Courses
From algorithmic computing to autonomic computing
Advanced seminar (SS 17) - Organisation
News
- 03.07.2017 Slides for second seminar day online.
- 06.06.2017 Slides for first seminar day online.
- 24.03.2017 Enrollment via JExam opened
About the Seminar/Ressources
The advanced seminar (deutsch: Hauptseminar) will be given in English by Prof. Frank J. Furrer and will take place in room APB/2101.
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Context
In algorithmic computing, the program follows a predefined set of rules the algorithm. The analyst/designer of the program analyzes the intended tasks of the program, defines the rules for its expected behaviour and programs the implementation. The creators of algorithmic software must therefore foresee, identify and implement all possible cases for its behaviour in the future application!
However, what if the problem is not fully defined? Or the environment is uncertain? What if situations are too complex to be predicted? Or the environment is changing dynamically? In many such cases algorithmic computing fails.
In such situations, the software needs an additional degree of freedom: Autonomy! Autonomy allows software to adapt to partially defined problems, to uncertain or dynamically changing environments and to situations that are too complex to be predicted. As more and more applications such as autonomous cars and planes, adaptive power grid management, survivable networks, and many more fall into this category, a gradual switch from algorithmic computing to autonomic computing takes place.
Autonomic computing has become an important software engineering discipline with a rich literature, an active research community, and a growing number of applications.
Seminar Work
In this Hauptseminar the participants will understand and work with the concepts and architecture of autonomic computing and investigate a number of interesting cyber-physical systems based on the autonomic architecture.
Seminar language is English. Three seminar days will be held and 3 ECTS credits are awarded for the successful participation. Audience is limited to 7 participants. Please register in advance.
Seminar days are:
- Kick-Off Meeting (Introduction): Wednesday, April 19, 2017 / 11:10 12:40
- Seminar Day 1: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 / 09:20 10:50 & 11:10 12:40
- Seminar Day 2: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 / 09:20 10:50 & 11:10 12:40
Allowances
The course can be used for the modules as specified by the department: here. Students with other exam regulations can attend the course, but cannot do the exam.