30422 - TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION SEMINARS II

Learn first-hand about a profession and its career requirements through a visit to a company in the IT sector. Company visits naturally complement traditional university lectures by providing a different point of view on the topics presented in the curriculum.

During the visit, students get in touch with a real work environment and be exposed to a professional environment.

• Describe the work environment and the culture of an IT company.
• Recognize a number of "hot" topics in the IT industry.
• Identify the differences between University and to the workplace.

• Analyze what professionals in the field are doing.
• Compare an academic setting and an IT workplace environment.
• Discuss the relevance of some techologies
• Use some AI tools at a basic level.

• Company visits

The company visit is a one-day long stay at an important IT firm with some presentations, discussions and hands-on sessions on present and future technologies.

Full credit is awarded to students who actively participate in all the activities organized by the host company.

A written exam is prepared for not attending students. Relevant topics are taken from the textbook.

Materials are provided online through the learning platform some days before the visit.

• R. ROJAS, Neural Networks, A Systematic Introduction, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1996.