The course aims at providing students with some basic knowledge and skills to build models of their own. This includes a certain 'literacy' of models as well as the ability to express real-world problems in a formal way, such that solutions can be obtained via mathematical algorithms. In other words: This is a course about looking at problems from the right angle, such that established mathematical tools can help us in finding solutions.
In more detail, the course will introduce the following topics:
From this range, students can select one or multiple topics for their own model.
In all topics, examples and applications will guide the seminar to make the topics as intuitive as possible. Note that the breadth of the topic and the limited scope of the seminar make it impossible to go too deep into any topic. Instead, the seminar will provide pointers for further reading or other courses here in Bielefeld to get a more in-depth picture of the topics introduced.
Formally, this is a 3 CP course as part of the 'Ergänzungsmodul Informatik' 39-Inf-EGMI. However, the course is open to members of all faculties. The course will be entirely in English.
Prior knowledge is not strictly required. However, mathematical models are the topic of this seminar. Therefore, it is recommended to have some prior exposition to university grade math.
The following literature list covers many of the topics in the seminar, but in greater detail. Note that it is not required to read these books for the seminar.
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39-Inf-EGMI Ergänzungsmodul Informatik | vertiefendes Seminar 1 | unbenotete Prüfungsleistung
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vertiefendes Seminar 2 | unbenotete Prüfungsleistung
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vertiefendes Seminar 3 | unbenotete Prüfungsleistung
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vertiefendes Seminar 4 | unbenotete Prüfungsleistung
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Die verbindlichen Modulbeschreibungen enthalten weitere Informationen, auch zu den "Leistungen" und ihren Anforderungen. Sind mehrere "Leistungsformen" möglich, entscheiden die jeweiligen Lehrenden darüber.
In the seminar, participants have the task to build a model of their own. They can choose method and topic of their model freely. Participants are encouraged to work in groups of two or three. To get course credit, the model needs to be presented in a 5-10 page paper as well as a 30 minute oral presentation (both in English) at the end of the seminar.
Zu dieser Veranstaltung existiert ein Lernraum im E-Learning System. Lehrende können dort Materialien zu dieser Lehrveranstaltung bereitstellen: