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. 

Check in the regulations which activities can be Type D and which can be Type F.

Teachings and other activities that can be entered autonomously in the booklet

Academic year:
Semester 1 From 10/3/22 To 1/27/23
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)
Semester 2 From 3/6/23 To 6/16/23
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)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Federated learning from zero to hero D Gloria Menegaz

Teaching code

4S009025

Credits

6

Coordinator

Mariano Ceccato

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

INF/01 - INFORMATICS

The teaching is organized as follows:

Teoria

Credits

5

Period

Semester 2

Academic staff

Mariano Ceccato

Laboratorio

Credits

1

Period

Semester 2

Academic staff

Mariano Ceccato

Learning objectives

The course covers the main methodologies and technologies to identify and mitigate cyber-attacks to IoT software systems. At the end of the course, the student shall prove to know the main classes of vulnerabilities and attacks that threaten the security of these systems, and to know the technical and organizational countermeasures that can be adopted to mitigate the risks of such attacks. This knowledge shall allow the student to define software architectures that guarantee the security of IoT software systems.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Knowledge of programming fundamentals

Program

- Introduction: cybersecurity and IoT, well-known examples of IoT security incidents. Ethics in software and IT security. Case studies of the course
- Access control, elements of access control, Discretionary Access Control, Role based Access Control, roles, hierarchies and separation of duty.
- Presentation of Owasp Top10 and the taxonomy of vulnerabilities
- Cyber attacks in the past and recent cyber attacks. Advanced Persistent Threat. Cyber Kill Chain: Reconnaissance, Weponization, Delivery, Exploitation, Installation, Command and Control, Actions on Objectives. Description of attacks, objectives, tools and defense strategies. Examples of attacks modeled with Cyber Kill Chain.
- Miter Att&ck: data sources, structure. Tactics, techniques, groups, software and mitigations. Examples and usage scenarios. Case study analysis and mapping on Miter Att&ck
- Social engineering. Well-known cases of social engineering attacks. Exercises with tools for creating social engineering attacks campaigns
- Password based authentication. Typical problems and attacks. Password cracking exercises. Countermeasures.
- Black box penetration testing, and white box penetration testing.
- Discussion of case studies.

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Didactic methods

The course consists of a mix of frontal lectures, discussions and practical labs.

Learning assessment procedures

Students will be assessed through an oral exam and laboratory activities. Alternatively, attending students will have the opportunity to take the exam as a project agreed with the teacher

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

Personal learning and reworking of the course contents

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Oral exam evaluation

Exam language

English or Italian