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This lab course (Praktikum) trains in video encoding and transmission over communication networks. A particular focus will be on wireless and mobile networks, which are becoming increasingly important. After a successful completion the students are capable of encoding video clips, assessing the video quality using objective video quality metrics, and streaming the video. The students will further acquire the basics in the field of wireless communication - interference, broadcast communication medium, rate and power control. They will build up technical expertise on MAC and routing protocol behaviour in wireless mesh networking environments through various experiment set-up and performance evaluations.

This course introduces some of the key themes and concepts common to ancient Chinese philosophy and Greek philosophy, such as nature, wisdom, and knowledge, have often been discussed and studied in their own terms. We wish to bring the two traditions of thought together and see what happens when one meets her doppelganger.

We examine and compare some important themes and concepts common to both ancient Chinese philosophy and Greek philosophy. We will discuss in turn “saint and sage”, “knowing and ignorance”, “nature”, and “change”. Each week’s class consists of two lecture sessions (one Chinese and one Greek) and a subsequent discussion session.

Since the first discovery of a planet around the star 51 Pegasi in 1995, about six thousand planets have been discovered outside our solar system. This led to the conclusion that both stars and planets are common in the universe. This course is designed to learn stars and planets and is divided into three sections: Solar System Dynamics; Stellar Structure and Evolution, and Formation of Stars and Planets.

This course explores how economic theory can help us to design and evaluate public policy. The main focus of the course is to study basic notions, models, and results of public economics. Primary attention is given to the expenditure side of the economy, especially to externalities, public goods, social choice, and local public goods. The course takes examples from environmental and tax policy as well as the analysis of projects and inequality. Students take a modern microeconomics approach to tackle inefficiency problems in public economics.

This course focuses on the role of the government in the economy. It provides an understanding of the reasons for government intervention in the economy, analyzing the benefits of possible government policies, and the response of economic agents to the government's actions. The course covers social insurance and tax policy, and related issues, such as inequality and budget deficits.

This course examines modern predictive modelling techniques, with application to realistically large data sets. Case studies will be drawn from business, industrial, and government applications.

Economic inequalities are prevalent and persistent around the world. In this seminar, we will tackle the question of how economic inequality intersects with the political realm. In the first half of the seminar, students will gain an overview of the national and global structure of inequality along indicators like income and wealth. We will analyze, what perceptions of inequality people have and which beliefs accompany them. Furthermore, we will engage with theories on how one’s economic circumstances might impact political preferences and behavior.  In the second half, we will look at studies connecting people’s economic realities and their policy preferences, policy responsiveness, political participation and voting behavior. We will especially focus on redistributive and economic policy priorities as well as radical voting patterns.

This course introduces students to the study of how states make foreign policy decisions. It considers the social, material, institutional, and political contexts for decision-making, and how individual leaders' cognitive and psychological traits influence the choices they make. It thus forms a bridge between the study of leadership, domestic politics, and international relations.

The course analyzes global organizational structures and international strategies, highlighting corporate challenges in the face of the complexity of the global economy. It focuses on the means to achieve a competitive advantage, sustain it over time, and the ability to replicate it to target markets during the internationalization process. In addition to corporate strategies, the course discusses cross-cultural negotiation and soft skill strategies.

This course is also referred to as International Dynamics and Cross-Cultural Negotiation: Corporate Environment.