Seminar: Current Topics in Dependable Systems
ANNOUNCEMENT:
27.3.2025--> Registration for the seminar for the summer semester of 2025 has started; a limited number of students can participate, so register as soon as possible.
The design and implementation of highly dependable systems must match complex requirements. This seminar is about current techniques and systems that help to fulfill the dependability requirements. During the seminar, students should individually research a current topic in dependable systems and present it to the class.
The seminar will introduce you to research paper writing. Therefore, we organize it like a mini-conference with a hand-in submission, a paper review process, and a full-day workshop.
Organization
| Schedule and Location | On site, see the table below |
| People | Moderator: Christof Fetzer, Pubudu Jayasena |
| Language | English |
| Hours per week | -/2/- SWS |
| Registration | opal |
| Course of Study | Distributed Systems Engineering | Informatik, Medieninformatik | Master Informatik & Medieninformatik | Diplom Informatik |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module |
INF-DSE-20-E-SEM Current Topics in Systems Engineering |
MINF-04-HS Hauptseminar | INF-AQUA Allgemeine Qualifikation | INF-D-940 Berufsspezifische Schlüsselkompetenzen |
The seminar has three goals:
- Research and study a (possibly unknown) topic on your own using corresponding literature.
- Practice writing a scientific article using LaTeX.
- Gain experience in giving presentations.
The procedure for the seminar is as follows:
- We provide a list of topics, each with a reference to a research paper that introduces the topic.
- You can choose your paper by sending me an e-mail.
- After choosing a paper, you should read it to get a first impression of the topic. Then, use the references to find related work.
- In the first meeting, I will explain the details of the seminar and give you hints for your presentation and the hand-in.
- This is followed by a break, which gives you time to prepare the talk and the hand-in. You should study the work related to the chosen paper in depth to become an expert in the topic.
- Based on these studies, you must write a hand-in (8 pages) on the topic. At least 30% of the hand-in must cover a description of the research field and related work. You must submit the hand-in by the given deadline using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below).
- The hand-in should summarize the paper and related work so that other seminar participants can understand the topic. There is no need to present or repeat all the details of the original paper. Instead, the hand-in should present the results of your own research and how you understood the topic. The hand-in will then be distributed to the other students for reading.
- Per hand-in, two students are assigned to create a review. For the review, we will provide a questionnaire that will help you to focus on the important aspects. The reviews must be sent to EasyChair.
- Based on the reviews, you must prepare the final version of your hand-in, which will be available to the other students.
- We will have a full-day workshop at the end of the semester, during which each student will present the topic. You must prepare slides and give a presentation. Again, at least 30% of your talk must cover a description of the research field and related work. The presentation must not last longer than 20 minutes. In the following discussion about the topic, all students should participate, including the reviewers.
- The official language of the seminar is English, which means your talk is to be given and also the hand-in is to be written in English.
- Should you have any problems accessing/downloading the papers, contact me via e-mail(pubudu.jayasena@tu-dresden.de).
To successfully pass the seminar, each student must do the following timely:
| Task | Deadline |
|---|---|
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Presence day: kickoff meeting |
17.4.2025 |
| choose a topic at the beginning of the semester | 24.4.2025 |
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write a hand-in and submit it using EasyChair |
15.5.2025 |
| write 2 reviews about hand-ins of other students based on a questionnaire and send them to EasyChair | 12.6.2025 |
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Presence day: review discussion. |
26.6.2025 |
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modify the final version of the hand-in using the reviews and submit it to me per email your hand-in latex files (.tex) |
03.7.2025 |
| Send the presentation to me via email | 10.7.2025 |
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Presence day: final presentation (with slides) |
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Topics and material
Resources
- Introduction to the seminar
- EasyChair (requires you to log in)
- Questionary for reviews
- The seminar hand-in template
- The seminar hand-in template LaTeX and BibTeX files
Please use the auditorium to discuss questions related to the course. The tutors will help with answers.
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