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General Course Program - Modules at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB)

Module	ECTS Credits	Person in Charge
Basic Modules
Advanced Logics	8	Enrico Franconi
Foundations	12	Diego Calvanese
Integrated Logic Systems	8	Sergio Tessaris
Logic and Constraint Programming	12	Rosella Gennari
Advanced Modules
Advanced Databases	8/12/16	Andrea Calì
Interdisciplinary Computer Science	8/12/16	Enrico Franconi
Language and Communication Technologies	8/12/16	Raffaella Bernardi
Semantic Web	8/12/16	Sergio Tessaris

Description of the Advanced Modules

Advanced modules at FUB are covered with courses related to traditional research interests at the faculty: databases and knowledge representation,semantic web, computational linguistics. There is also an interdisciplinary advanced module in which the student is presented to advanced topics in Computer Science, in connection with possible applications of logic tools and techniques.

Interdisciplinary Computer Science

In this module the student is presented to advanced topics in Computer Science, in connection with possible applications of logic tools and techniques. This 12 ECTS advanced module is comprised of 3 courses of 4 ECTS each. All these courses will be active from the academic year 2004/2005.

Advanced Statistics (4 credits)
Advanced Algorithms (4 credits)
Computer Networks (4 credits)
Advanced Operating Environments (4 credits)
other courses

Person in charge: Enrico Franconi

Language and Communication Technologies

Keywords: grammar formalisms, computer lexicography, information retrieval, mathematical methods and logic, linguistics

This module provides extended knowledge of the modern formal language and grammar theories and the methodology and techniques of language description, as well as the ability to implement them in Computational Linguistics. The students also get insight into the motivation and rationale of programming methods of Language and Communication Technologies, relevant data types, grammars and abstract machines.

This 12 ECTS advanced module is comprised of 3 courses of 4 ECTS each. This module is offered in collaboration with ITC-irst, the Centre for Scientific and Technological Research of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy, that is one of the most active and international renown centers for Language and Communisation Technology. The following courses will be activated in the academic year 2004/2005; other courses will be activated in the following academic year.

Computational Linguistics (4 credits)
Introduction to linguistics (4 credits)
Digital Libraries (4 credits)
Human Computer Interaction (4 credits)
Intelligent Interfaces (4 credits)
Text Processing (4 credits)

Person in charge: Raffaella Bernardi

Semantic Web

Keywords: www, internet, database management, ontologies, information systems, information retrieval, artificial intelligence

This module provides an introduction to the ideas and technologies underlying the proposals and projects grouped under the rubric of the Semantic Web. "The Semantic Web is an extension of the current web in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation." (Tim Berners-Lee), and will investigate the series of technologies in use and under development to achieve this vision, as well as sample applications of these technologies. Topics like the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standardsas the Extensible Markup Language (XML), the Resource Description Framework (RDF), the OWL Web Ontology Language, are examined by reading and discussing existing specifications and cutting-edge research papers.

This 12 ECTS advanced module is comprised of 3 courses of 4 ECTS each. The following courses will be activated in the academic year 2004/2005;other courses will be activated in the following academic year.

Sub-module Core Technologies for the Semantic Web (4/8/12/16 credits total)

Semantic Web technologies (4 credits)
Knowledge representation (4 credits)
Knowledge Bases and Databases (4 credits)
XML and Semistructured Databases (4 credits)
Internet Technologies II (4 credits)
Distributed Databases (4 credits)
Digital Libraries (4 credits)

Sub-module Formal Methods for Artificial Intelligence (4/8/12/16 credits total)

Knowledge representation (4 credits)
Knowledge Bases and Databases (4 credits)
Non-classical Logics (4 credits) (only if not already done)
Semantic Web technologies (4 credits)
Computational Linguistics (4 credits)
XML and Semistructured Databases (4 credits)
Foundations of databases (4 credits) (only if not already done)

Person in charge: Sergio Tessaris

Advanced Databases

Keywords: query processing and optimisation, distributed databases, object-oriented and object-relational databases

This module aims to provide students with a detailed theoretical and practical knowledge of how advanced database management systems (DBMS) areimplemented, how efficient applications are designed and implemented to work on DBMS, and how DBMS may be linked to form distributed database systems.

This 12 ECTS advanced module is comprised of 3 courses of 4 ECTS each. The following courses will be activated in the academic year 2004/2005; other courses will be activated in the following academic year.

Digital Libraries (4 credits)
XML and Semistructured Databases (4 credits)
Foundations of databases (4 credits) (only if not already done)
Knowledge representation (4 credits)
Knowledge Bases and Databases (4 credits)
Data Warehousing and Data Mining (8 credits)
Distributed Databases (4 credits)
Temporal and Spatial Databases (4 credits)

Person in charge: Andrea Calì

For further information, see the pages of the Master in Computer Science (Laurea Specialistica) as well as the local modules web page or contact the local coordinators using the email address .