After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

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-          model structure, behavior, and items/data of computer integrated systems
-          verify the correctness of models
-          compare advantages and disadvantages of different models of a system
-          criticize, update and (if necessary) improve a given model.

The lecturer of this course will be Wolfgang Reisig / Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin.

-          (historical) survey over the most important modeling methods
-          Principles and systematic foundations of modeling a system: architecture, behavior, items/data
-          Case studies of various areas
-          Conventions and techniques in practice

Contents is introduced in lectures and deepened in corresponding exercises. Active participation of students is most welcome. Each student has to present a case study.

This is a guest professor course of the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School. The course is open to all PhD students and interested Master students.

Workload for participants:
13 x 2 h = 26 h  lectures and exercises
13 x 2 h = 26 h  private repetition of course content
13 x 1 h              presentation of a case study
6 h                       preparation of the presentation of the own case study
4 h                       preparation for examination
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75 h = 3 ECTS

The course will be held in presence, blocked, daily two lectures.

A homepage will be installed. Students may download literature, slides, and exercises.

Judgement is based on participation in discussions, and solutions of exercises. Examinations are written or oral, depending on the number of students.

Please register in TISS.

Course material:
Book manuscript (in English), slides of the lectures

Literature:
Will be presented at the beginning of the lecture series.

Basics in computer science or business informatics