CT Assignments & Labs

There are two assignments to do during the course, with lab sessions for troubleshooting in the preparation of your solutions, but no lesson sessions to discuss solutions. Each assignment is worth 10 assignment points, which are only valid this academic year.

Assignments are to be done in teams of at most two students, and assignment solutions are to be submitted electronically via the course manager server.

Assignment 1: lab on Mon 15 Sep from 13:15 to 15:00 in ITC 1515D; hard deadline on Fri 19 Sep 2008 at 18:00

Assignment 2: lab on Mon 06 Oct from 13:15 to 15:00 in ITC 1515D; hard deadline on Fri 10 Oct 2008 at 18:00

PhD students can skip these assignments (but are highly encouraged to try them nevertheless) if they do a sufficiently sophisticated project (see below).

CT Project

There is a mandatory project to do by the end of the course, the project topic being chosen from a provided portfolio of topics. The project is worth 20 project points, which are only valid this academic year.

The project is to be done individually, and the project report is to be submitted electronically via the course manager server.

Project Portfolio: no lab; hard deadline on Fri 24 Oct 2008 at 18:00

PhD students can replace this project by a more sophisticated project (possibly in connection with their PhD research) in order to be relieved of the assignment and exam duties: contact Pierre Flener.

Deadlines

The assignment and project deadlines are hard, except in cases of force majeure, where you must notify Pierre Flener, ideally in advance.

Credits & Exam Bonus & Expected Effort

The two assignments and the project are worth 3 higher-education credits (ECTS credits):

Pass, if you get at least 12 project points and your sum of assignment points and project points is at least 22

Fail, otherwise

Furthermore, as an incentive, every assignment point beyond a total of 16 (of 20) translates into 5 bonus points (of 100) for the exam, but they are only valid this academic year!

Note that the whole course is worth 7.5 higher-education credits (ECTS credits), which translates into an expected 200 hours of work on this course for the average student, including attending the scheduled events (totalling about 35 hours, including the exam), reading and understanding the material, and preparing your assignment & project solutions.

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