Duration
Number of credits
| Master in mathematics, research focus (Odd years, not organized in 2024-2025) | 4 crédits | |||
| Master in mathematics, teaching focus (Odd years, not organized in 2024-2025) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Emilie Charlier, Julien Leroy, Michel Rigo, Manon Stipulanti
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This is a familiarization with research in mathematics through the reading of one or more articles in discrete mathematics (combinatorics, graph theory, theory of formal languages, counting problems, ordered sets, theoretical computer sciences, ..) published in an international journal.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course students will have worked independtly. His understanding of the results described in the studied articles should be sufficient to permit the student to present its content in a clear and convincing way during an oral presentation of 40 minutes, without notes, on the black board.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Corequis :
INFO0212-2 - Algorithmique et calculabilité
MATH0470-1 - Combinatorics on words
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A list of topics (each with a brief description) will be available to students at the beginning of the year. Each topic will be proposed by a promoter (which may differ from the course advisors of the course).
The student must submit by e-mail to the coordinator a list of three articles with at least two different promoters.
The final decision for giving a subject to a student is under the responsability of the course advisors and the subject promoter.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Learning is stand-alone. Students are encouraged to make an appointment with their promoter to discuss possible mathematical issues.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Assessment is based on an oral presentation in French or English. The presentation lasts 40 minutes. It is done without notes on the black board in front of the course advisors and the promoter. This will be followed by a question and answer session. The student may use, if it is justified by the context, some support (data table, long list, etc.).
Students should not be satisfied with studying only a part of the article provided as a reference. The student is expected to develop, through additional research, an overall view of the addressed topic. This will enable them to summarise the context and issues of the results they have decided to present. In addition to technical mastery of the subject, teaching skills are also assessed. It is expected that the presentation can be understood by a non-specialist in the subject studied.
The final rating will be based on the quality of the presentation and of the scientific work. Moreover, implication of the student and his/her personal works realized all along the year are also taken into account.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
This course is organized on academic years starting on an odd year (for instance 2019-2020).
Contacts
Course advisors: Emilie Charlier, Julien Leroy, Michel Rigo, Manon Stipulanti
echarlier@uliege.be
J.Leroy@uliege.be
M.Rigo@uliege.be
M.Stipulanti@uliege.be