Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students learn the essential novel methods of the selected topic of automation, control or robotics in the discussion sessions, and how it is applied by doing homeworks.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 02.09.2024 - 31.07.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Arto Visala, Joni Pajarinen, Quan Zhou, Tomasz Kucner, Valeriy Vyatkin, Ville Kyrki

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    A doctoral-level seminar course.  Changing content. The professor decides the actual topic of automation, control or robotics. A good novel textbook or suitable conference proceedings is/are selected. The seminar sessions are organized and schedule decided.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Evaluation of presentations and  discussion activity (66%) and submitted homeworks (34%).

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    In seminar sessions, every participant in turn explains or gives presentation about  the subtopic  and gives homework  to others and evaluates those.  Other participants should read beforehand the material about that  subtopic so that difficult things can  be discussed through so that all understand.   Learning by doing via homeworks.  It is a learning together.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - Summer
    2025-2026 Autumn I - Summer