Carlos III University of Madrid

This course explores the role of the media in contemporary liberal democracies and the actors who intervene in the process of political communication: governments, political parties, journalists, interest groups, and social movements. It also focuses on the main theories on the social influence of the media and how to run an electoral campaign (interviews, debates, polls, ads, etc.)

This course studies the rights of accessibility to culture and the need to work in favor of the integration of all people in the community. It discusses transmission of cultural content to diverse audiences by adapting the message to the singularity of the recipients as well as the value of tangible and intangible heritage by encouraging its conservation in different social contexts.

This course examines female scientists in history from antiquity to present day. It also discusses Nobel prizes won by women, Spanish women in science, and the current roles of women in science. 

This course offers a study of industrial robotics including morphology and robotic technologies, kinematic control, dynamic modeling, structure of the control system, programming of industrial robots, and industrial robotic applications.

This course offers a study of basic Machine Learning techniques, when to use Machine Learning on real problems, how to determine which technique is appropriate for each problem, and to apply the techniques in a practical way to real problems. Topics include: learning decision trees and rules; methodological aspects; learning regression trees and rules; ensembles of learning methods; frequent itemsets and association rules; reinforcement learning; relational learning.

This neural engineering course offers a study of the following topics: neurophysiology; neural modeling; brain imaging; brain networks; brain-computer interfaces; brain-machine interfaces; managing injuries of the nervous system.

This course explores the contents and use of country reports produced by private and public institutions including the structure and framework of the reports. It discusses the measurement and analysis of development and evaluation as well as the categories and metrics used in writing a country report.  

Topics in this Methodology of Political Science course include: the logic of research in political science; problem of causality in political science; case and variable studies; the comparative method in political science; theories and hypotheses; research design; data collection techniques; data analysis; visualization, preparation, and report of research papers.

This course offers a study of world history in the twentieth century. It explores secular problems of Europe, how to address them, and assesses democracy as a form of government. Topics include: Cold War; golden years and welfare state; political changes in Europe and the US; social changes; youth revolt and women's liberation.

This course offers a study of Numerical Methods (NM) to calculate approximate solutions of mathematical models. Topics include: floating point, errors, stability, and algorithms; solution of linear systems of equations; numerical solution of equations and systems of nonlinear equations; interpolation and approximation of functions; least squares problems; numerical optimization; numerical integration; numerical differentiation; fast Fourier transform.