Module Elective courses 1, Media Computer Science (Bachelor) (ER 5)

The lecture teaches the construction of mobile media applications. The main concepts are discussed using the Android platform. In a first partt, the basic technologies and limitations of mobile devices are shown. The second part examins different development strategies like native applications, device independend abstractions and web applications. A main part of the lecture is the integration of different media types into mobile applications and the constraints the developer has to keep in mind.

Leacture with exercise

The buzzword "Cloud" represents a variety of interesting technologies which gained importance in the life of a computer science professional. Those are being collected, examined, explained and understood during the course. Primary objective is usefulness for the student, regardless of whether he acts as a cloud user, developer, administrator or even entrepreneur. Understand the broad meaning of "Cloud Computing" from a variety of perspectives: Definition, use cases, technology basics, key players, APIs, scaling, redundancy …

The lecture introduces software development methods for embedded real time systems. Embedded systems within the meaning of this lecture are systems that are controlled by computer software and are part of a larger system whose primary function is not compute-oriented. For real-time systems, the result has to be computed within a specified time frame. In particular, topics from the following areas are covered: Design and architecture of automotive ECUs, bus architectures, data transmission encodings, Embedded C.

Lecture

Contents:
ERP basics, system integration, system architectures, and logistics: Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Production Planning and Control (PP) as well as Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO). In addition, an overview is given to the software selection.

Kind of work: Lecture participation

User Research - methods all around fictitious and real users, to to establish a "human centered approach" in projects.

Teaching contents are methods which contribute to a better understanding of people and their usage contexts, to improve the development, design and evaluation of interactive products and systems.

Following topics - in theory and praxis - will be part of the seminar: 

• Creative and qualitative research methods, such as target group analysis, mental models, persona design, persona-moodboard, job stories, cultural probes, user diaries, focus groups, interviews, scenarios and storyboards, user journeys, acceptance and usability testings.
• Basic principles of different quantitative methods: survey and questionnaire design, descriptive statistics, laboratory-based studies, experimental studies.
• Evaluation of quantitative methods, as described in research reports.

Seminaristic lecture with practical exercises.