Degree Programme in Computer Science and Engineering

Partner universities:

• AALTO:                       Aalto University School of Science, Espoo Finland
• BME:                           Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest Hungary
• UCL:                            University College London, London UK
• ELTE:                          Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Hungary
• KTH:                            Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden
• TU Berlin:                   Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin Germany
• TU Delft:                     Delft University of Technology, Delft The Netherlands
• TU/e:                           University of Twente, Twente The Netherlands
• UNITN:                        University of Trento, Trento Italy
• U of Turku:                  University of Turku, Turku Finland
• UPS:                            Université Paris-Sud, Paris France
• U Rennes 1:                University of Rennes 1, Rennes France
• Åbo Akademi              Åbo Akademi University, Turku Finland

Further information on curriculum at partner universities during the first and the second year of studies can be found at http://eitictlabs.masterschool.eu/.

Master’s Programme in ICT Innovation is a European double degree programme for students who want to know both the technical and entrepreneurial aspects of information and communications technology. The ICT Innovation programme follows the general structure of the EIT ICT Labs Master School. It is a full-time two-year 120 ECTS master’s programme, combining a 90 ECTS technical part with a 30 ECTS standardised module on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E). Backed by the ICT Labs of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), students who study during the programme at Aalto University will receive a double degree from both Aalto University and one of the partner universities. Within the ICT Innovation programme, Aalto University offers five tracks in different fields of innovation.

A degree equivalent to a Bachelors degree of 180 ECTS credits. Please note that the specific admission requirements vary for each major. The language of instruction of the programme is English. The applicants must have an excellent command of English. For further information on admission, application deadline and English language proficiency please see http://eitictlabs.masterschool.eu/.

The programme features mandatory mobility of students including a mentoring programme and internships at one of EIT ICT Labs partner organisations. A joint curriculum is defined for the programme and it involves always two universities. The first year home university is called entry point where students follow a first-year curriculum and I&E courses. The second year host university is called exit point. For the second year the exit point partners will provide a particular specialisation with a number of specialisation courses.

Professors of the major:

Entry points:

• AALTO (not available in 2012-2013)
• KTH
• TU Delft

Exit points with specializations:

• AALTO: Hypermedia (not available in 2012-2013)
• KTH: Media Processing and Communications
• TU Delft: Medical Imaging
• BME: Media Communications Services
• UCL: Virtual Environments

Objectives of the programme

The main focus of the Digital Media Technology (DMT) technical major is on the enabling technologies for digital media systems, including technologies for generation of (interactive) media, processing and coding of media and for wired and wireless transfer and storage of media content.

Applications that use these technologies include teleconferencing, interactive multimedia applications, entertainment, computer games, telemedicine and surveillance etc. The master will be based on a systems engineering approach in order to successfully integrate media technologies in applications such as “smart spaces”, “health and well-being”, and “smart cities”, thematic areas of EIT ICT Labs.

First year at AALTO

Curriculum not available, no admission for entry year at Aalto in 2012-2013.

Second year at AALTO

AALTO specialization – Hypermedia

The hypermedia specialization focuses on linked data and Web-based services. The students will acquire skills to develop advanced Web-based services both on user interface and data level. The topics covered include information retrieval techniques, Web service programming, declarative Web services, semantic Web and Web service techniques. The specialization area is linked both to Smart Spaces and Future Media and Content Delivery thematic areas. In Smart Spaces, linked data can be used to integrate information coming from different sensors and devices, while Web technologies allow the adaption of the service user interfaces to different devices. Web technologies are commonly used in online media services, while linked data allows the integration of different services together.

Second autumn 2013

Compulsory DMT courses       

T-111.5360 WWW Applications 4 ECTS
T-75.4300 Semantic Web 4 ECTS
T-75.4400 Information Retrieval 4 ECTS

Compulsory I&E courses                                   

T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS

Compulsory courses  

T-61.5010 Information Visualization (obligatory at Aalto) 5 ECTS

Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

Elective DMT courses                                         

T-75.5300 Web Services 4 ECTS
T-75.5600 Special Assignment in WWW and Knowledge Technology 2 ECTS
T-111.5350 Multimedia Programming 4 ECTS
T-121.5300 User Interface Construction 4 ECTS
T-106.4300 Web Software Development 3 ECTS
T-111.5501 Seminar on Media Technology A 4 ECTS
T-111.5502 Seminar on Media Technology B 4 ECTS

Total 30 ECTS

Second spring 2014

Master’s thesis 30 ECTS

 Total 60 ECTS

Professors of the major

Entry points:

• AALTO
• TU Berlin
• U Rennes 1

Exit points with specializations (no exit year students in 2012-2013):

• AALTO: Mobile Services
• KTH: Data Intensive Computing
• TU Berlin: Cloud operation
• UPS: Distributed Information Management
• U Rennes 1: Cloud Infrastructures

Objectives of the programme

The program objective is to educate engineers who will be able to design, implement and maintain distributed software systems for a wide range of applications including peer-to-peer, cloud computing, web-services provision and internet-based applications. The program will provide students with a system of knowledge both in formal foundations, technological platforms and practical skills in implementing distributed software applications. The program will also provide an insight into current and future directions of the distributed software development.

Graduates of that programme are able to

• analyse and design a complex distributed IT-system based on network, storage, and processing components
• describe a service-based system using dedicated description languages
• calculate and assess the necessary quantitative capacities of the system components to achieve specified performance goals
• can apply up-to-date technology in fault tolerance and security to achieve privacy and dependability goals in complex distributed systems
• identify business opportunities in the area of cloud computing and to turn them into operation
• communicate technical issues to professionals and non-professionals
• work in multidisciplinary and multinational teams and take over responsibilities
• have business skills to understand and execute a business development process, and have insight in legal and societal aspects of products and services

First year at AALTO

First autumn 2012

Compulsory courses (31 ECTS)

T-106.5250 Distributed systems 5 ECTS
T-110.5111 Computer Networks II – Advanced Features 5 ECTS
T-110.5121 Mobile Cloud Computing 5 ECTS
T-110.6130 Systems Engineering in Data Communications Software 5 ECTS
T-128.1000 Introduction to Software Business and Venturing 2 ECTS
T-128.2500 Management of Software Venture 6 ECTS
Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

First spring 2013

Compulsory courses (29 ECTS)

T-110.5140 Network Application Frameworks 5 ECTS
T-110.5241 Network Security 5 ECTS (or T-110.5191 Seminar on Internetworking 5 ECTS in autumn)
T-128.5780 Individual Study in Software Business (BDL) 2 ECTS
T-106.5750 Aalto Service Camp (BDL) 6 ECTS
T-106.5320 ICT Innovation Summer School 4 ECTS

Select one of the following courses:

T-128.5400 Software Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
T-128.6000 Growth and Internationalization of Software SMEs 4 ECTS

Select 3 ECTS of Elective courses over two semesters

Electives

T-79.4302 Parallel and Distributed Systems 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-79.5308 Scalable Cloud Computing 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-110.5102 Laboratory Works in Networking and Security 5-10 ECTS (autumn)
T-110.5241 Network Security 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-110.5150 Applications and Services in Internet 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-110.6101 Special Assignment in Networking and Security (autumn + spring)
T-110.6120 Special Course in Data Communications Software 2-10 ECTS (autumn + spring)
T-110.6220 Special Course in Network Information Security 2-10 ECTS (autumn + spring)
T-110.5130 Mobile Systems Programming 5 ECTS (spring)
T-110.5220 Information Security and Usability 3 ECTS (spring)
T-110.7111 Internet Technologies for Mobile Computing 4 ECTS (spring)

Total 60 ECTS

Second year at AALTO

AALTO specialization – Mobile Services

* *Description: The courses cover the theoretical and practical aspects of designing mobile distributed systems and services. In the seminar the students learn to read technical and research literature on selected thematic topics and mobile computing, as well as scientific writing and presentation. In the Master’s thesis project, the students can focus on problems arising from the thematic research projects in the Helsinki Node of EIT ICT Labs.

Second autumn 2013

Compulsory courses (24 ECTS)

T-79.5308 Scalable Cloud Computing 5 ECTS
T-110.5121 Mobile Cloud Computing 5 ECTS
T-110.5191 Seminar on Internetworking 5 ECTS or T-110.5241 Network Security 5 ECTS
T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS
Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills.

Elective Courses (6 ECTS)

T-79.4302 Parallel and Distributed Systems 5 ECTS
T-110.5102 Laboratory Works in Networking and Security 5-10 ECTS
T-110.5241 Network Security 5 ECTS
T-110-5150 Applications and Services in Internet 5 ECTS
T-110.5130 Mobile Systems Programming 5 ECTS
T-110.5220 Information Security and Usability 3 ECTS
T-110.7111 Internet Technologies for Mobile Computing 2-10 ECTS
T-110.6000 Internet and Computing Forum 2 ECTS

Total 30 ECTS

Second spring 2014 

Master’s thesis 30 ECTS

Total 60 ECTS

Professor of the major:

Entry points:

• KTH
• TU Berlin
• TU/e

Exit points with specializations:

• KTH: Embedded Platforms
• AALTO: Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems
• TU Berlin: Embedded Multicore Processing
• UNITN: Real-Time Embedded Systems
• TU/e: Embedded Networking
• Åbo Akademi and U. of Turku: Energy Efficient Computing

Objectives of the programme

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) combine computational and physical elements. A mobile CPS is designed as a network that includes mobile and wireless elements. The technology for mobile CPS forms the corner stone for many novel application areas and businesses, such as augmented and mixed reality systems, infotainment systems, and games. Especially, the rise in popularity of smartphones has increased interest in the area of mobile CPS.

The students will acquire skills to develop applications and services that are based on mobile CPS technologies. The topics covered include programming web and multimedia systems, processing of video and audio, designing user interfaces, and mastering the embedded systems design flow.

Second year at AALTO

AALTO specialization -- Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems

Second autumn 2013

Compulsory courses (20-30 ECTS)

T-106.4300 Web software development 3-6 ECTS
T-106.5740 Embedded systems project 5-10 ECTS
T-106.5840 Seminar on embedded systems 3-10 ECTS
T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS
Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

Elective courses

T-61.5100 Digital Image Processing 5 ECTS
T-61.5150 Speech Recognition 5 ECTS
T-111.5350 Multimedia programming 4 ECTS
T-121.5300 User Interface Construction 3-4 ECTS

Total 30 ECTS

Second spring 2014

Master’s thesis 30 ECTS

Total 60 ECTS

Professors of the major

Entry points:

• Aalto (not available in 2012-2013)
• KTH
• Université Paris-Sud (UPS)

Exit points with specializations (no exit year students in 2012-2013):

• KTH: Mobile and ubiquitous interaction
• AALTO: User Modeling for advanced human-computer interaction
• TU Berlin: Multi-modal interaction
• UPS: Situated interaction
• TU/e: Intelligent systems
• UCL: Cognitive interaction

Objectives of the programme

Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCID) focuses on the study, design, development and evaluation of novel user interfaces and interactive systems taking into account human aspects, at the cognitive and sensory-motor levels, technological aspects, as well as business aspects.

New ICT technologies are transforming our daily lives. Smart devices (mobile phones, PDAs, tablet computers), smart products (car, navigation) and smart environments (ambient intelligence) are enabling new services such as navigation, information providing, learning, making reservations or buying of goods are delivered.

Increasingly, the interaction with these devices is not through simple buttons or keystrokes but with more flexible and intuitive interaction methods such as multi-touch, speech, gestures, and with advanced display systems such as augmented and virtual reality. Smart devices and services are also able to show intelligent behaviour recognizing intentions of the user and anticipating the user’s needs. These technologies are central in Human-Computer Interaction and Design.

The design of intuitive user interfaces, however, is not only a matter of the right technology but also a matter of good interaction design: study user’s social and cognitive behaviour in relation to using technology, taking the user as a central driver for design, designing for the right user experience, and testing and evaluating the design within context, are keys to understanding and designing successful user experience.

First year at AALTO

Curriculum not available, no admission for entry year at Aalto in 2012-2013.

Second year at AALTO

AALTO specialization – User Modeling for advanced human-computer interaction

Compulsory courses

T-61.3050 Machine Learning: Basic Principles 5 ECTS (If basics done in KTH or UPS select more electives)
T-61.3040 Statistical Signal Modeling 5 ECTS
T-111.5900 Experimental User Interfaces 4 ECTS
T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS
Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

Elective courses

T-61.5100 Digital Image Processing 5 ECTS
T-61.5130 Machine Learning and Neural Networks 5 ECTS
T-61.5150 Speech Recognition 5 ECTS
T-61.6090 Special Course in Language Technology 5 ECTS
T-61.5910 Research Project in Computer and Information Science 2 ECTS
T-121.5900 Seminar on User Interfaces and Usability 2 v (spring 2014)

Total 30 ECTS

Second spring 2014

Master’s thesis 30 ECTS

Total 60 ECTS

Professor of the major

Entry points:

• AALTO
• TU/e

Exit points and specializations:

• Aalto: Mobile service systems
• TU/e: Service-oriented business process management
• ELTE: Distributed service systems
• UNITN: Service-oriented social informatics

Objectives of the programme

At Aalto, the EIT SDE and the home SDE program will run in parallel. In this way student in both programs will benefit from maximum exposure from to each other and will be encouraged to co-operate across program boundaries.

The Aalto academic year is divided into periods with some courses running in one period on some in 2. Also some courses are run as intensive courses and take only half a period.

The basic structure of the program for the year 2012-2013 is shown below. The main desideratum for designing the SDE Technical Common Base is to ensure that SDE students, after the first year, have comparable technical understanding of important topics related to SDE. We have identified the following modules as important:

First year at AALTO

First autumn 2012

Compulsory courses

TU-22.1308 Aalto Service Intro 2 ECTS
T-86.5141 Enterprise Architectures 4 ECTS
T-86.5310 ICT Enabled Service Business and Innovation C 5 ECTS
T-106.4300 Web Software Development 5 ECTS
T-128.1000 Introduction to Software Business and Venturing 2 ECTS
T-128.2500 Management of Software Venture 6 ECTS
Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

Select 4 ECTS of Elective courses over two semesters

First spring 2013

Compulsory courses

T-76.5612 Software Project Management 3 ECTS
T-61.5010 Information visualization 5 ECTS
T-76.5150 SW Architectures 5 ECTS
T-128.5780 Individual Study in Software Business (BDL) 2 ECTS
T-106.5750 Aalto Service Camp (BDL) 6 ECTS
T-106.5320 ICT Innovation Summer School 4 ECTS

Select one of the following courses:

T-128.5400 Software Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
T-128.6000 Growth and Internationalization of Software SMEs 4 ECTS

Elective courses

T-76.5615 Requirements engineering 2-4 ECTS (spring)
T-86.5180 IT Governance 4 ECTS (autumn)
T-76.5762 Legal Aspects of Service Management 3 ECTS (autumn)
T-121.5850 Individual Course on Usability P 1-10 ECTS (autumn + spring)
T-106.5250 Distributed Systems 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-106.5820 Seminar on Distributed Systems P (content varies from year to year) 3-10 ECTS
T-110.4206 Information Security Technology 3 ECTS (autumn)
T-79.5308 Scalable Cloud Computing P 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-121.5300 User Interface Construction 3-4 ECTS (autumn)
T-106.5261 Master's Studio in Service Design and Engineering 5-10 ECTS (autumn-spring)

All courses offered by the Aalto Venture Program (I&E)

Total 60 ECTS

Second year at AALTO                 

AALTO specialization – Mobile Service Systems

Aalto offers a specialization in Mobile service systems with thematic coupling to smart spaces, health and wellbeing, and digital cities. It includes courses in mobile systems programming, internet technologies for mobile computing, digital service insight and innovation, and applications and services in Internet. Students in this specialization become proficient in all areas of mobile services design and engineering. They learn to build, maintain, and repair mobile services, open data services and web software applications. Service concept design, prototyping (scrum and agile programming), programming projects, computer systems architectures and service troubleshooting are common issues in a mobile services development specialization. The specialization concludes with a capstone project and a thematic thesis project demonstrating proficiency in mobile and Internet services development.

Finland and its capital, Helsinki - the home of Nokia and many other global companies of the mobile industry – is a forerunner for mobile services.  Specialization at Aalto University enables SDE students to become proficient in all areas of mobile services design and engineering. Students learn to design, build and deploy genuine mobile context aware services and to redesign standard web services for mobiles. Service concept design, user experience, information security, software architectures, prototyping (scrum and agile programming), software project management and service maintenance are important in the specialization. The program concludes with a capstone project and thesis closely linked to Smart Spaces, Health, Wellbeing and Digital Cities thematic action lines. They also provide an integral part and aspiration for I&E winter school, and industry engagement in business development labs during the first year.

Second autumn 2013

Compulsory courses

Mobile systems programming 5 ECTS
Internet Technologies for Mobile Computing 5 ECTS
Digital Service Insight and Innovation II 5 ECTS
Research methods seminar 4 ECTS
T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS
Kie-98.xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

Elective courses

Agree with a responsible professor

Total 30 ECTS

Second spring 2014 

Master’s thesis 30 ECTS

Total 60 ECTS

The Aalto I&E minor is developed in co-operation with the Aalto Venture Program (AVP, http://avp.aalto.fi/). The focus of the Aalto I&E program is on entrepreneurship in ICT. The content of I&E minor is same for all five majors.

Compulsory I&E courses during the first year 2012-2013 and summer 2013:

T-128.1000 Introduction to Software Business and Venturing 2 ECTS
T-128.2500 Management of Software Venture 6 ECTS
T-128.5780 Individual Study in Software Business (BDL) 2 ECTS
T-106.5750 Aalto Service Camp (BDL) 6 ECTS
T-106.5320 ICT Innovation Summer School 4 ECTS

Select one of the following I&E courses:

T-128.5400 Software Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
T-128.6000 Growth and Internationalization of Software SMEs 4 ECTS

Compulsory I&E course during the second year 2013-2014:

T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS