Phd in ENGINEERING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

List of courses / activities for the first year

More information During A.Y. 2020/2021, in addition to the planned courses, the following PhD courses are scheduled in the period April-May 2021: Roberto Capobianco. Advanced Topics in Reinforcement Learning: From Theory to Practice Thomas Ciarfuglia & Christian Napoli. Vision and Perception in Human-Robot Interaction Daniele Cono D'Elia & Giuseppe Di Luna. Thinking outside the box: adversarial behavior and unconventional attack vectors from security research Marco Console. Incomplete Data - Theory in Practice Emilio Coppa. Advanced techniques for finding bugs in real-world software Christian Napoli. High performances computing The following course is still pending due to pandemic restrictions: - Task-based Human-Robot Interaction (20hrs), May 2021, Mary Ellen Foster, University of Glasgow, UK and Ron Petrick, Heriot-Watt University, UK). - Visual Perception in HRI (15 hrs, april 2021, Christian Napoli, Sapienza). Method of choosing the subject of the thesis The thesis subject is chosen in agreement with the advisor. Admission to the second year Preparation of a report for next year admission, which will be presented in front of a Committee chosen from the board of lecturers. Completion of the first year study plan.

List of courses / activities for the second year

More information It is not required to attend type A/B courses; only participation to seminars and doctoral schools is foreseen, classified as type C. If available, an economic contribution from PhD funds will be granted for the participation to the doctoral schools. Method of preparation of the thesis Second year is mainly dedicated to research activity, but the improvement of the doctoral education by means of seminars and doctoral schools is encouraged. Admission to the third year In order to be admitted to the third year, students have to: 1. Complete all exams from their study plan; 2. Provide to the PhD Coordinator an extensive report on the state of work on the thesis; 3. Present to the PhD Board their work schedule and the progress of the study on the thesis. On the basis of students’ report, presentation and a written report by the students’ thesis committee (composed by the advisor and the co-advisor), the phd Board decides on the admission to the third year

List of courses / activities for the third year

More information Third year is completely dedicated to research and writing of the thesis. Method of admission to the final examination Students prepare a draft of the thesis in English which has to include: 1. An analysis of the state of work 2. A presentation of the results 3. An extensive description of the above mentioned resultes. The thesis is sent to two internationally renewed referees from the same candidate’s research area. The referees have normally a month and a half to send their reviews on the thesis. After receiving the reviews by the external referees, the candidate draws up the final draft which will be discussed in a seminar addressed to the PhD Board. The PhD Board appoints a committee consisting of five members (among which the advidsor and the co-advisor) which will assess the thesis, the external reviews and the seminar and will express an evaluation on the candidate, to be discussed in the PhD Board. Final examination Students discuss their thesis in front of a committee appointed by the Rector and composed of three Professors or field expert among which at least two not from the University.