Department of Computational Perception

Seminar in Computational Engineering

General information

Eligibility: Bachelor Seminar Computer Science as well as Master Seminar Computer Science with major subject Computational Engineering.

Seminar objectives: Improving knowledge and skills in

• literature research,
• independent development of a topic that is novel to the student,
  
• presentation of results (delivering a written report and giving an oral presentation), and
• critical assessment of scientific work (reviewing reports by others).
  

Language: English (final presentation can be held in German if necessary)

Specific content and activities to be performed

1. Choose your favorite topic from a list (quite comprehensive, provided by course supervisor) of topics selected from the Department's areas of research (at start of semester)
   
   
2. Find and study relevant literature (6-8 papers), compile annotated bibliography (about 10 lines per paper; approx. 6 weeks time)
   
   
3. Deliver written seminar report (about 12 pages, until mid-term)
   
   
4. Review a colleague's report (optional; depending on number of participants)
   
   
5. Deliver oral seminar presentation (about 20 minutes, end of semester)