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
• U Twente:                    University of Twente, Twente The Netherlands
• TU/e:                           Technical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven 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 2013-2014)
• KTH
• TU Delft

Exit points with specializations:

• AALTO: Hypermedia (not available in 2013-2014)
• 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.

AALTO as entry point

First autumn 2013

Compulsory courses (28 ECTS)

ME-C3100 Computer Graphics 5 ECTS
S-38.2188 Communication Networks 5 ECTS
S-72xxxx Signals and Systems 5 ECTS
CSE-E4751 Introduction to IT 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
LC-xxxx Foreign language course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

First spring 2014

Compulsory courses (4 ECTS)

T-111.4360 Design of WWW Services 4 ECTS
T-61.5010 Information Visualization 5 ECTS
T-106.5750 Aalto Service Camp (BDL) 3-8 ECTS
T-106.5320 ICT Innovation Summer School 4 ECTS

Select one of the following courses:

CSE-E5753 Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
CSE-E5754 Growth and Internationalization of Technology SMEs 4 ECTS

Select 7 ECTS of Elective courses over two semesters

Electives (7 ECTS)

T-61.3050 Machine Learning: Basic Principles 5 ECTS (autumn)
S-72.2205 Digital Transmission Methods 4 ECTS (autumn)
T-75.5600 Special Assignment in WWW and Knowledge Technology 2-8 ETCS (autumn + spring)
T-106.4300 Web Software Development 4 ECTS (autumn + spring)
T-110.5121 Mobile Cloud Computing 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-110.5150 Applications and Services in Internet 5 ECTS (autumn)
T-121.5300 User Interface Construction 3-4 ECTS (autumn)

Total 60 ECTS

AALTO as exit point

Curriculum not available for 2013-2014.

Professors of the major

Entry points:

• AALTO
• TU Berlin
• U Rennes 1

Exit points with specializations:

• 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 the 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
• 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

AALTO as entry point

First autumn 2013

Compulsory courses (31 ECTS)

T-79.5308 Scalable Cloud Computing 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
CSE-E4751 Introduction to IT Business and Venturing 2 ECTS
T-128.2500 Management of Software Venture 6 ECTS
LC-xxxx course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills

First spring 2014

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:

CSE-E5753Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
CSE-E5754 Growth and Internationalization of Technology SMEs

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-110.7111 Internet Technologies for Mobile Computing 4 ECTS (spring)

Total 60 ECTS

AALTO as exit point

AALTO specialization – Mobile Services

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
LC-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-110.7111 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
• UTU and ÅA: 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.

AALTO as exit point

AALTO specialization -- Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems

Second autumn 2013

Compulsory courses

CSE-C3210 Web Software Development 5 ECTS
T-106.5840 Seminar on embedded systems 3-10 ECTS
T-106.5740 Embedded systems project 5-10 ECTS
T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis 6 ECTS
LC-xxxx Foreign language 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
S-89.5150 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

Professors of the major

Entry points:

• Aalto
• KTH
• Université Paris-Sud (UPS)

Exit points with specializations:

• 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.

AALTO as entry point

First autumn 2013

Compulsory courses

LC-xxxx Compulsory Language Course(s)* (3 ECTS)
T-61.3050 Machine Learning: Basic Principles (5 ECTS)                              
T-121.5151 Methods for User-centred Product Development (3 ECTS)       
T-121.5300 User Interface Construction (3 ECTS)                                  
ME-E4200 Experimental User Interfaces** (5 ECTS)                                    
CSE-E4751 Introduction to IT Business and Venturing (2 ECTS)                    
T-128.2500 Management of a Software Venture (6 ECTS)

Total 27 ECTS

^{*LC-xxxx Foreign language course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills.}

 ^{** Either in autumn on spring semester.}

First spring 2014

Compulsory courses

T-121.5350 Strategic User-Centred Design (9 ECTS)                                    
T-121.5450 Interaction Design and Evaluation (8 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:

CSE-E5753 Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar (4 ECTS)
CSE-E5754 Growth and Internationalization of Technology SMEs (4 ECTS) 

Total 60 ECTS

AALTO as exit point

AALTO specialization – User Modeling for advanced human-computer interaction

Second autumn 2013

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-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Minor Thesis (6 ECTS)                                  
LC-xxxx Compulsory Language Course(s)*                   

Total 19 ECTS

^{*LC-xxxx Foreign language course that fulfills compulsory degree requirement for obligatory foreign language: a total of 3 ECTS including both oral and written skills}

Select 11 ECTS of elective courses.

Elective courses

T-61.5100 Digital Image Processing (5 ECTS)
T-61.5130 Machine Learning and Neural Networks (5 ECTS)
S-89.5150 Speech Recognition (5 ECTS)
T-61.6090 Special Course in Language Technology (5 ECTS)
T-121.5850 Individual Course on Usability (1 ECTS)                                     
ME-E4200 Experimental User Interfaces (5 ECTS)         

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 5 periods with courses running in one or in several periods. Also some courses are run as intensive courses and take only half a period.The basic structure of the program for the year 2013-2014 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.

AALTO as entry point

First autumn 2013

Compulsory courses

TU-22.1309 Aalto Introduction to Services 2 ECTS
T-86.5141 Enterprise Architectures 4 ECTS
T-86.5310 ICT Enabled Service Business and Innovation 5 ECTS
CSE-C3210 Web Software Development 5 ECTS
CSE-E4751 Introduction to IT Business and Venturing 2 ECTS
T-128.2500 Management of Software Venture 6 ECTS
LC-xxxx Foreign language 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 2014

Compulsory courses

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

Select one of the following courses:
CSE-E5753 Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
CSE-E5754 Growth and Internationalization of Technology SMEs 4 ECTS
Alternatively select courses for at least 4 ECTS from the Aalto Ventures Programme courses in the category 2 Knowledge & Skills (see http://avp.aalto.fi/teaching/aalto-ventures-program-minor/ for a full listing of the eligible courses)

Elective courses

T-106.5261 Master's Studio in Service Design and Engineering 5-10 ECTS (autumn)
All courses offered by the Aalto Venture Program
Other relevant courses on agreement with the academic coordinator.

Total 60 ECTS

AALTO as exit point

AALTO specialization – Mobile Service Systems

The starting point for the second year in SDE at Aalto is to create a personal study plan for each student that matches the student’s own interests as well as the needs of the research project that forms the foundation of the student’s Master’s thesis.

Aalto offers a specialization in Mobile service systems with thematic coupling to Smart Spaces. The courses cover the theoretical and practical aspects of designing digital services with a strong mobile focus. 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 2014

Compulsory courses

LC-xxxx Foreign language course 3 ECTS*
T-106.5330 ICT Innovation I&E Thesis P 6 ECTS
CSE-E6250 Digital Service Design, Course with Varying Content 1-10 ECTS (service design methods)**

Recommended courses (Mobile/Smart Spaces)

T-110.5121 Mobile Cloud Computing 5 ECTS
CSE-E6250 Digital Service Design, Course with Varying Content 1-10 ECTS (smart spaces)**

Elective courses

As agreed in personal study plan to fulfill credit requirement

* The students will be informed of the exact course at the beginning of the Fall semester.
**course with varying content, details available at the beginning of the Fall term
 
Total 30 ECTS

Second spring 2015 

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 2013-2014 and summer 2014:

CSE-E4751 Introduction to IT Business and Venturing 2 ECTS
T-128.2500 Management of Software Venture 3-8 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:

CSE-E5753 Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar 4 ECTS
CSE-E5754 Growth and Internationalization of Technology SMEs 4 ECTS

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

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