Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação – PPGCC

CURRICULUM OF THE MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

The master’s and doctoral programs of the PPGCC have a unified curriculum, that is, the courses are valid for both the master’s and doctoral degrees. The curriculum is comprised of three required courses and a varied set of electives from each line of research, giving students’ several options to choose from and guaranteeing the flexibilization of their study plan.

NUMBER OF CREDITS REQUIRED:

• MASTER’S DEGREE:
  18 credits, being: 10 credits in required courses and 8 credits in electives*
• DOCTORAL DEGREE:
  24 credits, being: 10 credits in required courses and 14 credits in electives*
• *The elective course credits should be predominantly, but not exclusively, in the line of research chosen by the student.
• REQUIRED COURSES:
  • INE410111 – Research Methodology in Computer Science (30 class hours – 2 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Cristina Meinhardt
  • INE410113 – Theory of Computation (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Maicon Rafael Zatelli
  • INE410104 – Design and Analysis of Algorithms (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Rafael de Santiago

  Teaching Internship (Required for doctoral students who are scholarship holders. Credits are counted as an elective course – 1, 2 and 3 credits)

  ELECTIVE COURSES BY LINE OF RESEARCH:

  PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING:

  • INE410095 – Real-Time Systems (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Patrícia Della Méa Plentz and Prof. Luciana de Oliveira Rech
  • INE410130 – Distributed Computing  (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Frank Augusto Siqueira
  • INE6406000 – Mobility in Computing (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Vania Bogorny
  • INE410129 – Parallel Computing (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Márcio Bastos Castro

   DATABASES:

  • INE410131– Data Management for Big Data (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ronaldo dos Santos Mello
  • INE410136 – Content Detection and Analysis on Big Web Data (30 class hours – 2 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carina Friedrich Dorneles
  • INE410118 – Special Topics in Computing: Semantics and Information Retrieval (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Renato Fileto

   SOFTWARE ENGINEERING:

  • INE410091 – Teaching Strategies in Software Engineering(45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Christiane Anneliese Gresse von Wangenheim
  • INE410097 – Special Topics in Computing: Agile System Development (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Patrícia Vilain
  • INE410138 – User Interface Design with Design Thinking (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Christiane Anneliese Gresse von Wangenheim

   COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

  • INE6022000 – Multiagent System Modeling (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Azambuja Silveira
  • INE6116000 – Connectionist Artificial Intelligence (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Mauro Roisenberg
  • INE6019000 – Symbolic Artificial Intelligence (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Azambuja Silveira
  • INE410121 – Computer Vision (105 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Aldo Von Wangenheim
  • INE410112 – Probabilistic Expert Systems (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Silvia Modesto Nassar
  • INE6109000 – Fuzzy Expert Systems (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Silvia Modesto Nassar
  • INE510003 – Special Topics in Computing: Chaotic Dynamical Systems (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Silvia Modesto Nassar
  • INE510004 – Special Topics in Computing: Modeling in Computer Vision (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Aldo Von Wangenheim
  • INE410137 – Special Topics in Computing: Artificial Intelligence – State of the Art and Trends (15 class hours – 1 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Azambuja Silveira

   COMPUTER NETWORK:

  • INE410106 – Network Administration and Management (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carlos Becker Westphall
  • INE410105 – Distributed Multimedia Systems (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Roberto Willrich
  • INE410119 – Avanced Network Management (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carlos Becker Westphall
  • INE410122 – Wireless Networks (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Alexandre Reinaldo de Moraes
  • INE410139 – Wireless Networks (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Alex Sandro Roschildt Pinto

   SECURITY IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS:

  • INE6608000 – Security in Distributed Systems (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carla Merkle Westphall
  • INE410134 – Post Quantum Cryptography and Computation (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Felipe Custódio and Jean Everson Martina
  • INE410135 – Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Technologies (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Jean Everson Martina, Prof. Ricardo Felipe Custódio and Prof. Martin Augusto Gagliotti Vigil
  • INE6906000 – Cryptography and Security in Computer Networks (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Felipe Custódio
  • INE410120 – Special Topics in Computing: Public Key Infrastructure and Applications (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Ricardo Felipe Custódio
  • INE410124 – Special Topics in Computing: Security – Web, Identities and Cloud (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carla Merkle Westphall
  • INE 410128 – Design and Verification of Security Protocols and Security Ceremonies (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Jean Everson Martina
  • INE410148 – Information and Network Security I (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carla Merkle Westphall
  • INE410149 – Information and Network Security II (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Carla Merkle Westphall

   EMBEDDED SYSTEMS:

  • INE410115 – Digital Integrated Circuits (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. José Luís Almada Güntzel
  • INE410132 – Computer Architecture (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Luiz Cláudio Villar dos Santos
  • INE410133 – Electronic Design Automation (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. José Luís Almada Güntzel
  • INE410107 – Embedded Systems (45 class hours– 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Luiz Cláudio Villar dos Santos
  • INE410114 – Distributed Embedded Systems (45 class hours– 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Antônio Augusto Medeiros Fröhlich
  • INE410123 – Special Topics in Computing: Cyber-Physical Systems (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Antônio Augusto Medeiros Fröhlich
  • INE410141 – Selected Topics in Computer Science – Video Coding (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. José Luís Almada Güntzel
  • INE410142 – Special Topics in Computing: Multicolors – State of the Art and Trends (15 class hours – 1 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Luiz Cláudio Villar dos Santos
  • INE410144 – Autonomous Embedded Systems I (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Antônio Augusto Medeiros Fröhlich
  • INE410147 – Autonomous Embedded Systems II (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Antônio Augusto Medeiros Fröhlich

   WITHOUT SPECIFIC LINE OF RESEARCH:

  • INE6006000 – Statistical Methods (45 class hours – 3 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Marcelo Menezes Reis
  • INE410140 – Systematic Literature Review (30 class hours – 2 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Fabiane Barreto Vavassori Benitti
  • INE410146 – Applied Machine Learning (60 class hours – 4 credits)
    – Instructor: Prof. Mateus Grellert da Silva, Prof. Jonâta Tyska and Prof. Vania Bogorny