In this course the (E)MCL students will conduct a small scientific project that is close to current research interests to members of the chair of automata theory. Students will work under the supervision of a tutor, who will give pointers to the relavant literature, discuss the recommende articles with the student and will assist the student in developing an approach to address the research problem. The outcome of the project will be a report and a talk.

• Initial meeting takes place on October 18th at 13:00 (4. DS) in Room APB-2026, where different topics will be proposed to the students. Students can chose from the offered topics, one to work on. Attending the initial meeting is highly recommended for starting a project this semester. People who want to participate in the project group, but have serious reasons to not attend the initial meeting, please contact Anni-Yasmin Turhan before November 1.
• Students interested in doing their project, but unable to attend the initial meeting should contact Anni-Yasmin Turhan to discuss possible options.
• Each student is assigned a tutor, depending on the topic chosen. During the semester, there will be regular meetings of the student and his tutor.
• The results of the praktikum/project will be presented at the end of the semester in a talk given by the student.

module MCL-P (-/-/4), 12 credits (LP).

Knowledge about the basic lecture regarding the chosen topic is strongly advised.

The participants are expected to read the relevant research papers picked by he tutor and to discuss it with their tutor in order to become acquainted with the topic chosen. The required implementation work (if any) should be carried out in a structured way, and has to be documented appropriately. If a topic is shared by two or more participants, acquiring team-working skills is another goal of the project. The results of the project have to be described in a project paper (~15 pages) and presented in a 30 minutes talk at the end of the semester.
It is also the duty of the participants to reserve enough time for conducting the project. The sharp deadline for finishing the project is the beginning of the following semester, i.e. the allowed time for the project is one semester plus the following semester break. It is the obligation of the participant to start the project in time, and to make appointments with the tutor for regular meetings during the semester.

When choosing a topic, please take into account the knowledge you have already acquired. For example, if you'd like to do a project concerning knowledge representation, you are expected to have successfully attended the lecture "Logic-based knowledge representation" before starting the project.
The topics offered this semester can be found here.