Folien - Fachgruppe Informatik an der RWTH Aachen

Presentation of 

Courses in 

Computer Science 

Summer Term 2013

Presentation of Courses SS13 

• Overview of all elective courses 

for Bachelor / Master 

• Sorted according to 4 areas of Computer Science 

1. Theoretische Informatik (Theoretical Computer Science) 

2. Software & Kommunikation (Software & Communication) 

3. Daten- & Informationsmgmt. (Data- & Information-Management) 

4. Angewandte Informatik (Applied Computer Science) 

• Transition slides contain key information about 

courses (title, room, time schedule) 

• Labels: 

B 

Bachelor 

M Master

Presentation Rules 

• Each professor gets 2 minutes 

• Slide presentation proceeds automatically 

• Acceleration is possible, slowing down is not 

• Next professor takes over during transition slide 

(which are shown for 15 seconds)

Bereich 1: 

Theoretische Informatik

Bereich 1: Theoretische Informatik 

Theoretische Informatik 

LuFG Informatik 1 

Prof. Dr. Peter Rossmanith 

Parameterized Algorithms (V4 Ü2, 8ECTS) 

V: Mo. 10:00 – 11:30 5055 

Do. 11:30 – 13:00 5055 

Start: 15.04.2013 

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Algorithmen und Komplexität 

Lehrstuhl Informatik 1 

Prof. Dr. Berthold Vöcking, PD Dr. Walter Unger 

Algorithmic Graph Theory (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Do. 10:00 – 11:30 AH I 

Fr. 11:45 – 13:15 AH III 

Start: 11.04.2013 

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Effiziente Algorithmen (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 10:00 – 11:30 AH III 

Fr. 10:00 – 11:30 AH III 

Start: 19.04.2013 

B


Softwaremodellierung und Verifikation 


Prof. Dr. Ir. Joost-Pieter Katoen, PD Dr. Thomas Noll 

Semantik und Verifikation von Software (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Mi. 10:00 – 11:30 AH VI 

Do. 15:00 – 16:30 AH V 

Ü: Mo. 10:00 – 11:30 AH II 

Start: 10.04.2013 

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Programmiersprachen und Verifikation 


Prof. Dr. Jürgen Giesl 

Logic Programming (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Mo. 16:45 – 17:15 AH III 

Fr. 10:00 – 11:30 AH II 

Ü: Mi. 11:45 – 13:15 AH II 

Start: 12.04.2013 

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Imperative Program 

Logic Program 

• program = sequence of 

instructions 

• program = knowledge base 

• specifies what should be 

computed, 

how it is computed 

len([], 0). 

not 

len([HD|TL], N): -len(TL, M), 

N is M + 1. 

?- len([15,70,36], P). 

P = 3 

Advantages 

• shorter and clearer programs 

• fast development 

• especially suitable for AI

Imperative Program 

Logic Program 

• program = sequence of instructions 

class List { 

int hd; List tl; 

int len () 

{ 

List x = this; 

int n = 0; 

while (x != null) { 

• program = knowledge base 

• specifies what should be 

computed, 

not 

how it is computed 

len([], 0). 

len([HD|TL], N): -len(TL, M), 

N is M + 1. 

?- len([15,70,36], P). 

P = 3 

x = x.tl; 

n = n + 1; } 

Advantages 

• shorter and clearer programs 

} 

} 

return n; 

• fast development 

• especially suitable for AI

Logic Programming 

Lecture Mon 15:45 - 17:15 AH 3 Prof. Dr. Jürgen Giesl 

Fri 10:00 - 11:30 AH 2 

Exercise Wed 11:45 - 13:15 AH 2 

Bachelor: Wahlpflicht Theorie V3 + U2 

Master Informatik: Theorie V3 + U2 

Master SSE: Theory (Core Subjects) / V3 + U2 

Area of Specialization 

Begin: Friday, April 12


Theorie Hybrider Systeme 

Nachwuchsgruppe Informatik 2 

Prof. Dr. Erika Ábrahám 

Modellierung und Analyse hybrider Systeme (V3 Ü1, 6 ECTS) 

V/Ü: Di. 13:15 – 15:00 5056 

Fr. 13:25 – 14:45 5056 

Start: 09.04.2013 

B M

Hybrid in computer science : 

discrete 

continuous 

f(t) 

+ 

t

The discrete part

Combined with the continuous part

Contents: 

● Modeling 

● Analysis 

● Applications


Logik und Theorie diskreter Systeme 


Prof. Dr. Martin Grohe, PD Dr. Christof Löding 

Angewandte Automatentheorie (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Mo. 14:15 – 15:45 AH II 

Mi. 09:00 – 09:45 

AH V 

Ü: Mi. 13:30 – 15:00 AH IV 

Start: 10.04.2013 

B 

M 

Theory of Constraint Satisfaction Problems (V2 Ü1, 4 ECTS) 

V: Mo. 09:15 – 10:45 Sem. I7 

Ü: Do. 09:00 – 10:45 Sem. I 

Start: 14.04.2013 

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Prof. Dr. Martin Grohe 

Research areas: 

o Logic in Computer Science 

o Algorithms and Complexity 

o Graph Theory 

o Database Theory 

Office hour: 

Mon 14:00 – 15:00 h 

URL: http://www.automata.rwth-aachen.de




Applied Automata Theory (C. Löding) 

V3 Mon, 14:15 – 15:45, AH II; 

Wed, 09:00 – 09:45, AH V 

Ü2 Wed , 13:30 – 15:00, AH IV 

Begin: Wed, 10th April 2013 09:00 h, AH V 

Keywords: 

• Minimization of automata 

• Weighted automata, probablistic automata 

• Automata and logic 

• Pushdown-systems 

• Undecidable problems in automata theory 

• Petri nets




Theory of Constraint Satisfaction Problems 

Master Course (V2+Ü1) 

o Constraint Satisfaction Problems 

(CSPs) give a general framework 

for modeling computational 

problems 

o Topic of the course are algorithms 

for and the complexity of CSPs. 

o Wide range of methods from 

different areas of theoretical 

computer science and 

mathematics


Mathematische Grundlagen der Informatik 


Prof. Dr. Erich Grädel 

Logik und Spiele (V4 Ü2, 9 ECTS) 

V: Mo. 11:45 – 13:15 AH I 

Fr. 10:00 – 11:30 AH I 

Ü: Mi. 14:15 – 15:45 AH I 

Start: 12.04.2013 

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Research Topics: 

• Logic 

• Game Theory 

• Complexity Theory 

Lectures: 

• Mathematical Logic I and II 

• Logic and Games 

• Algorithmic Model Theory 

More information: 

http://logic.rwth-aachen.de/



(‏Ü2‎ Logic and Games (V4, 

Lecture: Start 12.4. Tutorial: Start 24.4. 

Mon 11:45 – 13:15, AH I Wed 14:15 – 15:45, AH I 

Fri 10:00 – 11:30, AH I 

Content: 

• fundamental aspects of classical game theory 

• finite and infinite games 

• model-checking games 

• determinacy of games 

• complexity and definability of winning regions 

• multi-player games 

More Information: 

http://logic.rwth-aachen.de/Teaching/LS-SS13/

Bereich 2: 

Software und 

Kommunikation

Bereich 2: Software und Kommunikation 

Software Engineering 


Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rumpe, Prof. Dr. Manfred Nagl, Dr. Stefan Kriebel 

Generative Softwareentwicklung (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Block course at the end of semester 

M 

Prozesse und Methoden beim Testen von Software (V1 Ü1, 3 ECTS) 

V: Block course 13.06. – 14.06.2013 

M 

Die Softwaretechnik-Programmiersprache Ada95 (V2, 3 ECTS) 

V: Block course: September or October 2013 

B 

M

Prof. Dr. B. Rumpe 

Lehrstuhl für 


RWTH Aachen 

Seite 31 

offers two lectures 

Identifying… 

methods, concepts, tools and infrastructures for 

• developing software systems better and faster, 

• in order to achieve a high quality product 

• in less time while 

• incorporating constantly changing requirements in an agile way. 

(Mission-Statement) 

• TBA: Generative Software Engineering (3VL + 2Ü, 6 ECTS) 

• (Prof. B. Rumpe) 

• (planned) Block Course at the end of the semester 

• See announcements on the website

Prof. Dr. B. Rumpe 

Lehrstuhl für 


RWTH Aachen 

offers two lectures 

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• Prozesse und Methoden beim Testen von Software (2VL, 3 ECTS) 

• (Dr. Stefan Kriebel, BMW Abteilungsleiter Entwicklung/ 

Elektronik Fahrassistenz) 

• Industrielles Software/Systems Engineering 

• Know-How-Transfer aus der Industrie 

• Certified Tester – Foundation Level 

(iSQI / GermanTestingBoard) möglich 

• Die Softwaretechnik-Programmiersprache Ada95 (3VL + 2Ü, 6ECTS) 

• (Prof. M. Nagl) 

• integrierender Ansatz (funktionsorientiert, Schichtung, 

Datenabstraktion, OO) 

• Qualitätseigenschaften aus der Architektur ablesen 

• weitere Informationen und Termine: 

http://www.se-rwth.de/


Software-Konstruktion 


Prof. Dr. Horst Lichter 

Software-Qualitätssicherung (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Do 11:45 - 13:15 AH I 

Fr 08:15 - 09:45 AH II 

Ü: Do 13:30 - 15:00 5056 

Start: 11.04.2013 

Software-Projektmanagement (V2, 4 ECTS) 

V: Mi 08:15 - 09:45 AH II 

Do 08:15 - 09:45 AH III 

Start: 10.04.2013 

B 

M 

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Software Project Management

Software Project Management 

Earned Value Analysis

Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance


Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme 


Prof. Dr. Klaus Wehrle 

Mobile Internet Technology (V3 Ü1, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 10:00 – 11:30 AH 1 

Do. 11:45 – 13:15 AH 6 

Ü: Di. 11:45 – 13:15 AH 1 (biweekly) 

Start: 09.04.2013 

B M 

Security in the Internet of Things (MSc Inf./SSE/MI) 

Compact course on 7th / 8th & 28th / 29th May 

Exact times announced later 

M

Teaching Agenda at COMSYS 

Advanced 

Internet 

Technology 

BSc 

Wahlpflichtfach 

Research Focus 

Communication 

Class on 

Communication 

Systems 

Concepts 

Systems 

Application-driven 

Mobile Internet 

Technology 

BSc 

Wahlpflichtfach 

Multimedia 

Internet 

Technology 

Winter Term 

Summer Term 

Communication & 

Distributed 

Systems 

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Mobile Internet Technology 

• Content of the lecture (3+1 SWS) 

Basics of wireless communication 

Wireless networking 

Data networks: WiFi 

Telecomm. networks: GSM/UMTS/LTE 

Mobility and Internet protocols 

Mobile IP, HIP 

TCP adaptations 

Lecture: Mobile Internet Technology 

- First lecture on April 9 th 

- Bachelor & Master 


Distributed 

Systems 

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Security in the Internet of Things 

• Content of the lecture (1 SWS) 

Security fundamentals, IoT definition 

Special security techniques: key agreement, broadcast 

authentication, group key management, access control 

Security protocols & security architecture for the IoT 

Sensor 


Distributed 

Systems 

? 

Specialized 

protocols 

? 

Compact course 

Gateway 

Gateway 

? 

Conventional 

IP protocols 

- 7 th / 8 th and 28 th / 29 th May 

- Exact room and times announced later 

? 

- In case of interest, register with L2P to get announced 

Backend/Cloud 

Service 

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Software für eingebettete Systeme 


Prof. Dr. Stefan Kowalewski 

Einführung in eingebettete Systeme (V3 Ü1, 6 ECTS) 

V: Mi. 10:00 – 11:30 AH III 

V+Ü: Do. 13:30 – 15:00 AH III 

Start: 10.04.2013 

B 

M 

Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit softwaregesteuerter Systeme (V3 Ü1, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 15:45 – 17:15 AH III 

V+Ü: Fr. 14:45 – 16:15 AH III 

Start: 12.04.2013 

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i11 – Embedded Software 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kowalewski 

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Course Schedule 

Winter 2013/14 

Dynamische Systeme 

für Informatiker 

Summer 2013 

(Introduction to) 

Embedded Systems 

Safety & Reliability 

Winter 2012/13 

Dynamische Systeme 

für Informatiker 

Summer 2012 

(Introduction to) 

Embedded Systems 

Safety & Reliability 

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(Introduction to) Embedded Systems 

• Language: German 

• Contents: 

- Microcontroller 

- Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) 

- PLC programming languages 

- Android 

- Data buses 

• V3/Ü1, 6 ECTS 

• Appointments: 

- Real-time requirements and operating systems 

- Characteristics of embedded software design 

- Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:30, AH III (2350|314.1) 

- Thursday, 13:30 - 15:00, AH III (2350|314.1) 

• First lecture: 10.04.2013 

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Safety and Reliability of Software-Controlled Systems 

• Language: English 

• Contents: 

- Design and analysis methods for reliability/safety of embedded 

systems 

- Reliability/safety modelling 

- Reliability/safety metrics and analysis 

- Software failure 

- Mechanisms for HW/SW fault tolerance 

- Risk analysis, risk acceptance principles 

- Safety-related standards 

• V3/Ü1, 6 ECTS 

• Appointments: 

- Tuesday, 15:45 - 17:15, AH III (2350|314.1) 

- Friday, 14:45 - 16:15, AH III (2350|314.1) 

• First lecture: 12.04.2013 

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Student Competitions 

Carolo Cup 2014 

IMAV 

• Autonomous model car (1:10) 

• Software and hardware development 

• Autonomous driving / parking 

• Driving around obstacles 

• Requirement: build a complete MAV 

on your own 

• Goal: MAV has to pass different 

missions autonomously 

• RWTH participates with team 

MAVerix 

• Contact: Florian Göbe 

goebe@embedded.rwth-aachen.de 

• Contact: Christian Dernehl 

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dernehl@embedded.rwth-aachen.de

Bereich 3: 

Daten- und 

Informationsmanagement

Bereich 3: Daten- und Informationsmanagement 

Wissensbasierte Systeme 


Prof. Gerhard Lakemeyer, Ph.D. 

Introduction to Knowledge Representation (VÜ3, 6 ECTS) 

V: Mo. 11:45 – 13:15 AH IV 

Mi. 08:15 – 09:45 AH IV 

Ü: Mi. 15:15 – 16:45 AH III 

Start: 15.04.2013 

B M

Research at KBSG 

• Knowledge Representation (KR) 

Representation and Inference, 

especially in dynamic settings 

(actions and their effects) 

• Cognitive Robotics 

High-level control of mobile robots 

using methods from KR 

Applications: E.g. Service robots, logistics

Knowledge Representation 

• Introduces basic methods of knowledge 

representation: 

first-order logic, procedural control, description logics, 

rule-based systems, answer-set programming, default 

reasoning, diagnosis, reasoning about action, planning 

• Prerequisites: mathematical logic. 

• Lectures start April 15.


Frauenhofer Institut für Angewandte 

Informationstechnik (FIT) 

Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Prinz, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rose 

Informationsmanagement für öffentliche Mobilitätsangebote 

V: Blockveranstaltung 19.07 – 15.09 

M 

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (V2 Ü1, 4 ECTS) 

V: Mi. 13:00 – 14:30 Seminarraum I5 

Start: 10.04.2013 

M 

Prozess Management (V2 Ü1, 4 ECTS) 

V: Mi. 10:00 – 11:30 Seminarraum I5 

Ü: Mi. 11:30 – 13:00 Seminarraum I5 (14 tgl.) 

Start: 17.04.2013 

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Informatik 5 

Information Systems & Databases 

Large-Scale Heterogeneous 

Information Integration 

• Games and Social Software 

for Societal Challenges 

• Integration Infrastructures 

• Formal Models & 

Methods for Integration 

Data Sources 

Cooperative 

Cars 

Floating Phone 

Data 

Stationary 

Detection 

Mobile 

Social 

Cloud 

Streams 

Real-Time Multimedia 

Web Services 

DSMS 

Aggregation & Integration 

Data Quality 

Assessment 

User 

Interactive Query 

Interface 

Other 

Data Mining 

Query Translator 

Queue-end 

Detection 

Traffic State 

Estimation 

Traffic 

Message 

Export 

Peer P 2 

Peer P 1 

Peer P 5 

Other consumers 

Historical 

Data 

Spatial 

Data 

Peer P3 

Peer P 4

Fraunhofer Institute for 

Applied Information Technology FIT 

Life Science Informatics (Prof. Dr. T. Berlage) 

– High content analysis and software-intensive instruments 

– Biomolecular optical systems 

– Intra-operative molecular diagnostics 

– Adaptive scanning in automated microscopy 

Cooperation Systems (Prof. W. Prinz, PhD) 

– Computer supported cooperative work 

– Social computing in business communication 

– Personalized and collaborative learning environments 

– Mixed and augmented reality solutions 

Media Informatics / Media Processes (Prof. Dr. T. Rose) 

– IT support for emergency management 

– Impact assessment of financial legislation 

– Sustainable financial information management

Process Management 

(V2/Ü1, Rose) 

Master 

Lecture: Wednesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 (start: April 17) 

Exercises: Wednesdays, 11:30 – 13:00 (bi-weekly, start: April 24) 

Room 6202 (seminar room Informatik 5) 

• Process management requirements, 

concepts and approaches 

• Process planning tools, execution 

support and exchange standards 

• Customisation concepts 

• Ad-hoc and emergent workflows

Computer Supported 

Cooperative Work (CSCW) 

(V2/Ü1, Prinz) 

Master 

Lecture: Wednesdays, 13:00 – 14:30 (Seminar room I5, start: April 10) 

Topics 

• Video Conferencing & Media Spaces 

• Synchronous Cooperation & Shared Applications 

• Shared Information Spaces & Document Management 

• Workflow Management 

• Social Media 

You will learn 

• Approaches to support human cooperation 

• Concepts for the design and development of cooperation 

systems 

• Application of Groupware in Organisations

Lectures @ B-IT 

• Process Management (Rose) 

Mondays, 9.30-12.30 

• Semiotics and Embodied Cognition in the 

Digital Age (Evola/Jarke) 

Wednesdays, 17.00-19.15 

• Information Management for Public 

Mobility Systems (Krempels/Jarke) 

Block lecture during summer break


Datenmanagement und -exploration 


Prof. Dr. Thomas Seidl 

Data Mining Algorithms II (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 13:30 – 15:00 AH VI 

: Do. 13:30 – 14:15 AH VI 

Ü: D0. 14:15 – 15:45 AH VI 

Start: 11.04.2013 

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winter summer winter 

• Data Mining Algorithms I (V3Ü2) 

– How to turn 'just data' into knowledge? 

– How to do market basket analysis, frequent pattern mining, …? 

• Data Mining Algorithms II (V3Ü2) 

– How to find patterns in multivariate observations? 

• Mining high-dimensional data: subspace clustering, outlier detection 

– How to identify groups in social networks? 

• Graph mining, network data analysis 

– How to find patterns in evolving data streams? 

• Stream data mining: anytime classification, clustering, concept drift detection 

– Lectures Tue 13:30–15:00 + Thu 13:30–14:15, Tutorials Thu 14:15–15:45 

• Content-Based Multimedia Search (V3Ü2) 

– How to model similarity of images, shapes, time series? 

– How to speed up multimedia retrieval?


Computerunterstütztes Lernen 


Prof. Dr. Ulrik Schroeder 

eLearning (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 15:00 – 16:30 5056 

: Do. 10:00 – 11:30 5056 

Start: 16.04.2013 

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Bereich 4: 

Angewandte Informatik

Bereich 4: Angewandte Informatik 

Sprachverarbeitung und Mustererkennung 


Prof. Dr. Hermann Ney 

No elective courses in SS 13


Computergrafik und Multimedia 


Prof. Dr. Leif Kobbelt 

Globale Beleuchtung und Image-based Rendering (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 10:00 – 11:30 AH V 

Fr. 10:00 – 11:30 AH V (14-tgl.) 

Ü: Do. 14:00 – 15:30 AH IV 

Start: 16.04.2013 

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Geometrieverarbeitung (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Do. 10:00 – 11:30 AH V 

Fr. 10:00 – 11:30 AH V (14-tgl.) 

Ü: Mi. 10:00 – 11:30 5054 

Start: 14.04.2013 

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Computer Graphics 

• what is it good for? 

• which problem is being solved? 

Computer Graphics Group 

Leif Kobbelt





Leif Kobbelt





Leif Kobbelt





Leif Kobbelt

Courses Offered in SS2012 

• Geometry Processing (V3Ü2) 

• Global Illumination (V3Ü2) 


Leif Kobbelt





Leif Kobbelt

Smoothing Noisy Data 


Leif Kobbelt

Reducing Data Complexity 

50.000 Triangles 




Leif Kobbelt

Parametrization 


Leif Kobbelt

Quad-Remeshing 


Leif Kobbelt





Leif Kobbelt

Global Illumination 

• photorealistic rendering of virtual scenes 

• reflection, scattering, soft shadows, ... 

• the rendering equation 


Leif Kobbelt

Global Illumination 


Leif Kobbelt


Leif Kobbelt

Image-Based Rendering 


Leif Kobbelt





Leif Kobbelt


Mobile Multimedia Processing 


Prof. Dr. Bastian Leibe 

Sabbatical term 

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Medieninformatik 


Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers 

Designing Interactive Systems II (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS ) 

V: Mo 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 2222 

Mi 09:00 - 12:00 Raum 2222 

Start: 10.04.2013 

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Current Topics in Media Computing and HCI (V2 Ü3, 6 ECTS) 

V/Ü: Di 10:00 - 11:30 Raum 2222 

Mi 13:00 - 14:30 Raum 2222 

Start: 09.04.2013 

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media 

computing 

group 

i10: Media Computing and 

Human–Computer Interaction 

Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers 

Summer Semester 2013

WS 

WS 

Lecture: Designing Interactive Systems I 

Number SWS: V4 + Ü2 OR V4 + Ü1 = ECTS Credits: 8 OR 6 

Lecture: iPhone Application Programming 

ECTS Credits: 3 for the lecture, 6 for the lecture and the lab 

WS Lab: Multimodal Media Madness 

WS Seminar: Post-Desktop User Interfaces 

Lecture: Designing Interactive Systems II 

Start: 

SS 

10.04.2013 

V3Ü2 / 6 Credits 

Lecture: Current Topics in HCI 

Start: 

SS 09.04.2013 

Prof. Jan Borchers • Summer Semester 2013 

V3Ü2 / 6 Credits 

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media 

computing 

group

Designing 

Interactive 

Systems II 


93 

media 

computing 

group

Current Topics 

in HCI 


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media 

computing 

group

Projects 


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media 

computing 

group


Software and Tools for Computational Engineering 


Prof. Dr. Uwe Naumann 

Kombinatorische Probleme im Wissenschaftlichen Rechnen (V2 Ü2, 4 ECTS) 

V: Di. 13:30 – 15:00 5052 

Ü: Mi. 13:00 – 14:30 5052 

Start: 09.04.2013 

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Combinatorial Problems in Scientific Computing 

Image Credit: Tim Davis / Yifan Hu 

• V2 / Ü2, M. Sc. 

• Tue, 13:30 - 15:00 2356|052 (5052) (Lecture) 

• Wed, 13:00 - 14:30 2356|052 (5052) (Tutorial)

Combinatorial Problems in Scientific Computing 

Image Credit: Tim Davis / Yifan Hu 

• Matrix Dimension 50k x 50k 

• 350k Nonzeros 

• → only 0.1% of entries filled 

• Sparsity can and must be exploited!

Matrix Representation: 

Graph Coloring Problems 

Column Incidence Graph:


Virtual Reality Group 

Prof. Dr. Torsten Kuhlen 

No elective courses in SS 13


Lehrstuhl für High Performance Computing 

Informatik 12 

Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller 

Einführung in High-Performance Computing (V3 Ü1, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 11:45 – 13:15 MeT P 11 

Do. 11:45 – 12:30 MeT P 11 

Ü Do. 12:30 – 13:15 MeT P 11 

Start: 09.04.2013 

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller 

Chair of High Performance Computing 

(Informatik 12) 

Center for Computing and Communication 

(Rechen und Kommunikationszentrum) 

mueller@rz.rwth-aachen.de

Chair of HPC - Informatik 12 

• Head: Prof. Matthias Müller 

• Website: www.hpc.rwth-aachen.de 

• Research Focuses: 

Parallel Programming Paradigms 

Energy Efficiency 

Correctness Checking 

Performance Analysis 

• Teaching Events: 

Lecture: Introduction to High Performance Computing 

Software Lab for Bachelor Students: 

“Parallel Programming Models for Applications in the Area of HPC” 

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Chair of High Performance Computing (Informatik 12) 

Prof. Matthias Müller | Rechen- und Kommunikationszentrum

Introduction to HPC - Scope 

• Parallel Computer Architectures 

• Program Parallelization and Optimization Strategies 

• Shared Memory Parallel Programming with OpenMP 

• Distributed Memory Parallel Programming with MPI 

• GPGPU Programming 

Image source: Dieter Both, Bull GmbH 

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Introduction to HPC – Organization 

• Computational Engineering 

Computer Science 

Engineering 

Software Systems Engineering 

• 3 hours of lecture / 1 hour exercises 

Tuesday + Thursday 11:45 – 13:15 in MeT P 11 

• Credits 

BSCES, BSInf, MSETITTI, MSInf, MSSSE, MSTKI: 6 ECTS 

MSCES, MSVT: 4 ECTS 

• Prerequisites: 

Basic programming knowledge in C/C++ or FORTRAN on Linux 

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Automation and High Performance Computing 


Prof. Paolo Bientinesi, Ph.D. 

High-performance matrix computations Automatic (V3 Ü1, 6 ECTS) 

V: Di. 17:00 – 18:30 AICES Sem. Raum 

Do. 17:00 – 18:30 AICES Sem. Raum 

Start: 09.04.2013 

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Lehrstuhl Parallele Programmierung 

Prof. Dr. Felix Wolf 

Parallele Programmierung II (V3 Ü2, 6 ECTS) 

V: Mo. 13:15 – 14:45 GRS 

Mi. 10:00 – 11:30 GRS 

Ü: Do. 10:00 – 11:30 GRS 

Start: 15.04.2013 

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Lehrstuhl Parallele Programmierung 

Prof. Dr. Felix Wolf

Research 

• Solutions to harness 

massive parallelism on 

modern architectures 

Schinkelstraße 2a 

IBM Blue Gene/Q in Jülich

Teaching – Master 

Parallel Programming II (V3 / Ü2) 

• Focus 

– Applications in science and engineering 

• Syllabus 

– POSIX threads 

– GPU programming 

– Advanced MPI 

– Partitioned global address space 

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