INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Programme Description

The programme includes contemporary telecommunication systems, internet networks, multimedia services, media and technologies of the new economy, computer structures and systems, knowledge technologies, system control technologies and robotics. The objective of the programme is to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of information and communication technologies for problem-oriented training in the field of technology and knowledge transfer. One of the focuses of this programme is on the use of acquired knowledge in e-science which includes the use of networks and high-capacity computer resources for computer-aided management and knowledge transfer, and the analysis of extensive databases and data warehouses resulting from scientific research in the field of physics, medicine, biology, bioinformatics, biochemistry and pharmacology, environmental sciences, as well as social sciences (sociology), economics and other sciences. The purpose of this programme is to train students to acquire knowledge, use it, and to transfer the advanced knowledge of information and communication technologies required for producing complex technical and industrial applications, as well as to successfully undertake leading managerial functions in business, administration and scientific management.

Research Areas

Credit Framework (ECTS)

Curriculum

Courses

Basic Objectives

The basic objective of this programme is to qualify the candidate for:

A)  General competences

• ability for individual research work on the field of information and communication technologies,
• ability to research, select and organize information, as well as synthesize solution and anticipate their consequences,
• mastering of research methods, procedures and processes, development of critical and self-critical assessment,
• ability to use knowledge in practice,
• autonomy in professional work, as well as responsible and creative performance of activities,
• development of communication abilities and skills, particularly for communication in international environment,
• ethical reflection and commitment to professional ethics and regulations,
• cooperativeness, work on joint assignments and problems within a group and in international environment.

B)  Subject-specific competences

• knowing the development of computer science and understanding the concepts of computer architecture,
• knowing the structure and operation of the main functional parts of computer systems,
• knowing advanced computer architectures, their properties and limitations in terms of possible application in practice,
• knowing the concepts and principles of data mining, and discovering the laws in databases,
• recognizing various types of telecommunication networks and analyzing their capacities, which is the basis for introduction of telecommunication services,
• understanding the basic physical phenomena and processes in telecommunication systems,
• understanding the functioning of internet networks,
• understanding the functioning of modern network technologies,
• selecting and using approaches and methodologies for dealing with and managing systems based on the internet protocol stack,
• identifying complex data and selecting suitable tools required for planning networks,
• continuing research & development work in the field of digital transmission and internet technology,
• ability to optimize software taking into consideration the given computer architecture,
• ability to integrate knowledge and master complexities while resolving specific problems in computer applications,
• ability to use specific data mining techniques,
• ability to make applications by using data mining tools,
• ability to assess and evaluate the results of data mining,
• knowing the concepts of benchmarking and ability to interpret and present the results of benchmarking,
• acquiring the bases of engineering knowledge in the form of combining the existing solutions.

RESEARCH AREAS

The main part of this programme will be implemented by the staff of Jožef Stefan Institute (particularly the staff of the research departments involved in computer science, information technologies, electronics, automation and telecommunications) and also by foreign lecturers. The integration of the educational programme into the research activity of Jožef Stefan Institute is shown in the research programmes which can be summarized as follows:

• Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISR) are advanced information sciences and technologies including intelligent systems, ambient intelligence, business intelligence, evolutionary computation, cognitive sciences, humanoid robotics, computer vision,
  controlling robots and systems. These are key information society technologies enabling knowledgebased society.
• Knowledge Technologies (KT) are advanced information technologies which include the following areas: data analysis (data, text, web and multimedia mining), human language technologies, semantic web, knowledge management, decision support, as
  well as multiobjective optimisation and design.
• Advanced Internet Technologies are advanced information technologies which include the whole area of internet technologies, including transmission systems and architectures, governance, design, internetworking and management of internet networks, internet applications such as multimedia, web technologies and solutions, searching engines, voice over IP, and advanced web applications. Trends, directions and applications in the field of internet technologies, e.g. e-business, e-learning, e-health, e-government, etc., will also be presented, as well as security and privacy provision mechanisms.
• Computer Structures and Systems provide a comprehensive coverage of the following fields: the field of reconfigurable computing including reconfigurable architectures, design methods and applications, knowledge about architectural mechanisms and implementation techniques for exploiting fine- and coarse-grained parallelism within microprocessors, computer
  systems, laying stress upon real-time and embedded systems, knowledge on hardware and software codesign, knowledge of embedded system design and knowledge of the state-of-the-art of the field of electronic testing including modern test techniques and design-for-test principles.
• Advanced Concepts in Telecommunications are advanced information technologies which include the following areas: advanced optimisation concepts of telecommunication systems, cognitive networks, fixed-mobile convergence, multi-antenna systems, specific operating systems in telecommunications and simulations in telecommunications.