Computational Science and Engineering Master  |
 Core Courses and Compensatory Courses |
| Core Courses |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 401-3632-00L | Computational Statistics | O | 10 credits | 3V + 2U | M. Mächler,
P. L. Bühlmann |
| 252-0232-00L | Software Design | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | D. Gruntz |
|
Compensatory Courses
All course units within Compensatory Courses are offered in the autumn semester. |
| Fields of Specialization |
| Astrophysics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 402-0394-00L | Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology | W | 10 credits | 3V + 2U | U. Seljak |
|
| Atmospheric Physics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 701-1216-00L | Numerical Modelling of Weather and Climate | W | 4 credits | 3G | C. Schär,
U. Lohmann |
| 651-4802-00L | Numerical Models in Glaciology | W | 4 credits | 3G | H. Blatter |
| 401-5930-00L | Seminar in Atmospheric Physics for CSE | W | 4 credits | 2S | C. Schär,
O. C. Romppainen |
|
| Chemistry and Biology |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 327-0613-00L | Computer Applications: Finite Elements in Solids and Structures | W | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | A. Gusev |
| 529-0474-00L | Quantum Chemistry | W | 6 credits | 3G | M. Reiher,
H. P. Lüthi |
| 401-5940-00L | Seminar in Chemistry and Biology for CSE | W | 4 credits | 2S | W. F. van Gunsteren |
|
| Fluid Dynamics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 151-0208-00L | Computational Methods for Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer Problems  | W | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | L. Kleiser,
G. Bonfigli |
| 151-0212-00L | Advanced CFD Methods | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | P. Jenny |
| 401-5950-00L | Seminar in Fluid Dynamics for CSE | W | 4 credits | 2S | P. Jenny,
L. Kleiser |
|
| Control Theory |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 227-0216-00L | Control Systems II | W | 6 credits | 4G | M. Morari |
|
| Robotics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 151-0854-00L | Autonomous Mobile Robots | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | R. Siegwart,
D. Scaramuzza |
| 151-0608-00L | Advanced Robotics and Mechatronic Systems | W | 4 credits | 3G | B. Nelson |
|
| Theoretical Physics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 402-0812-00L | Computational Statistical Physics | W | 8 credits | 2V + 2U | H. J. Herrmann |
| 402-0810-00L | Computational Quantum Physics | W | 8 credits | 2V + 2U | P. Werner,
P. De Forcrand |
| 327-5102-00L | Computational Polymer Physics | W | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | M. Kröger |
| 401-5810-00L | Seminar in Theoretical Physics for CSE | W | 4 credits | 2S | M. Troyer |
|
| Financial Engineering |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 401-4658-00L | Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance II: Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | N. W. Hilber |
| 401-8908-00L | Mathematical Finance and Derivatives | W | 4.5 credits | 3V | M. Chesney |
| 401-8906-00L | Financial Engineering II | W | 4.5 credits | 3V | P. Vanini |
| 401-5820-00L | Seminar in Financial Engineering for CSE | W | 4 credits | 2S | D. Würtz |
|
| Electromagnetics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 227-0366-00L | Introduction to Computational Electromagnetics | W | 6 credits | 4G | C. Hafner,
R. Vahldieck |
| 227-0114-00L | Antennas and Propagation | W | 6 credits | 4G | R. Vahldieck,
M. Gimersky |
| 401-5870-00L | Seminar in Electromagnetics for CSE | W | 4 credits | 2S | C. Hafner |
|
| Electives |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 151-0110-00L | Compressible Flows | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | J.‑P. Kunsch |
| 151-0114-00L | Turbulence Modeling | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | P. Jenny |
| 151-0834-00L | Forming Technology II - Introduction Virtual Process Modelling | W | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | P. Hora |
| 151-0836-00L | Virtual Process Control in Forming Manufacturing Systems Does not take place this semester. | W | 5 credits | 2V + 2U | P. Hora |
| 151-0838-00L | Computational Methods in Micro- and Nano-Structures | W | 5 credits | 2V + 2U | P. Hora,
R. M. Grüebler,
A. Wahlen |
| 151-0840-00L | Computational Methods in Stochastics and Optimization | W | 5 credits | 2V + 2U | P. Hora |
| 151-0206-00L | Energy Systems and Power Engineering | W | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | R. S. Abhari,
A. Steinfeld |
| 151-0306-00L | Visualization, Simulation and Interaction - Virtual Reality I | W | 4 credits | 4G | A. Kunz |
| 151-0314-00L | Information Technologies in the Digital Product | W | 4 credits | 3G | E. Zwicker,
R. Montau |
| 151-0940-00L | Modelling and Mathematical Methods in Process and Chemical Engineering | W | 4 credits | 3G | M. Mazzotti,
M. U. Bäbler |
| 151-0260-00L | Introduction to CFD for Reactive Flow and Physicochemical Hydrodynamics | W | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | I. Zinovik |
| 151-0980-00L | Biofluiddynamics | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | D. Obrist,
P. Jenny,
T. Rösgen |
| 151-1988-00L | Applications of Finite Element Method in Biomechanics | W | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | M. Farshad |
| 227-0448-00L | Image Analysis and Computer Vision II 4 credit points under the programme regulations 2001 | W | 6 credits | 4G | V. Ferrari,
L. Van Gool |
| 227-0116-00L | VLSI I: From Architectures to VLSI Circuits and FPGAs | W | 7 credits | 5G | W. Fichtner,
N. Felber,
H. Kaeslin |
| 227-0148-00L | VLSI III: Test and Fabrication of VLSI Circuits | W | 6 credits | 4G | W. Fichtner,
N. Felber,
H. Kaeslin |
| 227-0418-00L | Algebra and Error Correcting Codes | W | 6 credits | 4G | H.‑A. Loeliger |
| 227-0434-00L | Harmonic Analysis: Theory and Applications in Advanced Signal Processing | W | 6 credits | 2V + 2U | H. Bölcskei |
| 227-0104-00L | Information Transfer | W | 6 credits | 4G | A. Lapidoth |
| 227-0120-00L | Communication Networks | W | 6 credits | 4G | B. Plattner |
| 227-0158-00L | Semiconductor Transport Theory and Monte Carlo Device Simulation | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | F. Bufler,
A. Schenk |
| 251-0316-00L | Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U + 1P | G. Alonso |
| 251-0526-00L | Statistical Learning Theory | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | J. M. Buhmann |
| 251-0570-00L | Game Programming Laboratory | W | 10 credits | 8P | B. Sumner,
N. Thürey |
| 251-0504-00L | Algorithms for Solving Large Scale Eigenvalue Problems Does not take place this semester. | W | 5 credits | 3G | P. Arbenz |
| 251-0548-00L | Software for Numerical Linear Algebra | W | 6 credits | 2V + 2U | |
| 251-1426-00L | Approximation Algorithms and Semidefinite Programming | W | 8 credits | 3V + 2U | B. Gärtner,
J. Matousek |
| 251-0564-00L | Scientific Visualization | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | R. Peikert |
| 251-0538-00L | Surface Representations and Geometric Modeling | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | M. Pauly |
| 251-0532-00L | Bio-Inspired Optimization and Design | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | E. Zitzler,
P. Koumoutsakos |
| 401-5006-09L | Nonlinear Discrete Optimization | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | S. Onn |
| 401-3902-00L | Integer Programming Does not take place this semester. | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | K. Fukuda |
| 401-3904-00L | Convex Optimization | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | M. Baes |
| 401-3908-09L | Polyhedral Computation | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | K. Fukuda |
| 401-3656-09L | Theory and Numerics of Model Reduction | W | 6 credits | 3G | D. Kressner,
M. Gutknecht |
| 401-4606-00L | Numerical Analysis of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations | W | 6 credits | 3G | C. Schwab |
| 402-0472-00L | Mesoscopic Quantum Optics Does not take place this semester. | W | 8 credits | 3V + 1U | A. Imamoglu |
| 402-0804-00L | Neuromorphic Engineering II | W | 6 credits | 5G | T. Delbrück,
R. J. Douglas,
G. Indiveri,
S.‑C. Liu |
| 263-9000-00L | Information Processing with Neural Networks | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | J. Bernasconi |
| 402-0816-00L | Computational Physics and Econophysics | W | 5 credits | 2V + 2U | D. Würtz |
| 402-0806-00L | Computational Vision | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | R. J. Douglas,
D. Kiper,
K. A. Martin |
| 402-0981-00L | Computer Simulations of Sensory Systems | W | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | T. Haslwanter |
| 402-0738-00L | Statistical Methods and Analysis Techniques in Experimental Physics | W | 6 credits | 2V + 3U | C. Grab,
G. Dissertori,
C. Regenfus |
| 701-0412-00L | Climate Systems | W | 3 credits | 2G | R. Knutti |
| 701-1228-00L | Cloud Dynamics | W | 3 credits | 2G | U. Lohmann,
P. Spichtinger |
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see also Fields of Specialization |
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| Case Studies |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 401-3668-09L | Case Studies Seminar | O | 3 credits | 2S | K. Nipp,
R. Hiptmair,
W. F. van Gunsteren |
|
| Semester Paper |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 401-3750-01L | Semester Paper Every semester paper must be registered with us via the corresponding form before the work begins. Collect the registration form from the pigeon holes in front of the student administration offices HG G 33.1 and HG G 33.2. Further information Link | W | 8 credits | 11A | Professors |
| 401-3750-02L | Semester Paper Every semester paper must be registered with us via the corresponding form before the work begins. Collect the registration form from the pigeon holes in front of the student administration offices HG G 33.1 and HG G 33.2. Further information Link | W | 8 credits | 11A | Professors |
| 401-3750-03L | Semester Paper Every semester paper must be registered with us via the corresponding form before the work begins. Collect the registration form from the pigeon holes in front of the student administration offices HG G 33.1 and HG G 33.2. Further information Link | W | 8 credits | 11A | Professors |
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| Compulsory Electives in Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
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see Compulsory Electives in Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
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| Master Thesis |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 401-4990-01L | Master Thesis Only students who fulfil the following criteria are allowed to write the Master thesis: a. have fully completed the Bachelor programme; & b. have fulfilled any additional requirements necessary to gain admission to the CSE Master programme. . Every thesis must be registered with us via the corresponding form before the thesis begins. Collect the registration form from the pigeon holes in front of the student administration offices HG G 33.1 and HG G 33.2. Further information Link | O | 30 credits | 57D | Professors |
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| Colloquia |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 401-5650-00L | Colloquium in Applied and Numerical Mathematics | E- | 0 credits | 2K | C. Schwab,
M. Gutknecht,
R. Hiptmair,
R. Jeltsch,
U. Kirchgraber,
D. Kressner,
K. Nipp,
M. Torrilhon |
