Technical University Berlin

This course provides the practical tools for developing, applying, and investigating machine learning methods in Python. The course utilizes libraries including Pandas, PyTorch, JAX, and Cython.

This beginning course introduces fundamentals of the French language such as common greetings, basic introductory phrases, numbers, commonly used verbs, and the alphabet. In addition, basic knowledge of France and other French-speaking countries such as Switzerland and Belgium is also taught. Listening, speaking, and writing exercises are utilized. The course covers the A1 CEFR level of French language.

This German language course addresses the needs of beginners. The content of the course follows the standards of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) for level A1 (beginners with no prior knowledge). Equal emphasis is given to five language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture. The course covers language topics including how to deal with everyday situations in a German-speaking environment and conduct simple conversations (e.g. at the grocery store, in a restaurant, at a public office); how to understand discussions on familiar topics; how to develop reading strategies that allow students to understand very simple newspaper articles as well as other very short texts; and how to write, revise, and proofread sentences in German. This course is designed to provide students with ample opportunities in the classroom and on a course-related excursion to practice German communication.

Cities around the world face rapid changes in their transportation systems with the advances in ICTs. Recent trends include on-demand and shared mobility modes and automation in public and private transportation systems; these new solutions impact the transport industry, infrastructures management, as well as political agenda. Focusing on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), a new “Smart Mobility” system and real-time network management have been developed as potential solutions to mitigate congestion issues and improve network efficiency.
This course brings a general overview of sustainable and smart transportation in the future smart cities in terms of i) industry trends, business models, technical, and urban design aspects. Based on different European case studies especially in Germany, this program explores innovative methods which Smart cities are currently dealing with as well as future solutions. The course combines theoretical and practical learning materials for transportation modeling and simulation techniques, with a focus on Smart Mobility and ITS solutions and real-world applications. Students review the most well-known traffic simulation models, learn about demand forecasting methods, business, social, and political issues and related analytical techniques. The course examines the concept of smart mobilities and how their business models could grow by analyzing case studies and companies. The course requires students to have basic knowledge of the fundamentals of mathematics and statistics as a prerequisite.

The course explores gaming and virtual and augmented reality. The course discusses topics including what are extended, augmented, virtual, and mixed reality; what tools are used to develop MR applications and how can they be set up; practical deployment of an app on students' devices; introduction to programming for extended reality with Unity (scene setup, interactions); what is User Experience (UX), what is UX design; UX Design and important influencing factors (human/context/system); what is user testing, why is it needed, and what method can be used for testing; and how to perform a usability test and use the gathered result during the development. Students engage in creating use case design, scenarios, prototyping, and developing an app. Students perform a user test and analyze/incorporate the results into a next app version. The course recommends students have programming knowledge and the ability to write and run small programs in the language of their choice (e.g., C#), and basic understanding of mobile builds (Xcode / ADB), as a prerequisite.

This course for foreign students is designed to improve students’ language skills and vocabulary. Areas of focus include grammar, conversation, writing exercises, and listening and reading exercises. In addition, excursions are planned to introduce students to German culture. Students work with cultural and historical topics on an academic level and broaden their intercultural knowledge. They are introduced to independent learning methods and familiarize themselves with typical learning situations at German universities. In this class at the B2 level according to the CEFR, students further develop their (often subject-specific) vocabulary and command of grammatical structures as well as corresponding competencies in university-specific situations. The class takes intercultural and methodological aspects of foreign language learning into consideration, and students discuss specific aspects of German culture and society. The B2 level is split into two courses, the B2.1 course covers the first half of the level and the B2.2 course covers the second half of the level.

This cryptography courses consists of the lectures "Public Key Cryptography" and "Cryptography for Security" as well as a practice session. Public Key Cryptography examines common methods in asymmetric encryption, as well as possible attacks in faulty implementation of these methods. Topics include RSA (including signatures), attacks on small public exponent, Wiener attack, primality tests and factorization, El-Gamal, Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange, elliptic curves, attacks on the discrete logarithm, and selected methods of Post-Quantum-Cryptography. Cryptography for Security discusses fundamental concepts of encryption as well as their construction and their connections, classical cryptographic problems and how to solve them, formal notions of security, One-Way-Functions, (Pseudo-)Random-Number-Generators, and Pseudo-Random-Functions. Practice sessions alternate between two formats that are both primarily focused on attacks learned in class. In the first, students read encryption code and write a corresponding decryption algorithm. In the second, students prove theorems/attacks' effectiveness and make calculations by hand, often involving topics in ring theory, field theory, and group theory.

This course for foreign students is designed to improve students’ language skills and vocabulary. Areas of focus include grammar, conversation, writing exercises, and listening and reading exercises. In addition, excursions are planned to introduce students to German culture. Students work with cultural and historical topics on an academic level and broaden their intercultural knowledge. They are introduced to independent learning methods and familiarize themselves with typical learning situations at German universities. In this class at the A1 level according to the CEFR, students learn basic vocabulary and grammatical structures as well as corresponding competencies in university-specific situations. The class takes intercultural and methodological aspects of foreign language learning into consideration, and students are introduced to German culture and society.