Sweden

The course focuses on international and global environmental issues related to sustainable development. Lectures and seminars present the issues through selected literature. The course covers the concept of sustainable development, environmental history, climate change, environmental impacts in connection with the use of natural resources, and energy issues. The course also discusses consumption patterns and the environment, environmental economics, the role of international institutions, policy making, and cultural and ethical aspects on environment.

This course examines Scandinavian design from the 20th century to the present, in light of the international development of design during this period. The growth of modern design in Scandinavia is discussed in relation to early modernist and contemporary design. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to give an overview (from an international perspective) of key events in the history of design in Scandinavia from the past century, describe and characterize objects of Scandinavian design from the past century, and give a global comparative overview of the current place Scandinavian design has in society with regard to the balance of power, gender, ethnicity, and diversity.

This course focuses on environmental issues and sustainable development. The course covers three themes: the historical roots of and current discourses on sustainable development; the theories of managing common pool resources and their implications for sustainable development; and connections to specific environmental challenges. The course introduces students to the multidimensional aspects of sustainable development and their link to environmental challenges on global, national, and local levels. A special focus is put on the sustainable management of common pool resources. In addition, specific environmental challenges are used to illustrate the complexity of the issues and their implications for sustainability.

The course is an introduction to the central topics of the philosophy of language seen from a global, multilingual perspective. It focuses on the commonalities of the natural languages that allow them to generate meaningful expressions, to be about things in the world, and to influence and be influenced by what we think. Topics addressed in the course include the nature of meaning and reference, whether there is a universal language of thought, how language influences thought, if translation is really possible, whether we can have private languages, and how the languages of animals and machines relate to ours.

This course provides practical experience in early stages of starting a technology-based start-up. The course is based on principles from lean-startup and business model canvas. Through practical experience, student-driven seminars, inspirational lectures and literature studies, understanding of business model components in the start-up process, as well as ability to analyze and validate an idea or invention is mainly achieved through customer-based development and experimentation with minimum viable products. This understanding is used to develop an efficient and scalable business model and review the business model from sustainable and ethical perspectives.

The course describes how non-linear systems can be treated through analysis, simulation, and controller design. Lectures cover non-linear phenomena; mathematical modeling of nonlinear systems; stationary points; linearization around stationary points and trajectories; phase plane analysis; stability analysis using the Lyapunov method; circle criterion; small-gain and passivity; computer tools for simulation and analysis; effects of saturation; backlash and dead-zones in control loops; describing functions for analysis of limit cycles; high-gain methods and relay feedback; optimal control; and nonlinear synthesis and design. Laboratory exercises include analysis using the describing function and control design with dead-zone compensation for an air throttle used in car motors; energy-based design of a swing-up algorithm for an inverted pendulum; and trajectory generation using optimal control for the pendulum-on-a-cart process.

This course covers compiler construction: the main phases in a compiler like scanning, parsing, static-semantic analysis, and code generation; compiler formalisms like context-free grammars and attribute grammars; compiler tools like parser generators and static aspect-oriented programming; program representations like abstract syntax trees and intermediate code; and run-time systems that handle programs during execution. Lab course includes implementation of a small compiler. The course makes use of the compiler generation tool JastAdd.

The course gives an overview of a wide range of topics and also provides technical details of some topics. Topics included in the course are security terminology, cryptography, digital certificates, email security, DNS architecture and security, web session security, web application security, remote and local authentication, Internet anonymity, operating system security, Transport Layer Security (TLS) and organizational aspects.

This course gives an introduction to some of the approaches, theoretical concepts and tools used in sustainability studies. The course uses problem solving and critical approaches to explore some key sustainability challenges, e.g. climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification and land-system change. The course integrates natural and social dimensions of these challenges. In this way it covers the scientific understanding of, theoretical perspectives on, and social perceptions of major sustainability challenges.