Transfer rules for admission to ECSEL
The goal of ECSEL
is to promote a wide and
integrated interdisciplinary
research activity. In
order to make this possible
all graduate students
belonging to ECSEL are
expected to have the foundational
knowledge relevant to
Computer Science and Systems
Engineering. The common
foundation can also be
seen as prerequisite knowledge
that will help the students
participate in the Project-Oriented
Study (POS) and
to take research-oriented
courses in any of ECSEL's
thematic research areas.
Project-Oriented Studies
are intended to help the
graduate students carry
out an interdisciplinary
research training with
high industrial relevance.
The requirements for
the foundations for ECSEL
students is defined terms of three course
packages belonging to
the following disciplinary
areas:
- Modeling of physical systems
- Software technologies
- Theory of computing
For each area there is a
description of the required
knowledge together with
the equivalent requirements.
The foundational knowledge
can be compared to the qualifying
exams that are common in
U.S. universities.
Another common platform
for ECSEL's graduate students
is the Project-Oriented
Studies (POS). During
the first semester of
each academic year, one
of the five thematic
areas
will be hosting a project-oriented
study. Each project group
in POS will consist of
participants from all
thematic areas. All graduate
students are expected
to participate at least one POS.
Admission to ECSEL
Applications for admission
to ECSEL should include
a study
plan and time
plan. The application
form is electronically
available.
If you need general information
about ECSEL and/or the
application procedure,
contact us.
Study plan
When applying for a position
as graduate student in ECSEL
you are expected to enclose
a study plan together with
your application. In the
study plan the applicant
gives an account for:
- the already acquired
knowledge compared to
ECSEL's foundational
requirements (see "Standard
Transfer Rules for Foundational
Courses" below),
- the courses that
are intended to take
in order to acquire
the foundations, and
- the project-oriented
study that you intend
to undertake (see "Standard
Transfer Rules for Foundational
Courses" below). ECSEL
will then review the
application and makes
a decision on the required
foundations.
Time plan
ECSEL graduate students
are expected to participate
in required foundational
courses and one project-oriented
study "earliest possible".
For this reason you are
expected to make a time
plan for the order and the
time for taking the required
foundational courses and
the project-oriented study.
The time plan is especially
useful for students who
have a background from disciplines
other than computer science
and systems engineering.
If you plan to cover
a foundational course
by self studies, you are
expected to pass a corresponding
exam for the foundational
course. In this case please
indicate, in your time
plan, when you will be
taking the corresponding
exam.
Crossing rules /Transfer
rules (Övergångsregler)
ECSEL will consider more
flexible crossing rules
for the applicants who have
already approached a Licentiate
degree. If you regard yourself
as such, please prepare
a position statement of
your work in addition to
describing the PhD courses
you have passed and the
research project(s) you
have participated in. Remember,
however, that you are still
required to fill in your
study plan as described
above.
Standard Transfer Rules
for Foundational Courses
Following there are some
guidelines followed by
some standards (stereotypes)
that will help applicants
in accounting for their
foundational knowledge.
Guidelines
In order to help ECSEL evaluate
your application, please
note the following:
- Knowledge acquired
from any of the following
sources can be accounted
for: undergraduate courses,
graduate courses, courses
taught, or another way.
- For the equivalent
foundational knowledge
it is important to give
a precise mention of
the courses you are
referring to.
- If you have acquired
the foundational knowledge
from a combination of
courses and/or other
sources, it is important
that you give a precise
description of your
equivalent knowledge
in terms of courses,
literature, etc.
- Within the area of
software technology,
indicate your choice
of the two courses out
of the three possible.
- In the case where
you intend to take a
foundational course,
please indicate it explicitly.
- If you plan to take
a course which covers
the foundational requirements
for another course,
please indicate this
in your study plan.
The same request applies
if you intend to acquire
the foundational knowledge
in an area by teaching
a course.
- If you have taken
a course which is the
predecessor of the standard
cases presented below,
indicate the course
name.
Standards (Stereotypes)
Modeling of physical systems
This course is intended for ECSEL graduate students from the C-program (but not for those from Y, D, M). The course will be organized to be of interest also to a wider public.
Any of the following courses gives equivalent knowledge:
- Modellbygge och Simulering (TSRT62)
- Reglerteknik (TSRT12 or equivalent)
- Object Oriented Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems with Modelica
(doktorandkursen)
Software Technologies
The foundations in software
technologies will be obtained
by covering two of the three
courses below, or having
equivalent knowledge:
Fundamentals of
Modern Database Systems
Any of the two courses
below cover the foundationals
in this area:
- Course TDDB 38, "Database
Technology" given for
C2, C3, and D4.
- Course TDDA 03, "Databases",
given for I4 and M4.
Principles of Programming
Languages and Environments
Students from C and D
programs with a compiler
course do not need this
course. The same is valid
for Ypv with TDDB 25 and
TDDA 28.
Principles of Knowledge
Representation
This course is covered
by (and more than covered
by) the course TDDA16,
"Representation of Knowledge
in AI", which is given
for C4, together with
its prerequisites.
Also, students having
taken either of the following
undergraduate course combinations
(which means all D, C,
and DX graduates) can
obtain approval for the
present course requirement
by joining the last part
of the course:
- Course TATM 90, "Discrete
Mathematics and Logic"
and TDDA13, "Artificial
Intelligence D" (given
for D3, DX3).
- Course TDDB 90, "Discrete
Mathematics and Logic"
and TDDA58, "Artificial
Intelligence C".
Selected Notions in
the Theory of Computing
The course has a modular
structure. For each module
we specify undergraduate
courses at LiU which cover/substantially
overlap with its material.
The Ph.D. students who passed
one of the specified courses
(or equivalent courses at
other universities) should
not take the module.
Module 1. Abstract Automata
and Formal Languages.
TDDA89, "Formal Languages
and Automata Theory",
for C1, D3, DX3.
Module 2. Petri Nets
and the Modeling of Systems.
(Not covered by any undergraduate
course at present).
Module 3 and 4. Algorithms,
Computability, Tractability
TDDA32, "Design and Analysis
of Algorithms", for C4,
D4, D5; or
TDDB45, "Computability
and Complexity Theory",
for C3, C4, or
TTIT33 Tema3 Algorithms and optimization for IT2
Equivalent Project-Oriented Study (POS)
New projects within the frame of a POS
ECSEL encourages the supervisors/student
to propose alternative projects
that will fit in the frame
of thematic areas. The proposed
project must promote the
goals of the corresponding
POS, e.g. group work, interdisciplinary
cooperation with students
from other thematic areas,
industry relevance, general
knowledge of the thematic
area for the corresponding
POS, and in-depth knowledge
in one's own thematic area.
The professor in charge
of the corresponding POS
will make a review of the
proposed project and if
she/he finds the project
relevant it is added to
the list of projects.
Projects with industrial
or academic partners
At most one POS can be substituted
by another project in cooperation
with industry or an academic
partner in a discipline
outside ECSEL. The project
still should promote the
general goals of project-oriented
studies, such as the interdisciplinary
breadth in the research
and training.
If you are going to work
(or you have already worked)
in a project that you
believe can fit as a substitute
for a POS, send an application
to ECSEL with:
- a description of
the project
- how/why you find
the project be a suitable
substitute for a given
POS. ECSEL will then
make a decision about
your application.
ECSEL will then make a decision
about your application.
Please note that this
application can be sent
to ECSEL only after you
are registered as an ECSEL
student, in other words,
after your agreement for
study and time plan has
been approved by ECSEL.
For more information contact:
Nahid
Shahmehri, e-mail: nahsh@ida.liu.se
work phone +46 (13) 28 20
66, fax: +46 (13) 28 26
66
Department
of Computer and Information
Science
University
of Linköping, S-581
83 Linköping, Sweden
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