Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Type D and Type F activities
The educational activities of type D are chosen by the student, those of type F are further knowledge useful for entering the world of work (internships, soft skills, project works, etc.). According to the Didactic Regulations of the Course, some activities can be chosen and included autonomously in the booklet, others must be approved by a special committee to verify their consistency with the study plan. Type D or F educational activities can be covered by the following activities.
1. Teachings taught at the University of Verona.
Include the teachings listed below and/or in the Course Catalogue (which can also be filtered by language of delivery via Advanced Search).
Booklet entry mode: if the teaching is included among those listed below, the student can include it autonomously during the period in which the study plan is open; otherwise, the student must submit a request to the Secretariat, sending the form to carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it during the period indicated.
2. CLA certificate or language equivalency.
In addition to those required by the curriculum, the following are recognized for those matriculated from A.Y. 2021/2022:
- English language: 3 CFUs are recognized for each level of proficiency above the one required by the course of study (if not already recognized in the previous course of study).
- Other languages and Italian for foreigners: 3 cfu are recognized for each proficiency level starting from A2 (if not already recognized in the previous study cycle).
These cfu will be recognized, up to a maximum of 6 cfu in total, as type F if the teaching plan allows, or as type D. Additional elective credits for language knowledge may be recognized only if consistent with the student's educational project and if adequately justified.
Those enrolled until A.Y. 2020/2021 should consult the information found here.
Booklet entry mode: request the certificate or equivalency to the CLA and send it to the Student Secretariat - Careers for career entry of the exam, via email: carriere.scienze@ateneo.univr.it
3. Soft skills
Discover the training paths promoted by the University's TALC - Teaching and learning center, intended for students regularly enrolled in the academic year of course delivery https://talc.univr.it/it/competenze-trasversali
Booklet entry mode: the teaching is not expected to be included in the curriculum. Only after obtaining the Open Badge, the CFUs in the booklet will be automatically validated. The registration of CFUs in career is not instantaneous, but there will be some technical time to wait.
4. CONTAMINATION LAB
The Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) is an experiential course with modules on innovation and enterprise culture that offers the opportunity to work in teams with students from all areas to solve challenges set by companies and organisations.
Upon completion of a CLab, students will be entitled to receive 6 CFU (D- or F-type credits).
Find out more: https://www.univr.it/clabverona
PLEASE NOTE: In order to be admitted to any teaching activities, including those of your choice, you must be enrolled in the academic year in which the activities in question are offered. Students who are about to graduate in the December and April sessions are therefore advised NOT to undertake extracurricular activities in the new academic year in which they are not enrolled, as these graduation sessions are valid for students enrolled in the previous academic year. Therefore, students who undertake an activity in an academic year in which they are not enrolled will not be granted CFU credits.
5. Stage/internship period
In addition to the CFUs required by the curriculum (check carefully what is indicated on the Didactic Regulations): here information on how to activate the internship.
Teachings and other activities that can be entered autonomously in the booklet
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Introduction to Robotics for students of scientific courses. | D |
Paolo Fiorini
(Coordinator)
|
| 1° 2° | Matlab-Simulink programming | D |
Bogdan Mihai Maris
(Coordinator)
|
| 1° 2° | Rapid prototyping on Arduino | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
|
| 1° 2° | Programming Challanges | D |
Romeo Rizzi
(Coordinator)
|
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Introduction to 3D printing | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
|
| 1° 2° | Python programming language | D |
Carlo Combi
(Coordinator)
|
| 1° 2° | HW components design on FPGA | D |
Franco Fummi
(Coordinator)
|
| 1° 2° | Protection of intangible assets (SW and invention)between industrial law and copyright | D |
Roberto Giacobazzi
(Coordinator)
|
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Federated learning from zero to hero | D |
Gloria Menegaz
|
Systems verification & testing (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S009017
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Period
Semester 1 dal Oct 3, 2022 al Jan 27, 2023.
Learning objectives
The course aims to train students in the field of algorithmic techniques, languages and automatic tools that underpin the verification and testing methodologies of complex digital and analog systems. In particular, the main objective of the course is to explain how it is possible to represent complex systems through virtual platforms in relation to their physical realization and to guarantee the functional safety and certification process of the devices that compose them. Upon completion of the course, the students must demonstrate that they have acquired the fundamental knowledge to understand the methodologies and tools necessary to verify and test complex analog / digital devices, to guarantee their functional safety, and to certify them. This knowledge will allow the students to: represent analog / digital systems in the form of virtual platforms; define verification methods based on dynamic and semi-formal techniques; develop approaches for testing and fault tolerance; use, integrate, and develop automatic tools for the modelling, verification and testing of analog / digital systems; activate certification processes. At the end of the course the students will have acquired the ability to: (i) carry out a group or personal laboratory project and present the results by motivating the choices with language appropriateness; (ii) continue autonomously the study and research in the field of verification, testing and certification of complex analog / digital systems by addressing advanced issues both in the industrial and scientific fields.
Prerequisites and basic notions
To better understand the topics covered in the course it is necessary to have knowledge in the field of HW / SW systems design
Program
A. Systems modeling and veriifcation
- SystemVerilog
- ABV introduction
- ABV - specification languages
- ABV - assertion automatic generation
- ABV - assertion qualification: coverage
- ABV - assertion qualification: vacuity
- ABV - assertion qualification: overspecification
B. Systems testing and certiifcation
- Faults-defects-errors definition
- Digital faults modeling
- Analog faults modeling
- verilog-AMS
- Systemc-AMS
- Gate-level simulation
- Fault simulation
- Combinational ATPG
- Sequantial ATPG
- Design for testability
- Self-testing circuits
- Fault tollerance
- Functional safety
- Certification for safety
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The course is organized in lectures, exercises and self-assessment activities through the use of online questionnaires. There will also be practical computer exercises.
Recordings of all lessons are available on the Moodle pages of the A.Y.21/22.
Learning assessment procedures
The final exam consists of two parts:
- a written test containing questions and exercises;
- a report describing the application to a case study of skills acquired in the laboratory exercises. Alternatively, to such a report, it is possible to carry out a project connected with the thesis.
In the event of restrictions related to COVID, the examination procedure could be changed in agreement with those who attend the course.
Evaluation criteria
To pass the exam, students must demonstrate that they:
- understand the principles related to the verification and testing of a system;
- are able to present their arguments in a precise and organic way without digressions;
- know how to apply the knowledge acquired to solve application problems presented in the form of exercises, questions and projects.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade is given by the weighted sum of the theory grade and the laboratory report.
Exam language
English
