ALaRI -Master of Science Courses

Master of Advanced Studies in Embedded Systems Design
Detailed Course Description
Please note, that all courses are held only in English!

Hardware Architecture Principles and Design
(area focusing on theory and practice of microelectronic systems design, both at the technological level and at the
architectural level)

Credits	Course	Professors	Course Length	Quarter	Type
4	Architectures	M.G. Sami Politecnico di Milano, Italy	36h	1st	fundamental
2	VLIW Architectures	P. Faraboschi HP Labs Cambridge, USA	18h	2nd	elective
4	Design Technologies	G. De Micheli Stanford University, USA	36h	1st	fundamental
4	Power Analysis and Low-power Design	E. Macii Politecnico di Torino, Italy	36h	2nd	elective
2	Validation and Verification	N. Sharygina University of Lugano, Switzerland	18h	4th	elective
3,5	Re-programmable Systems	E. Sanchez EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland	40h	1st	fundamental
4	Microelectronics	C. Piguet CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland	36h	1st	fundamental

Software Systems and Technologies
(with particular reference to problems of Embedded Systems such as real-time constraints, application-driven
performance requirements, etc.)

Credits	Course	Professors	Course Length	Quarter	Type
4	Software Compilers	S. Crespi Reghizzi Politecnico di Milano, Italy	24h	1st	fundamental
4	RTOS and Scheduling	L. Thiele ETH Zurich, Switzerland M. Platzner University of Paderborn, Germany	36h	2nd	fundamental
4	Retargetable Compilers	R. Leupers, Aachen University of Technology P. Marwedel, Univesrity Dortmund, Germany	18h	2nd	elective
1.5	Future Trends in Processor Architecture	A. Gonzalez UPC Barcellona, Spain	15h	4th	elective
1.5	Low Power Software	L. Benini University of Bologna, Italy	12h	3rd	elective

System-oriented Courses
(linking hardware and software aspects and approaching a strategy of design)

Credits	Course	Professors	Course Length	Quarter	Type
2,5	Dependable Systems	M. Malek Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany	18h	2nd	elective
5	Specification Languages	R. Lauwereins IMEC, Leuven, Belgium M. Engel's FMTC, Belgium	36h	1st	fundamental
2	Networking	A. Poggi University of Parma, Italy	18h	4th	elective
3	Performance Evaluation	G. Serazzi Politecnico di Milano, Italy	18h	2nd	elective
2.5	HW/SW Co-design	L. Thiele ETH Zurich, Switzerland M. Platzner University of Paderborn, Germany	15h	3rd	elective
1.25	Networks on Chip 1	L. Benini, University of Bologna, Italy	12h	4th	elective
1.25	Networks on Chip 2	L. Benini, University of Bologna, Italy	12h	4th	elective

Application-oriented Courses
(providing basic insight into theory and practice of some typical application areas and problems in embedded systems)

Credits	Course	Professors	Course Length	Quarter	Type
2	Pervasive Information System and Embedded Databases	F. Schreiber, L. Tanca Politecnico di Milano, Italy	18h	4th	elective
4	Digital Implementation of Controllers	S. Balemi SUPSI Lugano, Switzerland	36h	3rd	fundamental
3	Digital Signal Processing	M. Moonen IMEC, Leuven, Belgium	24h	2nd	fundamental
2,5	Cryptography	C. Paar, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany	12h+12h	3rd	elective
2,5	Algorithms for Wireless Communication	H. Meyr RWTH Aachen, Germany	12h	3rd	elective
2,5	Embedded Processors Design and Implementation	Leupers RTWH, Aachen, Germany H.Meyr RWTH, Aachen, Germany	25h	3rd	elective

Introductory Courses

Credits	Course	Professors	Course Length	Quarter	Type
0	Basic Math	M.Mura USI Lugano, Switzerland	12h	1st	introductory
0	C/C++	K.Balac	12h	1st	introductory
0	Logic Design	-	12h	1st	introductory
0	Matlab	R.Bucher SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland	12h	1st	introductory
0	System C	M.Mura, USI Lugano, Switzerland, K.Balac	12h	1st	introductory
0	VHDL	U.Bondi	12h	1st	introductory
0	Linux	A.Ferrante USI Lugano, Switzerland	12h	1st	introductory
0	Java	O.Derin USI Lugano, Switzerland	12h	1st	introductory

Seminars

Credits	Course	Professors	Course Length	Quarter	Type
1	Presentation Skills	S. Pizzoglio USI Lugano, Switzerland	12h	4th	fundamental