduction to Operating Systems Architecture (1999), STD: Data Transport
Services (1998-2002), XC: Computer Networks (2001-2004).
Previous courses in which I gave lectures (from 1999 to 2006):
Doctorate level: Basic Concepts on Computer Networks: an analytical approach
(1998-2005), Mobility on Wireless networks, (1998-2005).
M. Guerrero-Zapata, R. Zilan, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, K. Bicakci, B. Tavli,
“The Future of Security in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: a position
paper”, accepted by the Special Issue “Secure Multimedia Services” in
Telecommunications System Journal (Springer), 2009.
O. Trullols-Cruces, J. Morillo-Pozo, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, J. Garcia-Vidal, “A
Cooperative Vehicular Network Framework”, IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC’09), Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009.
R. Guimaraes, L. Cerdà , J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, J. Garcia-Vidal,M. Voorhaen,
C. Blondia, “Quality of Service through Bandwidth Reservation on Multirate
Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks”, Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 7, Issue
2, pp 388-400, 2009.
J. Morillo-Pozo, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, O. Trullos-Cruces, J. Garcia-Vidal, “A
Cooperative ARQ for Delay-Tolerant Vehicular Networks”, IEEE International
Workshop on Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Mobile Networks (DTMN'08), in
conjunction with ICDCS 2008, Beijing, China, June 20, 2008.
R. Zilan, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, B. Tavli, ”Image Recognition Traffic Patterns
for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, Fourth International Workshop on
Wireless and Mobility, Barcelona, Spain, Jan 2008. LNCS Volume 5122/2008.
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Llorenç Cerdà
First name Llorenç
Second name Cerdà Alabern
e-mail llorenc@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/llorenc
Birth date 1967
Degree January 2000 Ph.D., Telecommunications Engeneering
December 1993 Telecommunication Engineering
December 1989 Electrical Technical-Engineering
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Llorenç Cerdà obtained the engineering degree in telecommunications in 1993
from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). He joined the Computer
Architecture Department of UPC in 1994, presented the PhD Thesis entitled
"Traffic Management of the ABR Service Category in ATM Networks" in
January 2000 and currently he is Associate Professor.
His areas of interest include: Wireless LANs, wireless ad-hoc networks, QoS in
wireless ad-hoc networks, wireless mesh networks, TCP/IP, performance
evaluation, queueing networks, C++ programming and simulation of computer
networks.
He has published papers in international conferences and journals. He has
participated in several EU funded research projects (EXPERT, COST-257,
MOEBIUS, WIDENS, COST-279, EuroNGI), research projects in
collaboration with Nokia (TESI), and the startup SouthWing.
PhD Courses: “Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks”,
“Wireless LANs, Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks”
Postgraduate Courses: “Comparative Network Design”
Undergraduate Courses; “Xarxes de Computadors”, “Computer Networks”.
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Recent
publications
Rafael Guimaraes, Llorenç¸ Cerdà, José-M. Barceló-Ordinas, Jorge García-
Vidal, Michael Voorhaen, and Chris Blondia. Quality of service through
bandwidth reservation on multirate ad hoc wireless networks. Ad-hoc
Networks, 7, march 2009. ISSN 1570-8705.
Rafael Paoliello-Guimaraes and Llorenç Cerdà-Alabern. A periodic refreshment
method for resource reservation in mobile ad-hoc networks. In IFIP Wireless
Days. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 24–27, 2008. ISBN 978-1-
4244-2829-8.
Jorge García-Vidal, Maribel March, Llorenc¸ Cerdà, Jesús Corbal, and Mateo
Valero. A DRAM/SRAM Memory Scheme for Fast Packet Buffers. IEEE
Transactions on Computers, 55 (5):588–602, May 2006. ISSN 0018-9340.
Chris Blondia, Olga Casals, Llorenç Cerdà, Nik Van den Wijngaert, and Gert
Willems. Performance Evaluation of Layer 3 Low Latency Handoff
Mechanisms. Mobile Networks and Applications, 9(6):633–645, December
2004. ISSN 1383-469X.
Peter de Cleyn, Nick Van den Wijngaert, Llorenc¸ Cerdà, and Chris Blondia. A
smooth handoff scheme using IEEE 802.11 triggers - design and
implementation. Computer Networks, 45(3): 345–361, June 2004. ISSN 1389-
1286.
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Manel Medina
First name Manel
Last name Medina
e-mail medina@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/medina
Birth date March 17, 1964
Degree PhD in Informatics, UPC.
Position Full professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Professor of Computers and Internet Security
Head of esCERT: Spanish Computer Emergency Response Team
Technical manager of DEDICA project: Distributed EDI Certification
Authority.
Member of ICE-TEL project (Telematic Education): Infrastructure for
Certification Authority in Europe.
Member of PITA (Public-key Infrastructure with Time-Stamping Authority)
project, belonging to the Infosec/ETS (European Trusted Services) program.
Recently, focus on the Computer Architecture, Networks and Systems master
courses on:
- Security in Information Technology Systems.
- Computer Security and Secure Distributed Applications.
Recent Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina: The DEDICA Project:
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publications The Solution to the Interoperability Problems between the X.509 and EDIFACT
Public Key Infrastructures. CQRE 1999:242-250
Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina: Bringing Together X.509
and EDIFACT Public Key Infrastructures: The DEDICA Project. ICICS
1999:199-215
Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina: Removing
Interoperability Barriers Between the X.509 and EDIFACT Public Key
Infrastructures: The DEDICA Project. Public Key Cryptography 1999:245-262
Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina, Isabel Gallego:
Interoperability between the X.509 and EDIFACT Public Key Infrastructures:
The DEDICA Project. DEXA Workshop 1998:661-666
Joao Nuno Ferreira, Alf Hansen, Tomaz Klobucar, Klaus-Peter Kossakowski,
Manuel Medina, Damir Rajnovic, Olaf Schjelderup, Don Stikvoort: CERTs in
Europe. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems (CN) 28(14):1947-1952 (1996)
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Maria Luisa Gil Gomez
First Name Maria Luisa
Last Name Gil
e-mail marisa@ac.upc.edu
Home page http: //people.ac.upc.edu/marisa
Birth date June 22, 1963, Barcelona, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Sex Female
Degree Doctor of Philosophy, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), SPAIN,1994
B.S and M.S. in Computer Science, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
(UPC), SPAIN, 1988
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Marisa Gil's research is primarily concerned with the design and
implementation of system software for parallel computing. Her work focus
mainly on areas such as resource management in embedded system, OS new
architectures support, middleware design and implementation, runtime code
optimization.
Besides, she promotes and participates in the development of programs and
activities that promote the entry into and retention of women in engineering
programs in Spain.
She is HiPEAC European Network of Excellence member, ACM Computer
Society member, Special Interest on Operating Systems (SIGOPS) member and
IEEE (Senior Member).
Associate Professor, has been at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya since
1988.
* Undergraduate (Faculty of Computer Science, Barcelona): Operating Systems
Project, System Performance Evaluation
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Recent
publications
* Graduate (Department Master and Doctoral Program): Operating Systems for
New Computer Architectures, Executing Environments for Parallel Applications
Resources Management.
"CARM: Composable, Adaptive Resource Management System in Ubiquitous
Computing Environments", Roberto Morales, Marisa Gil; III Simposio de
Computación Ubicua e Inteligencia Ambiental (UCAmI'08), Octubre 2008
"Predictive Runtime Code Scheduling for Heterogeneous Architectures", V.
Jimenez, L. Vilanova, I. Gelado, M. Gil, G. Fursin, N. Navarro; HiPEAC
Conference (HiPEAC'09). January, 2009
"Cetra: A trace and analysis framework for the evaluation of Cell BE systems",
Julio M. Merino-Vidal, Lluc Álvarez, Marisa Gil, Nacho Navarro; IEEE
International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software
(ISPASS-2009). April 2.009
Marisa Gil, Ruben Pinilla: Thread coloring: a scheduler proposal from user to
hardware threads. Operating Systems Review 39(2): 54-70 (2005)
René Serral, Marisa Gil: A Linux networking study. Operating Systems Review
38(3): 1-11 (2004)
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Jorge Castro
First name Jorge
Last name Castro
e-mail castro@lsi.upc.edu
Home page: http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~castro/
Birth date December 22, 1962
Degree Graduate in Mathematics. Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, 1986.
Ph.D degree. Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, 2002.
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
His research activity started in the 90´s and it belongs, roughly speaking, to the
Theoretical Computer Science area. Main research topics are listed below in
chronological order:
1. Complexity Theory:
Characterizations of complexity classes involving small circuits having (NP)
oracle gates.
2. Computational Learning Theory.
Query Learning. Universal characterizations on the number of queries needed to
learn.
Query leaning with quantum algorithms: characterization of the query
complexity
3. Machine Learning
Natural Language processing. Analysis of a new type of perceptron algorithm
for partial parsing.
Research on learning distributions: Feasible PAC-learning of probabilistic finite
automata.
Former high school teacher of math.
Since 1990, he has been lecturing programming topics at the Facultad de
Informatica (Universitat Politecnica Catalunya). Currently he is teaching a
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Recent
publications
IST
Luis Rodrigues
course on Concurrent Programming and a C++ lab for beginners.
Jorge Castro, Ricard Gavaldà: Towards Feasible PAC-Learning of Probabilistic
Deterministic Finite Automata. ICGI 2008: 163-174.
José L. Balcázar, Jorge Castro, David Guijarro, Johannes Köbler, Wolfgang
Lindner: A general dimension for query learning. J. Comput. Syst. Sci. 73(6):
924-940 (2007).
Jorge Castro: How Many Query Superpositions Are Needed to Learn? ALT
2006: 78-92.
Jorge Castro: On the Query Complexity of Quantum Learners Electronic
Colloquium on Computational Complexity (ECCC)(082): (2005).
Jorge Castro, Sergio Celani: Quasi-Modal Lattices. Order 21(2): 107-129
(2004).
Personal data: Male, born 1963, Portuguese. Luís Rodrigues graduated
(1986), has a Master (1991) and a PhD (1996) in Electrotechnic and Computers
Engineering, by the Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica Lisboa
(IST). He obtained the "Agregação" in Informatics (2003) by the Universidade
de Lisboa.
Research/academic career: He is a Professor (Professor Catedrático) at
Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Instituto Superior Técnico,
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. From 1996 to July 2007 he served at the
Departmento de Informática, Faculdade de Ciências (Faculty of Sciences),
Universidade de Lisboa. He initiated his academic career at the Electrotechnic
and Computers Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa
(IST) in 1989. From 1986 to 1996 he was a member of the Distributed Systems
and Industrial Automation Group at INESC. From 1997-2007, he was a
(founding) member of the LASIGE laboratory at University of Lisbon, first as a
member of the Navigators group and later as the leader of the Distributed
Algorithms and Network Protocols group. He served as Director of the LASIGE in
2004-2005. From July 2007 he is a member of the Distributed Systems Group at
INESC-ID. His current interests include fault-tolerant distributed systems, group
communication, replicated data management, p2p computing, and mobile
computing. He has more than 100 publications in these areas. He is co-author
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of two books on distributed computing.
Teaching Experience: Since 1996 he has lectured more than 14 different
courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, in the areas of
computer networks, operating systems, distributed systems, middleware, and
fault-tolerance. In 2008/09 he has lectured: Computer Networks
(Undergraduare), Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications, Peer-to-Peer
Systems and Overlay Networks, and Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
(MSc/PhD).
Selected Recent Publications:
• Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications. B. Garbinato, H.
Miranda, L. Rodrigues (Editors). Springer, 2009. ISBN: 978-3-540-89706-4
• Rachid Guerraoui and Luís Rodrigues. Introduction to Reliable Distributed
Programming. Springer, 2006. ISBN: 3-540-28845-7
• On the Use of a Reflective Architecture to Augment Database Management
Systems. N. Carvalho, A. Correia Jr., J. Pereira, L. Rodrigues, R. Oliveira, S.
Guedes. Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol 13, No 8, pp 1110-1135.
• HyParView: a membership protocol for reliable gossip-based broadcast. J. Leitão,
J. Pereira, and L. Rodrigues. Proceedings of the 37th Annual IEEE/IFIP
International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. Edinburgh, UK,
June, 2007.
• Implementation and analysis of real-time communication protocol compositions.
J. Rodrigues, J. Ventura, A. Campos, L. Rodrigues. Real-Time Systems Journal,
October 2007, (Vol 37, Nb 1) pp 45-76, Springer
Web: http://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/~ler
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Paulo Ferreira
Personal data:
Portuguese
43 years old
PhD in Computer Science from
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Research Career: Paulo Ferreira is associate professor at the Computer and Information
Systems Department at the Technical University of Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico - IST/UTL)
Lisboa, Portugal, where he has been teaching classes in the areas of Distributed Systems, Mobile
Computing, Operating Systems, and Internet, both at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels.
In 1996, he received his PhD degree in Computer Science from Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
(Paris-VI). His MsC (1992) and BsEE (1988) are both from IST/UTL. He is a researcher at INESC
since 1986 where he leads the Distributed Systems Group (www.gsd.inesc-id.pt). He has lead and
participated in several research projects (both national and international). Paulo Ferreira’s research
interests are system support for large-scale distributed data sharing, replication and consistency
protocols, mobile computing, distributed garbage collection, persistence by reachability, operating
systems, and large-scale distributed applications. He is author or co-author of more than 60 peerreviewed
articles and he has served on the program committees of several international conferences
and workshops in the area of distributed systems.
Teaching experience: Paulo Ferreira has been teaching at the IST 8Technical University of
Lisbon)for more than 15 years. The courses that he has teached are: Platforms and Applications for
Large-Scale Networks, Mobile Computing, Advanced Distributed Systems, Operating Systems.
5 recent key publications (last 5 years):
• OBIWAN: Design and Implementation of a Middleware Platform. Paulo Ferreira, Luis
Veiga, Carlos Ribeiro. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 14(11), pp.
1086--1099, Nov. 2003, IEEE.
• Complete Distributed Garbage Collection, An Experience With Rotor. Luis Veiga, Paulo
Ferreira. IEE Software Journal, 150(5), pp. 283--290, Nov. 2003, IEE Software.
• An Efficient and Fault-Tolerant Update Commitment Protocol for Weakly Connected
Replica. João Barreto, Paulo Ferreira. Special issue of the Journal on Concurrency and
Computation, Practice and Experience, Wiley, 2007.
• Vector-Field Consistency for Ad-hoc Gaming (Best Paper Award). Nuno Santos and Luis
Veiga and Paulo Ferreira. ACM/IFIP/Usenix International Middleware Conference
(Middleware 2007), Sep. 2007 , Springer.
• Complete Distributed Garbage Collection using Consistent Cuts and .Net AOP-Support.
Luís Veiga, Paulo Pereira, Paulo Ferreira.IET Software Journal, The Instituition of
Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE Software), Vol 1(6), (doi:10.1049/ietsen:20070015),
Dec. 2007.
Website reference : www.gsd.inesc-id.pt
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Luís Veiga
Identification and Contact
Name: Luís Manuel Antunes Veiga
Date of Birth: June, 28, 1975 Gender: Male Nationality: Portuguese (E.U.)
Telephone: +351 21 310 0292
Affiliations
- Distributed Systems Group
INESC ID Lisboa, Rua Alves Redol 9, 100-029 Lisboa, Portugal
- Computer Science and Engineering Department
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1000 Lisboa, Portugal
Education Diplomas
Ph.D. Computer Science and Computer Engineering (March 2007)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
M.Sc. Computer Engineering (July 2001)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
B. Sc. (Eng.) Computer Science and Computer Engineering (December 1998)
(5-year degree) Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Research Carreer (summary)
Luís Veiga is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering
Department at IST/UTL. He teaches courses on Middleware for Distributed Internet
Applications and Virtual Execution Environments. He has been a researcher at INESC-
ID with the Distributed Systems Group since 1999. He has been an active participant
in government and industry funded R&D projects such as Mnemosyne, MobileTrans,
OBIWAN, DGC-Rotor, and UbiRep. His research interests include distributed systems,
replication, virtualization technology and deployment, distributed garbage collection,
middleware for mobility support, grid and peer-to-peer computing. He has authored or
coauthored over 30 peer-reviewed scientific communications in workshops,
conferences, book chapters, edited books, and journals since 2000. He has served in
international conferences as member of program committee, proceedings editor (ACM
EuroSys 2007, ACM PPPJ 2007 and 2008, and MobMid Workshop at ACM Middleware
2008) and as reviewer. He has served terms on CS Department Council and University
Assembly.
Teaching Experience
(Mar 2007-present) Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Department (DEI)
(Mar2002-Mar2007) Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering Department (DEI)
Courses: Virtual Execution Environments (2007-now), Middleware for Distributed
Internet Applications (2005-now), Operating Systems (1999-2000, 2002-2003, 2006-
2007) Computer Architecture (2001-2003).
Recent Publications
- João Silva, Luís Veiga, Paulo Ferreira. Heuristic for resources allocation on utility
computing infrastructures (selected for Wiley Concurrency and Computation),
ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9th International Middleware Conference (MGC Workshop), Dec.
2008.
- Luís Veiga,
Paulo Pereira, Paulo Ferreira. Complete Distributed Garbage Collection
using DGC-Consistent Cuts and .NET AOP-Support. IET (IEE) Software Journal, 1(6)
Dec. 2007.
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- Nuno Santos, Luís Veiga, Paulo Ferreira. Vector-Field Consistency for Ad-hoc
Gaming (Best-Paper Award). ACM/IFIP/Usenix International Middleware Conference
(Middleware 2007), Nov. 2007.
- Luís Veiga,
Paulo Ferreira. Asynchronous Complete Distributed Garbage Collection.
19th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS
2005), April 2005.
- Paulo Ferreira, Luís Veiga, Carlos Ribeiro. OBIWAN - Design and Implementation of a
Middleware Platform. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 14(11),
Nov. 2003.
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Carlos Ribeiro
Carlos Ribeiro is a Portuguese Citizen, born in 1966.
PhD in Computer Security by the Technical University of Lisbon in 2002, with the dissertation
entitled “An access control framework for security policies with complex constraints”.
Msc in Computer Engineering by the Technical University of Lisbon in 1993, with the thesis entitled
“A persistent and stable shared memory manager”.
Graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering by the Technical University of Lisbon in 1989.
Research activities
• Member of the distributed systems research group at INESC-ID since 1993 (www.gsd.inesc-
id.pt).
• Security adviser for the National Security Office from 1995 to 1998.
• Vice-President of the IST computer centre since 2008.
• Member of several European research projects in security (UbiSec&Sens - EU FP6 2006-2009; STORK - EU cofunded
project INFSO-ICT-PSP-224993 - 2008-2010; WSN4CIP EU FP7 2009-2011)
• Head of national project on security (Privato – FCT 2008-2010)
Teaching activities
He is Professor at the Computer and Information Systems Department at the Technical University of Lisbon
(Instituto Superior Técnico - IST/UTL), Portugal, where he teaches
Network Security and Computer Security classes, for more than five years.
Responsible for the following courses
• 2001/2002 - Information Systems Security – Postgraduate Information systems specialization
course
• 2002/2003 – Operating Systems - Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
• 2002/2003 – Operating Systems - Degree in Communications Network Engineering
• 2004-2007 – Security Algorithms and Applications - Degree in Information Systems and
Computer Engineering
• 2005-2007 – Network Security - Degree in Communications Network Engineering
• 2007-2009 – Network and Computer Security - Degree in Information Systems and Computer
Engineering
• 2007-2009 – Network and Computer Security - Degree in Communications Network Engineering
Relevant academic responsibilities
• Co-coordinator of the PhD in Information Security of IST, 2006-2009
• Co-coordinator of the PhD in Information Systems and Computer Engineering, 2007/2008
5 Relevant publications
• Rui Filipe Lopes Joaquim and Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro, CodeVoting: protecting against malicious vote
manipulation at the voters PC, Frontiers of Electronic Voting, Jan. 2008 , Internationales Begegnungs- und
Forschungszentrum für Inf.
• Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro and Paulo Ferreira, A policy-oriented language for expressing security
specifications, International Journal of Network Security, 5(3), pp. 299-316, Dec. 2007
• Pedro Félix and Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro, A Scalable and Flexible Web Services, SWS 07: Proceedings of the
4th ACM workshop on Secure web services, Oct. 2007, ACM.
• Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro, Robust Sensor Self-Initialization: Whispering to Avoid Intruders, SECUWARE
2007, The International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems, and Technologies, Oct. 2007,
pp. 101-107 , IEEE Computer Society.
• Filipe Bastos de Freitas and Rodrigo Rodrigues and Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro and Paulo Ferreira and Luís
Rodrigues, Verme: Worm Containment in Peer-to-Peer Overlays, Proc. of the 6th International Workshop on
Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS'07), Jan. 2007
Web Address
Research group web site: http://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt
Personal web site: http://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/~cnr Email: Carlos.Ribeiro@ist.utl.pt
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José Monteiro
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 1 st ,
1966. IEEE member.
PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 1996. Master of Science in Electrical and
Computer Engineering, IST – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, January
1993. Licenciatura (5 year engineering degree) in Electrical and Computer
Engineering, IST – Technical University of Lisbon, July 1989.
Director of INESC-ID since January 2008. Senior researcher in the ALGOS group
at INESC-ID since September 1996 (http://algos.inesc-id.pt). Research
interests are in the area of Electronic Design Automation, optimisation
algorithms and computer architectures. Co-authored 2 books, 4 book chapters,
11 international journals, including a best-paper award in the IEEE Transactions
on VLSI Systems, and close to 60 papers in international conferences. Has
served as General-chair of PATMOS 2008, and Program-chair of PATMOS 2009
and SBCCI 2000, and has been a member of the technical program committee
of DATE, ISLPED, IWLS and SBCCI. Has coordinated a Work-package in a
European project and been principal investigator in two national (FCT) projects.
Teaching Assistant at IST from March 1989 to July 1992, and at MIT in the
Spring semester of 1995. Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and
Engineering Department at IST from March 1996 to November 2007, and
Associate Professor since then. Has had several coordinator tasks in the
department, namely, Vice-President for Graduate Studies and Coordinator of
the PhD program. Courses taught in the last 3 years: Computer Architecture,
Architectures for Embedded Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Electronic,
Parallel and Distributed Computing, Analysis and Synthesis of Algorithms
Selected publications:
- J. Costa, J. Monteiro, A MILP-based Approach to Path Sensitization of
Embedded Software, IEEE Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE),
Nice, France, April 2009.
- L. Aksoy, E. Costa, P. Flores, J. Monteiro, Exact and Approximate Algorithms
for the Optimization of Area and Delay in Multiple Constant Multiplications,
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and
Systems, vol. 27, issue 27, pp. 1013-1026, June 2008.
- L. Oliveira, E. Costa, J. Monteiro, J. Martins, S. Bampi, C. Santos, D. Ferrão, R.
Reis, A Comparison of Layout Implementations of Pipelined and Non-
Pipelined Signed Radix-4 Array Multiplier and Modified Booth Multiplier
Architectures, chapter in VLSI-SoC: From Systems to Silicon, editors R. Reis,
A. Osseiran, H.-J. Pfleiderer, Springer, September 2007.
- G. Arroz, J. Monteiro, A. Oliveira, Arquitectura de Computadores: dos
Sistemas Digitais aos Microprocessadores, IST Press, January 2007. (in
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Portuguese, course textbook)
- J. Monteiro, R. Patel, V. Tiwari, Power Analysis and Optimization from Circuit
to Register-Transfer Levels, chapter in EDA for IC Implementation, Circuit
Design And Process Technology, editors G. Martin, L. Lavagno, L. Scheffer,
CRC Press, March 2006.
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Helena Galhardas
Personal data: Female, Born 9/10/67 in Lisbon, Portuguese citizenship
Education: 2001 PhD in Informatics from University of Versailles. 1994 M.Sc.
in Electrical and Computers Engineering from “Instituto Superior Técnico” (IST)
Technical University of Lisbon. 1990 BsC (5 years) in Electrical and Computers
Engineering from IST - Technical University of Lisbon.
Research career: Researcher and leader of the Data Management and
Information Retrieval (DMIR) at INESC-ID since 2006. Main research areas are:
data cleaning and transformation, ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) processes,
query optimization, data lineage. From 2001 to 2006, researcher at the
Information Systems Group at INESC-ID. From 1997 to 2001, PhD student at
INRIA Rocquencourt, France. From 1991 to 1994, junior researcher at INESC.
Teaching experience 2001-now Assistant Professor at IST, teaching in
2008/09 (Database Administration and Optimization (2 nd semester), Decision
Support Systems (2 nd semester),
Information Management and Processing (1 st semester)); 1997-2001 On leave
of absence from IST; 1991-96 Teaching Assistant at IST
Recent key publications
• Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira and Helena Galhardas and Antónia Lopes
and João Carlos Serrenho Dias Pereira, One-to-many data
transformations through data mappers, Data & Knowledge
Engineering, 62(3), pp. 483-503, Sep. 2007, Elsevier.
• Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira and Helena Galhardas and João Carlos
Serrenho Dias Pereira and Fernando Martins and Mário J. Silva, On the
performance of one-to-many data transformations, , Sep. 2007 ,
5th International Workshop on Quality in Databases (QDB), Viena.
• Alberto Rodrigues da Silva and Helena Galhardas and José Barateiro and
Hugo Matos and Jorge Gonçalves and Eliane Portela, Data Analysis
Features of the GESTBARRAGENS System, International Conference
on Innovative Views of .NET Technologies (IVNET), Oct. 2006
• José Eduardo Barateiro and Helena Galhardas, A survey of data quality
tools, Datenbank-Spektrum, (14), pp. 15-21, Aug. 2005, dpunkt.verlag.
• Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira and Helena Galhardas and João Carlos
Serrenho Dias Pereira and Antónia Lopes, Data Mapper: An operator
for expressing one-to-many data transformations, International
Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DAWAK),
Aug. 2005 , pp. 136-145 , Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3589
Springer 2005
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Website reference (of research group): http://dmir.inesc-id.pt
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Anexo 3: Acuerdo de consorcio aprobado
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Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Course
European Master in Distributed Computing
(EMDC)
Consortium Agreement
This Agreement is entered into between:
2010-01-14
1. KTH Royal Institute of Technology officially represented by Professor Peter
Gudmundson, President, and hereinafter designated by the initials KTH and referred
to as Consortium Partner or the Consortium Coordinating Organization.
2. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya officially represented by Professor Antoni
Giró, President, and hereinafter designated by the initials UPC and referred to as
Consortium Partner.
3. Instituto Superior Técnico officially represented by Professor António Manuel da
Cruz Serra, President, and hereinafter designated by the initials IST and referred to
as Consortium Partner.
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1. Purpose of the Agreement
The purpose of this Agreement is to agree on the implementation and management of the
Erasmus Mundus Masters Course «European Master in Distributed Computing» governed
by the Framework Partnership Agreement FPA nº 2010-0136 signed by the European
Commission and the Consortium Coordinating Organization of the « European Master in
Distributed Computing » Consortium.
This Agreement shall specify the respective rights and obligations of the parties with
regard to the running of the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course «European Master in
Distributed Computing».
All parties are subject to the rules and regulations set up by the Commission in the
agreements mentioned above regarding both the responsibilities towards the Commission and
towards other parties to this Agreement.
2. Validity and amendments
This Agreement shall come into force on the day when it has been signed by each of the
parties but shall have retroactive validity as of the same date as the Framework Agreement.
This Agreement is valid only when it harmonizes with the meaning of the Framework
Agreement and the Specific Agreement referred to in Article 1 above. The validity of this
Agreement expires when the support from the European Commission is terminated (normally
after 5 years).
This Agreement shall be reviewed for every academic year. Amendments to this
Agreement shall be made only by a supplementary Agreement signed on behalf of each of the
parties by authorized representatives.
3. The Consortium Structure
Appointed representatives from each of the parties to this Agreement form the Steering
Committee of the Consortium, in the following called the Steering Committee. The
Consortium Coordinating Organization is represented in the Steering Committee by the
Programme Coordinator who also acts as the Chairperson of the Steering Committee. The
Programme Coordinator is the person who is specified as Contact person/Coordinator in the
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application proposal Section A.3., or a person nominated by the said Contact
person/Coordinator to act in his/her place.
The Steering Committee shall support the Programme Coordinator in the management of
the programme. The Steering Committee shall meet at least once a year, at the selection
meeting organized annually by the Programme Coordinator.
The Steering Committee shall undertake to:
• Annually decide on the programme fee, based on national and local legislation
and requirements as announced by each Consortium Partner;
• Review and amend the scholarship conditions, if necessary;
• Annually decide on the budget of the Consortium;
• Ensure quality assurance of the programme;
• Agree on the adaptation and update of the joint curriculum in order to meet recent
developments;
• Organize the yearly joint student and scholar selection process.
Concerning selection of the students and scholars the Steering Committee shall
• Review admission criteria annually and make necessary changes;
• Define student quota for the programme;
• Agree on any changes in the selection procedure and methods;
• Agree on the allocation of evaluation tasks between Consortium Partners;
• Select the students and establish the proposed list of scholarships holders to be
sent to the European Commission;
• Decide on the students’ study tracks;
• Select the scholars to be invited and establish the proposed list of scholars to be
sent to the European Commission.
The decisions of the Steering Committee are taken by consensus. The voting can be done
orally at the meetings of the Steering Committee, or in writing by email. The representative of
a Consortium Partner can be replaced by a person authorized by the representative.
4. Obligations of Programme Coordinator
The Programme Coordinator manages the administrative, legal and financial matters of the
Consortium and the Masters Course and is responsible for all contacts with the European
Commission, on behalf of the Consortium Coordinating Organization.
The Programme Coordinator shall report to the Consortium Partners of the Consortium in
such a way that these have full insight into the administrative, legal and financial matters.
The Programme Coordinator shall undertake to:
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• Take all the steps necessary to prepare for, perform and correctly manage the
programme set out in this Agreement and annexes, in accordance with the
objectives of the project as set out in the Framework Agreement;
• Send the Consortium Partners a copy of the Framework Agreement and its
annexes and any other official document concerning the project;
• Notify and provide the Consortium Partners with any amendments made to the
Framework Agreement;
• Comply with all the provisions of the Framework Agreement thereby fulfilling all
obligations towards the Commission;
• Nominate an Administrative Coordinator for the programme (the Administrative
Coordinator will handle those issues of administrative nature that are part of the
responsibility of the Programme Coordinator, whereas the Programme
Coordinator will be responsible for all academic issues);
• Act as Chairperson of the Steering Committee.
5. Obligations of the Consortium Partners
The Consortium Partners are subject to the rules and regulations set up in the Framework
Agreement and in the Specific Agreement as well as to the text in the Erasmus Mundus
Masters Course Application.
The Consortium Partners shall undertake to:
• Take all the steps necessary to prepare for, perform and correctly manage the
programme set out in this Agreement and its annexes, in accordance with the
objectives of the project as set out in the Framework Agreement concluded
between the European Commission and the Consortium Coordinating
Organization;
• Comply with all the provisions of the Framework Agreement regulating the legal
relationship between the Consortium Coordinating Organization and the
Commission;
• Communicate to the Programme Coordinator any information or document
required by the latter that is necessary for the management of the project;
• Accept responsibility for all information communicated to the Programme
Coordinator, including details of costs claimed and, where appropriate, ineligible
expenses;
• Nominate at least one representative to the Steering Committee.
The Consortium Partners also undertake to:
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that may impact the joint Masters Course;
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• Inform the Steering Committee of relevant information received from third parties
as regards the joint Masters Course;
• Act at all times in good faith and in a manner that reflects the good name,
goodwill and reputation of the other Consortium Partners and in accordance with
scientific and academic ethics;
• Participate in a cooperative manner at the meetings of the different bodies under
this Consortium Agreement;
• Provide the Programme Coordinator with any information and documents
required for the preparation of the progress report for Action 1A including any
necessary copies of supporting documents completed and signed by the legal
representative each year by the date specified by the Programme Coordinator;
• The Consortium Partners shall contribute to the preparation of the final report for
Action 1A by the date specified by the Programme Coordinator.
6. Language of the Consortium
The official representatives of the participating institutions will communicate in English. All
the documents sent to the European Commission will be written in English with a copy to the
Consortium Partner representatives of the Consortium.
7. Mobility scheme and degrees awarded
For Action 1A of the Erasmus Mundus II Programme, mobility schemes will be organized as
described in the the text in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course Application. The curriculum
is a part of the Specific Agreement signed by the Consortium Coordinating Organization and
the European Commission.
The mobility schemes are defined in the following table. The student graduating within the
frame of the «European Master in Distributed Computing» programme will receive the degree
diplomas from the institutions that have hosted the student, according to the mobility scheme
and national legislation. The degree diplomas are national degree diplomas recognised by the
country of each host higher education institution. The list of the degree diplomas is given in
the table below:
Institutions Awarded degree Date of recognition Code
Higher Education A
KTH
Teknologie Masterexamen
Master of Science (two years)
Ordinance,
2000:1057, Chapter 1
and Appendix 2A
UPC Master Europeo en 12/31/09 B
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Computación Distribuida –
European Master in Distributed
Computing
Mestrado Erasmus Mundus em
Sistemas Distribuídos –
Erasmus Mundus European
Master in Distributed Computing
2009-12-31 C
Mobility Path First Year Third semester Thesis project AWARDED DEGREES
1 UPC KTH UPC A+B
2 UPC KTH KTH A+B
3 IST KTH IST A+C
4 IST KTH KTH A+C
8. Examination and study regulations, use of ECTS and
grading of studies
All Consortium Partner agree to operate along the principle of “mutual recognition” of exam
results and each other’s rules and regulations. Rules for failing and repeating as prescribed in
a given institution apply to students registered in this institution for a given year. Each of the
higher education institutions has the same responsibilities and will maintain equal academic
standards in the «European Master in Distributed Computing» programme as in local masters’
programmes, including lecturing standards, assessments standards, mentoring,
implementation of the courses and quality control.
Local rules regarding examination of thesis projects apply. Consortium Partners should be
invited to attend thesis presentations.
On the basis of information regarding the students’ results including ECTS grades
submitted to the Programme Coordinator by the representatives of the Consortium Partners,
the Consortium summarizes the results of all Consortium Partners and publishes for internal
use by the end of the second academic semester of each academic year:
• The progress, retakes of exams, or inhibition of grants to students;
• The award of degrees to students;
• Recommendations for PhD applications
Appeals related to study issues follow the regulations of each institution. The Consortium
does not have the legal mandate to deal with appeals.
Any suggested changes to the curriculum in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course
«European Master in Distributed Computing» must first be approved in writing by the
appropriate authorities at the Consortium Partners in the Consortium. After such approval is
received, minor changes must be confirmed by the Steering Committee and major changes
must thereafter be submitted for approval by the Education Audiovisual Culture Executive
Agency of the European Commission.
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The ECTS mechanisms including the grading scale for the recognition of study periods
will be fully implemented. Those Consortium Partners not yet employing the ECTS grading
system, will use their own grading system and translate the local grades into the ECTS grade
system A, B, C, D, E, F. See below the translation table that will be used by those institutions.
The percentages are only indicative as the number of Erasmus Mundus students is not a
representative sample for statistics.
Local Grade UPC ECTS Grade Percentage of students
9-10 A 5 %
7-8.9 B 20 %
6-6.9 C 30 %
5-5.9 D 30 %
5 E 15 %
Each validated module of the curricula gives an amount of ECTS credits defined in the
curricula and the award of the degrees is obtained for 120 ECTS credits.
9. Application procedure for students
Improvements or adjustments of the application and admission procedures may be suggested
to the Consortium a minimum of six months in advance of the next deadline for applications.
The Consortium Coordinating Organization manages a web site for the on-line application
procedure. The application procedure starts each year in October. The closing dates for
applications is decided by the Steering Committee.
The minimum admission requirements to the Masters Course for any applicant are:
• A completed Bachelor’s degree corresponding to 180 ECTS, or equivalent
academic qualifications from an internationally recognized university. The degree
of the bachelor should be Computer Science or equivalent. An excellent
knowledge in operating systems, networking, programming languages, computer
architectures and theory of computing is required.
• Applicants must provide proof of their proficiency in English, which is most
commonly established through an internationally recognized test.
English proficiency tests are waived for the following:
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• Applicants with a Bachelor's degree from a university where English is the only
language of instruction.
• Applicants with a Bachelor's degree from an internationally recognized
university, where all courses of the study programme were taught in English. This
should be evident from the transcript of records or from a written statement from
the degree administration/ examinations office (or equivalent department) at your
university.
• In some cases English proficiency can be fulfilled from upper secondary
education.
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The complete application file must be sent in paper copy to the Consortium technical
secretariat at the Consortium Coordinating Organization before an agreed deadline. The file
contains the following documents, English translations must be certified:
• Printed and signed copy of the on line application form;
• Curriculum vitae including details on the academic career at higher education
institutions;
• Official and certified transcripts of academic records from previously attended
higher education institution(s);
• A certified copy of the most recent relevant degree;
• Two letters of recommendation from Professors of the most recently attended
higher education institution;
• Letter of motivation;
• Language certificates.
• Preferred study track
Applicants who fulfill the minimum general and specific admission requirements are ranked
with the quality of the academic records as first sorting criterion and thereafter a series of
selection criteria are applied according to the following:
Criteria Weight
Language proficiency 2
Quality and recognition of home university 5
Degree: Content of 1st and possibly 2nd university degree 4
Study success 3
Motivation 2
Recommendations 5
Relevant work experience or other activity 2
Publications, including scientific posters etc. 3
The selection procedure and sorting criteria may be changed by the Steering Committee.
The ranking made by the Steering Committee must comply with the rules applicable to the
selection procedure of grantees defined each year by the EACEA of the European
Commission for the main list as well as for the reserve list. The final results have to be ready
before the deadline yearly set by the Education Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency for the
applications to an EM scholarship. The minutes of the selection meeting will circulate for
approval to all official participants.
10. Enrolment fees
The enrolment fee for Category A students is set at € 5800 for each academic year of the
Masters Course. The enrolment fee for Category B students is set at € 3800 for each academic
year of the Masters Course. Students pay the same fee to the Consortium regardless of their
individual study track within the Masters Course. The enrolment fee covers the institutional
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enrolments and the administrative and academic management of the Masters Course as well
as insurance including health care. Students must cover by themselves other costs such as
transports from and to their home country, library, accommodation, subsistence, etc.
The enrolment fees will be paid by the student to the Consortium Coordinating
Organization and the Programme Coordinator will transfer agreed institutional enrolment fees
to the Consortium Partners on the basis of agreed student mobility schemes resulting in a
defined number of students per semester. Prior to distribution of the enrolment fees to the
Consortium Partners, the Programme Coordinator will deduct a specified amount per student
in order to cover costs for the insurance scheme for the students. The insurance scheme will
be organized by the Programme Coordinator.
The fees will be distributed according to the attached budget, Annex 1.
11. Registration and hosting of students
Once the final results of the scholarship applications are published by the EACEA, the
students admitted to the programme will be sent their letters of admission. There will be one
main letter of admission from the Consortium Coordinating Organization, “Confirmation of
« European Master in Distributed Computing » study place, with or without an Erasmus
Mundus scholarship”. In this letter it will be indicated where the students will study during
the programme based on the selection decision (study track for the student). In addition,
official letters of admission from those institutions where the students will spend their study
periods will be included.
The Consortium Partners are responsible to provide the Programme Coordinator with their
official letters of admission by a date to be specified by the Programme Coordinator.
The student must confirm participation to the programme by returning the “«European
Master in Distributed Computing» study place confirmation” - form within two weeks.
The Programme Coordinator will also send information about the admitted students to the
embassy of the first host country in the student’s home country in order to initiate the visa and
registration procedures.
Students entitled to an Erasmus Mundus scholarship will be issued with a contract that
states their rights and obligations, “Erasmus Mundus student contract with scholarship
conditions”. This contract must be signed by the Programme Coordinator and by the students
that are to be awarded the Erasmus Mundus scholarships, in order to facilitate the
administrative and financial relations between the Consortium and the student. The enrolment
fee including coverage for insurance costs will be deducted directly from the Erasmus
Mundus scholarship with the prior consent of the student. The “Erasmus Mundus student
contract with scholarship conditions” must be signed prior to payments. The Erasmus Mundus
scholarship payments will be transferred to a bank account only, and will be administered by
the Programme Coordinator.
Admitted students are registered and enrolled under the conditions of the host Consortium
Partners for the first and second year of the Masters Course. They are also registered in a data
base administered by the Consortium Coordinating Organization, in order to be able to track
their study performance, payments of grants etc. This data base is continuously updated and
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dependent on the active input from the Consortium Partners with information related to
enrolled students.
In the case the student is no longer able to follow the agreed study track in the specified
time or a total drop-out situation occurs, the Consortium Partners are responsible to notify the
Programme Coordinator immediately.
The Steering Committee decides on all demands regarding alterations in the specified
study track for an individual student.
In addition, the members of the Consortium undertake to help students with incoming
procedures such as finding housing and ensuring that students will have access to language
courses, libraries and to the services of the respective International Offices.
12. Technical aspects
The Consortium Coordinating Organization appoints a secretariat for the Consortium
administration that handles all administrative questions and practical issues of the «European
Master in Distributed Computing» including processes of application and admission.
The secretariat works under the guidance of the Administrative Coordinator and prepares
the financial, technical, and academic reports as well as the minutes of the meetings.
. Online information
The Consortium Coordinating Organization hosts and maintains the web site of the
«European Master in Distributed Computing», compiling information submitted by the
members of the Consortium.
The «European Master in Distributed Computing» website publishes information about:
• The application procedure;
• The available grants, curricula, mobility schemes, degrees;
• An overview over mobility related issues;
• Enrolment fees, living expenses.
The Consortium Partner’s websites must provide a link to the «European Master in
Distributed Computing» website. The Consortium Partners must to the «European Master in
Distributed Computing» website provide information about their taught modules in the
framework of the «European Master in Distributed Computing» programme, as well as their
detailed local regulations regarding examination. In addition, the Consortium Partners have
the responsibility of providing information about the detailed course programme, time tables,
assessment regulations, accommodation and subsistence.
. Use of corporate image
In all cases in which, as a result of the agreements established herein and their application, the
partners believe it is necessary to use the partner's logos, it must ask for the prior authorisation
of the University, through the Communication and Promotion Service or similar, specifying
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the application in which they wish to use the logo (whether graphic or electronic or any other
format) and for what they wish to use it.
The authorisation, which must always be in writing, shall specify the use(s) being
authorised, as well as the period during which the authorisation shall remain valid, which
must never be later than the period of validity of this agreement.
. Budget
The Steering Committee shall annually decide on the budget for the consortium parties.
By signing this Agreement the parties agree to use the contributions as is stipulated in the
financial handbook of the Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme as well as in the Framework
Agreement and the Specific Agreement of the Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme set up by
the Commission.
13. Quality management
Quality aspects are evaluated through the following criteria:
. Visibility
This criterion is evaluated by compiling statistics concerning the number and the origin of
applicants and the number of questions from applicants. This leads to
• modification of the web site to give more accurate, more relevant and more
accessible information,
• new target groups for marketing purposes.
. Admission procedure
Evaluation of admission criteria coupled with actual study performance. Adjustments can
then be made to the admission criteria.
. Teaching activities
Each year, the students will fill out an inquiry to evaluate the quality of the courses in the
Consortium Partners. Three items are evaluated:
• The contents,
• The accompanying documents,
• The examination.
• The lecturing
. Hosting conditions
Each Consortium Partner will appoint an administrative coordinator to assist the students with
registration, visa procedure, accommodation, social integration in campus life.
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14. Amendments, length, termination, and settlement
of disputes
The Steering Committee has the mandate to add amendments to the present Agreement if
necessary after approval of the official bodies of the Consortium Partners and of the European
Commission. Minor changes or alterations may be implemented by the Steering Committee
independently of the European Commission but after consultations with and approval from
the Consortium Partners.
This Consortium Agreement is valid as long as the Framework Partnership Agreement
FPA nº 2010-0136 signed by the European Commission and the Consortium Coordinating
Organization of the «European Master in Distributed Computing» Consortium are valid. If a
Consortium Partner breaks the terms of the present Agreement or decides to leave the
Consortium before the end date of the Agreement between the Consortium Coordinating
Organization and the European Commission, the terms and conditions are stipulated in the
Framework Partnership Agreement FPA nº 2010-0136 .
The settlement of any issue or conflict arising from or in connection with the present
Agreement must be attempted by the Consortium Partners. Due to the international nature of
this Agreement, the International Chamber of Commerce in Geneva will be the legal body
that will be chosen if disputes remain unresolved.
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The official representative of KTH
Name of the bank: SEB
Bank account number: 5936 8220 123
Address of the bank: Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8, SE-10640 Stockholm, Sweden
IBAN number: SE88 5000 0000 0593 6822 0123
BIC/SWIFT code: ESSESESS
President Peter Gudmundson
Signature: …………………………………......
Location:……………………………………… Date: …...........................................
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The official representative of UPC
Name of the bank: Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona - "La Caixa"
Bank account number: 2100-3648-97-2500001071
Address of the bank: Avenida Diagona, nº647, 08028 Barcelona. Spain.
IBAN number: ES6821003648972500001071
BIC/SWIFT code: CAIXESBB
President Antoni Giró
Signature: …………………………………......
Location: Barcelona Date: …...........................................
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The official representative of IST
Name of the bank: Santander Totta
Bank account number: 0018 0003 17417569020 82
Address of the bank: av Rovisco Pais - Balcao I.S.T., 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
IBAN number: PT 500018 0003 17417569020 82
BIC/SWIFT code: TOTAPTPL
President António Manuel da Cruz Serra
Signature: …………………………………......
Location:……………………………………… Date: …...........................................
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Anexo 4: Propuesta presentada y aprobada por agencia
encargada del programa Erasmus Mundus
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Reference Number
To be filled in by the Agency
APPLICATION FORM
PROGRAMME ERASMUS MUNDUS 2009-2013
Call for Proposals
Detailed information on the application procedure and the
implementing rules of the Action is available in the Erasmus Mundus
2009-2013 Programme Guide
EAC / 04 / 2009
Action Action 1 – Joint Programmes
Sub-Action
Applicants wishing to apply to both sub-actions,
must submit two separate applications
Application Deadline
30 April 2009
(as per postmark)
For EMJDs, the electronic version of
the summary sheet (annex 3) should be sent by email
to the address below by 31 March 2009
Project Title European Master in Distributed Computing
Project Acronym EMDC
Application Language English
By the deadline of 30 April 2009:
The signed original of the application (together with the relevant annexes) and 2 copies thereof must be
sent in the same envelope to:
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Unit P4 (BOUR 00/38)
Avenue de Bourget, 1
B-1140 Evere (Brussels)
An electronic version of the application must be sent to the following email address:
EACEA-EM2-A1@ec.europa.eu
Paper and electronic copies of the application must be sent to the National Structures in the countries of each of the
European participating institutions (not applicable to associated members and third country institutions)
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Important instructions and information regarding the application and selection procedure
• Before completing the form, please read the relevant sections of the Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013
Programme Guide and the Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013 Action 1 Call for Proposals (EAC/04/2009). Further
information can be found on the Erasmus Mundus website:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/mundus/erasmus_mundus_2009_2013_en.htm
• Your proposal will be assessed on the basis of the elements included in your application only. You can
include web site references in your application, but the assessment of your proposal will not be based on
additional technical information found on a web site and not contained within the application.
• Applicants should use as application language the operational language of communication between the
institutions involved in the consortium proposing the joint programme.
• The application must be word-processed using a computer, character size 11 pt minimum.
• The original of the application must bear the original signature of the legal representative of the co-ordinating
institution and the original stamp of this institution. No scanned coloured copy will be accepted as original.
• Applications must be sent by post and e-mail by the closing date. The paper copy is authentic. Applications
sent by e-mail only or sent by fax will not be accepted. Annexes which are not available electronically need
not be sent by e-mail.
• The signed original of the application and 2 copies thereof must be sent in the same envelope by 30 April
2009 (as per postmark) to:
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Unit P4 (BOUR 00/38)
Avenue de Bourget, 1
B-1140 Evere (Brussels)
E-Mail: EACEA-EM2-A1@ec.europa.eu
Because of the tight timing for the assessment of applications, you are invited to send your application by
express mail.
• Applicants for "Action 1B – Joint Doctoral Programmes", should send the Annex 3 " Summary Sheet for
Erasmus Mundus Action 1 Joint Doctorate Programmes (EMJDs)" by 31 March 2009 to the addresses
mentioned above. This will allow the Agency to identify and recruit experts in the research field covered by
the EMJD proposal.
• A paper copy and an electronic copy of the original application must be sent by 30 April 2009 to the
appropriate National Structure in each of the countries which are participating in the Masters Course. The list
of National Structures is available on the internet at the following page:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/doc/national.pdf
• All applications will receive an acknowledgement of receipt.
• Applications will be judged against the eligibility, selection and award criteria set out in the Erasmus Mundus
2009-2013 Programme Guide
• Applicants will be notified about the outcome of the selection in writing at the latest in September 2009. A
copy of the notification letter will be sent to the National Structures concerned.
• The information provided in your application may be used for the purposes of evaluating the Erasmus Mundus
programme. The relevant data protection regulations will be respected.
• Any questions relating to this proposal should be addressed to the address indicated on the application form
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PART A: Identification of the applicant and other participating organisations
Parts A and B must be filled in separately for each organisation involved in the project (including associated
members). The application must be accompanied by copies of letters from the legal authority of each
participating organisation confirming their support to the joint programme and their agreement with the
submitted application (not necessary for associated members)
Role in the consortium
(leave the relevant role only)
Official name of the
organisation:
If applicable, organisation's
name in latin characters
Acronym: KTH
A. 1 ORGANISATION
Applicant / Coordinating Organisation
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
N° of the Erasmus University Charter (if applicable), for European Higher
Education Institutions only
Department, if applicable:
Official Address
Postal Code:
KTH
Sweden
SE-100 44 Town: Stockhoolm
Region: SE01 Country: Sweden
Internet address: http://www.kth.se
Telephone 1: +4687906000 Telephone 2:
29371-IC-1-2007-1-SE-
ERASMUS-EUCX-1
Fax
number:
A.2. LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
Name of the person entitled to legally commit the organisation (for the coordinating organisation only)
Last name: Mr Gudmunson
Function: President
Address (Only if different from official
address above):
Last Name: Mr Montelius
Function:
First
name:
A.3. CONTACT PERSON / COORDINATOR
(responsable for the management of the project in the organisation)
@ : johanmon@kth.se Telephone: +4687904283
Address (Only if different from official
address above):
KTH/ICT
Forum 105
SE 164 40 Kista
3
First
Name:
Fax
number
Peter
Johan
+46 8 790 65 00
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PART B: Description of the Organisation
B.1. NATURE OF THE ORGANISATION
Type of organisation: Higher Education Institution
B.2.PURPOSE AND ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANISATION
KTH – Royal Institute of Technology –Coordinator of this project, is the largest technical university in Sweden. With its
extensive experience in running several major international projects in research and education KTH is actively executing
major EU cooperation programmes such as Lifelong Learning, Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, Asia-Link and Leonardo da
Vinci and other national programmes such as Linnaeus-Palme supported by SIDA (Swedish International Development
Authority). Several national and international competence centres and networks of excellence are located at KTH. KTH
collaborates with almost all the EU countries as well as the U.S., Japan, India, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore,
Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Brazil and Chile, to name but a few. KTH is participating in 60 FP7 research projects and
coordinating 10 among them.
The Secretariat for The CLUSTER network (Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and
Research), a network of twelve European universities committed to enhancing top quality in science and engineering
education and research is located at KTH. KTH is also active partner in several other networks like CESAER, T.I.M.E. (Top
Industrial Managers for Europe), GE4 (Global Education for European Engineers and Entrepreneurs), Magelhâes - SMILE
network linking South American universities to European counterparts. KTH has since 2005 a signed agreement with the
Chinese Scholarship Council to receive 70 researchers annually at postgraduate level. KTH has a Grants Office and
dedicated International Office (11 persons) to take care of all the formal matters related to exchange of students and
researchers. KTH has now achieved a high level of expertise in the management of mobility programmes with rules similar
to those foreseen by the Erasmus Mundus programme.
The role of KTH in this master programme will be to integrate the students from the UPC and IST track during a joint third
semester. During the semester the student will work jointly and contribute with their different specializations in collaborative
projects. Furthermore KTH will also host students during their thesis work.
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B.3 OTHER COMMUNITY GRANTS
(for the applicant organisation only)
Projects related to the application (i.e. development/implementation of joint study programmes and/or management of
scholarship schemes) and for which the applicant organisation has received financial support from the European
Community during the last financial year.
Programme or funding scheme ID / Contract number Project Title
Erasmus intensive programme 2008:1193
Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation
Windows
141172-EM-1-2008-
DE-ERAMUNDUS-
ECW-L16
141111–EM–1-2008–
1–S–ERAMUNDUS–
EXW–L03
5
T.E.S.S/T.I.M.E
European Summer school
EUBRANEX – European Brazilian
Network for Academic Exchange
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan
085-A1-2006
IMIM, International Master in Industrial
Management
038-A1-2006P
NordSecMob, Master´s Programme in
Security and Mobile Computing
135410-1-2008-1- IMMSSET-International Master in
ES-ERASMUS Materials and Sensor Systems for
MUNDUS-EM1 Environmental Technologies
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
2007-0079/001
ME3 – European joint Masters in
Management and Engineering of
FRAME MUNB123 Environment of Environment and
Energy
2006-0048/001
FRAME MUNB123
Fusion-EP, European Master in
Nuclear Fusion Science and
Engineering Physics
2006-0043/001 Erasmus Mundus Master of Sciences
FRAME MUNB123 in Photonics
Actions to contribute to the
S/06/EX/3501-B1 modernisation of European
Leonardo da Vinci
Universities
S/06/EX/1134-A2
SMARTIE/Student Mobility and
Research Training in Enterprises
Erasmus Mobility 2008:1169 Lifelong Learning Programme
Marie Curie
214699 Digital signal processing in audiology
218329
Spin torque oscillators for wireless and
radar applications
214909
CAE methodologies for mid-frequency
analysis in vibration and acoustics
224929 Polyelectrolyte nanocomplexes
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PART A: Identification of the applicant and other participating organisations
Parts A and B must be filled in separately for each organisation involved in the project (including associated
members). The application must be accompanied by copies of letters from the legal authority of each
participating organisation confirming their support to the joint programme and their agreement with the
submitted application (not necessary for associated members)
Role in the consortium
(leave the relevant role only)
A. 1 ORGANISATION
Partner Organisation
Official name of the organisation: Instituto Superior Técnico
If applicable, organisation's name
in latin characters
Acronym:
N° of the Erasmus University Charter (if applicable), for European Higher
Education Institutions only
Department, if applicable:
IST
Official Address Av. Rovisco Pais
Postal Code:
Region:
1049-001
LISBOA E VALE DO
Town: Lisboa
TEJO (PT13) Country: Portugal (PT)
29792-IC-4-2005-1-PT-
ERASMUS-EUC-1
Internet address:
http://www.ist.utl.pt/
Telephone 1:
+351 218
417 000 Telephone 2: Fax
+351 218 499 242
A.2. LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
number:
Name of the person entitled to legally commit the organisation (for the coordinating organisation only)
Last Name: Mr Matos Ferreira
Function:
Address (Only if different from official
address above):
President
First Name:
A.3. CONTACT PERSON / COORDINATOR
(responsable for the management of the project in the organisation)
Last Name: Mr, Ms Rodrigues First Name: Luís
Carlos
Function: Professor (Computer Science and Engineering Department - DEI)
@ : luis.e.t.rodrigues@ist.utl.pt Telephone: +351 213100346 Fax number + 351 213145843
Address (Only if different from official
address above):
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Status:
PART B: Description of the Organisation
B.1. NATURE OF THE ORGANISATION
Public
Type of organisation: � Higher Education Institution
B.2.PURPOSE AND ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANISATION
Instituto Superior Técnico is the largest and most reputed higher-education schools of engineering and research institutions
in Portugal. IST offers three programmes in the areas of Computer Science and Engineering and Communication
Technology (all comprising related BSc and MSc degrees). The Master degrees have more than 250 students enrolled
(from a total of 8500 undergraduate students) with just about 100% employment rate on graduation, with a significant
percentage of students hired before completing studies, often on internships in large enterprises. Regarding doctoral
programmes, the PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering currently has more than 100 students enrolled (from a
total of 1500 graduate students), supervised by national and foreign Professors graduated from top European, US, and
National schools. The large majority of them are integrated in Research Laboratories recognized, evaluated and funded
both by the Portuguese National Science Foundation (FCT) and European research projects. IST Computer Science and
Engineering faculty publishes research work in, and serves in program committees and editorial boards (including chairing
roles), of conferences and journals of the IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier and Kluwer. IST is a member of the CLUSTER
(Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research) and is actively engaged in
internationalization programmes, such as Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus, as well as in bilateral cooperation in the context
of government-endorsed joint-ventures with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin,
and Carnegie Mellon University. In the context of CLUSTER, IST is a coordinator/participant institution in 8 MSc degrees
(from a total of 18 ongoing joint/double MSc and PhD degrees) currently being offered, including five already in cooperation
with partners in these proposal (KTH and UPC), and two organized by the Computer Science and Engineering Department
with TKK from Finland. This level of engagement reflects commitment by IST in offering a stimulating atmosphere for
students wishing to enrol in the IST postgraduation programmes and research activities.
The role of IST in this master programme will be to lecture core and specific courses during the first year of studies to the
students that enrol in the programme via IST. The core courses have curricula already taught at IST and broadly analogous
to corresponding courses at UPC to ensure coherence in core skills acquired by students regardless of site and to
guarantee proper integration with the courses taught at KTH in the third semester. The core courses target introductory
subjects on middleware, security, parallel and distributed computing. The specific courses are taught exclusively at IST and
comprise a cohesive profile that offers students an option of specialization addressing reliability, scalability and adaptability
in distributed systems, where IST has a strong background and scientific publishing record. This includes courses on faulttolerant
distributed systems, grid and utility computing, virtualization, and mobile computing. Furthermore, IST will also host
students for their thesis work, supervised by the lecturers of the programme at IST, and pursuing research mainly in the
areas taught in the profile courses.
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PART A: Identification of the applicant and other participating organisations
Parts A and B must be filled in separately for each organisation involved in the project (including associated
members). The application must be accompanied by copies of letters from the legal authority of each
participating organisation confirming their support to the joint programme and their agreement with the
submitted application (not necessary for associated members)
Role in the consortium
(leave the relevant role only)
A. 1 ORGANISATION
Partner Organisation
Official name of the organisation: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
If applicable, organisation's name
in latin characters
Acronym:
UPC
N° of the Erasmus University Charter (if applicable), for European Higher
Education Institutions only
Department, if applicable: - -
Official Address
Technical University of Catalonia ( UPC).
C. Jordi Girona nº1-3. Edifici Rectorat.
Postal Code: 08034 Town: Barcelona
Region: Catalonia Country: Spain
Internet address: http://www.upc.edu
Telephone 1:
+34934016
105
Telephone 2:
+3493401
7452
28604-IC-1-2007-1-ES-
ERASMUS-EUC-1
Fax
number: +34934015688
A.2. LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
Name of the person entitled to legally commit the organisation (for the coordinating organisation only)
Last Name: Mr, Ms Sastre Requena First Name: Anna
Function: Vice-Rector for Academic Policy of UPC
Address (Only if different from official
address above):
-
A.3. CONTACT PERSON / COORDINATOR
(responsable for the management of the project in the organisation)
Last Name: Mr Navarro First Name: Leandro
Function: Professor (Computer Architecture Department)
@ : leandro@ac.upc.edu Telephone: +34934016807 Fax number +34934017055
Address (Only if different from official
address above):
Dep. AC
Jordi Girona, 1-3, D6
08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Status: �Public
PART B: Description of the Organisation
B.1. NATURE OF THE ORGANISATION
Type of organisation: Higher Education Institution
B.2.PURPOSE AND ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANISATION
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research in the
fields of architecture, science and engineering. UPC offers high quality technical courses that are responsive to the
training needs and requirements of traditional, evolving and newly-developing production sectors within the scope of the
European Higher Education and Research Areas.
UPC offers 61 graduate and undergraduate official degrees, 56 master programmes (including 7 Erasmus Mundus masters
and 13 additional international masters taught in English) and 47 doctorate programmes. UPC offers masters that are
approved by the Spanish government in accordance with the directives issued by the European Higher Education Area
(EHEA) and masters approved by the university itself. UPC has 29500 undergraduate students, ca. 1300 master’s degree
students, ca. 3000 doctorate students and 5000 students in continuing education programs. We have 4,100 students in
internships, and 2,200 in/from international exchange programmes.
UPC is the Spanish university with the highest number of master students from abroad, largest number of international
doctorate students and largest number of double degree programs (82).
It is also Spain’s technical university with highest scientific production, highest citable output, highest research
competitiveness and largest research income (from the European Union VI Framework Program (2002-2006) and from the
Spanish National Science Foundation). UPC has also significant cooperation activity (84 cooperation and development
projects). It has also the highest citable output in the fields of Computer Science and IT; Mechanical; Naval and
Aeronautical Engineering; Civil Engineering and Architecture; Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Automatic Control;
and Electronic and Communications Technologies.
The role of UPC in this master programme will be to lecture core and specific courses during the first year of studies to the
students that enrol in the programme via UPC. The core courses have curricula already taught at UPC and broadly
analogous to corresponding courses at IST to ensure coherence in core skills acquired by students regardless of site and
to guarantee proper integration with the courses taught at KTH in the third semester. The core courses target
introductory subjects on middleware, security, performance tuning, concurrent, parallel and distributed computing. The
specific courses are taught exclusively at UPC and comprise a cohesive profile that offers students an option of
specialization addressing performance evaluation, optimization and scalability in distributed systems, where UPC has a
strong background and scientific publishing record. This includes courses on decentralized systems, distributed execution
environments, networking, multimedia, measurement and performance tuning. Furthermore, UPC will also host students
for their thesis work, supervised by the lecturers of the programme at UPC, and pursuing research mainly in the areas
taught in the profile courses.
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PART C: Description of the Joint Programme
C.1.a For EMMCs ONLY
The full programme covers 22 study months (excluding any academic break of one month or more) and
corresponds to a total of 120 ECTS credits.
The joint programme will start in September of year "n" and will end in August of year "n + 2"; the end of
the programme includes the graduation ceremony and communication of final results to the students; the end date cannot be later than
October of “year n+1” – for one year EMMCs - or “year n+2” – for 2 years EMMCs - following the beginning of the programme.
Is the proposal a continuation of an existing EMMC:
• No
During their EMMC period, the students will study in at least 2 different partner organisations.
Not counting the first "home university", the minimal mobility for each student will be 6 months
(corresponding to 30 ECTS credits or equivalent)
C.1.b For EMJDs ONLY
The joint programme will be mainly
(If the proposal is selected, the confirmation of laboratory or non laboratory based research will be applied individually to each fellowship
candidate proposed by the consortium)
If applicable, the joint programme training / teaching period will last
(specify months, days, hours and/or ECTS credits).
Is the EMJD directly linked to:
• an EMMC? ; if yes, please specify hereafter the EMMC title and acronym:
• a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN)? ; if yes, please specify hereafter the ITN title, name of the
contracting organisation and agreement number
During their EMJD period, the candidates will visit at least different partner organisations.
Not counting the first "home university", the minimal mobility for each doctoral candidate
will be months.
C.2. NUMBER OF STUDENTS / DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
PLANNED TO BE ENROLLED IN THE FIRST EDITION OF THE JOINT PROGRAMME
(applies to all students/doctoral candidate, with or without EM scholarship/fellowship)
Third Country Students /
doctoral candidates:
18 EU Students / doctoral
candidates:
C.3 STUDY AREA / DOCTORAL RESEARCH DISCIPLINE
Main Area (see annex 2 for List of thematic study fields): 1.3 Informatics, Computer Science
Second Area (see annex 2 for List of thematic study fields): 06.9 Other - Computer Engineering
Third Area (see annex 2 for List of thematic study fields):
C.4 STUDENT / DOCTORATE CANDIDATE PARTICIPATION COSTS IN THE JOINT PROGRAMME
Please indicate the estimated student/doctorate candidate participation costs in the joint programme during the
first edition of the programme (these will be the costs advertised on the joint programme website in case of
approval). Please refer to sections 4.4 (for EMMCs) or 5.5 (for EMJD) of the Programme Guide for the
programme's maximum contribution to these costs
Participation costs for a Third-Country student/doctorate candidate (in euros) 5800
Participation costs for a European student/doctorate candidate (in euros) 3800
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C.5 SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE JOINT PROGRAMME
(max. 400 words)
Please provide a summary description of your joint programme covering aspects such as its objectives and main
characteristics (content/research area, type of organisations and countries involved, duration, mobility options available for
students/doctoral candidates, language(s), type of degrees awarded and any other information considered relevant for the
description of the course/programme)
If your application is successful, this summary will be used as the official description of the Masters course/doctorate
programme. It will be part of your grant agreement and published on the internet. You are therefore kindly requested to
formulate it clearly and carefully and to provide this summary in English, French or German.
The European Master in Distributed Computing is a two-year degree comprising three lecture semesters and one semester
for thesis work. The first year of studies is carried out at two optional entry locations (IST and UPC), each receiving about
half of the enrolled students. The third semester of studies will be carried out at KTH by the totality of enrolled students.
Students will then prepare their master thesis, approximately one third of them performing research at each participant
institution. This programme structure ensures that students will attend courses at least in two different institutions, possibly
a third if thesis work is performed in other than the institution of entry.
The first year of studies achieves integration of courses between IST and UPC in solid distributed computing fundamentals
background, while allowing a significant degree of specialization in more advance courses, tailored for different student
profiles and principal faculty expertise of each institution. This is accomplished by a set of core courses addressing
fundamental subjects on middleware, security, parallel and distributed computing, and peer-to-peer systems. This ensures
sufficient integration of curricula among the two entry institutions, without isolating programme students from the rest of
student population enrolled in related degrees sharing some courses with this programme.
The specific profiles offered at IST and UPC address two different sets of concerns in design, development, evaluation,
and evolution of distributed computing systems: overall system reliability at IST (fault-tolerance, interoperability, autonomic
systems) and performance at UPC (performance measurement, tuning, numerical simulation). Issues of system availability
and scalability are relevant for both approaches, while problem tackling philosophy and advanced theoretical concepts
employed are diverse. This enables offers students at each site with different sets of advanced skills and interacting with
different families of the systems research community.
The third semester of studies at KTH receives all students providing them with common advanced courses that assume
and leverage course integration of previous semesters. This motivates students to develop large-scale projects integrating
both common and complementary skills acquired earlier, and developing research methodology and scientific writing,
essential to pursue further studies and research.
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PART D: Technical Capacity
Consortium experience in the area of joint programmes and the specific study/research field of the
project
• Provide a list of projects/activities implemented by the consortium organisations in relation with the proposal (title, duration, funding
programme, partners involved, etc.)
• Provide (in annex to the application) the CVs of the main actors (/team leaders) in the comsortium participating organisations
Dual Master Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering by IST, with major in Telecommunications,
and in Wireless Systems by KTH. Academic responsible for the project: Prof. António Rodrigues (IST)
and Prof. Mats Bengtsson (KTH).
Dual Master Degree in Systems, Decision and Control by IST, and in Systems, Control and Robotics by
KTH. Academic responsible for the project: Prof. Pedro Lima (IST) and Patric Jensfelt (KTH).
Dual Master Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering by IST, and in Machine Learning
and Data Mining by Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). Academic responsible for the project:
Prof. Arlindo Oliveira (IST) and Samuel Kaski (TKK).
Dual Master Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering by IST, with major in
Distributed Systems, and in Mobile Computing – Services and Security by TKK. Academic responsible
for the project: Prof. Paulo Ferreira (IST) and Antti Ylä-Jääski (TKK).
Dual Master Degree between the Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Management (UPC)
and Master of Science in Network Services and Systems with KTH School of Electrical Engineering.
Dual Master Degree between the Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Management (UPC)
and the Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MEEC) Major: Telecommunications amb
l'Instituto Superior Tècnico (IST) de Lisboa.
Dual Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering (ETSEIB-UPC) and KTH. Academic responsible for the project:
Tomas Lefvert (KTH), Javier Dies (UPC).
Dual Master Degree in Master of Science in Information and Communication Technologies (UPC) and KTH.
Academic responsible: Eduard Alarcon (UPC), Mats Brorsson (KTH).
Grid4All: Self-* Grid: Dynamic Virtual Organizations for schools, families, and all, 2006-2009, Funded by EU 6FP
Information Society Technologies, Partners: France Telecom R&D (coord), ICCS, INRIA, KTH, Swedish Institute
of Computer Science, UPC, UPRC, Antares.
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PART E: Implementation of the Joint Programme
Provide a detailed answer to each of the specific questions listed under annex 1 and corresponding to the
following award criteria:
EMMC EMJD
A.1) Course content (25%) B.1) Academic and research quality
(20%)
A.2) Course integration (25%) B.2) Partnership experience and composition
(20%)
A.3) Course Management, visibility and B.3) European integration and functioning of the
sustainability measure (20%) programme
(20%)
A.4) Students’ services and Facilities (15%) B.4) Provisions for EMJD candidates and
fellowship holders
(20%)
A.5) Quality Assurance and evaluation (15%) B.5) Programme Management and
Quality Assurance
(20%)
Answers must be provided in a separated document, respecting the numbering of the questions and in 15
to 20 pages maximum (annexes not included)
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The joint programme will result in the award of double degrees
To be filled in for each degree awarding organisation
Name of the degree awarding
organisation
KTH – Royal Institute of Technology
Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade
Técnica de Lisboa
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
PART F: Degree(s) awarded
Official name of the degree in national
language (and in English)
Teknologie Masterexamen
Master of Science (two years)
Mestrado Bolonha em Engenharia
Informática e de Computadores
Master Europeo en Computación Distribuida -
Erasmus Mundus European Master in Distributed
Computing
Type Recognition status 1
Already
recognised?
Part of double degrees yes na
Part of double degrees no 2009-12-31
Part of double degrees no 2009-12-31
Expected recognition date
OR validity end date (/
next review date)
1 In cases of doubt, the diploma status will have to be confirmed by the Erasmus Mundus National Structure or by the competent authorities of the country concerned
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Check list and Declaration of Honour by legal representative of applicant organisation
To be completed by the person legally authorised to sign on behalf of the applicant organisation, as
defined in Part A.2 of the application form.
The application is completed in full. All questions have been answered.
Each page has been numbered.
The application has been typewritten or word–processed.
Copies of letters from the appropriate authorities of each institution participating in the Masters Course and Joint
Programme, confirming their agreement with the application as submitted are attached.
The original application has been signed by the legal representative of the co-ordinating institution and stamped. (Please
note that scanned coloured copy of the signed application is not accepted as original)
The original application and 2 copies thereof are being sent to the address indicated on page 1 of the application form
by express mail, in the same envelope and before the closing date.
The original application is being sent to the e-mail address indicated on page 1 of the application form by e-mail.
Paper and electronic copies of this application are being sent to the National Structures in the countries of each of the
European participating institutions before the closing date.
I, the undersigned, certify that all information contained in the Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013 Action - Joint programme application named
“project title” European Master in Distributed Computing , including the description of the project, is correct to the best of my knowledge
and that I am aware of the content of the annexes to the application form.
I confirm that my institution/organisation has the financial and operational capacity to carry out the proposed project.
I take note that under the provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, grants( 2 )
may not be awarded to applicants who are in any of the following situations:
α ) are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors,
have suspended business activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation
arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
β ) have been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata;
χ ) have been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify;
δ ) have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the
legal provisions of the country in which they are established or with those of the country of the contracting authority or those of the
country where the contract is to be performed;
ε ) have been the subject of a judgment which has the force of res judicata for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation
or any other illegal activity detrimental to the Communities’ financial interests;
φ ) following another procurement procedure or grant award procedure financed by the Community budget, have been declared to be in
serious breach of contract for failure to comply with their contractual obligations;
γ ) in their grant application, are subject to a conflict of interest;
η ) in their grant application, are guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the contracting authority as a
condition of participation in the grant award procedure, or fail to supply this information.
I confirm that neither I nor the institution for which I am acting as legal representative are in any of the situations described above, and
that I am aware that the penalties set out in the Financial Regulation may be applied in the case of a false declaration.
In the event that my application is successful, I am aware that the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency / European
Commission will publish on its website or in any other appropriate medium the name and address of the beneficiary of the grant, the
subject of the project, the future grant awards;
I declare that the organisation I represent is (please tick as appropriate):
a public body ( 3 )
a private body which has financial and operational capacity to carry out the proposed action or work programme and is
able to provide a Bank Guarantee for the amount of the 1 st (and 2 nd , if applicable) pre-financing payment(s), should the Education,
Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency request so.
By signing this application form, I accept all the conditions set out in the Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013 Programme Guide and the Call for
proposals EAC/04/2009, including the general conditions published on the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s
website. I also declare that all the partners participating in this project have agreed with the content of the application and have confirmed
their intention to carry out the tasks described accordingly.
Done at: Stockholm Date 24/4/2009
Signature: Stamp of the applicant organisation
PETER GUDMUNSON
2 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 248 of 16.09.2002), amended by Regulations (EC,
Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390 of 30.12.2006) and (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343 of 27.12.2007). These can be
consulted in the Official Journal online at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/en/index.htm.
3 For the Erasmus Mundus Programme, considered to be public bodies are all higher education institutions
specified by Member States (participating countries), and all institutions or organisations which have received
over 50 % of their annual revenues from public sources over the last two years, or which are controlled by public
bodies or their representatives.
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European Master in Distributed Computing
A. 1 Course Content
A.1.1 Needs Analysis
Distributed Computing has been recognized in the Horizon report 2009 1 as one of the
emerging technologies that will have a large impact on education in the near future.
The industry is rapidly adopting the technology and we are entering an era where
distribution aspects must be handled in mostly every area of information technology.
Given that the most relevant computing system are not centralized, Distributed
computing is a key area in Computer Science and Engineering, as it establishes a
theoretically sound path for achieving the desired system performance and the required
system reliability.
Information technology is becoming ubiquitous and increasingly important for all kinds
of organizations, including enterprises, factories, public utilities, state bodies, health
care, banking, transportation, airport and harbor control, etc. Information Technology,
and Distributed Computing in particular, is required to successfully undertake and
manage large-scale projects on such organizations. Furthermore, distributed
computing provides the foundations to manage the communications and data
processing required by other science fields such as health sciences, biology, physics,
chemistry, mechanical and civil engineering. The sheer scale of these tasks, when
considering distributed access, dissemination and gathering of high volumes of data,
and the computational complexity of data processing, prevent them from being
executed by centralized computing systems. Therefore, more and more tasks,
including mission-critical ones (e.g. security, surveillance, health-monitoring), are being
handed over to distributed systems.
The European Master in Distributed Computing aims to provide the best possible
foundation for students that want to pursue a career, in industry or academia, in this
growingly important area. To understand how students will benefit from the European
Master in Distributed Computing, it is important first to take a step back and look at the
long term trends in computer systems.
Shift in paradigm
In the last couple of years we have seen a strong trend towards a network based
service infrastructure often referred to as “Cloud Computing”. Data centers provide
computational, network and storage resources available for service developers at a
competitive price. Services reside in these centers and are accessed through thin
clients such as a web browser. Applications range from social networks and email
services to on-line retailing and media distribution.
Historically we are in the process of a paradigm shift. Thirty years ago almost all
computer based systems were built with a central computing unit accessed from
terminals with a minimum of resources. This changed with the introduction of the
personal computer and during the last twenty years we have seen a tremendous
increase in the resources available at the client side. During several years, the
computational power and the number of personal computers increased more rapidly
than the network connectivity, leading to scenarios where services were tied to the
client hardware with limited or no communication capacity. As an example, consider
how computer games were bundled just a few years ago: the application was installed
on the personal computer and it was used as a stand-alone system.
1 Horizon09: Johanson L., Levine A. and Smith R., The 2009 Horizon Report, 2009.
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During the last ten years an important trend could be observed: the connectivity as
been increasing almost as fast as the computational power. The increased connectivity
derives both from the fact that the backbone infrastructure has been gradually
replaced from voice telephony to data centric networks and from the increasing
coverage and bandwidth available in the last mile. Thus, applications do not need to be
standalone and can benefit from the available connectivity, for additional interaction
(such as in on-line games) or just to benefit from extra computational power deployed
in data centers. In the limit, many applications can be deployed directly in the data
centers and client machines only act as powerful terminals. Thus, we may quickly find
scenarios that resemble the typical deployment forty years ago but now on an Internet
scale; available anytime, anywhere using more or less any terminal.
The advantage from a service developer's perspective is not only the almost
elimination of initial investment in hardware needed to deploy a service but that the
service can scale and support thousands or millions of users. For service developers
this has drastically reduced the threshold for developing and launching services;
resource planning, that traditionally has been a large part of system design, has
become a non-issue. Moreover, high availability, providing the service despite network
and computer failures, that is extremely problematic and costly, is something that is
provided as part of the networked infrastructure.
However, infrastructure that supports these services is now an extremely complex
distributed system. The main problem is that it has to scale seamlessly with increased
usage. It should do so while maintaining the image of a increasingly powerful
computing machine. The most cost effective way of doing this is to implement the
service using a growing set of small relatively cheap computers. Instead of using one
machine to its limit and then, at high costs, replace it with a machine with twice its
power, smaller machines can gradually be added to the set. A large set of computers
will also give us a fault-tolerant system since it is less likely that several computers
malfunction simultaneously. Providing a scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure is of
course highly desirable. Clearly, we need professionals that are able to design and
implement the mechanisms and the software that provide it: this is where the European
Master on Distributed Computing and its students will find their role.
A.1.2 Objectives of the program and added value
The European Master in Distributed Computing aims at giving the best possible
foundation for a career in research and development of scalable and reliable distributed
systems. After the program, students should not only understand and be able to use
large distributed systems but they should be capable of designing and constructing
such systems. The usage is in an ideal situation not more complicated than using a
traditional non-distributed system but it is highly complex to build these systems. It is
also more often a fact that real systems deviate from an ideal system and to
understand these differences and know how to handle them will be of paramount
importance and a highly sought after asset.
In this context, the key issues to handle are performance and fault-tolerance.
Performance is of course always an important factor when building computer-based
systems but when systems are to scale immensely, it becomes a hard challenge. Not
only must the system be designed for high performance, one must also be able to
predict and continuously measure and monitor performance.
Fault-tolerance of a large-scale distributed system is of course equally important. The
large-scale of the systems that we are targeting imposes that we must treat faults not
as an exceptional case, rather an inevitable consequence.
There are many aspects to consider in the topic, and while many courses and masters
at the national, European and international level cover partial aspects of the field, but
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there is no equivalent comprehensive master program on distributed computing. In fact,
this proposal brings together a common and complementary research and educational
experience at each university in the consortium, and organizes the existing offer on the
topic into a joint master program.
The master program brings together the required elements of the art, science,
practice, and experience from the industrial and research communities to successfully
understand, design, build and perform research on distributed systems.
A 1.3 Academic quality and structure of the program
Academic quality
The three universities belong to the Cluster 2 network and they are excellent in research
and education at the national and international level on the topics covered in this
master programme.
They have active research groups working on different aspects of distributed
computing, working together with many other research groups, industries and
organizations around the world. These groups have with more than 20 years of
experience in the field, with many excellent results on this area such as research
papers at important conferences and journals, textbooks that are widely used by the
community, software prototypes and systems, and created a number of successful
spin-off technology-based companies.
In terms of education, the groups have a long tradition (more than 10 years) of
teaching excellent courses covering topics related to distributed computing as part of
already existing, stable and internationally recognized local master degrees, that are
too wide in scope or incomplete compared to this proposal.
Annex III presents the curriculum of the key personnel, including the most relevant
indicators of research and education results.
Structure of the Program
The European Master in Distributed Computing is a two-year degree comprising four
semesters of 30 ECTS, being the last semester devoted to the dissertation work. The
first year of studies is carried out at two optional entry locations (IST and UPC), each
receiving about half of the enrolled students. The third semester of studies will be
carried out at KTH by the totality of enrolled students. Students will then prepare their
master thesis (approximately one third of them performing research at each participant
institution). Thesis will be co-advised by professors from at least two HEI. This program
structure ensures that students will attend courses in at least two different institutions.
The program is such constructed that it will give the students a deep understanding of
one aspect of distributed computing while taking advantage of the knowledge gained
by the course participants in other aspects of the field.
Thus, the program will take advantage of the excellence of distributed systems at our
different locations: performance at UPC and fault tolerance at IST. The knowledge
gained by the students is then put into action in an integrated and collaborative context
at KTH
Regular master programs in the area either include both aspects of distributed
systems or focus on a single one. Having both aspects in a program is more common
but this is of course at the expense of excellence of either. In the European Master in
2 CLUSTER, Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and
Research is a network, established in 1990, consisting of leading technical and natural
science universities within the EU and four associate members outside the EU.
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Distributed Computing students will become experts in one aspect while being given
the opportunity to work with students that have a different background. This is achieved
by a integrated program that takes advantage of the excellence of the partner
universities and the mobility of the students.
During the first year, students address a mix of fundamental and profiling topics. The
curriculum during the first semester is aligned to give the students a common platform
to work from. Fundamental topics, including distributed middleware, security, parallel
and distributed computing, and peer-to-peer systems, are covered by courses given at
UPC and IST. This ensures that students are exposed to an integrated and consistent
set of core topics regardless of their entry point.
The second semester contains profiling topics and provides a diversity of
specializations, that leverage from specific assets of each entry HEI. At IST profiling
courses address dependability related aspects (fault-tolerance, interoperability,
autonomic systems) , and at UPC profiling courses address high-performance
computing related aspects (performance measurement, tuning, numerical simulation).
This means that the two groups will have different profiles but both profiles are equally
important for the future curriculum.
A summer event at the beginning of the third semester will bring together students,
several instructors and invited experts from academia, research and industry. During
approximately a week they will work together on a collection of activities to integrate
the students, discuss all together and by groups on topics related to the master,
reflecting on previous courses, preparing for upcoming courses, finding common
interests and proposals for joint work, receiving talks and discussing with invited
experts.
A winter event will mark the end of the courses and the start of the master projects.
Here students will present the results from the work during the third semester,
particularly the project results. They will also receive a formal presentation on the
master thesis offers from each university and related organizations. Students will
choose a thesis project and will start to discuss with the tutors and directors the
concrete plan of work for the master thesis.
During the third semester, all students attend courses at KTH to apply, and
complement the knowledge acquired during the first year. Students will work in teams,
composed of members that did their first year at IST and UPC, such that they can build
upon the diverse background given by profiling courses to address complex problems.
In addition to developing large-scale projects, students will also develop the research
methodology and scientific writing skills, essential to pursue further studies and to
perform successful research and innovation.
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3:rd
2:nd
1:st
During the fourth semester students will work on their individual thesis project at either
KTH, UPC or IST.
A.1.4 Learning outcomes
Graduates will demonstrate:
IST KTH UPC
Illustration 1: Program structure
a solid theoretical and practical foundation in distributed systems with advanced
knowledge in related areas, showing a mastery of a wide range of the issues,
concepts, technologies, tools and techniques needed to apply their knowledge to
specific problems that require to design, build or maintain distributed systems,
familiarity with research in the area of distributed systems and related areas,
experience with work effectively individually or in groups in small to large projects to
design, develop or maintain distributed systems,
experience in communicating on distributed systems topics to technical or scientific
audiences (structuring, writing, presenting, argumentation),
skills for adapting to the evolution of technologies and the environment, embracing
life-long learning,
preparation to enter the distributed systems community either in academia,
government, or industry.
In summary, graduates will have a solid theoretical and practical foundation in
distributed systems with advanced knowledge in related areas in the perspective of the
students' future academic and/or professional careers.
A.1.5 Interaction with professional sectors
thesis
integration
specialization
foundation
The program will leverage on the excellent record of cooperation with industry of the
three partner institutions. All the institutions have already in place stable links with local
and international industry and other relevant social organizations to easily involve them
in the master. There are also processes and mechanisms to support the execution of
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work conducing to the master thesis in cooperation with industrial partners in their
current master degrees. For instance, the presence of experts from industry in the jury
that evaluate master thesis is already a common practice in these institutions. Courses
usually have external speakers from the industry that motivate and present some topics
from their hands-on experience. Thus, instead of creating specific mechanisms for this
concrete course, it will be more effective to advertise the new course in our portfolio
using the channels already deployed.
A Consulting Board, composed of invited experts from the industry 3 , will be responsible
for providing recommendations towards the improvement of the curricula. To assist the
Consulting Board in their task, feedback will be collected from all industrial partners
that will receive our students, not only during the thesis work but also after graduation.
This Consulting board will be created as part of the initial steps for the dissemination of
the master and it will start to define tasks where professional sectors can participate,
such as summer internships, master thesis at the industry, invited speakers from
industry, sponsorship of activities or scholarships for students.
A.2 Course integration
A.2.1 Integration and Recognition of the Joint Programme
The programme has been jointly developed based on a list of objectives for the
curriculum (see section A.1) where the majority of modules have been selected among
currently existing modules at each participating university and several new specific
modules required to complete the curriculum. The master will be implemented by dual
degrees and each university has already approved these degrees and signed an
endorsement letter and dual degree agreements. Each university has started the
accreditation process for the degree. If the proposal is granted by the commission the
programme will be installed at all partner institutions.
UPC: The accreditation process is an external process. At national level, all higher
education programmes will have to pass an accreditation procedure of the Ministry of
Education called “Verifica”, checked by the “National Agency for Quality Assessment
and Accreditation” (ANECA), following harmonized European methods as members of
the European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). The
accreditation process is expected conclude by the end of 2009.
IST: The accreditation process is an external process. A national agency (Agência de
Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior - AAAES) has been created and is in now
in place, its administration having been appointed in June 2008. The new agency will
be responsible for evaluation and accreditation of all higher education institutions and
programmes. The procedures and regulations that will have to be issued by the agency
are still not available.
KTH: The accreditation process is an internal process. KTH has the legal mandate
through the Higher Education Ordinance to award the degrees specified in the
proposal. In addition to this the President has been awarded a mandate by the
University Board to install the programme on condition that the proposal is approved by
the EU.
The European Master in Distributed Computing programme will be installed at each
one of the partner universities in order to allow the students to receive degrees from
the universities where they undertake their study periods. Furthermore, there will be a
certificate, signed by the legal representative from each university, confirming that the
student has passed the European Master in Distributed Computing programme, and
3 An list of interested organizations (industry and research institutes) have already expressed
interest in the master proposal. Letters of intent are included in Annex IV.
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that this is fully recognized by the partner universities. The individual universities
commit themselves, through the letters of endorsement and letters of recognition in
Annexes I, to recognize the joint European Master in Distributed Computing
programme as equivalent to any other degree programme at the respective university.
A.2.2 Degrees Awarded
The Consortium will not offer joint degrees to the graduates due to national legislation
prohibiting this in several of the partner countries. The Consortium will work actively
towards realizing this goal, through communication with government agencies and
bodies thereby influencing decisions pending from the legislative bodies in the
countries concerned. E.g. in Sweden, joint degrees will probably be allowed as of
2010, the resolution is now pending decision by Swedish Parliament during early
summer 2009.
The degrees guaranteed by the Consortium to the students fulfilling the degree
requirements are, at the time of submission of the proposal, the degrees specified in
the table in Section F of the proposal.
An overview of the degree awarded by each partner institution and of the combination
of degrees is described in the tables below.
Institutions Awarded degree Date of Code
KTH
Teknologie Masterexamen
Master of Science (two years)
recognition
Recognise
d
A
UPC – Universitat
Politècnica de
Catalunya
Master Europeo en Computación
Distribuida - Erasmus Mundus
European Master in Distributed
Computing
2009-12-3
1
B
Mestrado Erasmus Mundus em
2009-12-3 C
IST – Instituto
Sistemas Distribuídos - Erasmus 1
Superior Técnico Mundus European Master in
Distributed Computing
MobilityFirst
Path Year
A.2.3 ECTS Mechanisms
Third Fourth AWARDED
semester semesterDEGREES
1 UPC KTH UPC A+B
2 UPC KTH KTH A+B
3 IST KTH IST A+C
4 IST KTH KTH A+C
The ECTS mechanisms including the grading scale for the recognition of study periods
will be fully implemented. IST and KTH employs the ECTS system for accounting the
work effort required of students for each course, as well as for grading. UPC will use its
own grading system and translate the local grades into the ECTS grade system A, B,
C, D, E, F. See below the translation table that will be used by UPC. The percentages
are only indicative as the number of Erasmus Mundus students is not a representative
sample for statistics.
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UPC ECTS Grade Aprx percentage
of students
9.5-10.0 A 5 %
8.5-9.4 B 20 %
7.0-8.4 C 30 %
6.0– 6.9 D 30 %
5.0-5.9 E 15 %
Each validated module of the curricula gives an amount of ECTS credits defined in the
curricula and the award of the degrees is obtained for 120 ECTS credits.
A.2.4 Diploma Supplement
The Diploma Supplement follows the model developed by the European Commission,
Council of Europe and UNESCO/CEPES. It provides independent data to improve the
international transparency and fair academic and professional recognition of
qualifications (diplomas, degrees, certificates etc.). It is designed to provide a
description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were
pursued and successfully completed by the individual named on the original
qualification to which this supplement is appended. It is free from any value
judgements, equivalence statements or suggestions about recognition.
The joint Erasmus Mundus Diploma Supplement is written in English and describes the
joint Erasmus Mundus programme that the student has attended with specific detail
regarding the degree awarding institutions and the educational system in those
countries. Programme details (e.g. modules or units studied), and the individual
grades/marks/credits obtained as well as information about the grading scheme and
grade distribution guidance are all described in the Degree Certificate/Official
Transcript. The required information in order to be able to produce the Diploma
Supplements is recorded in a data base and the Diploma Supplement will be delivered
to the individual student by the coordinating institution upon graduation and in
connection with the delivery of the degree certificates.
A.2.5 Application, Selection, Admission and Examination of Students
The procedures for the:
•Application to the programme,
•Selection of students,
•Admission of students,
•Distribution of students between the partner universities,
•Examination of students,
•Application, selection and admission of scholars,
are described in Annex VIII.
A.2.6 Tuition fees and participation costs
Tuition fees are calculated taking into account expenses of two different natures: (i)
enrolment costs i.e. expenses associated to students’ enrolment and (ii) organizational
costs i.e. expenses associated with the organization of all academic and administrative
issues related to the programme.
The enrolment costs have been determined based on information from the partner
universities as to the actual student cost at each university and with consideration
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taken to the existing tuition fees at each partner university. Additional costs specific for
each partner institution have been also included here (expenses of the local language
course specially arranged for international students, registration fee to join the
university association responsible for social activities, insurance costs, etc), as well as
additional common costs e.g. in connection with the arrangement of a joint summer
events.
The organizational costs include expenses associated to: (a) admissions procedures
including the selection meeting, (b) attendance at other consortium meetings, (c)
actions taken to ensure the quality assurance policy, and (d) actions required to
provide the students with the degree diploma.
Tuition fees will be paid to the coordinating institution in the consortium. One fee will be
paid by all students admitted to the program, irrespective of the study destination. Due
to differentiated tuition fees category A (non-EU) will be charged with a fee of 5800
Euro where as category B students (EU) will be charged 3800 euro per year. Students
having their first degree from one of the consortium partners may be given a tuition fee
reduction from the consortium.
The income from the tuition fees will then be distributed within the consortium in
accordance to national legislation and according to detailed specifications in the
Consortium Agreement signed by the partner institutions. A template of the Consortium
Agreement is to be found in Annex V.
The portions of the fees intended to cover costs for local actions are distributed to the
respective consortium members while the remaining income will be administered by the
coordinating institution and distributed in order to cover costs for the joint activities. The
budget will also incorporate a number of extra scholarships for students each year.
The funding for each consortium member will be based on the student flow to the
corresponding member. Living expenses, course literature, travel expenses and
accommodation costs are borne by the students.
The grant to be paid to the students will be reduced by the tuition fee amounts for the
corresponding three month period, and the student grants will be paid in instalments as
specified in special student agreements once every three months. A template of the
Student Agreement is to be found in Annex VI.
Changes to national legislation may influence the tuition fee levels. The fee may be
adjusted before a new application round in accordance to the requirements of the
partners (e.g. national legislation) and in accordance to the anticipated student flow.
The relevant information concerning tuition fees will be announced in connection to the
commencement of the application period and published on the program website.
The consortium will strive towards a common European policy on tuition fees and work
towards influencing national authorities to adjust the legislation towards a common
European context.
A preliminary budget for the consortium can be found in Annex VII.
A.3 Course Management
A.3.1 Cooperation mechanisms established within the consortium
The Erasmus Mundus II Masters Course will be managed within the framework of the
Consortium Agreement (template Annex 6), which will specify the legal rights and
obligations of the partners. In the Consortium Agreement, all tasks for the Coordinator
and the partners are specified in detail. The overall management of the programme is
run on a daily basis by the Coordinator with support from administrative staff at the own
institution. However, the management is governed by the policies and strategies
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decided by the Steering Committee, which will meet at least once a year, more often if
required, in addition to the selection meetings of non-EU students held yearly in
January.
The Steering Committee
The Steering Committee consists of two representatives per partner (one academic
and one administrative and the Coordinator acts as Chair. The tasks of the Steering
Committee include:
decisions on selection of applicants to the programme,
decisions on distribution of students to the host universities during the second year,
to supervise and review the work of the Coordinator,
to evaluate courses and the programme and suggest improvements and/or
changes.
The agenda and the schedule of meetings are set by the Coordinator. The meetings
follow established practice of deliberative bodies as described in Robert’s Rules of
Order. All decisions are taken by simple majority vote. In case of a tied vote, the
Chairperson has the deciding vote.
The Chairperson is responsible for:
all contacts with the Commission services, including financial and other reporting,
negotiations regarding amendments to the Consortium Agreement and any
changes to the Course programme and/or to the Consortium,
preparations of the selection and placement processes,
distribution of material for evaluation to the Steering Committee,
the issuing of acceptance letters to students admitted to the programme,
monitoring student performance and educational quality of the programme,
submitting reports to the Commission and to the Steering Committee.
initiating changes to the courses and the educational programme.
Each participant university has an academic representative, responsible for any local
aspect or process, with support from local administrative staff and the local
international office.
A.3.2 Scholarship scheme
The enrolment fees will be paid to the coordinating institution. The consortium
coordinator will transfer agreed institutional enrolments fees of the students as well as
the contribution to travel and installation costs and the monthly allowances to the
partner institutions, on the basis of annual invoices from the partner institutions to the
coordinating institution.
The coordinating institution will on a yearly basis require that the partner institutions
provide the Steering Committee with documented proof that all agreed payments have
been made and that incurred expenses are eligible under the Erasmus Mundus
programme. This will be a prerequisite condition in order for the next round of
payments to be issued.
The students will receive a scholarship for a maximum of 24 months within 2 years.
The category A scholarships will include 20 monthly instalments of 1000 €, a first lump
sum of 4000 € at the start of each academic year and a second lump sum of 2000 € at
the end of each academic year (in July and August, no instalments will be paid). The
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category B scholarships will include 20 monthly instalments of 400 €, a first lump sum
of 1500 € at the start of each academic year and a second lump sum of 500 € at the
end of each academic year (in July and August, no instalments will be paid).
The coordinating institution will enter into individual student agreements with every
student within the programme specifying among other things the amount of credits to
be earned by the student each semester. The agreements are subject to examination
every semester. If the student fails to provide evidence of fulfilling the agreement, the
scholarship will be withdrawn. Exceptions to this rule may be allowed under
extraordinary circumstances lying outside of the influence of the student. All exceptions
must be approved by the Steering Committee.
The scholars will receive scholarships for a maximum of 3 months. For this maximum
duration, the scholarships will include 3 monthly instalments of 4000 € and a lump sum
of 2800 € upon arrival to the partner institution. The consortium coordinator will transfer
agreed scholarship amounts for scholars on the basis of annual invoices from the
partner institutions to the coordinating institution.
The scholarship grants for scholars will be paid on a monthly basis to the individual
scholar. The first payment will be issued directly on arrival of the scholar to the
institution and will also include the lump sum mentioned above. Payment routines and
scholar obligations will be specified in an individual Scholar Agreement between the
scholar and the consortium coordinator.
A.3.3 Human, financial and other types of support
The participating institutions have an extensive experience in offering international
Masters programmes, individually or jointly. This guarantees full local support for all
academic processes regarding official transcripts, procedures and diplomas.
For instance, the coordinating institution KTH hosts more than 3000 international
Masters students, offers approximately 45 international masters programmes and
participates in 6 Erasmus Mundus I masters courses. For the autumn semester of
2009, KTH admissions office received more than 20000 on-line applications. The
number of staff members involved in the application process during the application
period is approximately 150 persons, which means a large group of staff with
competence regarding application procedures.
With our experience from Erasmus Mundus I, we know that Mundus programmes
have many specific needs associated to the joint admission and selection, quality
procedures, mobility of the students, transcripts transfer and official recognition and
therefore obviously requires additional administrative efforts from both the coordinating
institution and the rest of the partners of the consortium.
Therefore, an administrative coordinator employed at the International Office of KTH
will work with issues related to the Mundus programme. The salary costs of the
administrative coordinator are paid 50% from the Erasmus Mundus administrative
support (flat rate) for Action 1A, and fees. The other 50% are charged to the regular
budget. The main functions of administrative coordinator are:
Day-to-day contact with partners for administrative issues.
Reports to the Commission.
Coordination of the student and scholar application and selection process yearly.
Preparation of meetings of the Steering Committee incl selection meetings.
Templates for documents such as acceptance letters, support letters to Consulates/
Embassies, etc.
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Student agreements.
Insurance coverage.
Payments and transfers of funds, scholarships and flat rate.
Maintenance of the student guide with useful information for newcomers.
Organization of social events for International Students.
Coordination of marketing and recruitment activities.
Other tasks related to the students will be handled locally at the departments involved
in the programme and require administrative support at department level. These tasks
include:
Maintenance of the programme website.
Marketing and recruitment activities.
Registration of students on the different courses in the programme.
Assistance with visa procedures and accommodation.
Support to students with the arrangements for their second year destination.
The tasks described above both at central and departmental level require
administrative support from the partner institutions and these services may also be
partially financed by the portion of the flat rate allocated to the institution, by the fees
and/or contributions from the regular institutional budget.
Communication within the consortium and all information required about the
programme will be handled electronically. The electronic forums are:
The programme website, which provides visibility of the programme, as well as
administrative and management support. Common issues are edited by the
coordinating institution, but in addition each partner has access by means of a
password in order to be able to edit their respective part of the website including
issues related to local lectures, schedule, local information, local international
affairs, etc.
A consortium intranet, which is the main management tool, providing relevant
information regarding Steering Committee documents and consortium agreements,
minutes of the meetings, coordination procedures (handover transfer forms,
academic records, scholarship selection procedures, working documents).
The electronic application and selection system, as described under A.2.5.
A.3.4 Course promotion measures
Collaboration with BEST
To target European student the consortium will collaborate with BEST – Board of
European Students of Technology. BEST is a student organisation a that has since
1989 provided communication, co-operation and exchange possibilities for students all
over Europe. In organising a summer course with BEST, targeting second year
bachelor students we hope to not only encourage the students to continue a academic
career in the are of distributed computing but of course have the European Master in
Distributed Computing as their first choice.
Summer courses organised by BEST are week long courses for twenty to thirty
students. Previous experience show that the students they can attract are both top
student and also student that already have their mind set on a study period abroad. If
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the consortium could both deliver and sponsor a course we would be in a very good
position for recruiting the best.
Contact have been made with the local representatives of BEST and they have been
positive in collaborating in such a program.
Targeting South America
Since our program has its first year of studie in Spain and Portugal we see an
opportunity to attract students from South America. For UPC and IST this is a natural
location for recruitment but for KTH it is an opportunity. At KTH there are comparably
few students from South America so the European Master in Distributed Computing
becomes an important strategic asset.
Targeting Asia
Asia is another region given high priority for student recruitment. Activities already
scheduled for the coming year are the student fairs in Singapore and in China, Beijing
and Shanghai. KTH has recently established an office at the campus of the National
University of Singapore, NUS, and will through this be able to arrange activities in order
to expose students and researchers to the programme by arranging different events in
the area. Another two offices are established in Beijing and Shanghai respectively and
may be employed for the same purposes.
Extensive visits and activities within and outside Europe will be made in order to
recruit to the new masters programme. Effective dissemination via short seminars and/
or workshops can be organized at the Parties to enhance attractiveness of the
consortium.
A web site
A specific web-site for the programme will be developed for prospective participants
providing an overview and description including admission and selection criteria and
contact information. The main pages for international students at the partner
universities will have a direct link to the programme web-page.
Student’s life outside classroom/laboratory is essential for a healthy and open mind.
Stockholm, Barcelona and Lisbon are all attractive student cities with a active cultural
life. Students will find attractive opportunists for sports, recreation or going out. These
features can be included in the Initiative websites and can be one important aspect,
especially for the Third countries students, who, generally, cannot access
dissemination events organized in Europe
A.3.5 Development and sustainability plan
Development plan
The consortium has a proposed budget for the first seven years of the program. In
these seven years we plan to scale the program from an initial 22 students to 30
students. In order for the program to be attractive even for students without
scholarships we hope to keep student tuition fees as low as possible. In order to attract
more students the consortium will grant a number of tuition waivers.
After two years the plan is that the program should attract 30 student out of which
approximately one third are full scholarship students, one third students with tuition
waivers and one third full paying students. The number of student for the first cohort is
deliberately kept low considering the short time to market the program.
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Grant 2001 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Scholarships 17 15 13 11 9 0 0
Tuition waiver 4 6 8 8 8 4 4
Full paying 1 5 9 11 13 26 26
Total: 22 26 30 30 30 30 30
Long term benefits
The students of the program will be integrated in the departments/
research centres involved in the programme where co-financing can be obtained from
on-going research projects.
By enhancing the quality and innovative nature of scientific research as equally
initiating and stimulating new developments in scientific research the consortium may
bring in associated members (profit and non-profit organizations) able to co-finance
these activities. For this, the consortium should develop efforts and strategies for
effective dissemination of the knowledge and innovation and to strength its benefits for
the society.
Academic inventions are becoming an important source of technological innovation
and a basis for new business start-ups. The consortium can support these start-ups in
order to get additional co-financing.
All parter institutes have a strong policy of collaboration with National companies and
SMEs in order to offer a wide range of jobs opportunity to its students and young
researchers. Regular events involving companies that offer prizes and/or professional
stages for the best students are promoted and organised.
KTH , UPC and IST are involved in the IAESTE programme that searches and offer
professional stages at worldwide level. The recruitment strategy ensures that 90% of
the early graduated students enter a professional career in the first 6 months and that
42% of the students can find a job before the conclusion of the graduation level.
All partners are open to continue the Initiative confident that it will be relevant for their
scientific strategy, boosting innovation and business competitiveness, strategic to
increase national and global share of world-class scientific research and able to
contribute to the build up of the EU policy in the triangle of knowledge.
A.3.6 Complementary funding provided to the scholarship scheme
KTH is involved in ten applications for Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation
Windows projects 2009 with focus on China, Russia, India and Brazil. KTH is already
now involved as partner in two projects from the proposal round 2008 of EMECW
within the lots Brazil and Syria-Lebanon-Jordan. These activities will continue and
expand and will be able to contribute to the complementary funding of the present
proposal.
In addition, KTH has set up an agreement with the Chinese Scholarship Council,
thereby enabling the guarantee of a number of scholarships that will be offered to
Chinese citizens applying to programmes at KTH.
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The Swedish Institute, SI, each year funds approximately 400 scholarships for
students and researchers coming to Sweden to pursue academic ventures at a
Swedish university.
Even if the number of available scholarships varies from year to year and competition
is keen a number of students applying to KTH are awarded this full scholarship each
year.
Funding for thesis work
Students developing their thesis cane be allocated to research centres and industries
collaborating with the partner institutes.
At these institutes co-financing can be obtained from on-going research projects, in
specific cases, in which these are considered strategic for the relevance and scientific
excellence of the institution.
INESC ID Lisboa actively engages in obtaining funding besides the fixed contributions
received from IST and the Science Ministry. Therefore, INESC ID researchers, and in
particular, researchers with the Distributed Systems Group actively participate in a
number of projects financed by the Portuguese science foundation (subject to peerreview
from international experts) as well in projects of the European Union Framework
Programme and Networks of Excellence approved by the European Science
Foundation. Finally, IST and INESC ID foster contacts with industry that provide extra
funding for innovation and research at companies and occasional consultancy
commissions.
SICS has close ties with KTH and regularly have thesis students involved in their
research projects. Also the research departments within Ericsson regularly take in
thesis students in their projects. The students are normally funded during their project.
The third semester will include substantial collaboration with these research
organizations in order for student and research groups to find each other early in the
process.
A.4 Students’ services and Facilities
A.4.1 Services provided to host students and scholars
The participating universities in this consortium offer an extensive and well organized
service programme in order to help the Erasmus Mundus student and scholars adjust
to the new social and study environment. The three universities have an International
Office to assist international students and scholars in the practical, academic and
cultural integration process. These offices offer a wide range of services and
information on practical, academic and cultural and social issues, described as below.
These services also cover issues for students with a family or special needs.
KTH - There is an administrative officer at each KTH Erasmus Mundus programmes,
who assists the students with practical issues such as visa. Housing is arranged
through KTH Accommodation. Academic coaching is done by the professors
responsible for the programme. Introduction programmes are arranged for international
students in August and January. There is extensive information on the KTH website for
international students and there is also a Web Forum monitored by ISS at the Student
Union, where students can ask questions and meet their future class mates. ISS also
arranges social activities throughout the year. Social integration is also offered through
student clubs and sport associations.
IST - The International Office (IO) at IST provides all the necessary information about
Instituto Superior Técnico, application procedures for different purposes, details about
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the necessary arrangements to be made before and after student’s arrival. It also
provides accommodation for students at the IST residences or in apartments, when
requested. The IO provides information and all the documents that are requested to
apply for a visa when necessary. IST campus is prepared to receive disabled students
and the IO gives support to students with special needs.
The IO always assists IST students whenever requested and also gives all the
support to integrate the student’s academic, cultural and social life at IST. This office
also provides information about the city of Lisbon and Portugal. A new programme SN-
Lisboa is under development and the main goal is to provide support for all foreign
students arriving at Portugal. This program includes reception of the students at the
airport; transport to the accommodation place; reception at the universities and at the
research centres as well as cultural, sports and social activities.
IST has two residences: one for the 1st and 2nd cycle (Msc) students and another for
Ph.D and post-graduated students. The residence of Baldaques has double room
facilities and is prepared to host a small family. A database of apartments is available
at http://rdp.ist.utl.pt/nalojamentos.php
NAMP - the Medical Unit of Instituto Superior Técnico ensures medical and health
services to IST students and staff. These services are available on presentation of a
current student's card and payment of a small fee.
The NAPE (Student Support Unit) has set up the Mentorship Program to assist the
ERASMUS and other international students during their stay at IST. It consists of a
contact-person-system which gives support to the incoming foreign students and who
will help him with administrative procedures at IST, facilities in the Campus and other
relevant information concerning IST and Lisbon. The objective is to ensure that
students under mobility have a smooth integration into the Portuguese way of student’s
life. The Tutoring Programme was created by IST and its running since 2003/04
academic years. It is essentially sustained by professors' (tutors), who support students
along the first two years of their Bachelor and Master Degrees, enabling a closer
relationship between professors and students
The Msc students will be integrated in the departments/research centres involved in
the initiative where co-financing can be obtained in specific cases. The professors
lecturing programme courses at IST are integrated in Distributed Systems Group of
INESC ID Lisboa (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação
e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa).
UPC - The UPC International Relations Service promotes international mobility by
providing assistance to international students and scholars in the practical, academic
and cultural integration process. It offers a wide range of services and practical
information as well as general information about UPC (academic, sporting and cultural)
aiming at social integration.
Housing arrangements can be made through the Barcelona Housing Service for
Students (www.bcn-housingstudents.com), a specialized organisation in youth
accommodation, with a stable agreement with the UPC.
In Catalonia, the Spanish and the Catalan languages are co-official. The University
offers both Catalan free Modules, and Spanish modules (through the language school
“Merit School”), specially designed for international students.
UPC has also a Handicapped Attention Program (PAD) to give support and facilitate
the integration of either physically or sensory handicapped students. Although the
university is adapted to have handicapped students, the PAD unit promotes specific
technical measures and provides assistance in dealing with academic problems.
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A.4.2 Insurance scheme
As part of the course fee, all registered students will be covered by a common
insurance scheme against health issues and accidents at any of the three locations.
It is very important the students have insurance to cover health issues, personal
belongings, liability etc. Considering the national legislation concerning health
insurance for students in each participating country, the consortium with handle the
students' health insurance with regard to this. KTH as the coordinating institution,
provides insurance (Gefvert) for all the Erasmus Mundus Students to cover cost related
to accidents taking place during study hours at campus. Insurance is applicable to both
Euro and World students 4 .
Insurance scheme – IST-PT
The insurance is mandatory for all the students registered at IST. This insurance
covers health issues and accidents. The insurance is automatically validated when the
student is officially registered at IST. For researchers (National or others) the price is
65 Euros/year and can be covered by the student scholarships or by the research
projects in which the student is integrated.
Insurance scheme – UPC-ES
All students registered at UPC have a minimal mandatory accident insurance. In
addition, it can offer an extended insurance for a small fee to any the students or
scholars that come with the insurance company “Confide” through the UPC service
“Univers” (that also manages the sports facilities).
A.4.3 Linguistic aspects of student's mobility
English will be the working language for the whole course, including also the related
administrative procedures and support services. Students have access to free or
inexpensive local language courses on the campus, and they will also be able to use
the local language for examinations and interaction with instructors and support
services.
At the beginning of the stay at each university students will take part in a welcome and
orientation event and they will be offered extra language courses for a small fee.
KTH offers courses in Swedish language English technical writing and Swedish culture.
All these courses are credit based and free of charge for students. In Catalonia, the
Spanish and the Catalan languages is co-official. Hence UPC offers Catalan modules
for free, and Spanish modules (through the language school “Merit School”) for a small
fee, specially designed for international students. There is an Intensive Portuguese
Course for foreign students (whenever possible) at Instituto Superior Técnico that takes
place at the beginning of each semester. At the end students will receive a certificate.
No fees are required.
A.4.4 Student agreement
The student agreement template is included as annex VI.
4 f the student had the Eurostudent Insurance during their studies in Sweden they
can continue being covered for further studies/internship/thesis work out in
Europe (Switzerland excluded)and costs SEK 335 per year, outside Europe (excl.
USA) – Worldstudent I, costs SEK 425 per month – or Switzerland/USA –
Worldstudent II, costs SEK 835 per month. This insurance covers accidental
death, permanent disability, medical costs, Assault, personal belongings (up to a
value of SEK 40000), General liability and legal cost (up to SEK 150000).
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A.4.5 Measures to facilitate networking
Networking among Erasmus Mundus students will be facilitated by the initial welcome
and orientation event at the beginning of the stay at each site. There they will be
introduced to each other, to the instructors and their mentors and tutors, to the
research groups at the involved departments, and the supporting services. During the
course, the international mobility offices at each site will organize and involve students
in the activities specifically addressed to other international students (usually from other
Erasmus Mundus or other International master courses at the same university).
Research groups and departments at each site offer open days every course, with
presentation on research topics and opportunities for collaboration with students. Local
organizations or student associations also offer complementary activities oriented to
integrate foreign students in the local social and cultural life and sports activities.
KTH – Students unions provides a Forum where students can communicate. The
Forum addresses each Master’s programme at KTH, also the Erasmus Mundus
programmes.
UPC – Student associations provide support to foreign students by assigning a local
student that act as advisors to introduce the student on the local university and social
live.
IST - Prizes for best Computer Engineering and Computer Science Master thesis are
awarded every year by the Portuguese Engineering Association (Ordem dos
Engenheiros), and IST offers merit scholarships for top-rated students in each of IST
MSc programmes.
The Computer Science and Engineering department at IST and INESC ID Lisboa
organizes fortnightly research seminars and yearly “Open CSE Department Day” and
such like events, where students and faculty can divulge their work and interests and
get to know each other in a non-formal setting. IST also organizes demonstrations of
student work/projects performed in research labs in the context of course projects and,
more frequently, thesis work.
A new programme at IST, ESN-Lisboa (Erasmus Students Network - Lisboa -
http://www.esn-lisboa.org/) is under development and the main goal is to provide
support for all foreign students arriving at Portugal. The mission of ESN is to foster
student mobility in Higher Education under the principle of SHS - Students Helping
Students.
This program includes reception of the students at the airport transport to the
accommodation place reception at the universities and at the research centres as well
as cultural, sports and social activities.
KTH - The student union at provides a Forum where students can communicate. The
Forum addresses each Master’s programme at KTH, also the Erasmus Mundus
programmes.
On an international level, organizations such as BEST- Board of European Students of
Technology, or student chapters from IEEE or ACM promote local and external events
with the objective of creating and strengthening the ties between students and
businesses, as well as to enable students to strengthen their training through
complementary activities. Examples of regular events are:
Thematic Exhibitions;
Company presentations;
Career WorkShop (Event in which the students solve business case studies
presented by the participating companies);
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Engineering Competitions (event in which students, divided in teams, are
challenged to solve a task, using their knowledge, creativity and responsiveness to
new situations).
Continuous training in areas as varied as Fund Raising, Conflict Management,
Communication, Negotiation, among others.
The National Engineering Competition.
Summer courses
International WorkShops and TrainShops;
General Meetings.
A.5 Quality Assurance and evaluation
A.5.1 Internal evaluation
The master bases its evaluation on the already existing internal evaluation
mechanisms at each institution. The academic representative for the master at each
organization takes an active role to handle local issues, report to the consortium
committee and implement derived measures at the local level.
UPC has a common quality evaluation system that is being accredited by an external
accreditation agency (AQU). This internal evaluation system is based on
questionnaires to students (based on the SEEQ questionnaire), feedback from student
delegates, evaluation by the course responsible unit, with a specific administrative unit
devoted to supporting that process providing feedback and reacting to certain
situations. The Educational Sciences Institute at UPC provides supervision,
complementary training and counsel to interested or affected instructors. The student's
ombudsman is in charge of mediating in situations where individual or group of
students are affected.
IST is developing its internal quality assurance system that will cover all the areas of
activity of the institution. The first module already developed, based upon previous
experience, is that of the quality of the courses offered as part of the 1st and 2nd cycle
programmes (QUC). The revised system has been applied for the first time to the 2nd
semester of 2007/08. It is expected to be extended it to 3rd cycle courses in 2009/10.
The system monitors the functioning of the courses, taking into account the expected
outcomes, and aims at improving the teaching and learning process, including student
assessment. Students, student delegates (elected by their colleagues), teaching staff,
programme coordinators and the Pedagogic Council are involved. The following
summarizes the procedures:
1.Questionnaires to students: at the end of the semester, compulsory to enroll for
the following semester, including an appreciation of workload, organization of the
course and teaching staff performance; results are available on the Intranet;
2.Reports by delegates: at the end of the semester, identifying problems occurred,
solutions found and best practices;
3.Academic results of the students: including percentages of students assessed
and passed;
4.Report by the teaching staff of each course, analysing 1. and 3., and putting
forward actions to be taken at course level;
5.Report by the Coordinator of the Programme: analysing the issues raised by the
by the results and reports, and putting forward actions to be taken at programme
level;
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6.Report by the Pedagogic Council: involving issues that require action at institution
level.
Courses falling short on one or more criteria (e.g., questionnaires, student attendance,
instructor and course overall rating) are subject to auditing. Best practices from well
rated courses are divulged within departments and a short list of instructor/courses with
excellent ratings is made available to the whole of school population.
A general principle of the system, in terms of identifying problems and solutions, is
that of subsidiarity. The regulations and procedures are available on the website of IST,
in Portuguese (http://quc.ist.utl.pt/).
A.5.2 External quality assurance
The quality of the master program will be evaluated by each of the national evaluation
agencies that are competent in each country using similar standards as they all follow
harmonized European methods as members of the European Network for Quality
Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
Portugal has a national higher education quality assurance system. A new law on
quality assurance was published in August 2007 and the new agency (Agência de
Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior - AAAES) has been created and is in now
in place, its administration having been appointed in June 2008. The new agency will
be responsible for evaluation and accreditation of all higher education institutions and
programmes. The procedures and regulations that will have to be issued by the agency
are still not available. Portugal has launched a programme through which a number of
institutions are evaluated by EUA each year, in the framework of the Institutional
Evaluation Programme. IST and/or the Technical University of Lisbon have not yet
been selected for evaluation. Until November 2007, the professional associations (e.g.
Ordem dos Engenheiros, the national engineering association) had the role of
accrediting engineering programmes. At present they are no longer entitled to do so.
All IST’s engineering programmes will now be submitted to a EUR-ACE accreditation,
Biological Engineering having already been accredited.
For UPC the Quality Assurance protocols are accredited by the Catalan Agency for
Quality (AQU-Catalunya). AQU Catalunya is one of the first three agencies to enter the
European Quality Assurance Register, EQAR.
A.5.3 Gender balance and accessibility
Gender issues will be mainly dealt at the promotion phase and in mentoring students.
The dissemination materials will emphasize the interest of the master for female
students including testimony from female lecturers, researchers and employers,
offering female mentors, This will build on the experience of UPC on a program to
handle gender issues started in 1996. The selection and evaluation process will be
neutral to gender.
The three universities have class rooms, laboratories and libraries prepared for
students with disabilities that provide accessibility while ensuring that such students
continue to have classes integrated with the rest of the student population. Students
with special needs can be oriented and supported by the corresponding specific
accessibility office at each institution.
The three universities have multiple restaurants within campus and cafeterias (schoolmanaged)
for students and personnel (teachers, researches, staff). The cafeterias
provide meals based on meat, fish, and vegetarian on a daily basis (except Sundays).
This ensures students and faculty with virtually any geographical origin, cultural
background, and health concerns are able to have complete meals in-school at
reduced (state and university-funded) prices.
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Annex I: Institutional Agreements:
Dual degree agreements
Endorsement letters
KTH
IST
UPC
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Annex II: Structure and course templates
UPC (1st year, 50% of students)
1st Semester Common 30 ECTS
UPC-DNS Distribute and Networked Systems 6
UPC-SITS Security in Information Technology Systems 6
UPC-PPMA Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms 6
UPC-PTAT Performance Tuning and Analysis Tools 6
UPC-CDP Concurrent and Distributed Programming 6
2nd Semester Differentiation 5 out of 6 30 ECTS
UPC-EEDC Execution Environments for Distributed Computing 6
UPC-DS Decentralized Systems 6
UPC-SDS Scalable Distributed Systems 6
UPC-MTT Measurement Tools and Techniques 6
UPC-MCACN Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks 6
UPC-IMAP Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols 6
IST (1st year, 50% of students)
1st Semester Common 30 ECTS
IST-MDIA Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications 7.5
IST-NCS Network and Computer Security 7.5
IST-P2PON Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks 7.5
IST-DPC Parallel and Distributed Computing 7.5
2nd Semester Differentiation 4 out of 6 30 ECTS
IST-FTDS Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems 7.5
IST-CC Cloud Computing 7.5
IST-VEE Virtual Execution Environments 7.5
IST-MC Mobile Computing 7.5
IST-AICA Applications and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms 7.5
IST-DAT Database Administration and Tuning 7.5
KTH (100% of students)
3rd Semester Common 30 ECTS
KTH-RM Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications 7.5
KTH-DC Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing 7.5
KTH-ILDS Implementation of Scalable Distributed Systems 7.5
KTH-TW Technical Writing 7.5
KTH, ICT, UPC (students equally split)
Master project Either at KTH, IST, UPC 30 ECTS
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UPC-DNS - Distributed and Networked Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Distributed and Networked Systems
Id UPC-DNS
Contact Jordi Guitart (jguitart@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Networks, Programming, Operating systems
Learning outcomes General goals:
In this subject, students focus on the concepts behind operating systems,
their relationship with computer networks and their role in the advanced
services that students interested in specialising in systems must be familiar
with.
Students should be able to build applications using the main programming
paradigms used in distributed systems and using the resources provided by
distributed systems.
Specific goals
Knowledge
- Acquire in-depth knowledge of the main programming paradigms for the
model client/server model in distributed systems.
- Basic and advanced distributed services.
- Properties arising from overall system behaviour: fault tolerance,
increased capacity, security.
- Learn the latest trends regarding distributed system solutions.
Abilities
- Ability to analyze problems posed by the design and workings of a
distributed application, and to choose the best solutions.
- Optimising system resources and the network.
- Ability to develop systems/mechanisms for solving problems concerning
fault tolerance, performance, scale, mobility.
Competences
- Ability to work effectively in small groups to solve problems of middling
difficulty.
- Ability to make convincing formal and informal oral presentations.
- Ability to study various sources, recognise that the information obtained in
class is insufficient, and to seek the supplementary information required.
- Ability to learn on one"s own.
Bibliography Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten Van Steen Distributed Systems: Principles
and Paradigms, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007.
Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, George Coulouris, Jean
Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, 2005, Addison-Wesley.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods A) Partial written exam (test) - monitoring of each student’s knowledge and
skills.
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B) Final written exam on each student’s knowledge and skills.
C) Evaluation of reading reports, presentations, and discussion of
recommended articles and documents.
D) Evaluation of group / co-operative work on concepts, skills and
competencies in the lab.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 28, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 24, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 24, Study: 30, Additional time: 30, Evaluation: 4.
Total work hours for student 140
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-SITS - System Performance Evaluation
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course System Performance Evaluation
Id UPC-SITS
Contact Maria Luisa Gil Gomez (marisa@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Networks, Programming, Operating systems
Learning outcomes General goals:
Upon finishing this subject, students will have an in-depth understanding of
what is required to assess system performance. Furthermore, they will be
able to foresee, analyse and synthesise the behaviour of the execution
environment (hardware, operating system, network, virtual machines,
applications serve, etc.), in order to be able to improve the performance of
the applications that are required in our information society.
Specific goals:
Knowledge
1. Learn the common technical environments in which current computing
applications are executed, and related advanced technologies.
2. Learn about current application servers and the role they play in the
Information Society.
3. Learn about system calls and specific commands for obtaining/modifying
system parameters (hardware and operating system, network, virtual
machine, application server, etc.).
4. Learn basic modelling and analytical techniques for evaluating system
performance.
Abilities
1. Understand the system structure (at hardware, software, and all other
levels) in which certain applications are executed.
2. Determining the best tools for studying system performance.
3. Define the information metrics for evaluating system performance.
4. Understand the relationship between various metrics and estimate other
unobserved metrics.
5. Modifying system parameters in order to harmonise improvements in the
system"s performance.
Competences
1. Ability to work effectively in small groups to solve problems of middling
difficulty.
2. Ability to solve poorly-structured problems.
3. Ability to summarise both formal and informal knowledge in written and
oral form in a way that convinces others.
4. Ability to understand other lines of reasoning.
5. Ability to work without disposing of all the information.
Bibliography Basic Bibliography:
Specific documentation CARS, FIB, 2005.
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Complementary Bibliography:
Samuel Kounev and Alejandro Buchmann Performance Modeling and
Evaluation of Large-Scale J2EE Applications, Proceedings of the 29th
International Conference of the CMG, 2003.
Daniel A. Menascé, Virgilio A.F. Almeida Capacity planning for web
services : metrics, models, and methods, Prentice Hall,, 2002.
Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and Mike Loukides System performance tuning,
O'Relly, 2002.
Stacy Joines, Ruth Willenborg, and Ken Hygh Performance analysis for
Java web sites, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical lab classes.
The course is based on students' practical work, which is carried out in the
lab sessions and builds on theoretical foundations.
The course's theoretical foundations will be given in the form of lectures
given by the teacher.
Students will actively participate in this part of the course by following up
the bibliographic references and documentation indicated by the teacher.
The practical part of the course will be imparted in the teaching labs, and
employ tutored practical assignments. All practical assignments will be held
in the lab hours reserved for the purpose.
Practical assignments will initially consist of experiments whose scope will
be limited to achieving the pre-set objectives. Students will subsequently
apply all their acquired knowledge to optimise the solution.
Students must write a report on each of the practical assignments, which
will follow the methodology set out above. Use will also be made of virtual
learning.
Assessment methods The course evaluation will be based on the following four items:
a. Final Theory Exam
b. Optional Participation Grade (Participation, voluntary assignments, etc.)
c. Continuous assessment of Theory, which is based on:
c1. Test on Part 1
c2. Test on Part 2
d. Continuous lab assessment, comprising two grades of the two lab
practical assignments.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 24, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 39, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 29, Study: 42, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 6.
Total work hours for student 140,0
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-PPMA - Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Id UPC-PPMA
Contact Eduardo Ayguadé Parra (eduard@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Basic understanding of parallel architectures
Learning outcomes General goals
In this course, students should gain an understanding of the concepts behind
parallel programming models for current supercomputing architectures, based
on a collection of distributed-memory nodes, each one with a shared-memory
architecture. Nodes are built from current multi-core chips and/or accelerators.
The course will be very practical with simple parallelization assignments using
different programming models (such as OpenMP, MPI, ...).
Specific goals
Knowledge
1. Programming models: shared memory (OpenMP) and message passing
(MPI).
2. Trends in programming models for multicore and accelerator-based
architectures.
Abilities
1. Ability to write parallel applications in mixed MPI/OpenMP.
2. Identification of the most appropriate programming model for a given
application.
3. Simple modelling for parallel applications.
Competences
1. Be able to parallelize a sequential application and tune it for a specific
parallel architecture.
2. Be able to work in group to discuss the use of different programming models
and parallelization strategies for a given sequential application.
Bibliography Basic Bibliography* W. Gropp, W., Lusk, E. and Skjellum, A. Using MPI -
Portable Parallel Programming with the Message Passing Interface, Mit Press,
in Scientific and Engineering Computation Series, 1999.
* Chapman, B. , Jost. G. and Van Der Pas, R. Using OpenMP - Portable
Shared Memory Parallel Programming, Mit Press, in Scientific and Engineering
Computation Series, 2007.
Complementary Bibliography* Culler, D.E. and Singh, J.P. Parallel Computer
Architecture: A hardware software approach, Morgan Kauffmann. ISBN 1-
55860-343-3, 1999.
* Other papers in international conferences and journals related to novel
programming models.
Teaching methods Classes building up concepts in a structured fashion and setting out the
commitment required for their practical application. Classes focusing on a set
of parallel programming models. Laboratory classes focusing on co-operative
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work in order to consolidate concepts, skills and competencies.
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the implementation and report
presented for a set of practical assignments and a presentation and discussion
of a bibliographical item.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 22, Problems: 16, Laboratory: 24, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 40, Study: 26, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0.
Total work hours for student 128
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-PTAT - Performance Tuning and Analysis Tools
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Performance Tuning and Analysis Tools
Id UPC-PTAT
Contact Jesus Jose Labarta Mancho (jesus@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Notions of computer architecture, operating systems, parallel programming
models.
Learning outcomes General goals
The course aims at describing performance analysis techniques and tools and
gain practical experience in their application to real codes. We will survey the
state of the art in performance data acquisition, processing and presentation as
well as performance modeling techniques. Methodological guidelines will be
provided to navigate the huge search space of potential performance
bottlenecks and forecast the impact of different design and architectural factors
on application performance.
Specific goals
Knowledge
1. To understand the basic functionalities of performance analysis tools.
2. To gain insight into the techniques to process raw performance data in order
to generate useful information.
3. To understand the issues in doing performance analysis at a very wide
dynamic range of scales.
Abilities
1. To use some relevant performance tools.
2. To be able to design the experiments required to achieve deeper and deeper
understanding of the causes of an observed behavior.
3. To be able to suggest ways to improve the performance of an application
and quantitatively estimate the potential gain such proposals should achieve.
Competences
1. Open minded attitude towards understanding the performance of a system.
2. Correlation of knowledge at multiple levels (architecture, programming
models, Operating system,...).
3. Gaining insight on the behavior and structure of an application without having
to know/dig beforehand the details of its internals.
4. Being able to refine and validate such understanding based on
measurements and fitted models with information on the internals of the
application.
Bibliography Major documentation corresponds to manuals of the tools to be used.
Teaching methods Theory classes and lab classes.
A general introduction of the main techniques and basic features of major tools
will be given in the theory lectures. Laboratory classes will start by introducing
the usage of the tools on some simple examples but then the student will be
faced with a few relatively large codes that will have to be analyzed with
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different tools.
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on a set of practical works. At least
two major applications will have to be evaluated by each student. At least one
of the applications will be in an area to which the student has no previous
exposure. A detailed analysis report of the performance "problems" of each
application will be required, including a detailed quantification of their
importance and suggestions of potential ways to overcome them.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 26, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 40, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 35, Study: 27, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0.
Total work hours for student 128
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-CDP - Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Id UPC-CDP
Contact Jorge Castro (castro@lsi.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Programming (Java)
Learning outcomes General goals
The aim of this subject is for students to learn to design and implement
concurrent and distributed programs securely and reliably. To guide the
students in the design process, they are introduced to LST (Labelled
Transition System), a simple finite state model that allows one to design,
visualise and analyse concurrent systems. In order for them to have a
broader idea of concurrence and distributed systems, students are taught
other models, such as Petri networks and the software designed for
analysing them. In order for students to gain a complete understanding of
the steps of the process, from modelling to implementation, they undertake
practicals in Java programming.
Specific goals:
Knowledge
1. Learn the use of transitional labelling systems (finite state models) as a
design tool and for analysing concurrent and distributed programs.
2. Learn a software package, e.g. LTS, for the design and analysis of
transition systems.
3. Learn Petri networks and other formal models for design and analysis,
and some specific analysis software.
4. Acquire a clear idea of the basic problems that can arise in concurrent
and distributed programming.
5. Learn parts of Java related to concurrent and distributed programming.
Abilities
1. Ability to model and analyze simple examples of concurrent programs
through the use of label transition systems.
2. Ability to use an analytical tool based on transition systems (LTS, for
example).
3. Learn Petri networks and other formal models for design and analysis,
and some specific analysis software for Petri Networks.
4. Ability to use parts of Java related to concurrent and distributed
programming.
Competences
1. Ability to formally argue whether or not a design is correct, using
programs for this purpose where necessary.
2. Ability to pass abstract tools for design and analysis, and for
implementation in programming languages (Java, for example).
Bibliography Basic Bibliography* Jeff Magee & Jeff Kramer Concurrency: state models &
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Java programs, John Wiley & sons, 1999.
* Wolfgang Reisig Elements of distributed algorithms: modelling and
analysis with Petri Nets, Springer Verlag, 1998.
* Perterson, James Petri net theory and the modeling of systems, Prentice-
Hall, 1981.
* Gerard Tel Introduction to distributed algorithms, Cambridge University
Press, 1994.
Complementary Bibliography* Doug Lea Concurrent programming in Java :
design principles and patterns, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
* Bil Lewis, Daniel J. Berg Multithreaded programming with Java
technology, Prentice Hall, 2000.
Teaching methods Examples will be used to introduce basic concepts in the theory classes.
Students will solve exercises on theory class themes in the practical
classes. Lab classes will cover implementation of these problems (or similar
problems) in Java. Both the lab and problem classes may employ design
and analysis tools such as LTS.
Assessment methods Final exam and a lab grade. The exam comprises problems presented on
the theory classes. The lab grade reflects the quality of students' work. The
final grade will be calculated as follows: final exam*0.7 + lab grade*0.3.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 28, Problems: 28, Laboratory: 14, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 14, Study: 60, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 6.
Total work hours for student 150
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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UPC-EEDC - Execution Environments for Distributed Computing
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Execution Environments for Distributed Computing
Id UPC-EEDC
Contact Jordi Torres (torres@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Concepts on Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent and Distributed
Programming
Learning outcomes General goals
Nowadays, business and scientific organisations have a large amount of
critical workflow processes that depend upon a set of heterogeneous
applications. This set of applications can range from transactional applications,
with databases, to non interactive applications such as those that perform
scientific CPU-intensive computing, document indexing or intensive I/O.
To efficiently execute all these kinds of applications, a new execution
environment (or middleware) is needed to manage the available resources and
simplify the development and integration of the different types of applications
and services. These middleware components are crucial to new systems and
architectures because of their direct impact on the quality of the service offered
by the application.
This course provides an overview of the wide scope of this area and
introduces past and current research focusing on conceptual and practical
aspects of Middleware.
The course also has the objective of introducing the student to research. In
general the EEDC course is focused on developing skills rather than content.
For this reason each year the focus changes as the field evolves.
Specific goals
- Middleware basics
- Cloud Computing
- Topic focus: Green Computing
Bibliography Collection of scientific papers and Internet resources.
Teaching methods Theory classes, readings of research papers, presentation and discussion of
topics by students. Two main reading parts in the course, one for general
papers and one for more in depth research in the area (related with the
research project). Discussions will be led by one or more students and may
include a brief presentation of the paper.
All students taking the course are required to complete a research project (or
“state-of-the- field” review). The project is intended to provide the student with
an opportunity to gain experience with research in a topic related to the content
of the course. Moreover student will be introduced to the research information
resources.
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Finally students will participate in the organization of a course workshop
organized like an international scientific workshop, where the research results
will be presented.
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the participation of students in
class, reading reports and and a project work on specific topics.
- Paper Readings/Presentations: 35%
- Research Project: 35%
- Participation: 30%
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 10, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 0, Other activities: 20, External
Laboratory: 20, Study: 90, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0.
Total work hours for student: 140
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-DS - Decentralized Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Decentralized Systems
Id UPC-DS
Contact Felix Freitag (felix@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Concepts on Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent and Distributed
Programming
Learning outcomes General goals
Learn the fundamental concepts, operation, design and evaluation of
decentralized systems.
Specific goals
Fundamental concepts: peer-to-peer and overlay networks.
Routing: unstructured and structured overlay networks.
Techniques and models: publish/subscribe, group communication, selfproperties,
incentives, management, resource allocation, security and
anonymity, characterization and evaluation.
Applications: content and media distribution, storage, file sharing,
communication, computing, social networks.
Bibliography Collection of papers publicly available.
Teaching methods Theory classes, readings of research papers, presentation of topics by
students
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the participation of students in
class, reading reports and and a project work on specific topics.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 27, Problems: 9, Laboratory: 0, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory:
15, Study: 90, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 2.
Total work hours for student 143
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-SDS - Scalable Distributed Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Scalable Distributed Systems
Id UPC-SS
Contact Leandro Navarro (leandro@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Concepts on Distributed Systems, Networking, Concurrent and Distributed
Programming
Learning outcomes General goals
Learn the fundamental concepts, operation and design guidelines, patterns and
methods for developing software systems with
good scalability
and predictability, and the evaluation of scalable and Internet-scale systems.
Specific goals
- Fundamental concepts: The effect of scale in system properties (functional
and operational).
- Issues in large-scale systems: virtualization, service orientation and
composition, availability, locality, performance and adaptation (host-spots,
autonomic computing).
- Models for large-scale systems: system models for analysis (game-theoretic,
economic, evolutionary, control, complex networks), architectural models (multitier,
cluster, farm, grid, cloud, SaaS).
- Scaling techniques: basic techniques (caching, distribution, replication),
scalable computing techniques for architectural models.
- Middleware and Applications: computing, storage, web, content distribution,
Internet-scale systems or services
Bibliography Collection of papers publicly available.
Teaching methods Theory classes,
Reading and discussion of research papers,
Presentation of topics by students,
Laboratory activities
Assessment methods The evaluation of the course will be based on the participation of students in
class, reading reports and an experimental project work on specific topics.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 18, Problems: 9, Laboratory: 10, Other activities: 10, External
Laboratory: 10, Study: 75, Additional time: 5, Evaluation: 5.
Total work hours for student 142
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-MTT - Measurement Tools and Techniques
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Measurement Tools and Techniques
Id UPC-MTT
Contact Alex Ramirez (aramirez@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Notions of parallel or distributed systems and programming models, concurrent
programming computer architecture, operating systems.
Learning outcomes General goals
Knowledge of the different techniques involved in performing research on
computer architecture and technology: code instrumentation, obtaining
execution traces, performance analysis and trace visualization, and
performance simulation. Knowledge of the tools required to perform these
tasks: instrumentation libraries and packages, trace visualizers, performance
analyzers, and simulators. Knowledge about the different performance metrics
relevant for a computer system and their actual meaning.
Specific goals
- Code instrumentation and trace generation
- Source code instrumentation
- Binary instrumentation
- Performance analysis and characterization, trace visualization
- Simulation
- Simulator taxonomy
- Simulation techniques
Bibliography Major documentation will correspond to manuals of the tools to be used,
conference and journal papers, web sites.
Teaching methods Theory classes and lab classes.
Theory classes: The teacher present theoretical knowledge to the students,
performs demonstrations of the different related tools, and moderates
discussion on the alternatives.
Lab sessions: Students develop a practical work with assistance of the teacher.
Individual student's work: Students develop a practical work without direct
supervision of the teacher.
Assessment methods Delivery of reports related to theoretical and / or practical aspects of the course.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 26, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 40, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 35, Study: 27, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0.
Total work hours for student 128
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-MCACN - Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer
Networks
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks
Id UPC-MCACN
Contact Llorenç Cerdà (llorenc@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Notions of computer architecture, operating systems, computer networks.
Learning outcomes General goals
Provide the student with general probability concepts focused on the
mathematical analysis of computer networks.
Contents
1-Combinatory
2-Mathematical model of probability
3-Inclusion-exclusion formula
4-Continuous models
5-Conditioned probability and expectation
6-Probability distributions
7-Repeated trials
8-Auto-similar distributions
9-Information theory
10-Stochastic processes
11-Markov Chains
12-Queueing Theory.
Bibliography • An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, William Feller,
Wiley; (1971).
• Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, Athanasios
Papoulis McGraw-Hill (2001).
• Understanding Probability : Chance Rules in Everyday Life, Henk Tijms,
Cambridge University Press (2004).
• Finite Markov Chains. John G Kemeny, J Laurie Snell. Springer, 1960.
• Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Queuing Theory. Randolph Nelson.
Springer 1995.
Teaching methods Theory classes.
There will be 5 hours per week, dedicated to magistral classes to explain the
theory and solve problems. The students’ activities will consist of reading
material and solving practical problems that will be proposed at each theoretical
unit. The problems will be collected and corrected during the course.
Assessment methods The evaluation will be based on the correction of the problems proposed to the
students during the course and a final exam.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 50, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 0, Other activities: 0, External Laboratory:
0, Study: 75, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0.
Total work hours for student 125
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
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UPC-IMAP - Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols
Id UPC-IMAP
Contact Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas (joseb@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime elective
Level advanced
Pre-requisites Basic concepts on WAN, LAN and TCP/IPv4
Learning outcomes General goals
This course aims to further students' knowledge on the basic concepts of the
TCP/IP protocols and the structure of data communication networks (Internet)
that they have gained in prior courses (XC and PXC). This course focuses on
more advanced concepts, such as EGP routing, Spanning Tree protocol,
wireless networks, mobility and multimedia support. The main topics are
organized as follows:
- Routing (OSPF, BGP, Peering, STP).
- Wireless networks and mobility (Wireless networks, mobile IP).
- Multimedia (Coding, scheduling mechanisms, multimedia protocols).
Specific goals
Knowledges
1. Support for mobility in IP wireless networks.
2. Routing protocols for medium-sized and large networks. Internet Service
Providers (ISPs).
3. Support for multimedia transmission over the Internet.
4. Multimedia applications and related protocols.
5. L2 routing (STP)
Bibliography Basic Bibliography* Christian Huitema Routing in the internet, Prentice Hall
PTR, 2000.
* John W. Stewart III BGP4 : inter-domain routing in the Internet, Addison-
Wesley, 1999.
* James D. Solomon Mobile IP, the Internet unplugged, PTR Prentice Hall,
1998.
* James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross Computer networking : a top-down approach
featuring the Internet, Addison-Wesley, 2005.
* Radia Perlman Interconnections : bridges, routers, switches, and
internetworking protocols, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 2000.
Complementary Bibliography* Catherine Paquet, Diane Teare Building
Scalable Cisco Networks, Cisco Press, 2001.
* B. Hubert Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO, DocBook
Edition, 2002.
Teaching methods Theory classes and lab classes.
The lab classes will be 2 hours long, in which students will learn how to
configure an important aspect of TCP/IP protocols. The practical sessions put
the concepts learnt in the theory classes into practice.
Some sessions are given over to seminars, in which aspects complementing
the course are dealt with.
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Assessment methods Half-term test (Ctrl)
Final theory exam (Eft)
Lab exam (Elab). This exam will be held during the last lab session.
Final grade: MAX(0.15xCtrl + 0.2xElab + 0.65 Eft, 0.2xElab+0.8xEft)
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 42, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 20, Other activities: 12, External
Laboratory: 8, Study: 74, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 3.
Total work hours for student 159
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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UPC-SITS - Security in Information Technology Systems
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Security in Information Technology Systems
Id UPC-SITS
Contact Manel Medina (medina@ac.upc.edu)
University UPC
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Networks, Programming, Operating systems
Learning outcomes General goals
This subject aims to cover the various facets of computer security, including
evaluation, network protection, security protocols and architectures and their
implementation in e-commerce.
Specific goals
- Security evaluation. Risk analysis. Security management.
- Basic network security. Threats, services. Public key infrastructure.
- Network protection. Perimeter security, IDS, antivirus.
- Security in e-Commerce Applications.
Bibliography * Carlisle Adams, Steve Lloyd Understanding PKI : concepts, standards, and
deployment considerations, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
* Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper & D. Brent Chapman Building Internet
Firewalls;, O'Reilly & Associates, 2000.
* Stephen Northcutt et al. Intrusion signatures and analysis, New Riders,
2001.
* Simson Garfinkel with Gene Spafford Web security, privacy & commerce,
O'Reilly & Associates, 2002.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical lab classes.
Theory classes will explain the technical differences between the various
techniques and security tools.
These theoretical explanations will be supplemented by lab sessions, which
will give students the opportunity to use the most common security tools for
protecting networks and computing systems.
Assessment methods 1. Carrying out and presenting an assignment bearing on network security.
Marks will make up 40% of the final grade.
2. An exam will be given on the theoretical part of the course. Marks will make
up 40% of the final grade.
3. Presentation of documentation arising from lab sessions. Marks will make
up 20% of the final grade.
Language English.
Total hours Theory: 40, Problems: 0, Laboratory: 24, Other activities: 0, External
Laboratory: 27, Study: 40, Additional time: 0, Evaluation: 0.
Total work hours for student 131
ECTS 6
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-MDIA - Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications
Erasmus Program EMDC
Name of the course Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications
Id IST-MDIA
Contact Luis Rodrigues (ler@ist.ult.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Pre-requisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction to large scale distributed systems, main problems and
challenges, non-functional requirements, main theoretical results. Models
(application, objects, communication, synchronization, naming, faults and
security) and architectures (client-server, publish-subscribe, P2P, GRID).
Study each of the former architectures in detail with emphasis on the existing
solutions (e.g. replication) to fulfill the non-functional requirements. Case
Studies: study the most relevant existing middleware systems.
Understand the system level problems underlying the design and
development of large scale applications. Learn the existing solutions
concerning the middleware for large scale applications with emphasis on the
models and architectures taking into account non-functional requirements
(scalability, performance, etc.). Ability to specify, design, analyze and
implement large scale distributed applications as well as its underlying
middleware.
Bibliography Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, George Coulouris, Jean
Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, 2005, Addison-Wesley.
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-NCS - Network and Computer Security
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Network and Computer Security
Id IST-NCS
Contact Carlos Ribeiro (carlos.ribeiro@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction. Organizations Security Architectures. Authentication.
Authentication protocols. Key and certificate management. Access
Control. Authorization Models. Distributed Trust Management. Software
Development. Secure Code. Safe Protocols. Networks. Firewalls and
Intrusion Detection Systems. Secure Communication. Virtual Private
Networks. Secure Network Management. Secure storage.
File systems. Databases.
The main course goal is to provide the student with a set of security
concepts, methodologies and tools which gives him the ability to handle
security problems on a large spectrum of technologies, namely: local,
personal and wide area networks, secure software development,
operating systems, distributed systems, data bases, and file systems.
The course starts by defining a set of security concepts and the elements
comprising the organization security architecture. It then analyses the
key elements of identifying the common vulnerabilities and the
methodologies and tools to eliminate or mitigate them.
Bibliography Computer Security. Dieter Gollmann. 1998. John Wiley and Sons.
Introduction to Computer Security. Matthew Bishop. 2004. Addison
Wesley
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Examination Exam and project.
methods
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-P2PON - Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Peer-to-Peer Systems and Overlay Networks
Id IST-P2PON
Contact Luis Rodrigues (ler@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Overlay networks. Peer-to-peer systems. Routing in peer-to-peer
overlays. Unstructured networks. Distributed hash tables: storage and
multicast. Search in non-structured networks. Membership in large-scale
networks. Gossip multicast and aggregation protocols. Anonymity,
security, and incentives in peer-to-peer overlays. Measurement studies.
Content distribution networks (CDNs). Social overlay networks.
Bibliography Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking. Shen, X.; Yu, H.; Buford, J.;
Akon, M. (Eds.). 2009. Springer. ISBN: 978-0-387-09750-3
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-DPC - Parallel and Distributed Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Parallel and Distributed Computing
Id IST-DPC
Contact Jose Monteiro (jcm@inesc-id.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level elementary
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Parallel computing models: multiprocessors and multicomputers. Memory
organization; communication complexity. Interconnection networks. Flynn´s
taxonomy. Analysis and synthesis of parallel algorithms: problem partitioning;
data organization; synchronization; balancing and scheduling.
Programming message-passing systems: MPI.
Programming shared memory systems: OpenMP, threads, race conditions,
deadlock detection. Performance analysis for parallel algorithms. Foundations
of distributed computing and their applications to parallel algorithms. Limits of
distributed computing. Examples: document classification and Monte Carlo
methods. Examples: matrix multiplication, solving systems of linear equations,
FFT. Examples: Searching problems.
Understanding the models, techniques, and programming methods for
parallel algorithms. Analyzing and designing parallel algorithms.
Understanding the foundations of distributed computing.
Bibliography Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked
Workstations and Parallel Computers. Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen.
2005. Prentice Hall
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 1
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IST-FTDS - Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Id IST-FTDS
Contact Luis Rodrigues (ler@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Reliability and availability are fundamental concerns in the design,
implementation and deployment of distributed systems. However, achieving
robust cooperation in a distributed system, despite the failures or
disconnections of some processes, is surprisingly hard. In order to allow the
system designer to master this complexity, the course introduces a number of
fundamental reliable distributed programming abstractions, and describes the
algorithms that implement them. Namely, the course addresses:
Basic abstractions: processes, links, failure detectors.
Reliable broadcast: best-effort, regular, uniform, randomized, and causal
broadcast. Shared memory: regular and atomic registers. Consensus.
Consensus variants: total order broadcast, terminating reliable broadcast,
atomic commit, group membership, view-synchronous communication.
The Appia group communication framework. To experiment these
abstractions in practice, the students will develop a project using an open
source toolkit for reliable distributed programming.
To obtain an understanding of the fundamental problems in the design of
reliable distributed applications. To learn a portfolio of abstractions to support
the development of fault-tolerant applications. To learn how to apply these
abstractions through a concrete hands-on experiment using group
communication systems.
Bibliography Introduction to Reliable Distributed Programming. Rachid Guerraoui and Luís
Rodrigues. Springer. 2006.
ISBN-10 3-540-28845-7
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading
Taught in semester 2
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IST-CC – Cloud Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Cloud Computing
Id IST-CC
Contact Luis Veiga (luis.veiga@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction to the cloud computing paradigm (motivation, assumptions,
background, goals, and base concepts: software-as-a-service).
Base Architecture and its layers: computing infrastructure, storage, platform,
applications, services.
Underlying Computational Infrastructures: Grid computing (Globus, Condor,
Sun Grid Engine, middleware OGSA, OGSI); Utility computing (Amazon
Elastic Clouds, Google Apps, Enomalism, Eucalyptus), system-level
virtualziation technology (Xen, VMWare Virtual Center, standard OVF), edge
computing and cycle-sharing/scavenging (BOINC, OurGrid).
Storage infrastructures: SimpleDB, BigTable, Simple Storage Service, storage
virtualization, cloud storage.
Resource management: scheduling, migration, payment and market models.
Autonomic Computing and Networks: adaptability, self-configuration and
management, fault-tolerance, recovery, self-healing.
Non-functional cross-cutting aspects: scalability, reliability, security, economic
efficiency, energy and environmental sustainability.
Bibliography - The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure, Morgan
Kaufmann, Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman (Editors), 2003.
ISBN-13: 978-1558609334
- Market-Oriented Grid and Utility Computing, Wiley
Rajkumar Buyya, Kris Bubendorfer, 2009.
ISBN-13: 978-0470287682
- Autonomic Computing and Networking, Mieso K. Denko, Laurence Tianruo
Yang, Yan Zhang (Editors), 2009,
ISBN-13: 978-0387898278
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Examination methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-VEE - Virtual Execution Environments
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Virtual Execution Environments
Id IST-VEE
Contact Luis Veiga (luis.veiga@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Introduction to virtualization.
Emulation and hardware virtualization.
High-level architecture of a virtual machine (execution engine, byte-codes,
GC, profiling, JIT).
Virtual Machines (J2ME, .Net CF, J2SE, .Net, Jikes RVM)
Implementation and extension of a virtual machine.
Parallel and distributed virtual machines (PVM, Remoting, Grid)
VEE for Enterprise Computing (J2EE, COM+,MTS, Win Vista).
Virtualization of concurrent hardware (virtual clusters).
Microprocessor support for virtualization.
Understand a vertical approach of the different technologies for virtualization.
These provide to applications greater flexibility, more efficient resource
usage, and improved adaptability.
Attain an integrated perspective of the virtual execution environment as a
synthesis of aspects from computer architecture, operating systems,
programming languages, and distributed systems.
Understand the architecture of a virtual machine and know the internal
mechanisms of the implementation of reference virtual machines. Perform the
extension of a pedagogic virtual machine (e.g., Rotor CLI).
Bibliography Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes. Smith and
Nair. 2005. Morgan Kaufmann
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-MC - Mobile Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Mobile Computing
Id IST-MC
Contact Paulo Ferreira (paulo.ferreira@inesc-id.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes Fundamental challenges and problems of mobile computing (communication,
fault tolerance, availability, acess to remote information, security, adaptability,
location, scalability, etc), applications, architectures and paradigms for mobile
computing, hoarding/staging, replication, consistency, sinchronization,
automatic resource and service discovery, middleware, awareness, security,
mobile code.
Bibliography Mobile Middleware. Paolo Bellavista. 2006.
Auerbach Publishers
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-AICA - Applications and Implementations of Cryptographic
Algorithms
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Applications and Implementations of Cryptographic Algorithms
Id IST-AICA
Contact Carlos Ribeiro (carlos.ribeiro@ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming
Learning outcomes The course starts by establishing the design principles of cryptographic
symmetric algorithms (both block and stream ciphers) and the issues behind
their implementations both in hardware and in software. The students will then
learn the implementation issues of several asymmetric algorithms (RSA, El-
Gamal, EC El-Gamal, etc.), including how to handle operations with big
numbers both in hardware and in software. Several different implementations
with different goals (e.g. performance, minimum resource usage, minimum
ciphertext size) will be studied, both in hardware and in software. The second
section of the course will be the studied of cryptanalysis techniques (e.g.
statistical, differential) and some cryptanalysis historic examples.
The course will also studied standard cryptographic API like the GSSAPI and
their implementation in operating systems (e.g. Windows, MacOS), and
software virtual machines (e.g. Java Virtual Machine, .Net Framework).
Finally the course will focus on common vulnerabilities of cryptographic
algorithms implementations (e.g. race and timing attacks).
Bibliography Applied Cryptography, Bruce Schneier, Wiley & Sons, 1996
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Examination methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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IST-DAT - Database Administration and Tuning
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Database Administration and Tuning
Id IST-DAT
Contact Helena Galhardas (helena.galhardas@tagus.ist.utl.pt)
University IST
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites Distributed Systems, Networks, Programming, Introduction to Databases
Learning outcomes Indexing techniques (B+tree and hash-based)
Data storage system: files of records, RAIDs, etc
Query processing and optimization
Transaction management, concurrency control and recovery management.
Relational database administration: log management, backups, disk
management, failure recovery
Relational database tuning: indexes, database schema, concurrency control,
recovery management, hardware used, and architecture.
Administration and tuning of large volumes of historical data. A possible case
study is datawarehousing.
Students must be able to:
Understand the RDBMS internal mechanisms, namely in what concerns
storage management, indexing, query processing and optimization,
transaction management concurrency control and recovery management.
Understand the tasks involved in database administration
Optimize the information acess in databases that store large amounts of data.
Bibliography Database Systems and Concepts.
Silberchatz, Korth, Saudarshan, 2005.
McGraw-Hill
Teaching methods Theoretical and practical classes.
Assessment methods Exam and project.
Language English.
Total hours Theoretical: 3h /week. Practical: 1.5/ week.
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 2
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KTH-RM - Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications in
Computational Science
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications in Computational
Science
Id KTH-RM
Contact Johan Cantwell
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level non-technical
Prerequisites proficiency in English
Learning outcomes The course provides an introduction to the theory and methodology of science
and is intended for the Master student or beginning PhD student. One aim is
to supply the basic concepts needed for placing the techniques and
knowledge acquired in the student's other courses in the wider context of the
computational sciences. Another aim is to provide the basic intellectual tools
that allow for a reasoned and critical assessment of results and methods from
the wide variety of disciplines that the student is likely to encounter during his
or her continued career in research and/or in professional life. The course is
mainly focused on the general theoretical and methodological issues that arise
in science, with an emphasis on the natural and computational sciences; but
basic theoretical issues, techniques and problems from the social sciences are
also covered to provide the student with a wider outlook. Emphasis is placed
on the fundamental problems common to the computational, social and natural
sciences and on the general strategies, methods and concepts that modern
science has developed to address these problems.
Bibliography --
Teaching methods Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods written report, written assignments
Language English
Total hours seminars: 60 hours
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
254

KTH-DC - Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Advanced Topics in Distributed Computing
Id KTH-DC
Contact Johan Montelius
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Pre-requisites distributed computing
Learning outcomes The course prepares the students for M.Sc projects, and Ph.D. studies in the
area of distributed computing
After the course is completed the student will be able to :
describe several topics of research in the are of distributed computing
read, reflect on and, present research articles in the area of distributed
computing
Bibliography Research articles in the area of Distributed Computing
Teaching methods Seminar sessions, reading assignments, lectures with invited speakers.
Assessment methods Written reflections, oral presentations.
Language English
Total hours Seminars: 40 hours
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
255

KTH-ILDS - Implementation of Scalable Distributed Systems
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Implementation of Scalable Distributed Systems
Id KTH-ILDS
Contact Johan Montelius
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level advanced
Prerequisites distributed computing
Learning outcomes After the course is completed the student will be able to evaluate system
architectures with respect to fault-tolerance, high availability, consistency
requirements and performance implement a scalable distributed system, make
performance studies and identify strength and weakness present a system for
system developers as well as application designers
Bibliography Research articles
Teaching methods Lectures, group assignments,implementation work, presentations, peer review
Assessment methods written report, code review, oral presentation
Language English
Total hours 40h seminar, 100h group work
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
256

KTH-TW - Technical Writing
Mundus Program EMDC
Name of the course Technical Writing
Id KTH-TW
Contact Hans Malmström
University KTH
Regime compulsory
Level non-technical
Prerequisites proficiency in English
Learning outcomes On completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify and critically analyze the most important text types represented in
engineering and academic texts.
- Write short texts based on these text types.
apply the Process Writing method to his/her own writing whereby constructive
criticism from others (peers/teachers) is used to improve texts from first to final
draft
- Summarize texts and integrate them into scientific reports
- Write a short report, adapted to a less specialised reader, on a topic from
his/her own area of specialization
- Write clearly, correctly and concisely in the formal English style that is typical
of engineering or specialized texts from his/her own area
- Formulate his/her ideas in English logically, coherently, precisely and
persuasively.
Bibliography ”Academic Writing”, Björk/Räisänen
course compendium
Teaching methods lectures, assignments, peer review, seminar sessions
Assessment methods written report, written assignments
Language English
Total hours seminars: 80 hours
ECTS 7.5
Grading ECTS
Taught in semester 3
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Annex III: Curriculum of the team leaders and course contacts
KTH.....................................................................................................................................................2
Johan Montelius (Master coodinator and KTH academic coordinator)...............................................2
Rasul Ayani...........................................................................................................................................3
Mats Brorsson.......................................................................................................................................4
John Cantwell.......................................................................................................................................5
Ali Ghodsi............................................................................................................................................6
Seif Haridi............................................................................................................................................7
Hans Malmström..................................................................................................................................8
Mihhail Matskin...................................................................................................................................9
Christian Schulte................................................................................................................................10
Vladimir Vlassov................................................................................................................................11
UPC....................................................................................................................................................12
Leandro Navarro (UPC academic coordinator)..................................................................................13
Alex Ramirez......................................................................................................................................15
Eduard Ayguadé Parra........................................................................................................................17
Felix Freitag........................................................................................................................................19
Jordi Guitart........................................................................................................................................21
Jordi Torres.........................................................................................................................................23
Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas................................................................................................................25
Llorenç Cerdà.....................................................................................................................................27
Manel Medina.....................................................................................................................................29
Maria Luisa Gil Gomez......................................................................................................................31
Jorge Castro........................................................................................................................................33
IST......................................................................................................................................................35
Luis Rodrigues (IST academic coordinator)......................................................................................35
Paulo Ferreira.....................................................................................................................................37
Luís Veiga...........................................................................................................................................39
Carlos Ribeiro.....................................................................................................................................41
José Monteiro.....................................................................................................................................42
Helena Galhardas................................................................................................................................44
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KTH
Johan Montelius
Academic career
Dr Johan Montelius is a lecturer at the School of ICT, KTH – Royal Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden. He worked as a researcher at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science form
1989 to 1998. He received his Ph.D. degree in computing science at Uppsala University in 1997 and
has been at KTH since 2001. Johan Montelius was the coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master
program in Internetworking, a collaboration between KTH, DTU, TKK, NTNU and the University
of Tartu.
Teaching experience
Johan Montelius has a long experience as teaching and is currently enroled in the courses on
distributed systems for the masters program of Software Engineering and Distribution Systems. He
has previously given classes in Internet security, mobile networks and mobile applications. Johan
Montelius is also course responsible for the course Advanced course for software developers, given
to Ericsson.
Recent publications
Johan Montelius and Khayri A. M. Ali. ”An And/Or Parallel Implementation of AKL”, in New
Generation Computing, vol 14, no 1, 1996, Special issue on the Workshop on Parallel Logic
Programming
Johan Montelius and Peter Magnusson. “Using SimICS to evaluate the Penny system”, Proceedings
of International Logic Programming Symposium ILPS'97, October 1997
Johan Montelius and Seif Haridi. “An evaluation of Penny: a system for fine-grain implicit
parallelism”, Second International Symposium on Parallel Symbolic Computation PASCO'97,
July 1997
Johan Montelius, Sverker Janson, Jan Gabrielsson, Anders Danne, Göran Båge and .Mikael
Eriksson, “Intentions and Intelligent Screening in an Agent-based Personal Communication
System”, ECAI'96 IATA workshop
Haruyasu Ueda, Johan Montelius. ”Dynamic Scheduling in an Implicit Parallel System”, in the
Proceedings of the ISCA 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
Systems (K. Yetongnon and S. Haridi eds.) held in Dijon, France, September 26-27, 1996.
Web site reference
http://www.it.kth.se/~johnamon
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Rasul Ayani
Academic career
Dr Rasul Ayani is a Professor in computer science at the School of ICT, KTH - Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He has studied and worked in several countries; received his
academic degrees from University of Technology in Vienna (Austria), University of Stockholm and
the KTH - Royal Institute of Technology. He worked as a visiting scientist at the Loughborough
University of Technology (UK) 1978/79, Lecturer at Tehran University, visiting associate professor
at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) 1991/92, and Visiting Professor at the National University
of Singapore (NUS), Department of Computer Science, 1997-2000.
Teaching experience
Rassul Ayani has many years of teaching experience for graduate and undergraduate programs. He
is currently giving the course on System Modeling and Simulation, a 7.5 credits course offered at
the KTH School of ICT.
Recent publications
Peder Nordvaller, Farshad Moradi and Rassul Ayani, “Simulation Model Composability using
BOMs”, proceedings of the 10th IEEE Distributed Simulation and Real-time Applications (DS-
RT’06), Malaga, Spain, October 2006.
Martin Eklöf and Rassul Ayani, “Evaluation of a Fault-Tolerance Mechanism for HLA-Based
Simulations”, in proceedings of the 20th ACM/IEEE/SCS Workshop on Principles of Advanced
and Distributed Simulation (PADS 2006), Singapore, May 2006.
V. March, Y.M. Teo, H.B. Lim, P. Eriksson and R. Ayani, “Collision Detection and Resolution in
Hierarchical Peer-to-Peer Systems”, Proceedings of 30th IEEE Conference on Local Computer
Networks, IEEE Computer Society Press, Sydney, Australia, November 2005
Simon J. E. Taylor, Stephen J. Turner, Henrik Åhlander and Rassul Ayani, “A Comparison of CMB-
and HLA-Based Approaches to Type I Interoperability Reference Model Problems for COTS-
Based Distributed Simulation”, in SIMULATION (Transactions of the Society for Modeling and
Simulation International), January 2005.
Website reference
www.ict.kth.se/~rassul
260

Mats Brorsson
Academic career:
Dr Mats Brorson is a Professor in Computer Architecture at the School of ICT, KTH - Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He is also the vice dean at the School and responsible
for undergraduate education. Mats Brorsson defended his Ph.D. At Lund University in 1994. He has
since been a visiting professor at Fudan University, and visiting researcher at the University of
Toronto.
Teaching experience
Mats Brorsson has a long experience as a lecturer both at the undergraduate and graduate level. He
was the director of the Master of Science program in Information and Communication Technology
at the School of ICT during 2002 -2008.
Recent publications
S. Karlsson and M. Brorsson. Priority based messaging for software distributed shared memory.
Cluster Computing, 6(2):161-169, Apr 2003.
C. Brunschen and M. Brorsson, OdinMP/CCp – A Portable Implementation of OpenMP for C,
Concurrency: Practice and Experience, 12: 1193-1203, 2000.
M. Nikitovic, T. de Schampeleire, and M. Brorsson, A Study on Periodic Shutdown for Adaptive
CMPs in Handheld Devices, in Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Asia-Pacific Computer Systems
Architecture Conference, 2008.
M. Brorsson and M. Collin, Adaptive and Flexible dictionary code compression for embedded
applications, in Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Compilers, Architecture,
and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES'06).
M. Nikitovic, and M. Brorsson, A Low Power Strategy for Future Mobile Terminals, in DATE’04,
in Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in nEurope-Volume 1, 2004.
Website reference
http://web.it.kth.se/~matsbror/
261

John Cantwell
Academic career
Dr John Cantwell is a associated professor at the Division of Philosophy at the School of
Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
John Cantwell obtained his Doctor degree in Philosophy at Uppsala University in 2000. He bacame
a Docent in Philosophy in 2002. And holds as of 2007 the position as associate professor.
Teaching experience
John Cantwell is giving several courses in the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of
science. He has along experience in introducing and explaining the core of research and science to
engineering students both at a graduate and undergraduate level.
Recent publications
“Reasoning with conditionals”, Synthese, DOI 10.1007/s11229-008-9379-6, 2008.
“Changing the modal context”, Theoria, 74, pp.331-351, 2008.
“The Logic of Conditional Negation”, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, vol. 49, no. 3, 2008.
”Indicative conditionals: Factual or Epistemic?”, Studia Logica, vol. 88, pp. 157-194, 2008.
"Indicative conditionals in the logic of assertion", in Hommage à Wlodek,
http://www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek/, 2007.
Website references
http://www.infra.kth.se/~cantwell/
262

Ali Ghodsi
Academic career
Dr Ali Ghodsi is a associated professor at at the School of ICT, KTH - Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He defended his Ph.D. On the subject of Distributed k-ary
System: Algorithms for Distributed Hash Tables at KTH in January 2007 and has been part of the
faculty since 2008. Ali Ghodsi also holds a research position at SICS.
Teaching experience
Ali Ghodsi has been contributing to several courses at KTH and is today course responsible for the
advanced course in distributed systems.
Recent publications
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi. Dealing with Network Partitions in Structured Overlay
Networks, to appear in Journal of Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
Ali Ghodsi. Multicast and Bulk Lookup in Structured Overlay Networks. to appear in Handbook of
Peer-to-Peer Networking, Springer-Verlag
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi. Managing Network Partitions in Structured P2P
Networks. to appear in Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking, Springer-Verlag
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi. Handling Network Partitions and Mergers in Structured
Overlay Networks, Seventh IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing
(P2P'07), September, 2007, Ireland
Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi, Hakim Weatherspoon. Exploiting the Synergy Between Gossiping and
Structured Overlays, ACM Operating Systems Review (OSR), October 2007
Website reference
http://www.sics.se/~ali/
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Seif Haridi
Academic career
Dr Seif Hairidi is a professor at the School of ICT KTH - - Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Systems, thesis title: Logic
Programming Based on a Natural Deduction System at KTH in 1981. He became a Docent in
Computer Systems, Royal Institute of Technology in 1984. Seif Haridi is also the Chief Scientist of
the Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
The current research is in the areas of self-managing overlays networks, and peer-to-peer
computing. These activities are performed in the following EU projects: scientific coordinator of
FET projects PEPITO and Evergrow , partner in IST projects Selfman and GRID4All..
Teaching experience
Seif Haridi has many years of teaching experience. He is currently responsible for the courses
Distributed Systems Advanced Course and Distributed Computing, Peer-to-Peer and GRIDS.
Recent Publications
Supriya Krishnamurthy, Sameh El-Ansary, Erik Aurell, Seif Haridi: Comparing Maintenance
Strategies for Overlays. PDP 2008: 473-482
Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi, Alexander Reinefeld, Jean-Bernard Stefani, Roland H. C. Yap, Thierry
Coupaye: Self Management for Large-Scale Distributed Systems: An Overview of the
SELFMAN Project. FMCO 2007: 153-178
Tallat M. Shafaat, Ali Ghodsi, Seif Haridi: Handling Network Partitions and Mergers in Structured
Overlay Networks. Peer-to-Peer Computing 2007: 132-139
Jim Dowling, Jan Sacha, Seif Haridi: Improving ICE Service Selection in a P2P System using the
Gradient Topology. SASO 2007: 285-288
Paolo Trunfio, Domenico Talia, H. Papadakis, P. Fragopoulou, Matteo Mordacchini, M. Pennanen,
Konstantin Popov, Vladimir Vlassov, Seif Haridi: Peer-to-Peer resource discovery in Grids:
Models and systems. Future Generation Comp. Syst. 23(7): 864-878 (2007)
Website reference
http://www.sics.se/~seif
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Hans Malmström
Academic career
Dr Hans Malmström received his Ph.D. In in English Linguistics from Lund University in 2008.
The thesis, Accountability and the making of knowledge statements – a study of academic
discourse, considers the notion of speaker accountability as a meta-discourse phenomenon and
discusses how knowledge stating verbs are used by academic writers in different disciplines. I am
currently working at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm where I give courses in
technical English and do research in English vocabulary acquisition on a project funded by the
Swedish Research Council.
Teaching Experience
Hans Malmström has experience from both teh University of Lund and KTH in courses for
technical writing. He is currently giving the courses English Report Writing and Technical English
at KTH
Recent publications
Malmström, H. Knowledge-stating Verbs and Contexts of Accountability in Linguistic and Literary
Academic Discourse. Nordic Journal of English Studies, vol 7, No 3 (2008): Special Issue:
English for Academic Purposes Details
Malmström, H. Accountability and the making of knowledge statements - a study of academic
discourse. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Lund University, 2008.
Paradis, C & Malmström, H. Modelling speech processing: evidence from Swedish blends. The
Department of English: working papers in English linguistics, vol. III, ed. by Gyllstad, H. and F.
Heinat, 2003
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Mihhail Matskin
Academic carrer :
Dr Mihhail Matskin is a professor of Software Engineering at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden where he is the program director of the masters program in Software
Engineering and Distributed Systems. Mihhail Matskin also holds an adjunct professor position at
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Teaching experience
Mihhail Matskin has extensive experience as a course lecturer. His current courses are: Distributed
artificial intelligence and intelligent agents , Programming web services and Modern Methods in
Software Engineering.
Recent publications
Abdul Haseeb, Mihhail Matskin and Peep Kungas. Distributed Discovery and Invocation of Web
Services in Infrastructure-less Dynamic Environments. International Journal of Web Services
Practices (IJWSPa, Volume 3, Issue 3&4, 2009
Nima Dokoohaki, Mihhail Matskin. Effective Design of Trust Ontologies for Improvement in the
Structure of Socio-Semantic Trust Networks. International Journal On Advances in Intelligent
Systems, IARIA, 2008 Vol. 1 / No. 1, (in print).
Küngas, Peep; Matskin, Mihhail. Symbolic Negotiation: Partial Deduction for Linear Logic with
Coalition Formation. Web Intelligence and Agent Systems 2008 ;Volume 6.(2) p. 193-215
Küngas, P. and Matskin, M. (2007). From web services annotation and composition to web services
domain analysis., Int. J. Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp.157.178.
J. Rao, P. Küngas, M. Matskin. Composition of Semantic Web Services using Linear Logi c
Theorem Proving. Information Systems, Special Issue on the Semantic Web and Web Ser vices,
Vol. 31, No. 4-5, pp. 340-360, 2006, Elsevier.
Website reference
http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~misha
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Christian Schulte
Academic career
Dr Christian Schulte is a Associate Professor at the School of ICT, KTH – Royal Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Christian Schulte gained his Dr.-Ing. degree. defending his thesis
on Programming Constraint Services at Universität des Saarlandes in 2000.
Teaching experience
Christian Schulte has an extensive experience as a lecturer and Christian was elected the Teacher of
the year for the KTH civil engineer program in Information Technology in 2003. He is today
responsible for the the courses: Constraint Programming, Applied Programming and, Compilers
and Execution Environments.
Recent publications
Constraint Programming in Sweden, Pierre Flener, Mats Carlsson, Christian Schulte. IEEE
Intelligent Systems, 2009.
Efficient Constraint Propagation Engines, Christian Schulte, Peter J. Stuckey. Transactions on
Programming Languages and Systems, 2008.
Dynamic Analysis of Bounds versus Domain Propagation, Christian Schulte, Peter J. Stuckey.
Twenty Fourth International Conference on Logic Programming, 2008.
Perfect Derived Propagators, Christian Schulte, Guido Tack. Fourteenth International Conference
on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, 2008..
Dynamic Variable Elimination During Propagation Solving, Christian Schulte, Peter J. Stuckey.
Tenth International ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Declarative
Programming, 2008.
Web site reference
http://web.it.kth.se/~cschulte
267

Vladimir Vlassov
Academic career :
Dr Vladimir Vlassov is an Associate Professor at the School of ICT, KTH – Royal Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Teaching experience
Vladimir Vlassov Ihas an extensive experience as course lecturer. He is currently responsible for
course: Concurrent Programming and, Network Programming with Java. He is also contributing to
the Advanced course for software developers, given to Ericsson.
Recent publications
N. De Palma, K. Popov, N. Parlavantzas, P. Brand, and V. Vlassov Tools for Architecture Based
Autonomic Systems, accepted for the 5-th International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous
Systems (ICAS 2009), April 20-25, 2009 - Valencia, Spain
Ruby Krishnaswami, Leandro Navarro, Vladimir Vlassov A Democratic Grid: Collaboration,
Sharing and Computing for Everyone eChallenges, Oct 2008, Volume 1, Stockholm, (2008) in:
Collaboration and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, Paul Cunningham
and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IOS Press, 2008 Amsterdam, ISBN 978-1-58603-924-0
Ahmad Al-Shishtawy, Joel Hoglund, Konstantin Popov, Nikos Parlavantzas, Vladimir Vlassov and
Per Brand Enabling Self-Management of Component Based Distributed Applications In: From
Grids to Service and Pervasive Computing. Proc. of the CoreGRID symposium 2008, Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria, Spain, August 2008. pp. 163-174, CoreGRID Series. Springer.
Yao Guo, Vladimir Vlassov, Raksit Ashok, RichardWeiss, and Csaba Andras Moritz
Synchronization Coherence: A Transparent Hardware Mechanism for Cache Coherence and Fine-
Grained Synchronization, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume 68, Issue 2,
February 2008, Pages 165-181
Web site reference
http://web.it.kth.se/~vladv/
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UPC
269

Leandro Navarro
First name Leandro
Last name Navarro
e-mail leandro@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro
Birth date Marc 17, 1964
Degree Telecom Engineer (1988) and PhD from UPC (1992).
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Generally, I am interested in distributed systems, collaborative systems, scalable
Internet services, Grid and Peer-to-Peer systems, economics based algorithms
and systems applied to grids and peer-to-peer, collaborative learning and
networking.
I am part of the Distributed Systems group that I coordinate as part of the
CNDS group. I have a number of research projects brewing, including:
* P2PGrid:A national integrated project on several aspects of large scale
systems.
* Grid4All:Grid4All aims at enabling domestic users, non-profit organisations
such as schools, and small enterprises, to share their resources and to access
massive Grid resources when needed, envisioning a future in which access to
resources is democratised, readily available, cooperative, and inexpensive.
* SORMA: Development of methods and tools for an efficient market-based
allocation of resources, through a self-organizing resource management system,
using market-driven models supported by extensions for Grid infrastructures.
IST European Project (2006-2009).
* PlanetLab: I am the Principal Investigator (PI) for Planetlab at UPC.
Recent courses taught are:
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Recent
publications
* SD - Distributed Systems - an advanced course (master of research program)
on Distributed Systems with emphasis on issues of scale in distributed systems
and Internet scale systems.
* APDA - Advanced Programming and Distributed Applications: a master's
course of advanced topics on programming distributed applications.
* PXCSO - Projects in Computer Networks and Operating Systems: a hands on,
project based course on servers and networks.
* SODX - Distributed and Networked Operating Systems: a course on advanced
topics and applications of distributed systems.
Xavier Vilajosana, Joan Manuel Marquès, Ruby Krishnaswamy, Angel A. Juan,
Nejla Amara-Hachmi, Leandro Navarro: Bidding Support for Computational
Resources. CISIS 2008: 309-314.
Xavier Vilajosana, Daniel Lázaro, Angel A. Juan, Leandro Navarro: Towards
Decentralized Resource Allocation for Collaborative Peer to Peer Learning.
CISIS 2008: 501-506.
Roc Messeguer, Sergio F. Ochoa, José A. Pino, Leandro Navarro, H. Andrés
Neyem: Communication and coordination patterns to support mobile
collaboration. CSCWD 2008: 565-570.
Ruby Krishnaswamy, Leandro Navarro, René Brunner, Xavier León, Xavier
Vilajosana: Grid4All: Open Market Places for Democratic Grids. GECON
2008: 197-207.
Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro, Joan Manuel Marquès: Improving the
Introduction to a Collaborative Project-Based Course on Computer Network
Applications. ICCS (2) 2008: 669-677.
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Alex Ramirez
First name Alex
Last name Ramirez
email aramirez@ac.upc.edu
Home page http: //people.ac.upc.edu/aramirez
Degree Computer Science Technical Engineering, FIB (UPC), 1995
Computer Science Engineering, FIB (UPC), 1997
Doctor on Engineering, UPC, 2002 (Extraordinary UPC award to the best
PhD in Computer Science)
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Recent
publications
Alex Ramirez is an associated professor at the Computer Architecture
Department of UPC, and manager of the Heterogeneous Architectures research
group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
He has a BSc ('95), MSc ('97) and PhD ('02, awarded the UPC extraordinary
award to the best PhD in computer science) in Computer Science from the
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
He has been a summer student intern with Compaq's WRL in Palo Alto,
California for two consecutive years ('99-'00), and with Intel's 7Microprocessor
Research Laboratory in Santa Clara ('01). He has co-authored over 70 papers in
international refereed conferences and journal in topics ranging from compiler
optimizations, high performance fetch architectures, multi-threaded
architectures, vector and multimedia architectures, and architecture support for
parallel programming models.
He has been teaching since 2000 in operating systems, operating system
administration, and computer architecture. He currently teaches an
undergraduate course on Architecture Conscious Programming, and a masters
course on Tools and Techniques for Computer Architecture Research.
Alejandro Rico, Alex Ramirez, Mateo Valero. "Available Task-level Parallelism
on the Cell BE". Scientific Programming, IOS Press. April 2009.
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Kyle J. Nesbit, Miquel Moreto, Francisco J. Cazorla, Alex Ramirez, Mateo
Valero, and James E. Smith. "Multicore Resource Management". IEEE Micro
Vol. 28(3). Special issue on Interaction of Computer Architecture and Operating
Systems in the Manycore Era, IEEE Computer Society. May 2008.
OliverioJ. Santana, Alex Ramirez and Mateo Valero. "Enlarging Instruction
Streams". IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 56(10), IEEE Computer
Society. October 2007.
Koen de Bosschere, Wayne Luk, Xavier Martorell, Nacho Navarro, Mike
O'Boyle, Dionisios Pnevmatikatos, Alex Ramirez, Pascal Saintrat, Andre
Seznec, Per Stenstrom, Olivier Temam. "High Performance Embedded
Architectures and Compilation Roadmap". Transactions on HiPEAC Vol 1,
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4050, Springer-Verlag. January 2007.
F. Cazorla, P. M.W. Knijnenburg, R. Sakellariou, E. Fernandez, A. Ramirez and
M. Valero. "Predictable Performance in SMT processors: Synergy Between the
OS and SMTs". IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 55(7), IEEE Computer
Society. July 2006.
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Eduard Ayguadé Parra
First name Eduard
Last name Ayguadé Parra
e-mail eduard@ac.upc.edu
Home-page http://people.ac.upc.edu/eduard
Birth date May 15, 1962
Degree Engineering degree in Telecommunications in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree in
Computer Science in 1989, both from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC), Spain.
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Recent
publications
Since 1997, he is full professor of the Computer Architecture Department at
UPC. He is currently associated director for research on Computer Sciences
at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). His research interests
cover the areas of processor microarchitecture, multicore architectures and
programming environments models and their architectural support. He has
published around 200 publications in these topics and participated in
several research projects with other universities and industries, in
framework of the European Union programmes or in direct collaboration with
technology leading companies.
Since 1987 he has been lecturing on computer organization and architecture
and parallel programming models. Currently he is teaching one course on
Parallel Programming Models and Algorithms and one course on Architecture
Conscious Programming.
Ferad Zyulkyarov, Vladimir Gajinov, Osman S. Unsal, Adrián Cristal, Eduard
Ayguadé, Tim Harris, Mateo Valero: Atomic quake: using transactional memory
in an interactive multiplayer game server. PPOPP 2009:25-34
Chinmay Eishan Kulkarni, Osman S. Unsal, Adrián Cristal, Eduard Ayguadé,
Mateo Valero: Turbocharging boosted transactions or: how i learnt to stop
worrying and love longer transactions. PPOPP 2009:307-308
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Xavier Teruel, Priya Unnikrishnan, Xavier Martorell, Eduard Ayguadé, Raúl
Silvera, Guansong Zhang, Ettore Tiotto: OpenMP tasks in IBM XL compilers.
CASCON 2008:16
Jordi Guitart, David Carrera, Vicenç Beltran, Jordi Torres, Eduard Ayguadé:
Dynamic CPU provisioning for self-managed secure web applications in SMP
hosting platforms. Computer Networks (CN) 52(7):1390-1409 (2008)
David Carrera, Malgorzata Steinder, Ian Whalley, Jordi Torres, Eduard
Ayguadé: Managing SLAs of heterogeneous workloads using dynamic
application placement. HPDC 2008:217-218
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Felix Freitag
First name Felix
Last name Freitag
e-mail felix@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/felix
Birth date June 11, 1968
Degree - Electrical Engineering (1993) from Technical University of Munich,
- PhD in Telecomunications (1998) from Technical University of Catalonia
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality German
Birth date June 11, 1968
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
From 1994 -1998 PhD in speech recognition using neural networks. The PhD
included work in the areas of signal processing, feature extraction,
classification, pattern recognition, statistics, neural networks, non-linear
systems. From 1999 research in parallel and distributed systems. The research
include performance evaluation of parallel systems, performance evaluation
tools, resource allocation in distributed applications, multi-disciplinary research
integrating economic approaches in technical systems, resource virtualization,
distributed information systems.
Teaching experience: Since 1999, at the Technical University of Catalonia in
the School for Computer Science (FIB)
Present courses:
DS - Distributed Systems - an advanced course (master of research program) on
Distributed Systems with emphasis on issues of scale in distributed systems and
Internet scale systems.
PXC - Projects in Computer Networks: a hands on, project based course on
application-layer networks and protocols.
Former courses:
AAD - Architecture of Distributed Applications: an introductory graduate
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course on the principles of distributed applications on the Internet.
IC - Introduction to Computers: an introductory undergraduate course on
computer architecture.
Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro, Joan Manuel Marquès: Improving the
Introduction to a Collaborative Project-Based Course on Computer Network
Applications. ICCS 2008:669-677
René Brunner, Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro: Towards the development of a
decentralized market information system: Requirements and architecture.
IPDPS 2008:1-7
René Brunner, Felix Freitag, Leandro Navarro: Uncertainty Management for the
Retrieval of Economic Information from Distributed Markets. SUM 2008:106-
119
Felix Freitag, Pablo Chacin, Isaac Chao, René Brunner, Leandro Navarro, Oscar
Ardaiz: Performance Measuring Framework for Grid Market Middleware.
EPEW 2007:141-153
Liviu Joita, Omer F. Rana, Felix Freitag, Isaac Chao, Pablo Chacin, Leandro
Navarro, Oscar Ardaiz: A catallactic market for data mining services. Future
Generation Comp. Syst. (FGCS) 23(1):146-153 (2007)
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Jordi Guitart
First name Jordi
Last name Guitart
e-mail jguitart@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/jguitart
Birth date 1976
Education Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, 2005.
M.S. degree in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, 1999.
B.S. degree in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, 1997.
Position Collaborator professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research career His current research work focuses on the area of Resource Management
Solutions for Autonomic Computing Systems. He is a member of the High
Performance Computing Group at the Computer Architecture Department
(DAC). He is also an associate researcher at the Autonomic Systems and
eBusiness Platforms research line in the Barcelona Supercomputer Center
(BSC). The line's goal is to understand and to create the core of future largescale
Autonomic Middleware. He is the coordinator of the "Innovative
approaches in resource provisioning for modern distributed computing
environments" working area within this research line. He is involved in a
number of European projects, including BREIN, SORMA and XtreemOS.
Teaching
experience
Recent
publications
He is a full-time collaborator professor at the Computer Architecture
Department of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). He started
teaching in 2003, and has been mainly involved in operating systems related
courses. In particular, taught courses include "Operating Systems",
"Operating Systems Project" and "Distributed and Networked Operating
Systems".
Maximizing Revenue in Grid Markets using an Economically Enhanced
Resource Manager; M. Macías, O. Rana, G. Smith, J. Guitart, and J. Torres
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, September 2008
ISSN: 1532-0634; Impact Factor: 1.154 (SCI 2007)
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Dynamic CPU Provisioning for Self-Managed Secure Web Applications in
SMP Hosting Platforms; J. Guitart, D. Carrera, V. Beltran, J. Torres, and E.
Ayguadé; Computer Networks, Vol. 52 (7), pp. 1390-1409, May 2008; ISSN:
1389-1286; Impact Factor: 0.829 (SCI 2007)
Designing an Overload Control Strategy for Secure e-Commerce
Applications; J. Guitart, D. Carrera, V. Beltran, J. Torres, and E. Ayguadé;
Computer Networks, Vol. 51 (15), pp. 4492-4510, October 2007; ISSN: 1389-
1286; Impact Factor: 0.829 (SCI 2007)
Economically Enhanced Resource Management for Internet Service Utilities
T. Püschel, N. Borissov, M. Macías, D. Neumann, J. Guitart, and J. Torres;
Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 4831, pp. 335-348; ISBN:
978-3-540-76992-7, ISSN: 0302-9743; 8th International Conference on Web
Information Systems Engineering (WISE'07); Nancy, France, December 3-7,
2007
SLA-Driven Semantically-Enhanced Dynamic Resource Allocator for
Virtualized Service Providers; J. Ejarque, M. de Palol, I. Goiri, F. Julià, J.
Guitart, R. Badia, and J. Torres; 4th IEEE International Conference on
eScience (eScience 2008); Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, December 7-12, 2008,
pp. 8-15; ISBN: 978-0-7695-3535-7
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Jordi Torres
First name Jordi
Last name Torres
e-mail torres@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/torres
Birth date May 27, 1964
Degree - Masters degree in Computer Science in 1988 at the TechnicalUniversity of
Catalonia (UPC, Barcelona).
- Ph. D. in Computer Science (UPC, 1993, Best UPC Computer Science Thesis
Award).
Position Full professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
His knowledge background comes from the areas of Computer Architecture,
Operating Systems, Computer Networks and Distributed Applications. His
research activities from the beginning, in 1988, centred on the area of
parallelism in the High Performance Computing Group (HPC) at DAC. One of
his relevant contributions to the HPC group was to extend the applicability of
parallel computation beyond normal HPC applications to new environments and
commercial applications, as well as contributing to the creation (with the
eDragon group) a research community in this new area. Currently this
community within the HPC group has been consolidated with a group of
research doctors, doctorate students and masters students who are working on
these new themes. Currently he is actively working to combine the research
from different research areas such as autonomic computing, parallel and
distributed systems, performance modelling, virtualization, machine learning,
cloud computing, green computing, amongst others, to reasonably stem the
difficulties that this complexity brings in obtaining more sustainable IT.
Current courses:
- Master Course: Execution environment for Distributed Computing
- Graduate Course: System Performance Evaluation
Recent courses:
- Undergradute course: Computer Networks and Applications
- Graduate course: Distributed Application Arquitecture
- PhD Course: Performance Engineering of eBusiness platforms
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publications
R. Nou, S. Kounev and J. Torres. “Autonomic QoS control in enterprise Grid
environments using online simulation“. Journal of Systems and Software 82
(2009) 486-502. ISSN: 0164-1212. 2009.
M. Macías, G. Smith, O. Rana, J. Guitart, and J. Torres. “Enforcing Service
Level Agreements using an Economically Enhanced Resource Manager”
Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems Autonomic Systems
Series, Part I, Chapter 6. Birkhäuser-Springer, February 2009 (To Appear)
ISBN: 978-3-7643-8896-6
David Carrera, Malgorzata Steinder, Ian Whalley, Jordi Torres and Eduard
Ayguadé. “Enabling resource sharing between transactional and batch
workloads using dynamic application placement“. ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9 th
International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2008).
Nicolas Poggi, Toni Moreno, Josep Lluis Berral, Ricard Gavaldà, Jordi
Torres,”Self-Adaptive Utility-Based Web Session Management.” Computer
Networks Journal, 2008. ISSN: 1389-1286.
J. Guitart, D. Carrera, V. Beltran, J. Torres, and E. Ayguadé. “Dynamic CPU
Provisioning for Self-Managed Secure Web Applications in SMP Hosting
Platforms“. Computer Networks , Vol. 52 (7), pp. 1390-1409, May 2008. ISSN:
1389-1286.
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Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas
First name Jose Maria
Last name Barceló-Ordinas
e-mail joseb@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/joseb
Birth date June 25, 1967
Degree Telecom Engineer. (1991) and PhD (1998) from UPC.
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
I joined the CompNet group at the Computer
Architecture Departament in 1993. From that year I have participated in several
European projects such as EXPLOIT, BAF, EXPERT, NETPERF and
MOEBIUS, WIDENS (FP6) and Networks of Excellence (NoE) EuroNGI
(FP6), EuroNFI (FP6) and EuroNF (FP7).
My current areas of interest are Wireless Networks and Ad Hoc Networks with
special emphasis in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSN), Vehicular
Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) and Delay/Disruptive Tolerant Networks (DTN).
However, in past years I researched in Broadband Networks (my PhD was on
ATM traffic control), TCP/IP protocol design, Mobile communications and
Internet Topology (BGP4 and Internet taxonomy).
I have also participated as AIDIT (Agencia de Acreditacion en Investigacion,
Desarrollo e Innovacion Tecnologica) evaluator of Spanish National Projects.
I have been Academic Responsible of Master CANS (Computer Architecture,
Network and Systems) belonging to the department of Computer Architecture at
UPC from May 2005 to July 2007.
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I have also been Academic Responsible of the "Computer Architecture"
Department PhD Program from May 2005 to May 2008.
Courses in which I currently participate:
* RALIAS (Wireless LAN, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks) in Master CANS
(2006-now).
* PIAM (Internet Protocols and Multimedia Applications) in Master CANS, in
master MTI (FIB) and in Computer Science degree (FIB) (2002-now).
Previous courses in which I gave lectures (from 1995 to 2004):
Undergraduate level: ISO: Introduction to Operating Systems (1995-1997),
CBXC: Basic Concepts in Computer Networks (1995-2002), ARISO:
Introduction to Operating Systems Architecture (1999), STD: Data Transport
Services (1998-2002), XC: Computer Networks (2001-2004).
Previous courses in which I gave lectures (from 1999 to 2006):
Doctorate level: Basic Concepts on Computer Networks: an analytical approach
(1998-2005), Mobility on Wireless networks, (1998-2005).
M. Guerrero-Zapata, R. Zilan, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, K. Bicakci, B. Tavli,
“The Future of Security in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: a position
paper”, accepted by the Special Issue “Secure Multimedia Services” in
Telecommunications System Journal (Springer), 2009.
O. Trullols-Cruces, J. Morillo-Pozo, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, J. Garcia-Vidal, “A
Cooperative Vehicular Network Framework”, IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC’09), Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009.
R. Guimaraes, L. Cerdà , J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, J. Garcia-Vidal,M. Voorhaen,
C. Blondia, “Quality of Service through Bandwidth Reservation on Multirate
Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks”, Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 7, Issue
2, pp 388-400, 2009.
J. Morillo-Pozo, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, O. Trullos-Cruces, J. Garcia-Vidal, “A
Cooperative ARQ for Delay-Tolerant Vehicular Networks”, IEEE International
Workshop on Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Mobile Networks (DTMN'08), in
conjunction with ICDCS 2008, Beijing, China, June 20, 2008.
R. Zilan, J. M. Barcelo-Ordinas, B. Tavli, ”Image Recognition Traffic Patterns
for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, Fourth International Workshop on
Wireless and Mobility, Barcelona, Spain, Jan 2008. LNCS Volume 5122/2008.
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Llorenç Cerdà
First name Llorenç
Second name Cerdà Alabern
e-mail llorenc@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/llorenc
Birth date 1967
Degree January 2000 Ph.D., Telecommunications Engeneering
December 1993 Telecommunication Engineering
December 1989 Electrical Technical-Engineering
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Llorenç Cerdà obtained the engineering degree in telecommunications in 1993
from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). He joined the Computer
Architecture Department of UPC in 1994, presented the PhD Thesis entitled
"Traffic Management of the ABR Service Category in ATM Networks" in
January 2000 and currently he is Associate Professor.
His areas of interest include: Wireless LANs, wireless ad-hoc networks, QoS in
wireless ad-hoc networks, wireless mesh networks, TCP/IP, performance
evaluation, queueing networks, C++ programming and simulation of computer
networks.
He has published papers in international conferences and journals. He has
participated in several EU funded research projects (EXPERT, COST-257,
MOEBIUS, WIDENS, COST-279, EuroNGI), research projects in
collaboration with Nokia (TESI), and the startup SouthWing.
PhD Courses: “Mathematical Concepts Applied to Computer Networks”,
“Wireless LANs, Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks”
Postgraduate Courses: “Comparative Network Design”
Undergraduate Courses; “Xarxes de Computadors”, “Computer Networks”.
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Rafael Guimaraes, Llorenç¸ Cerdà, José-M. Barceló-Ordinas, Jorge García-
Vidal, Michael Voorhaen, and Chris Blondia. Quality of service through
bandwidth reservation on multirate ad hoc wireless networks. Ad-hoc
Networks, 7, march 2009. ISSN 1570-8705.
Rafael Paoliello-Guimaraes and Llorenç Cerdà-Alabern. A periodic refreshment
method for resource reservation in mobile ad-hoc networks. In IFIP Wireless
Days. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 24–27, 2008. ISBN 978-1-
4244-2829-8.
Jorge García-Vidal, Maribel March, Llorenc¸ Cerdà, Jesús Corbal, and Mateo
Valero. A DRAM/SRAM Memory Scheme for Fast Packet Buffers. IEEE
Transactions on Computers, 55 (5):588–602, May 2006. ISSN 0018-9340.
Chris Blondia, Olga Casals, Llorenç Cerdà, Nik Van den Wijngaert, and Gert
Willems. Performance Evaluation of Layer 3 Low Latency Handoff
Mechanisms. Mobile Networks and Applications, 9(6):633–645, December
2004. ISSN 1383-469X.
Peter de Cleyn, Nick Van den Wijngaert, Llorenc¸ Cerdà, and Chris Blondia. A
smooth handoff scheme using IEEE 802.11 triggers - design and
implementation. Computer Networks, 45(3): 345–361, June 2004. ISSN 1389-
1286.
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Manel Medina
First name Manel
Last name Medina
e-mail medina@ac.upc.edu
Home page http://people.ac.upc.edu/medina
Birth date March 17, 1964
Degree PhD in Informatics, UPC.
Position Full professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Professor of Computers and Internet Security
Head of esCERT: Spanish Computer Emergency Response Team
Technical manager of DEDICA project: Distributed EDI Certification
Authority.
Member of ICE-TEL project (Telematic Education): Infrastructure for
Certification Authority in Europe.
Member of PITA (Public-key Infrastructure with Time-Stamping Authority)
project, belonging to the Infosec/ETS (European Trusted Services) program.
Recently, focus on the Computer Architecture, Networks and Systems master
courses on:
- Security in Information Technology Systems.
- Computer Security and Secure Distributed Applications.
Recent Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina: The DEDICA Project:
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publications The Solution to the Interoperability Problems between the X.509 and EDIFACT
Public Key Infrastructures. CQRE 1999:242-250
Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina: Bringing Together X.509
and EDIFACT Public Key Infrastructures: The DEDICA Project. ICICS
1999:199-215
Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina: Removing
Interoperability Barriers Between the X.509 and EDIFACT Public Key
Infrastructures: The DEDICA Project. Public Key Cryptography 1999:245-262
Montse Rubia, Juan Carlos Cruellas, Manuel Medina, Isabel Gallego:
Interoperability between the X.509 and EDIFACT Public Key Infrastructures:
The DEDICA Project. DEXA Workshop 1998:661-666
Joao Nuno Ferreira, Alf Hansen, Tomaz Klobucar, Klaus-Peter Kossakowski,
Manuel Medina, Damir Rajnovic, Olaf Schjelderup, Don Stikvoort: CERTs in
Europe. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems (CN) 28(14):1947-1952 (1996)
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Maria Luisa Gil Gomez
First Name Maria Luisa
Last Name Gil
e-mail marisa@ac.upc.edu
Home page http: //people.ac.upc.edu/marisa
Birth date June 22, 1963, Barcelona, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Sex Female
Degree Doctor of Philosophy, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), SPAIN,1994
B.S and M.S. in Computer Science, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
(UPC), SPAIN, 1988
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Research
career
Teaching
experience
Marisa Gil's research is primarily concerned with the design and
implementation of system software for parallel computing. Her work focus
mainly on areas such as resource management in embedded system, OS new
architectures support, middleware design and implementation, runtime code
optimization.
Besides, she promotes and participates in the development of programs and
activities that promote the entry into and retention of women in engineering
programs in Spain.
She is HiPEAC European Network of Excellence member, ACM Computer
Society member, Special Interest on Operating Systems (SIGOPS) member and
IEEE (Senior Member).
Associate Professor, has been at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya since
1988.
* Undergraduate (Faculty of Computer Science, Barcelona): Operating Systems
Project, System Performance Evaluation
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* Graduate (Department Master and Doctoral Program): Operating Systems for
New Computer Architectures, Executing Environments for Parallel Applications
Resources Management.
"CARM: Composable, Adaptive Resource Management System in Ubiquitous
Computing Environments", Roberto Morales, Marisa Gil; III Simposio de
Computación Ubicua e Inteligencia Ambiental (UCAmI'08), Octubre 2008
"Predictive Runtime Code Scheduling for Heterogeneous Architectures", V.
Jimenez, L. Vilanova, I. Gelado, M. Gil, G. Fursin, N. Navarro; HiPEAC
Conference (HiPEAC'09). January, 2009
"Cetra: A trace and analysis framework for the evaluation of Cell BE systems",
Julio M. Merino-Vidal, Lluc Álvarez, Marisa Gil, Nacho Navarro; IEEE
International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software
(ISPASS-2009). April 2.009
Marisa Gil, Ruben Pinilla: Thread coloring: a scheduler proposal from user to
hardware threads. Operating Systems Review 39(2): 54-70 (2005)
René Serral, Marisa Gil: A Linux networking study. Operating Systems Review
38(3): 1-11 (2004)
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Jorge Castro
First name Jorge
Last name Castro
e-mail castro@lsi.upc.edu
Home page: http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~castro/
Birth date December 22, 1962
Degree Graduate in Mathematics. Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, 1986.
Ph.D degree. Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, 2002.
Position Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, UPC.
Nationality Spanish
Gender Male
Research
career
Teaching
experience
His research activity started in the 90´s and it belongs, roughly speaking, to the
Theoretical Computer Science area. Main research topics are listed below in
chronological order:
1. Complexity Theory:
Characterizations of complexity classes involving small circuits having (NP)
oracle gates.
2. Computational Learning Theory.
Query Learning. Universal characterizations on the number of queries needed to
learn.
Query leaning with quantum algorithms: characterization of the query
complexity
3. Machine Learning
Natural Language processing. Analysis of a new type of perceptron algorithm
for partial parsing.
Research on learning distributions: Feasible PAC-learning of probabilistic finite
automata.
Former high school teacher of math.
Since 1990, he has been lecturing programming topics at the Facultad de
Informatica (Universitat Politecnica Catalunya). Currently he is teaching a
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course on Concurrent Programming and a C++ lab for beginners.
Jorge Castro, Ricard Gavaldà: Towards Feasible PAC-Learning of Probabilistic
Deterministic Finite Automata. ICGI 2008: 163-174.
José L. Balcázar, Jorge Castro, David Guijarro, Johannes Köbler, Wolfgang
Lindner: A general dimension for query learning. J. Comput. Syst. Sci. 73(6):
924-940 (2007).
Jorge Castro: How Many Query Superpositions Are Needed to Learn? ALT
2006: 78-92.
Jorge Castro: On the Query Complexity of Quantum Learners Electronic
Colloquium on Computational Complexity (ECCC)(082): (2005).
Jorge Castro, Sergio Celani: Quasi-Modal Lattices. Order 21(2): 107-129
(2004).
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Luis Rodrigues
Personal data: Male, born 1963, Portuguese. Luís Rodrigues graduated
(1986), has a Master (1991) and a PhD (1996) in Electrotechnic and
Computers Engineering, by the Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade
Técnica Lisboa (IST). He obtained the "Agregação" in Informatics (2003) by
the Universidade de Lisboa.
Research/academic career: He is a Professor (Professor Catedrático) at
Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Instituto Superior Técnico,
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. From 1996 to July 2007 he served at the
Departmento de Informática, Faculdade de Ciências (Faculty of Sciences),
Universidade de Lisboa. He initiated his academic career at the
Electrotechnic and Computers Engineering Department of Instituto
Superior Técnico de Lisboa (IST) in 1989. From 1986 to 1996 he was a
member of the Distributed Systems and Industrial Automation Group at
INESC. From 1997-2007, he was a (founding) member of the LASIGE
laboratory at University of Lisbon, first as a member of the Navigators
group and later as the leader of the Distributed Algorithms and Network
Protocols group. He served as Director of the LASIGE in 2004-2005. From
July 2007 he is a member of the Distributed Systems Group at INESC-ID.
His current interests include fault-tolerant distributed systems, group
communication, replicated data management, p2p computing, and mobile
computing. He has more than 100 publications in these areas. He is coauthor
of two books on distributed computing.
Teaching Experience: Since 1996 he has lectured more than 14 different
courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, in the areas of
computer networks, operating systems, distributed systems, middleware,
and fault-tolerance. In 2008/09 he has lectured: Computer Networks
(Undergraduare), Middleware for Distributed Internet Applications, Peer-to-
Peer Systems and Overlay Networks, and Fault-Tolerant Distributed
Systems (MSc/PhD).
Selected Recent Publications:
• Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications. B. Garbinato, H.
Miranda, L. Rodrigues (Editors). Springer, 2009. ISBN: 978-3-540-89706-4
• Rachid Guerraoui and Luís Rodrigues. Introduction to Reliable Distributed
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Programming. Springer, 2006. ISBN: 3-540-28845-7
• On the Use of a Reflective Architecture to Augment Database Management
Systems. N. Carvalho, A. Correia Jr., J. Pereira, L. Rodrigues, R. Oliveira, S.
Guedes. Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol 13, No 8, pp 1110-
1135.
• HyParView: a membership protocol for reliable gossip-based broadcast. J.
Leitão, J. Pereira, and L. Rodrigues. Proceedings of the 37th Annual
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks.
Edinburgh, UK, June, 2007.
• Implementation and analysis of real-time communication protocol
compositions. J. Rodrigues, J. Ventura, A. Campos, L. Rodrigues. Real-Time
Systems Journal, October 2007, (Vol 37, Nb 1) pp 45-76, Springer
Web: http://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/~ler
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Paulo Ferreira
Personal data:
Portuguese
43 years old
PhD in Computer Science from
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Research Career: Paulo Ferreira is associate professor at the Computer and
Information Systems Department at the Technical University of Lisbon (Instituto Superior
Técnico - IST/UTL) Lisboa, Portugal, where he has been teaching classes in the areas of
Distributed Systems, Mobile Computing, Operating Systems, and Internet, both at the undergraduate
and post-graduate levels. In 1996, he received his PhD degree in Computer Science
from Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris-VI). His MsC (1992) and BsEE (1988) are both
from IST/UTL. He is a researcher at INESC since 1986 where he leads the Distributed
Systems Group (www.gsd.inesc-id.pt). He has lead and participated in several research
projects (both national and international). Paulo Ferreira’s research interests are system
support for large-scale distributed data sharing, replication and consistency protocols, mobile
computing, distributed garbage collection, persistence by reachability, operating systems, and
large-scale distributed applications. He is author or co-author of more than 60 peer-reviewed
articles and he has served on the program committees of several international conferences and
workshops in the area of distributed systems.
Teaching experience: Paulo Ferreira has been teaching at the IST 8Technical
University of Lisbon)for more than 15 years. The courses that he has teached are: Platforms
and Applications for Large-Scale Networks, Mobile Computing, Advanced Distributed
Systems, Operating Systems.
5 recent key publications (last 5 years):
• OBIWAN: Design and Implementation of a Middleware Platform. Paulo Ferreira, Luis
Veiga, Carlos Ribeiro. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 14(11),
pp. 1086--1099, Nov. 2003, IEEE.
• Complete Distributed Garbage Collection, An Experience With Rotor. Luis Veiga,
Paulo Ferreira. IEE Software Journal, 150(5), pp. 283--290, Nov. 2003, IEE Software.
• An Efficient and Fault-Tolerant Update Commitment Protocol for Weakly Connected
Replica. João Barreto, Paulo Ferreira. Special issue of the Journal on Concurrency and
Computation, Practice and Experience, Wiley, 2007.
• Vector-Field Consistency for Ad-hoc Gaming (Best Paper Award). Nuno Santos and
Luis Veiga and Paulo Ferreira. ACM/IFIP/Usenix International Middleware
Conference (Middleware 2007), Sep. 2007 , Springer.
• Complete Distributed Garbage Collection using Consistent Cuts and .Net AOP-
Support. Luís Veiga, Paulo Pereira, Paulo Ferreira.IET Software Journal, The
Instituition of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE Software), Vol 1(6),
(doi:10.1049/iet-sen:20070015), Dec. 2007.
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Luís Veiga
Identification and Contact
Name: Luís Manuel Antunes Veiga
Date of Birth: June, 28, 1975 Gender: Male Nationality: Portuguese (E.U.)
Telephone: +351 21 310 0292
Affiliations
- Distributed Systems Group
INESC ID Lisboa, Rua Alves Redol 9, 100-029 Lisboa, Portugal
- Computer Science and Engineering Department
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1000 Lisboa, Portugal
Education Diplomas
Ph.D. Computer Science and Computer Engineering (March 2007)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
M.Sc. Computer Engineering (July 2001)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
B. Sc. (Eng.) Computer Science and Computer Engineering (December
1998)
(5-year degree) Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Research Carreer (summary)
Luís Veiga is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering
Department at IST/UTL. He teaches courses on Middleware for Distributed
Internet Applications and Virtual Execution Environments. He has been a
researcher at INESC-ID with the Distributed Systems Group since 1999. He has
been an active participant in government and industry funded R&D projects such
as Mnemosyne, MobileTrans, OBIWAN, DGC-Rotor, and UbiRep. His research
interests include distributed systems, replication, virtualization technology and
deployment, distributed garbage collection, middleware for mobility support, grid
and peer-to-peer computing. He has authored or coauthored over 30 peerreviewed
scientific communications in workshops, conferences, book chapters,
edited books, and journals since 2000. He has served in international conferences
as member of program committee, proceedings editor (ACM EuroSys 2007, ACM
PPPJ 2007 and 2008, and MobMid Workshop at ACM Middleware 2008) and as
reviewer. He has served terms on CS Department Council and University
Assembly.
Teaching Experience
(Mar 2007-present) Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Department (DEI)
(Mar2002-Mar2007) Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering Department
(DEI)
Courses: Virtual Execution Environments (2007-now), Middleware for Distributed
Internet Applications (2005-now), Operating Systems (1999-2000, 2002-2003,
2006-2007) Computer Architecture (2001-2003).
Recent Publications
- João Silva, Luís Veiga, Paulo Ferreira. Heuristic for resources allocation on
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utility computing infrastructures (selected for Wiley Concurrency and
Computation), ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9th International Middleware Conference
(MGC Workshop), Dec. 2008.
Luís Veiga,
Paulo Pereira, Paulo Ferreira. Complete Distributed Garbage
Collection using DGC-Consistent Cuts and .NET AOP-Support. IET (IEE)
Software Journal, 1(6) Dec. 2007.
- Nuno Santos, Luís Veiga, Paulo Ferreira. Vector-Field Consistency for Ad-hoc
Gaming (Best-Paper Award). ACM/IFIP/Usenix International Middleware
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Conference (Middleware 2007), Nov. 2007.
Luís Veiga,
Paulo Ferreira. Asynchronous Complete Distributed Garbage
Collection. 19th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing
Symposium (IPDPS 2005), April 2005.
- Paulo Ferreira, Luís Veiga, Carlos Ribeiro. OBIWAN - Design and
Implementation of a Middleware Platform. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and
Distributed Systems, 14(11), Nov. 2003.
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Carlos Ribeiro
Carlos Ribeiro is a Portuguese Citizen, born in 1966.
PhD in Computer Security by the Technical University of Lisbon in 2002, with the dissertation
entitled “An access control framework for security policies with complex constraints”.
Msc in Computer Engineering by the Technical University of Lisbon in 1993, with the thesis entitled
“A persistent and stable shared memory manager”.
Graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering by the Technical University of Lisbon in 1989.
Research activities
Member of the distributed systems research group at INESC-ID since 1993 (www.gsd.inesc-
id.pt).
Security adviser for the National Security Office from 1995 to 1998.
Vice-President of the IST computer centre since 2008.
Member of several European research projects in security (UbiSec&Sens - EU FP6 2006-2009; STORK -
EU co-funded project INFSO-ICT-PSP-224993 - 2008-2010; WSN4CIP EU FP7 2009-2011)
• Head of national project on security (Privato – FCT 2008-2010)
Teaching activities
He is Professor at the Computer and Information Systems Department at the Technical University of Lisbon
(Instituto Superior Técnico - IST/UTL), Portugal, where he teaches
Network Security and Computer Security classes, for more than five years.
Responsible for the following courses
2001/2002 - Information Systems Security – Postgraduate Information systems specialization
course
2002/2003 – Operating Systems - Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
2002/2003 – Operating Systems - Degree in Communications Network Engineering
2004-2007 – Security Algorithms and Applications - Degree in Information Systems and
Computer Engineering
2005-2007 – Network Security - Degree in Communications Network Engineering
2007-2009 – Network and Computer Security - Degree in Information Systems and Computer
Engineering
2007-2009 – Network and Computer Security - Degree in Communications Network Engineering
Relevant academic responsibilities
Co-coordinator of the PhD in Information Security of IST, 2006-2009
Co-coordinator of the PhD in Information Systems and Computer Engineering, 2007/2008
5 Relevant publications
Rui Filipe Lopes Joaquim and Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro, CodeVoting: protecting against malicious vote
manipulation at the voters PC, Frontiers of Electronic Voting, Jan. 2008 , Internationales Begegnungs-
und Forschungszentrum für Inf.
Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro and Paulo Ferreira, A policy-oriented language for expressing security
specifications, International Journal of Network Security, 5(3), pp. 299-316, Dec. 2007
Pedro Félix and Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro, A Scalable and Flexible Web Services, SWS 07: Proceedings
of the 4th ACM workshop on Secure web services, Oct. 2007, ACM.
Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro, Robust Sensor Self-Initialization: Whispering to Avoid Intruders,
SECUWARE 2007, The International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems, and
Technologies, Oct. 2007, pp. 101-107 , IEEE Computer Society.
Filipe Bastos de Freitas and Rodrigo Rodrigues and Carlos Nuno da Cruz Ribeiro and Paulo Ferreira and
Luís Rodrigues, Verme: Worm Containment in Peer-to-Peer Overlays, Proc. of the 6th International
Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS'07), Jan. 2007
Web Address
Research group web site: http://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt
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José Monteiro
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 1 st ,
1966. IEEE member.
PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 1996. Master of Science
in Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – Technical University of
Lisbon, Portugal, January 1993. Licenciatura (5 year engineering degree) in
Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – Technical University of Lisbon,
July 1989.
Director of INESC-ID since January 2008. Senior researcher in the ALGOS
group at INESC-ID since September 1996 (http://algos.inesc-id.pt).
Research interests are in the area of Electronic Design Automation,
optimisation algorithms and computer architectures. Co-authored 2 books,
4 book chapters, 11 international journals, including a best-paper award in
the IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, and close to 60 papers in
international conferences. Has served as General-chair of PATMOS 2008,
and Program-chair of PATMOS 2009 and SBCCI 2000, and has been a
member of the technical program committee of DATE, ISLPED, IWLS and
SBCCI. Has coordinated a Work-package in a European project and been
principal investigator in two national (FCT) projects.
Teaching Assistant at IST from March 1989 to July 1992, and at MIT in the
Spring semester of 1995. Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and
Engineering Department at IST from March 1996 to November 2007, and
Associate Professor since then. Has had several coordinator tasks in the
department, namely, Vice-President for Graduate Studies and Coordinator
of the PhD program. Courses taught in the last 3 years: Computer
Architecture, Architectures for Embedded Computing, Wireless Sensor
Networks, Electronic, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Analysis and
Synthesis of Algorithms
Selected publications:
- J. Costa, J. Monteiro, A MILP-based Approach to Path Sensitization of
Embedded Software, IEEE Design, Automation and Test in Europe
(DATE), Nice, France, April 2009.
- L. Aksoy, E. Costa, P. Flores, J. Monteiro, Exact and Approximate
Algorithms for the Optimization of Area and Delay in Multiple Constant
Multiplications, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of
Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 27, issue 27, pp. 1013-1026, June
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2008.
- L. Oliveira, E. Costa, J. Monteiro, J. Martins, S. Bampi, C. Santos, D.
Ferrão, R. Reis, A Comparison of Layout Implementations of Pipelined
and Non-Pipelined Signed Radix-4 Array Multiplier and Modified Booth
Multiplier Architectures, chapter in VLSI-SoC: From Systems to Silicon,
editors R. Reis, A. Osseiran, H.-J. Pfleiderer, Springer, September 2007.
- G. Arroz, J. Monteiro, A. Oliveira, Arquitectura de Computadores: dos
Sistemas Digitais aos Microprocessadores, IST Press, January 2007. (in
Portuguese, course textbook)
- J. Monteiro, R. Patel, V. Tiwari, Power Analysis and Optimization from
Circuit to Register-Transfer Levels, chapter in EDA for IC
Implementation, Circuit Design And Process Technology, editors G.
Martin, L. Lavagno, L. Scheffer, CRC Press, March 2006.
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Helena Galhardas
Personal data: Female, Born 9/10/67 in Lisbon, Portuguese citizenship
Education: 2001 PhD in Informatics from University of Versailles. 1994
M.Sc. in Electrical and Computers Engineering from “Instituto Superior
Técnico” (IST) Technical University of Lisbon. 1990 BsC (5 years) in
Electrical and Computers Engineering from IST - Technical University of
Lisbon.
Research career: Researcher and leader of the Data Management and
Information Retrieval (DMIR) at INESC-ID since 2006. Main research areas
are: data cleaning and transformation, ETL (Extract-Transform-Load)
processes, query optimization, data lineage. From 2001 to 2006,
researcher at the Information Systems Group at INESC-ID. From 1997 to
2001, PhD student at INRIA Rocquencourt, France. From 1991 to 1994,
junior researcher at INESC.
Teaching experience 2001-now Assistant Professor at IST, teaching in
2008/09 (Database Administration and Optimization (2 nd semester),
Decision Support Systems (2 nd semester),
Information Management and Processing (1 st semester)); 1997-2001 On
leave of absence from IST; 1991-96 Teaching Assistant at IST
Recent key publications
• Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira and Helena Galhardas and Antónia
Lopes and João Carlos Serrenho Dias Pereira, One-to-many data
transformations through data mappers, Data & Knowledge
Engineering, 62(3), pp. 483-503, Sep. 2007, Elsevier.
• Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira and Helena Galhardas and João
Carlos Serrenho Dias Pereira and Fernando Martins and Mário J. Silva,
On the performance of one-to-many data transformations, ,
Sep. 2007 , 5th International Workshop on Quality in Databases
(QDB), Viena.
• Alberto Rodrigues da Silva and Helena Galhardas and José Barateiro
and Hugo Matos and Jorge Gonçalves and Eliane Portela, Data
Analysis Features of the GESTBARRAGENS System,
International Conference on Innovative Views of .NET Technologies
(IVNET), Oct. 2006
• José Eduardo Barateiro and Helena Galhardas, A survey of data
quality tools, Datenbank-Spektrum, (14), pp. 15-21, Aug. 2005,
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• Paulo Jorge Fernandes Carreira and Helena Galhardas and João
Carlos Serrenho Dias Pereira and Antónia Lopes, Data Mapper: An
operator for expressing one-to-many data transformations,
International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge
Discovery (DAWAK), Aug. 2005 , pp. 136-145 , Lecture Notes in
Computer Science 3589 Springer 2005
Website reference (of research group): http://dmir.inesc-id.pt
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Ericsson................................................................................................................................................2
Link Consulting....................................................................................................................................3
Nokia-Siemens Networks.....................................................................................................................4
Portugal Telecom Innovation................................................................................................................5
SUN Microsystems...............................................................................................................................6
Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS)....................................................................................7
Telefónica R+D....................................................................................................................................8
BEST....................................................................................................................................................9
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Erasmus Mundus European Master in Distributed Computing”
Recognizing the relevance of distributed computing to the activities of our company/institution/unit, we
express our intent to support the “Erasmus Mundus European Master in Distributed Computing” by
offering suitable research themes for students to perform their thesis in this important area.
Signed at Stockholm
On 2009-04-28
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Anders Caspár
Director Ericsson SW Research
Ericsson AB (OnePhone) +46 10 715 3844
GF Technology & Portfolio Management (Mobile) +46 705 567 567
Torshamnsgatan 21-23
SE-164 80 Stockholm, Sweden, (eMail) anders.caspar@ericsson.com
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LETTER OF INTENT
SICS is willing to participate in the Erasmus Mundus II programme entitled:
“Erasmus Mundus European Master in Distributed Computing”
SICS, Swedish Institute of Computer Science AB (SICS), is a non-profit research organization with
approximately 100 researchers. The main office is situated in Kista outside Stockholm with smaller
offices in Uppsala, Göteborg, and Västerås. The mission of SICS is to contribute to the competitive
strength of industry by conducting advanced research in strategic areas of computer science, and
to actively promote the use of new research ideas and results in industry and in society at large.
SICS collaborates with both large and small companies - in Sweden and internationally.
As such we strongly support the basic ideas behind the “Erasmus Mundus European Master in
Distributed Computing” application, and its focus on excellence. As a research institute we are
confident that engineers in the area of distributed computing will play an important role future computer
based services.
We consider the cooperation described in this Erasmus Mundus programme as an opportunity
to form a platform between industry and academia to continuously discuss the needs of industry
where the final qualifications of engineers are concerned. The cooperation in education and research
will deepen the relationship between our organization and the universities involved in the
programme. As core industrial partner, we will undertake to participate in, among others, the following
actions:
1.Exchange thoughts of innovative and entrepreneurial future energy paths with students
and teachers participating in the Masters programme.
2.Allow core personnel to contribute with learning material to the Masters programme
“Erasmus Mundus European Master in Distributed Computing”.
3.Investigate the possibility for future joint academic-industry research cooperation involving
Masters and PhD students, as well as advanced research laboratories.
4.Investigate the future long term possibility to provide scholarships to the programme.
5.Give guest lectures within the framework of the programme.
6.Propose MSc thesis topics and host and assist students performing these.
7.Actively participate in the MSc programme “Advisory Committee”.
Furthermore, we hope to employ graduating students from the programme in the future.
Kista, April 23, 2009 ………………………
Staffan Truve, CEO
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TELEFONICAI+D, S.A.U
Via Augusta, 177
08021 - Barcelona
Spain
Recognizing the relevance of distributed computing to the activities of our company, we
express our intent to support the "Erasmus Mundus European Master in Distributed
Computing" by offering suitable research themes for students to perform their thesis in this
important area.
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ABOUT BEST
LETTER OF INTENT
BEST, Board of European Students of Technology is a constantly growing
non-profit and non-political organization. Since 1989 we provide
communication, co-operation and exchange possibilities for students all
over Europe. 82 Local BEST Groups (LBGs) in 30 countries are creating a
growing, well-organized, powerful, young and innovative student network.
BEST strives to help European students of technology to become more
internationally minded, by reaching a better understanding of European
cultures and developing capacities to work on an international basis.
Therefore we create opportunities for the students to meet and learn from
each other through our academic and non-academic courses and educational
symposia. "Learning makes the master", but the final goal is a good working
place, therefore we offer services like an international career centre to
broaden the horizons for the choice on the job market.
Our priority is to offer high quality services for students all over Europe.
Thus, we manage to bring all the partners in the "student - company -
university" triangle closer.
SUPPORTING THE EUROPEAN MASTER IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
The consortium applying for the Erasmus Mundus Master, European Master
in Distributed Computing, has asked us for collaboration on summer
courses. The consortium has asked to deliver and possibly fund summer
courses organized by BEST as a strategic marketing tool to reach potential
applicants to the program. The Local BEST Group in Stockholm, Sweden
are very positive to such collaboration and hope to arrange recurring events
both at KTH and with the support of Local BEST Groups in Barcelona and
Lisbon, also at UPC and IST.
It is the hope of the Local BEST Group in Stockholm that a first course
could be arranged during the summer of 2010 targeting students that could
apply for a master program in fall 2011.
For the Local BEST Group Stockholm: Can Yildirim
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ERASMUS MUNDUS MASTER OF
EUROPEAN MASTER IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
This Agreement is entered into between:
CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT
• KTH - the Royal Institute of Technology, officially represented by XYZ and hereinafter
designated by the initials KTH and referred to as the Consortium Coordinator
• Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, officially represented by XYZ and hereinafter designated
by the initials UPC and referred to as Consortium Partner
• Instituto Superior Técnico, officially represented by XYZ and hereinafter designated by the
initials IST and referred to as Consortium Partner
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1. Purpose of the Agreement
The purpose of this Agreement is to agree on the implementation and management of the Erasmus
Mundus Masters Course « European Master in Distributed Computing » governed by the Framework
Agreement « Contract nr » and the Specific Agreement « Contract nr » signed by the European
Commission and the Consortium Coordinator of the « European Master in Distributed Computing »
Consortium.
This Agreement shall specify the respective rights and obligations of the parties with regard to the
running of the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course « European Master in Distributed Computing ». All
parties are subject to the rules and regulations set up by the Commission in the agreements
mentioned above regarding both the responsibilities towards the Commission and towards other
parties to this Agreement.
2. Validity and amendments
This Agreement shall come into force on the day when it has been signed by each of the parties but
shall have retroactive validity as of the same date as the Framework Agreement.
This Agreement is valid only when it harmonises with the meaning of the Framework Agreement and
the Specific Agreement referred to in Article 1 above. The validity of this Agreement expires when the
support from the European Commission is terminated (normally after 5 years).
This Agreement shall be reviewed for every academic year. Amendments to this Agreement shall be
made only by a supplementary Agreement signed on behalf of each of the parties by authorized
representatives.
3. The Consortium Structure
Appointed representatives from each of the parties to this Agreement form the Consortium Committee.
The Consortium Committee shall support the Consortium Coordinator in the management of the
programme. The Consortium Committee shall meet at least twice a year. In addition, at least one
selection meeting is organized annually by the Consortium Coordinator in February.
The Consortium Committee shall undertake to:
• Annually decide on the programme fee, based on national and local legislation and
requirements as announced by each partner institution;
• Review and amend the scholarship conditions, if necessary;
• Annually decide on the distribution of the flat rate among the partners;
• Ensure quality assurance of the programme;
• Agree on the adaptation and update of the joint curriculum in order to meet recent
developments;
• Organize the yearly joint student and scholar selection process.
Concerning selection of the students and scholars the Consortium Committee shall
• Review admission criteria annually and make necessary changes;
• Define student quota for the programme;
• Agree on any changes in the selection procedure and methods;
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• Agree on the allocation of evaluation tasks between partners;
• Select the students and establish the proposed list of scholarships holders to be sent to the
European Commission;
• Decide on the students’ study tracks;
• Select the scholars to be invited and establish the proposed list of scholars to be sent to the
European Commission.
The decisions of the Consortium Committee are taken by simple majority vote. Every partner
institution is required to vote. The voting can be done orally at the meetings of the Consortium
Committee or in writing by email. The representative of a partner institution can be replaced by a
person authorized by the representative. The Consortium Coordinator has the deciding vote in the
case of a tied vote.
1. Obligations of Consortium Coordinator
The Consortium Coordinator manages the administrative, legal and financial matters of the
Consortium and the Masters Course and is responsible for all contacts with the European
Commission.
The Consortium Coordinator shall report to the partners of the Consortium in such a way that these
have full insight into the administrative, legal and financial matters.
The Consortium Coordinator shall undertake to:
• Take all the steps necessary to prepare for, perform and correctly manage the programme set
out in this Agreement and annexes, in accordance with the objectives of the project as set out in
the Framework Agreement;
• Send the partners a copy of the Framework Agreement and its annexes and any other official
document concerning the project;
• Notify and provide the partners with any amendments made to the Framework Agreement;
• Comply with all the provisions of the Framework Agreement thereby fulfilling all obligations
towards the Commission;
• Nominate the Programme Director and the Administrative Coordinator for the programme;
• Nominate at least one representative to the Consortium Committee.
1. Obligations of Partners
The partners are subject to the rules and regulations set up in the Framework Agreement and in the
Specific Agreement as well as to the text in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course Application.
The partners shall undertake to:
• Take all the steps necessary to prepare for, perform and correctly manage the programme set
out in this Agreement and its annexes, in accordance with the objectives of the project as set out
in the Framework Agreement concluded between the European Commission and the
Consortium Coordinator;
• Comply with all the provisions of the Framework Agreement regulating the legal relationship
between the Consortium Coordinator and the Commission;
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• Communicate to the Consortium Coordinator any information or document required by the latter
that is necessary for the management of the project;
• Accept responsibility for all information communicated to the Consortium Coordinator, including
details of costs claimed and, where appropriate, ineligible expenses;
• Nominate at least one representative to the Consortium Committee.
The partners also undertake to:
• Promptly notify to the Consortium Committee any delay in performance or any event that may
impact the joint Masters Course;
• Inform the Consortium Committee of relevant information received from third parties as regards
the joint Masters Course;
• Act at all times in good faith and in a manner that reflects the good name, goodwill and
reputation of the other partners and in accordance with scientific and academic ethics;
• Participate in a cooperative manner at the meetings of the different bodies under this
Consortium Agreement;
• Provide the Consortium Coordinator with any information and documents required for the
preparation of the progress report for Action 1A including any necessary copies of supporting
documents completed and signed by the legal representative each year by the date specified by
the Coordinator;
• The partners shall contribute to the preparation of the final report for Action 1A by the date
specified by the Coordinator.
1. Language of Consortium
The official representatives of the participating institutions and the Consortium Coordinator will
communicate in English. All the documents sent to the European Commission will be written in English
with a copy to the official coordinators of the Consortium.
2. The Programme Structure
Mobility and degrees awarded
For Action 1A of the Erasmus Mundus II Programme, mobility schemes will be organized as described
in the the text in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course Application. The curriculum is a part of the
Specific Agreement signed by the Consortium Coordinator and the European Commission.
The mobility schemes are defined in the following table. The student graduating within the frame of the
« European Master in Distributed Computing » programme will receive the degree diplomas from the
institutions that have hosted the student, according to the mobility scheme and national legislation.
The degree diplomas are national degree diplomas recognised by the country of each host higher
education institution. The list of the degree diplomas is given in the table below:
Semesters Degrees
1-2'nd 3'rd 4'th
UPC KTH UPC UPC KTH
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UPC KTH KTH UPC KTH
IST KTH IST IST KTH
IST KTH KTH IST KTH
Examination and study regulations, use of ECTS and grading of studies
All partner institutions agree to operate along the principle of “mutual recognition” of exam results and
each other’s rules and regulations. Rules for failing and repeating as prescribed in a given institution
apply to students registered in this institution for a given year. Each of the higher education institutions
has the same responsibilities and will maintain equal academic standards in the « European Master in
Distributed Computing » programme as in local masters’ programmes, including lecturing standards,
assessments standards, mentoring, implementation of the courses and quality control.
The Master’s thesis must be written in English and the oral presentation must be English. The jury of
the Master’s thesis has a minimum composition of academic members representing those partner
institutions of the Consortium offering the degree to the student. External experts are recommended.
The oral presentation may be held by video conference.
On the basis of information regarding the students’ results including ECTS grades submitted to the
Coordinator by the representatives of the partner institutions, the Consortium summarizes the results
of all partner institutions and publishes for internal use by the end of the second academic semester of
each academic year:
• The progress, retakes of exams, or inhibition of grants to students;
• The award of degrees to students;
Appeals related to study issues follow the regulations of each institution. The Consortium does not
have the legal mandate to deal with appeals.
Any suggested changes to the curriculum in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course «European Master
in Distributed Computing » must first be approved in writing by the appropriate authorities at the
partner institutions in the Consortium. After such approval is received, minor changes must be
confirmed by the Consortium Committee and major changes must thereafter be submitted for approval
by the Education Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
1. Application procedure for students
Improvements or adjustments of the application and admission procedures may be suggested to the
Consortium a minimum of six months in advance of the next deadline for applications.
The minimum admission requirements to the Masters Course for any applicant are:
• A degree in Computer Science, Informatics or equivalent
• Evidence of English language proficiency (TOEFL 570 - IELTS grade 6.5 or Cambridge Grade
C). Applicants from third country higher education institutions where English is an official
language must submit a language certificate from their home institution.
• A GPA of minimum 75%.
A complete application file must be sent in paper copy to the Consortium technical secretariat before
an agreed deadline. The file contains the following documents, English translations must be certified:
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• Printed and signed copy of the on-line application form;
• Curriculum vitae including details on the academic career at higher education institutions;
• Official and certified transcripts of academic records from previously attended higher education
institution(s);
• A certified copy of the most recent relevant degree;
• Two letters of recommendation from Professors of the most recently attended higher education
institution;
• Letter of motivation;
• Language certificates.
The coordinating institution collects these documents and manages a web site for the on-line
application procedure. The application procedure starts each year in October.
The applications are checked for general and specific prerequisite requirements and ranked by the
Consortium Committee on the basis of the paper file including the requested official documents and
the on-line application form.
The ranking is established with the quality of the academic records as first sorting criterion and other
criteria for ranking will be decided by the Consortium Committee and published well in advance of the
application deadline on the « European Master in Distributed Computing » website.
The ranking made by the Consortium Committee must comply with the rules applicable to the
selection procedure of grantees defined each year by the EACEA of the European Commission for the
main list as well as for the reserve list. The final results have to be ready before the deadline yearly set
by the Education Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency for the applications to an EM scholarship. The
minutes of the selection meeting will circulate for approval to all official participants.
1. Enrolment fees
The enrolment fee for third-country students is set at X000 € for each academic year of the Masters
Course. The enrolment fee for EU students is set at X000 € for each academic year of the Masters
Course. Students pay the same fee to the Consortium regardless of their individual study track within
the Masters Course. The enrolment fee covers the institutional enrolments and the administrative and
academic management of the Masters Course as well as insurance including health care. Students
must cover by themselves other costs such as transports from and to their home country, library,
accommodation, subsistence, etc.
The enrolment fees will be paid by the student to the coordinating institution and the Consortium
Coordinator will transfer agreed institutional enrolment fees to the partner institutions on the basis of
agreed student mobility schemes resulting in a defined number of students per semester. Prior to
distribution of the enrolment fees to the Consortium partners, the Consortium Coordinator will deduct a
specified amount per student in order to cover costs for the insurance scheme for the students. The
insurance scheme will be organized by the Consortium Coordinator.
The fees will be distributed according to the table below.
Hosting institution Fee EU students
per semester
Fee third country
students per
semester
Nr of EU students
per semester
KTH 0 0 10 20
UPC 900 900 5 10
Nr of third country
students per
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IST 3000 6000 5 10
2. Registration and hosting of students
Once the final results of the scholarship applications are published by the EACEA, the students
admitted to the programme will be sent their letters of admission. There will be one main letter of
admission from the Consortium Coordinator, “Confirmation of « European Master in Distributed
Computing» study place, with or without an Erasmus Mundus scholarship”. In this letter the
Consortium Coordinator will indicate where the students will study during the programme based on the
selection decision (study track for the student). In addition, official letters of admission from those
institutions where the students will spend their study periods will be included.
The partners are responsible to provide the Consortium Coordinator with their official letters of
admission by a date to be specified by the Consortium Coordinator.
The student must confirm participation to the programme by returning the “« European Master in
Distributed Computing» study place confirmation” - form within two weeks.
The Consortium Coordinator will also send information about the admitted students to the embassy of
the first host country in the student’s home country in order to initiate the visa and registration
procedures.
Admitted students are registered at the coordinating institution and enrolled under the conditions of the
host partner institutions for the first and second year of the Masters Course.
They also register for the specific courses they take each semester at the institutions.
Students entitled to an Erasmus Mundus scholarship will be issued with a contract that states their
rights and obligations, “Erasmus Mundus student contract with scholarship conditions”. This contract
must be signed by the Coordinator and by the students that are to be awarded the Erasmus Mundus
scholarships, in order to facilitate the administrative and financial relations between the Consortium
and the student. The enrolment fee including coverage for insurance costs will be deducted directly
from the Erasmus Mundus scholarship with the prior consent of the student. The “Erasmus Mundus
student contract with scholarship conditions” must be signed prior to payments. The Erasmus Mundus
scholarships payments will be transferred to a bank account only, and will be administered by the
Consortium Coordinator.
The members of the Consortium undertake to help students with incoming procedures such as finding
housing and ensuring that students will have access to language courses, libraries and to the services
of the respective International Offices.
The partners are responsible to provide updated lists of enrolled students to the Consortium
Coordinator as soon as the registration of students is finalized for each academic year
In the case the student is no longer able to follow the agreed study track in the specified time or a total
drop-out situation occurs, the partners are responsible to notify the Consortium Coordinator
immediately.
The Consortium Committee processes all demands regarding alterations in the specified study track
for an individual student.
3. Technical aspects
The coordinating institution appoints a secretariat for the consortium administration that handles all
administrative questions and practical issues of the « European Master in Distributed Computing »
including processes of application and admission.
The secretariat works under the guidance of the Consortium Coordinator and prepares the financial,
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technical, and academic reports as well as the minutes of the meetings.
The coordinating institution hosts and maintains the web site of the « European Master in Distributed
Computing », compiling information submitted by the members of the Consortium.
The « European Master in Distributed Computing » website publishes information about:
• The application procedure;
• The available grants, curricula, mobility schemes, degrees;
• An overview over mobility related issues;
• Enrolment fees, living expenses.
The partner institutions’ websites must provide a link to the « European Master in Distributed
Computing » website and information about their taught modules in the framework of the « European
Master in Distributed Computing » programme as well as their detailed local regulations regarding
examination. The partner institutions have the responsibility of providing information about the detailed
course programme, time tables, assessment regulations, accommodation and subsistence.
By signing this Agreement the parties agree to use the contributions as is stipulated in the financial
handbook of the Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme as well as in the Framework Agreement and
the Specific Agreement of the Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme set up by the Commission.
1. Quality management
Quality aspects are evaluated through the following criteria:
• Visibility: This criterion is evaluated by compiling statistics concerning the number and the
origin of applicants and the number of questions from applicants. This leads to
o modification of the web site to give more accurate, more relevant and more
accessible information,
o new target groups for marketing purposes.
• Admission procedure: Evaluation of admission criteria coupled with actual study
performance. Adjustments can then be made to the admission criteria.
• Teaching activities: Each year, the students will fill out an inquiry to evaluate the quality of
the courses in the partner institutions. Three items are evaluated:
o The contents,
o The accompanying documents,
o The examination.
• Hosting conditions: Each partner institution will appoint an administrative coordinator to
assist the students with registration, visa procedure, accommodation, social integration in
campus life.
1. Amendments, length, termination and settlement of disputes
The Consortium Committee has the mandate to add amendments to the present Agreement if
necessary after approval of the official bodies of the partner institutions and of the European
Commission. Minor changes or alterations may be implemented by the Consortium Committee
independently of the European Commission but after consultations with and approval from the partner
institutions.
This Consortium Agreement is valid as long as the Framework Agreement « Contract nr » and the
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Specific Agreement « Contract nr » signed by the European Commission and the Consortium
Coordinator of the « European Master in Distributed Computing » Consortium are valid. If a partner
institution breaks the terms of the present Agreement or decides to leave the partnership before the
end date of the Agreement between the Coordinator and the European Commission, the terms and
conditions are stipulated in the Framework Agreement « Contract nr ».
The settlement of any issue or conflict arising from or in connection with the present Agreement must
be attempted by the partners. Due to the international nature of this Agreement, the International
Chamber of Commerce in Geneva will be the legal body that will be chosen if disputes remain
unresolved.
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The official representative of KTH
Name: …………………………………………..
Function: …………………………………………..
Signature: …………………………………………..
Name of the bank:…………………………………………..
Bank account number:………………………………………
Address of the bank:………………………………………….
IBAN number:………………………………………………
BIC/SWIFT code:…………………………………………..
Done at :
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The official representative of UPC
Name: …………………………………………..
Function: …………………………………………..
Signature: …………………………………………..
Name of the bank:…………………………………………..
Bank account number:………………………………………
Address of the bank:………………………………………….
IBAN number:………………………………………………
BIC/SWIFT code:…………………………………………..
Done at :
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The official representative of IST
Name: …………………………………………..
Function: …………………………………………..
Signature: …………………………………………..
Name of the bank:…………………………………………..
Bank account number:………………………………………
Address of the bank:………………………………………….
IBAN number:………………………………………………
BIC/SWIFT code:…………………………………………..
Done at :
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Student Agreement
for the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course
European Master in Distributed
Computing
2009-04-22
KTH Stockholm
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Agreement regarding enrolment in the Erasmus Mundus
Master’s Course European Master in Distributed Computing
Between KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, with registered office at Forum 105, 164 40 Kista,
Sweden, represented by Dr Johan Montelius, who acts as the programme coordinator and
represents the consortium that organises the programme, and
,
with official residence at
the following is agreed upon.
Art. 1. Consortium
The Erasmus Mundus Master’s Course European Master in Distributed Computing, is organised
jointly by KTH, UPC and IST. KTH acts as the coordinating institution of the consortium that is
composed of representatives from all the participating institutions. The academic coordinatorsof
each institute are:
KTH Dr Johan Montelius
UPC Prof Leandro Navarro
IST Prof Luis Rodrigues
Art. 2 Scope
On behalf of the participating consortium partners, is given the permission to
participate in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Course European Master in Distributed Computing,
in accordance with the rights and obligations stipulated below.
Art. 3 Trajectory and specialisation option
The student studies the first year at IST/UPC, where he/she follows a common programme with
the specialisation of the institution. The third semester, the student studies at KTH and follows a
common programm. The student then carry out his/her final degree project with written masters
thesis at either KTH or the institute where the student spent his/her first year.
The following itinerary is stipulated for the student:
Semester 1 and 2:: UPC /IST
Semester 3: KTH
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Semester 4: UPC/IST or KTH
Art. 4 Degree and diploma
The student obtains degrees from the institutions at which he/she has successfully completed a
part of the programme, thereby obtaining dual degrees. When the student has successfully
completed the academic requirements in order to obtain degrees from the degree-issuing
institutions, the student will from the coordinating institution receive a joint certificate and a joint
diploma supplement describing the programme.
Art. 5 Language policy
The language of the programme is English for the duration of the programme. All the partners
will offer the students access to their Language Centres or the equivalence and will encourage the
students to attend extra-curricular language classes.
Art. 6 Registration, tuition fee and associated rights
The student enrols upon acceptance notice issued by the Chairperson of the Steering Committee
on behalf of the Steering Committee who makes the final decisions on admission and selection.
The tuition fee is X000 Euro for non-EU students and X000 Euro for EU students per academic
year.
Apart from the tuition fees, no extra costs will be billed to the student for participating in the
programme itself.
The tuition fee covers the following items:
access to all courses, exercise and laboratory sessions,
the right of attendance to events organised by the program,
examination fees,
a collective accident insurance policy,
subscription to an insurance for civil liability for study related activities,
subscription to a third party liability insurance policy,
affiliation with a health insurance company.
The tuition fee also gives the students the right to the following:
support from the student services of the university, which include: student employment
office, medical and psychotherapeutic centres, student restaurants, student counsellors’
office, student accommodation assistance.
use of the library in accordance with the library regulations of the institution.
use of the information technology infrastructure in accordance with the specific regulations of
the institution.
educational support through any of the learning environments at the consortium universities.
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Art. 7. Common and specific education rules
As a student of the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Course European Master in Distributed
Computing, the consortium’s common rules on Individual Study Programme selection, final
degree project with written masters thesis, examination and pass/fail criteria, diploma and
scholarships apply. These rules can be found on the European Master in Distributed Computing
website.
In the case of matters that are not stipulated in these specific regulations, the specific education
and examination regulations of the institution at which the student is participating in a particular
course apply.
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Art. 8. Organisation of the academic year
:
Art. 9. The awarding of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship and the obligations entailed herewith
The funds, number of scholarships and the way in which they are transferred to the students are
described in general terms on the website.
The student receives a scholarship for the period from until ,
consisting of:
a) Category A scholarships:
- a contribution to travel and installation cost of 8000 Euro
- a basic monthly amount of 1000 Euro/month
- a tuition fee contribution of 8000 Euro/year
b) Category B scholarships:
- a basic monthly amount of 500 Euro/month
- a tuition fee contribution of 4000 Euro/year
The students will receive a scholarship for a maximum of 24 months within 2 years. The category
A scholarships will include 20 monthly instalments of 1000 €, a first lump sum of 4000 € at the
start of each academic year and a second lump sum of 2000 € at the end of each academic year
(in July and August, no instalments will be paid). The category B scholarships will include 20
monthly instalments of 400 €, a first lump sum of 1500 € at the start of each academic year and a
second lump sum of 500 € at the end of each academic year (in July and August, no instalments
will be paid).
The amount that covers the tuition fee will be withheld directly from the scholarship at the
beginning of each academic year.
The scholarship is only awarded after the student has signed this agreement and after the
student’s official enrolment.
The scholarship holder must inform the programme coordinator of every other form of financial
support he/she receives (e.g. other scholarships). The Erasmus Mundus scholarship may not be
combined with additional financial support or scholarship programmes.
Art. 10. The student’s obligations with respect to the programme
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The students must use both the movable and immovable goods of the university with great care
and to act and behave in accordance with the regulations enforced within the university.
The student is expected to participate actively in the education and examination activities. If the
local coordinator for the programme concludes that the student does not satisfy this requirement,
he/she will issue a first warning. In the event that the student continues to refrain from complying
with his/her obligations, he/she will receive a second warning. In the event that the student cannot
provide an acceptable reason of force majeure, he/she will be informed of his/her removal from
the programme no longer than 14 days after the second warning was communicated and payment
of the scholarship will immediately discontinue.
The student’s scholarship can also be discontinued if he/she has not obtained 48 credits at the end
of the first academic year without a valid reason.
The decision on discontinuation is made by the Steering Committee of the programme, after
hearing the student.
In the event that the student prematurely ceases his/her participation in the programme for any
reason other than the above-mentioned reasons, he/she must notify the programme coordinator
immediately.
In all cases of interruption of the scholarship the student is obliged to refund any amount that may
already have been pre-paid to him/her for future periods.
Art. 11. Evaluation of the student
The student is evaluated for each course in accordance with the regulations of the institutions
where the student is studying, except for those cases that are stipulated in the common rules.
Information concerning the passing of the complete programme and the awarding of possible
additional degrees of merit is explained in the specific supplementary regulations, which can be
accessed on the webpage website.
Art. 12. Duration of the agreement
The agreement is valid starting from the …-… academic year, for the normal duration of the
programme (two academic years).
The agreement is subject to examination every semester. If the student fails to provide evidence
of fulfilling the agreement, the scholarship will be withdrawn and the agreement terminated
prematurely according to the stipulations under article 9.
Art. 13. Signatures
This agreement is signed in two originals where each signatory has received one original.
Signed on
Done at
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Prof.
< specify address >
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alance
Cohort 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
numer of students 22 26 30 30 30 34 34
tuition fees 245200 283600 330000 330000 330000 338400 338400
additional income 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 0 0
total income 275200 313600 360000 360000 360000 338400 338400
tuition costs 188800 222400 264000 264000 264000 297600 297600
additional costs 82400 84800 87200 83200 83200 39400 39400
total costs 271200 307200 351200 347200 347200 337000 337000
balance 4000 6400 8800 12800 12800 1400 1400
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Cohort 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
EU students 10 12 12 12 12 14 14
Non-EU students 12 14 18 18 18 20 20
Total number of students 22 26 30 30 30 34 34
tuition waivers EU students 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
tuition waivers non-EU students 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
Planed number of tuition waivers 4 4 4 4 4 0 0
expected number of EU scholarships 7 6 5 4 3 0 0
expected number of non-EU scholarships 10 9 8 7 6 0 0
full paying EU students own funds 1 4 5 6 7 14 14
full paying non-EU students own funds 0 3 8 9 10 20 20
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Cohort 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
tuition fee per EU-student (year) 3800 3800 3800 3800 3800 3800 3800
tuition fee per non-EU student (year) 5800 5800 5800 5800 5800 5800 5800
Lump sum from EU 30000 30000 30000 30000 30000 0 0
tuition fees from EU students 76000 91200 91200 91200 91200 106400 106400
tuition fees from non-EU 139200 162400 208800 208800 208800 232000 232000
Total income to the consortium 245200 283600 330000 330000 330000 338400 338400
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tuition costs
Cohort 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
tuition charged by hosting institution per semester
KTH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UPC 900 900 900 900 900 900 900
IST EU students 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
IST non-EU students 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
tuition costs for student per year
UPC/KTH/UPC 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700
UPC/KTH/KTH 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800
IST/KTH/IST 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500
IST/KTH/KTH 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
non-EU IST/KTH/IST 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000
non-EU IST/KTH/KTH 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000
average tuition cost EU students 3200 3200 3200 3200 3200 3200 3200
average tuition cost non-EU students 5200 5200 5200 5200 5200 5200 5200
total tuition costs 188800 222400 264000 264000 264000 297600 297600
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additional costs
Cohort 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
insurance 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000
admin, travel KTH 24000 24000 24000 24000 24000 5000 5000
admin, travel UPC 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 5000 5000
admin, travel IST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
marketing 8000 8000 8000 4000 4000 0 0
summer and winter events 17200 19600 22000 22000 22000 24400 24400
tuition waivers 19200 19200 19200 19200 19200 0 0
Total additional costs 82400 84800 87200 83200 83200 39400 39400
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Annex VIII - Application, Selection, Admission,
Examination of Students, Scholars
Application:
Applications to the programme are centrally managed by KTH and a joint
electronic application and selection system, which is already in place, will
be used. Each applicant submits an electronic application form via the
system as well as a signed paper application with required annexes to
KTH. General eligibility of all applicants is checked by KTH admissions
office staff. Eligible paper applications are scanned and incorporated into
the joint electronic evaluation forum. All consortium partners have full
access to the documents of each applicant in the system, which allows the
partner universities to preview, download and evaluate the eligible
applications.
Selection:
The Board of the consortium carries out the selection of students to the
programme. The selection process results in a ranking of the applicants.
The first step is to identify students who have passed the general eligibility
check, but are considered to be inadmissible due to other specific selection
criteria. These students are sorted out. The remaining European and non-
European admissible students are ranked separately, from first to last.
Finally, one group of admissible students is classified as selected, and one
group is classified as reserves.
Admission:
The Consortium gives the Consortium Coordinator the task to admit the
selected admissible students (in certain cases conditional acceptance
requiring that they fulfil remaining eligibility conditions (see below)). In the
case of selected admissible students failing eligibility conditions, admissible
reserves are admitted by order of their ranking.
The minimum admission requirements to the Masters Course for any
applicant are:
• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent (must be equivalent to
a Swedish Bachelor Degree or a degree encompassing 180 ECTS,
first cycle).
• Evidence of English language proficiency (suggested minimum level
TOEFL 570 - IELTS grade 6.5 or Cambridge Grade C). Applicants
from third country higher education institutions where English is an
official language must submit a language certificate from their home
institution.
The complete application file must be sent in paper copy to the
Consortium technical secretariat before an agreed deadline (middle of
December for non-EU students applying to an EM scholarship). The file
contains the following documents, English translations must be certified:
• Printed and signed copy of the on line application form;
• Curriculum vitae including details on the academic career at higher
education institutions;
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• Official and certified transcripts of academic records from previously
attended higher education institution(s);
• A certified copy of the most recent relevant degree;
• Two letters of recommendation from Professors of the most recently
attended higher education institution;
• Letter of motivation;
• Language certificates.
Applicants who fulfill the minimum general and specific admission
requirements are evaluated on a scale of 0-4 according to the following
criteria:
Criteria Weight
Language proficiency 2
Quality and recognition of home university 5
Degree: Content of 1st and possibly 2nd university degree 4
Study success 3
Motivation 2
Recommendations 5
Relevant work experience or other activity 2
Publications, including scientific posters etc. 3
Regarding Life Long Learning, experience from industry and relevance of
the scientific topic for the strategy of the consortium can be eligible criteria.
This promotes that contacts and partnerships with industry are a way to
recruit researchers with high level of experience in applied research.
Students selected to the programme on conditional acceptance will have
to be formally granted a permission to pursue their studies after having
provided evidence of fulfillment of remaining eligibility conditions. These
include a limited number of technicalities, such as verification of previous
university degree and other related information that may be unofficial at the
time of application submission.
The ranking made by the Consortium Committee will comply with the rules
applicable to the selection procedure of grantees defined each year by the
EACEA of the European Commission for the main list as well as for the
reserve list. The final results have to be ready before the deadline yearly
set by the Education Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency for the
applications to an EM scholarship. The minutes of the selection meeting will
circulate for approval to all official participants.
Distribution of students between the partner universities:
The Consortium is committed to a balanced distribution of students during
the first and the second year. Students will be able to express their
preferences on where they wish to study and what profile they prefer, and
this will be taken into account as much as feasible, as long as the balance
is maintained. The decision on distribution of students is taken by the
Consortium Committee.
At the end of the first year, student performance is evaluated and compared
to minimum criteria. If students have failed to reach minimum criteria, they
may be denied admission to the second year.
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Decision on admission to the second year is taken by the Consortium
Coordinator.
Examination:
Each institution in the consortium already employs the ECTS credit
system, as a result of the cooperation within the Erasmus/Life Long
Learning programme and adherence and commitment to the Bologna
Process. The proposed Masters Programme fully follows the requirements
specified for ECTS:
• All individual courses and components are defined by credits
including workload and contact hours;
• The total workload is 120 ECTS credits;
• The program is based on a predefined set of learning outcomes;
• Common admission criteria are defined;
• Students are evaluated by commonly used examination tools.
The coursework is examined by graded standard written exam papers
(classroom or take-home), by graded project reports and homework, and by
oral presentations. Timely feed-back from course instructors and advisors
will be provided on all examination work. Issues like independent thinking
and collaborative habits are harder to examine, but feed-back will be
provided by lab-work and classroom discussions.
The height and excellence of the academic competence acquired by the
student is evidenced in the concluding one semester Masters thesis
project, therefore this part of the programme is the responsibility of both the
home and the host university. The project will be an introduction to real
industrial work and/or further research. The thesis project is individual,
independent, and supervised work assigned in a relevant application area.
The subject can be theoretical or applied, with focus on research,
implementation, and/or applications, and the stake-holders can be
academics and/or industrialists.
Application, selection and admission of scholars:
Third country scholars will submit their applications through the same
channel as the students, however not using the web-based application but
a specially designed application form that will be submitted as a paper
copy.
For the scholars the admission criteria are based on qualification and
academic competence.
The selection process of third-country scholars is to be competitive and
managed by the Steering Committee, which takes overall responsibility for
the evaluation and selection process.
Selections are made based on the following criteria:
• The CV of the candidate, which is to be evaluated with regard to his/
her capability to carry out teaching assignments within the Masters
Course, but also with regard to his/her competence in research, as
demonstrated by his/her publications.
• The capability of the candidate’s institution to host students for
research project work, and the relevance of such co-operation with
regard to academic level and recognition of study periods.
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The scholarships will be awarded for a maximum period of three months.
The scholar is obliged to teach at least one course and to contribute to one
of the joint activities.
The contribution of the third-country scholars will be organized in location,
schedule, and duration so as to meet the requirements of the programme
course structure.
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