Seminar

Code:

EIC0080

Acronym:

SEM

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~arestivo/page/disciplina.php?id=2
Responsible unit:	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEIC	40	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	6	6	-
MIEIC	32	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course has multiple aims:

-Present to the students applications, systems and real computer situations in companies or institutions in order to call their attention to concrete difficulties and problems.

-Present to the students non-technical perspectives related to their future professional performance and make them aware of the additional necessary knowledge.

-Provide the students with the opportunity to hear presentations of teachers and individuals of recognized merit.

Program

Consult the seminars list on the FEUP’s e-learning portal: http://elearning.fe.up.pt (it is necessary to pre-register)

Complementary Bibliography

1. Apresentações e materiais das apresentações convidadas.
2. Exemplos de artigos científicos (disponíveis no portal).
3. Revistas científicas (e.g. Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer, Harvard Business Review)
4. Revistas e Jornais Semanários (Expresso, Independente, Visão, Exame, Ideias e Negócios, ...).

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching of this course is based on presentations of invited experts.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	56,00
Escrita de um artigo científico	Trabalho escrito	106,00		2006-12-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

1.Attendance on Seminars: CER = Continuous Evaluation results
NS = Number of seminars
NPS = Number of presences in seminars
CER = (NPS/NS)*13

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The evaluation will be similar to the ordinary students’ one.