PhD Courses in the "Computer Science" Subject and its Specialisations

The PhD subject Computer Science and its five specialisations (Computer Communication; Computer Science Education Research; Database Technology; Embedded Systems; Human-Computer Interaction) offer a selection of regularly offered core PhD-level courses as an important component. Broad introductory courses are marked as such. These courses are complemented by courses on specialised topics that are offered when the need or opportunity arises, by recommended MSc-level courses, and by individual study courses.

PhD students can also attend courses offered elsewhere, say in Northern Europe, at summer schools (partial list), etc.

Regularly Offered Core PhD-level Courses

Course	Broad?	Next offereed	Periodicity (years)	Contact
Advanced Computer Architecture Readings, 1.5-5 credits	focused	fall 2021	twice per year	David Black-Schaffer
Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture	focused	? (last: 2014)	1	Stefanos Kaxiras
Program Verification and Weak Memory Models, 10 credits	broad	period 3-4, 2022	as needed	Parosh Abdulla
Category Theory for Computer Scientists, 5 credits	broad	period 1, 2022	yearly, as needed	Justin Pearson
Interactive Theorem Proving, 5 credits	broad	2024 (period 1)	as needed	Tjark Weber
Introduction to Programming Language Research, 5 credits	broad	2022 (Period 4)	every second year	Elias Castegren
Introduction to Research in Computer Architecture, 10 credits	broad	Fall 2022	as needed	David Black-Schaffer
Network Science, 3 credits	broad	2024	2	Christian Rohner
Readings in Network Science, 1.5 credits	focused	Spring 2023	on demand	Matteo Magnani
Reviewing scientific papers, 2 credits	broad	Spring 2023	2	Matteo Magnani
Wireless Low-Power Networks, reading group, up to 7.5 credits	focused	always ongoing	n/a	Thiemo Voigt
Cybersecurity, reading group, up to 7.5 credits	focused	always ongoing	n/a	Shahid Raza

Ad-hoc PhD-level courses in the academic year 2020/2021

Course	Broad?	When	Contact
Symbolic Execution, 5-10 credits	focused	winter 2021	Bengt Jonsson
Reading group on The Nature of Computation, 7.5 credits	broad	spring 2021 - autumn 2022	Pontus Ekberg
Reading group on Automata, Logics, and Infinite Games, 3 credits	broad	spring 2023	Elli Anastasiadi

Archive of ad-hoc PhD-level courses in previous academic years

Regularly Offered MSc-level Courses

The following advanced MSc-level courses are given each year: PhD students who have not already included them (or equivalent ones) in their MSc degrees may take them as PhD-level courses, if needed.

Course	Broad?	When	Contact
Accelerating Systems with Programmable Logic Components, 10 credits, 1DT109	broad	period 1-2	Yuan Yao
Advanced Computer Architecture, 10 credits, 1DT024	focused	period 3-4	Stefanos Kaxiras
Advanced Functional Programming, 5 credits, 1DL450	focused	period 2	Lars-Henrik Eriksson
Algorithms and Data Structures III, 5 credits, 1DL481	broad	period 3	Pierre Flener
Combinatorial Optimisation and Constraint Programming, 10 credits, 1DL442	focused	period 1-2	Pierre Flener
Computer Networks II, 10 credits, 1DT074	focused	period 2&3	Thiemo Voigt
Computing Education Research, 10 credits, 1DT061	broad	period 1-2	Anders Berglund
Data Mining I, 5 credits, 1DL360	broad	period 1	Matteo Magnani
Data Mining, 7.5 credits, 1DL370	broad	period 1	Matteo Magnani
Concurrent Algorithms and Data Structures, 5 credits, 1DL541	broad	period 2	Parosh Abdulla
Low-level Parallel Programming, 5 credits, 1DL550	broad	period 3	Chang Hyun Park
Model-Based Design of Embedded Systems, 10 credits, 1DT059 1	?	period 1	Bengt Jonsson
Modelling for Combinatorial Optimisation, 5 credits, 1DL451	broad	period 1	Pierre Flener
Natural Computation Methods for Machine Learning, 10 credits, 1DL073	broad	period 3-4	Olle Gällmo
Parallel Programming for Efficiency, 5 credits, 1DL560	broad	period 1	Yuan Yao
Real-Time Systems, 10 credits, 1DT004	broad	period 2	Wang Yi Pontus Ekberg
Secure Computer Systems I, 5 credits, 1DT072	broad	period 2	Björn Victor
Security and Privacy, 7.5 credits, 1DT098	focused	period 2	Christian Rohner André Teixeira
Testing Concurrent and Parallel Software, 5 credits, 1DL570	broad	-	Kostis Sagonas
Wireless Communication and Networked Embedded Systems, 10 credits, 1DT103	broad	period 2-3	Christian Rohner

Further information regarding the specialisations

Computer Communication -- Contact: Thiemo Voigt
Computing Education Research -- Contact: Mats Daniels
Database Technology -- Contact: Di Yuan
Embedded Systems -- Contact: Wang Yi
Human Computer Interaction -- Contact: Anders Arweström Jansson

Further information regarding other research areas within computer science

Computer Architecture -- Contact: David Black-Schaffer
Data Science -- Contact: Matteo Magnani
Optimisation -- Contact: Di Yuan and Pierre Flener
Programming Language Technology -- Contact: Tobias Wrigstad
Verification -- Contact: Parosh Abdulla

Kontakt

director-phd-studies@it.uu.se