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Courses in Academic Year 2010-2011
These are the courses offered in the current academic year (for the couses of the previous academic year see 2009-2010).

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NEW - Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering (BSc 270)

1st Year - Support Courses	Lecturer
1st Semester - Compulsory attendance if you have not passed the Maths Test
Mathematic Prerequisite (= Maths Support Course)	Federica Andreano
1st year - Compulsory attendance if you have not passed the Language Test
German Prerequisite Course / Italian Prerequisite Course	Johanna Michalski (DE) Marco Cagol (IT)

1st Year - Compulsory Courses	Lecturer
yearlong Courses (1st and 2nd semester)
Analysis	Ricardo Alberto Marques Pereira
1st Semester
English	Sandra Campisi (Group A) Jo Malcolm (Group B)
Introduction to Management Engineering	Cinzia Colapinto
Introduction to Programming	Paolo Massa
2nd Semester
Architecture of Digital Systems	Leonardo Gasparini
Data Structures and Algorithms	Roberto Sebastiani
Programming Project	Barbara Russo

Bachelor in Applied Computer Science (BSc 509)

2nd Year - Compulsory Courses	Lecturer
1st Semester
Distributed Systems	Werner Nutt
Formal Languages	Diego Calvanese
German 2 / Italian 2	Felicita Bettoni Marchesi (GE) Sandra Montali (IT)
Introduction to Databases	Werner Nutt
Logic	Rosella Gennari
Probability Theory and Statistics	Mario Fedrizzi
Software Engineering	Etiel Petrinja
2nd Semester
Business Administration	Matteo Zappulla
Compiler	Alessandro Artale
Database Management Systems	Johann Gamper
Internet Technologies	Francesco Ricci
Mathematical Methods for Physics	Leonardo Colletti
Programming Paradigms	Werner Wild
Software Engineering Project	Alberto Sillitti

3rd Year - Compulsory Courses	Lecturer
1st Semester
Business Information Systems	Gabriella Dodero
Free choice: Lecture or Internship	--
Stream Courses 12 CP (see below)	--
2nd Semester
Ethics	Ralf Lüfter
Presentation and Communication (General Skills)	Mario Klarer
Project Management (General Skills)	Werner Wild
Team Work Management (General Skills)	Franco Tallero
Technology Assessment (General Skills)	Michael Haller
Stream Courses 4 CP (see below)	--
Internship and B.Sc. Final Report	--

Master in Computer Science (MSc) - DM 270

1st Year - Compulsory Courses Compulsory courses are different for each Curriculum (see below)	Lecturer
1st Semester
Advanced Internet Technologies	Giancarlo Succi
Data Warehousing and Data Mining	Mouna Kacimi El Hassani and Johann Gamper
Infrastructures for Open Service Oriented Architectures	Francesco di Cerbo
Open Tools and Technologies for IT Management	Andrea Janes
Requirements and Design of Software Systems	Gabriella Dodero and Andrea Janes
Research Methods	Jürg Nievergelt
Semantic Web Technologies	Mariano Rodriguez-Muro and Giuseppe Pirrò
Software Process Management	Alberto Sillitti
Technical and Scientific Communication	Cinzia Colapinto
Theories and Techniques of Optimization	Davide La Torre
Theory of Computing	Diego Calvanese
2nd Semester
Computational Logic	Sergio Tessaris
Computer Networks	Gabriella Dodero
Conceptual Modelling for Information Systems	Stefano Tinella
Database Management and Tuning	Nikolaus Augsten
Functional and Logic Programming Languages	Alessandro Cimatti
Information Search and Retrieval	Francesco Ricci
Knowledge Representation and Ontologies	Diego Calvanese and Luciano Serafini
Optional Courses (see below)	--

2nd Year - Compulsory Courses Compulsory courses are different for each Curriculum (see below)	Lecturer
1st Semester
Advanced Algorithms	Jürg Nievergelt
Computational Linguistics	Raffaella Bernardi
Internship	--
Laboratory in Statistics	Enrico Di Bella
Seminar in Human-Machine Interaction	Antonella De Angeli
XML Data Management	Christian Mair
Optional Courses (see below)	--
Free choice	--
2nd Semester
Thesis	--

For the distribution of compulsory courses in Curricula see

“General Computer Science”
“Information and Data Technologies for Web Systems”
“Semantic Web”
“Software Engineering”
“Management and Technologies of Information Systems”

Optional Courses (MSc DM 270) / Stream Courses (BSc and MSc "Old" DM 509)

Optional Courses - Stream Courses	Lecturer
1st Semester
Advanced Algorithms	Jürg Nievergelt
Advanced Internet Technologies	Giancarlo Succi
Computational Linguistics	Raffaella Bernardi
Digital Libraries	Vittore Casarosa
Infrastructures for Open Service Oriented Architectures	Francesco di Cerbo
Internet and Mobile Services	Francesco Ricci
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	Stefano Borgo
Introduction to Linguistics	Emanuele Pianta
Open Tools and Technologies for IT Management	Andrea Janes
Requirements and Design of Software Systems	Gabriella Dodero and Andrea Janes
Semantic Web Technologies	Mariano Rodriguez-Muro and Giuseppe Pirrò
Seminar in Databases	Johann Gamper
Software Metrics (BSc only)	Barbara Russo
Theories and Techniques of Optimization	Davide La Torre
XML Data Management	Christian Mair
2nd Semester
Advanced Web Systems	Adriano Venturini
Conceptual Modelling for Information Systems	Stefano Tinella
Computational Logic	Sergio Tessaris
Computer Networks	Gabriella Dodero
Database Management and Tuning	Nikolaus Augsten
~~Distributed Databases~~	CANCELLED
Formal Methods	Alessandro Artale
Empirical Software Measurements	Pekka Abrahamsson
Functional and Logic Programming Languages	Alessandro Cimatti
Information Integration	Werner Nutt
Information Search and Retrieval	Francesco Ricci
Knowledge Representation and Ontologies	Diego Calvanese and Luciano Serafini
Machine Learning: Algorithms and Applications	Diego Sona
Non-classical Logics	Alessandro Mosca
Open Source Software Engineering	Etiel Petrinja
Software Reliability and Testing	Sandro Morasca
Text Processing	Bernardo Magnini