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.

Academic calendar

The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.

Academic calendar

Course calendar

The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..

Academic year:
Definition of lesson periods
Period From To
Semester 1 Oct 3, 2022 Jan 27, 2023
Semester 2 Mar 6, 2023 Jun 16, 2023
Exam sessions
Session From To
Sessione invernale d'esame Jan 30, 2023 Mar 3, 2023
Sessione estiva d'esame Jun 19, 2023 Jul 31, 2023
Sessione autunnale d'esame Sep 4, 2023 Sep 29, 2023
Degree sessions
Session From To
Sessione Estiva Jul 18, 2023 Jul 18, 2023
Sessione Autunnale Oct 13, 2023 Oct 13, 2023
Sessione Invernale Mar 13, 2024 Mar 13, 2024
Holidays
Period From To
Ponte Festa di tutti i Santi Oct 31, 2022 Nov 1, 2022
Ponte dell'Immacolata Concezione Dec 8, 2022 Dec 9, 2022
Vacanze natalizie Dec 23, 2022 Jan 8, 2023
Vacanze di Pasqua Apr 7, 2023 Apr 10, 2023
Festa della Liberazione Apr 24, 2023 Apr 25, 2023
Festa del lavoro May 1, 2023 May 1, 2023
Festa del Santo Patrono May 21, 2023 May 21, 2023
Festa della Repubblica Jun 2, 2023 Jun 2, 2023
Chiusura estiva Aug 14, 2023 Aug 19, 2023

Exam calendar

Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Science and Engineering Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Exam calendar

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Academic staff

B C D F G M P Q S T V Z

Belussi Alberto

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Beyan Cigdem

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Bombieri Nicola

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Calanca Andrea

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Caputo Ariel

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Castellani Umberto

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Ceccato Mariano

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Combi Carlo

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Cristani Marco

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Cubico Serena

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Daffara Claudia

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Dalla Preda Mila

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Farinelli Alessandro

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Fummi Franco

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Giachetti Andrea

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Gialanella Stefano

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Gregorio Enrico

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Meli Daniele

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Migliorini Sara

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Muradore Riccardo

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Murino Vittorio

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Pasqua Michele

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Pianezzi Daniela

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Piccinelli Nicola

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Pravadelli Graziano

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Quaglia Davide

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Quintarelli Elisa

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Setti Francesco

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Tomazzoli Claudio

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Toniolo Sara

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Villa Tiziano

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Zavatteri Matteo

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Study Plan

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
ING-INF/04
Compulsory activities for Embedded & Iot Systems
Compulsory activities for Smart Systems & Data Analytics
6
B/C
INF/01 ,ING-INF/06
6
B/C
ING-INF/05
Compulsory activities for Robotics Systems
6
B/C
INF/01
6
B/C
ING-INF/05

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Compulsory activities for Embedded & Iot Systems
Compulsory activities for Robotics Systems
Compulsory activities for Smart Systems & Data Analytics
6
B/C
ING-INF/05
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
ING-INF/04
Compulsory activities for Embedded & Iot Systems
Compulsory activities for Smart Systems & Data Analytics
6
B/C
INF/01 ,ING-INF/06
6
B/C
ING-INF/05
Compulsory activities for Robotics Systems
6
B/C
INF/01
6
B/C
ING-INF/05
activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Compulsory activities for Embedded & Iot Systems
Compulsory activities for Robotics Systems
Compulsory activities for Smart Systems & Data Analytics
6
B/C
ING-INF/05
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities. International students (ie students who do not have an Italian bachelor’s degree) must compulsorily gain 3 credits of Italian language skills
3
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.




S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S009009

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

ING-INF/05 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS

Period

Semester 2 dal Mar 4, 2024 al Jun 14, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The goal of the course is to enable students to master the engineering methods and processes that are necessary to manage modern information system, and especially data-intensive systems, to operate on large data collections and to understand the utility and methods of business analysis, obtaining useful knowledge to improve the decision-making process. As a consequence, the course will expose the students to some of the most advanced methodologies adopted to understand the conceptual and technological problems encountered in the design and implementation of solutions based on analyses for complex systems starting from collections of data that must be integrated, organized and analyzed mainly through automatic tools.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Theory or relational databases

Program

1. Introduction to database management systems (DBMS): architectures and functionalities of a DBMS. Physical and logical data independence. Data models. Concepts of model, schema and instance of a database. Languages for database systems. DBMS vs. file system. Information Systems and Data Science.
2. The relational theory: basic concepts.
3. Interacting with a database system: languages for the definition, querying and update of a database. SQL: select-from-where statement, join in SQL, the GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses, using subqueries. Views.
4. Conceptual database design: conceptual data models. The Entity-Relationship model (ER). Elements of the ER model: entities, attributes, relationships, ISA hierarchies and cardinality constraints. Logical database design: logical data models, the relational data model. Elements of the relational data models: relations and integrity constraints. Mapping between conceptual schemas in ER model and logical schema in the relational model.
5. Decision support systems.
1. Datawarehouse systems
2. Designing Data Warehouse on integrated data (GAV and LAV approaches)
3. OLAP queries

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

In-person classes and practical sessions

Learning assessment procedures

The exam consists of a written test (2 hours), possibly supplemented by an oral, containing some open questions about theory concepts, an exercise about the conceptual modeling and the logical modeling of a datawarehouse, and some exercises about the specification of queries in SQL on the designed datawarehouse.

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

To pass the exam, the students must show that:
- they have understood the concepts related to the theory of relational databases and data warehouses and their design;
- they are able to describe the concepts in a clear and exhaustive way;
- they are able to apply the acquired knowledge to solve application scenarios described by means of questions and exercises.
The written exam will be evaluated with at most 33 points (30 cum Laude).

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final mark will be the mark obtained in the written exam, possibly supplemented by the mark obtained during the oral test.

Exam language

Inglese

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

Career prospects


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News for students

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Graduation

Deadlines and administrative fulfilments

For deadlines, administrative fulfilments and notices on graduation sessions, please refer to the Graduation Sessions - Science and Engineering service.

Need to activate a thesis internship

For thesis-related internships, it is not always necessary to activate an internship through the Internship Office. For further information, please consult the dedicated document, which can be found in the 'Documents' section of the Internships and work orientation - Science e Engineering service.

Final examination regulations

Upon completion of the Master’s degree dissertation, students are awarded 24 CFU, which equates to no more than 4-5 months of full-time work.

Goals
The primary goal of a dissertation is to develop an original study that may include an application project or a theoretical topic related to specific design issues, or a critical review of the most recent developments in a given field of study. During the preparation of the dissertation, under the guidance of the Supervisor and co-supervisors (if any), the student is expected to conduct an in- depth study of the chosen topic, while gaining the ability to summarise and creatively apply the knowledge acquired. The dissertation should focus on topics of engineering and computer science, or closely related areas of study. The work shall consist in the written presentation of activities that may be structured as follows:

  1. design and development of applications or systems;
  2. critical analysis of contributions from the scientific literature;
  3. original research contributions.

The dissertation shall be written in English and can be presented either in English or in Italian, also relying on multimedia tools such as presentations and videos.

Assessment methods and examination procedures
Each dissertation can be either internal or external, depending on whether it is carried out at the University of Verona or in collaboration with another institution. For each dissertation a Supervisor, one or more co-supervisors (optional) and an Examiner will be appointed. The Examiner is appointed by the Computer Science Teaching Committee at least 20 days before the presentation of the dissertation, once the student's eligibility to take the Master's degree examination has been verified. With regard to the legal aspects related to the dissertation and its scientific outcomes (e.g. intellectual property of research outcomes), please refer to the relevant legislation and the University Regulations.
Evaluation of the dissertation
The Supervisor, the co-supervisor/s (if any) and the Examiner will evaluate the dissertation based on the following criteria:

  1. level of in-depth analysis carried out, in relation to the most recent developments in the areas related to information technology, with a focus on medical and biological applications;
  2. scientific and/or technological outcomes of the dissertation;
  3. student’s critical thinking;
  4. student’s experimental and/or formal development;
  5. student’s ability to carry out independent work (this point will not be assessed by the Examiner);
  6. value of the methodologies used;
  7. accuracy in planning and writing the dissertation.

Graduation mark
The graduation mark (based on a 110-point scale) is a whole value between 66/110 and 110/110 and is calculated by adding together the following elements (then rounding the result to the nearest whole number, e.g. 93.50 => 94; 86.49 => 86):

  • 1) the average of the marks gained in the modules, weighted according to CFU, converted to a 110-point scale;
  • 2) evaluation of the dissertation and the oral presentation during the final examination, based on the following methods:
    • a) each of the points 1-7 listed above will be assigned a coefficient between 0 and 1 (fractional coefficient with one decimal place);
    • b) the quality of the presentation will be assessed by awarding a coefficient between 0 and 1 (fractional coefficient with one decimal place);
    • c) the sum of the points resulting from (a) and (b).

The Graduation Committee may award one extra point in the following cases: cum laude honours obtained in the exams taken during the degree programme; participation in internships officially recognised by the Computer Science Teaching Committee; taking extra modules; and the achievement of the degree in a time that is shorter than the normal duration of the degree programme. If the final score is 110/110, the Graduation Committee may award cum laude honours by unanimous decision.

External dissertations
An external dissertation is a work carried out in collaboration with an institution/body other than the University of Verona. In this case, the topic of the dissertation must be agreed in advance with a Supervisor from the University of Verona. In addition, the student must indicate at least one co- supervisor belonging to the external institution/body, who will support the student during the work on the dissertation. The Supervisor and the co- supervisors must be indicated in the online graduation application. The insurance aspects relating to the student's stay at the external institution are regulated by the regulations in force at the University of Verona. If the dissertation involves a period of training at the external institution/body, then it is necessary that the University of Verona enters into a specific agreement with such institution/body. The scientific outcomes of the dissertation will be available to all parties involved. In particular, the contents and results of the dissertation are to be considered public. For all matters not strictly scientific (e.g. agreements, insurance) the resolution of the Academic Senate of 12 January 1999 shall be taken as a reference.

Supervisor, co-supervisors, examiners
The dissertation presentation is introduced by the Supervisor. Professors belonging to the Department of Computer Science may be appointed as Supervisors, as well as any external lecturers who are deemed suitable by the Teaching Committee based on their area of study and level of expertise.
In addition to those who have the above requirements to be appointed as Supervisor, the following individuals may be appointed as co-supervisors: researchers working in external research institutes, research grant holders, post-doctoral fellowship holders, PhD students, technical staff of the Department, external experts appointed by an Italian University, corporate officers who have a remarkable experience in the field relevant to the topic of the dissertation. Examiners may be appointed among lecturers and researchers at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Verona, who are deemed to be experts in the specific field of the dissertation topic.

Graduation Committee
The Graduation Committee shall include five members, of which at least four are professors in the Master's degree programme in Computer Engineering for Robotics and Smart Industry. Based on the number of graduates, the Computer Science Teaching Committee will identify the most appropriate organisational methods for administering the examination, and it shall make available the calendar of tests at least one week before the examination itself. The procedures and deadlines for the submission of the graduation application are established by the Computer Science Teaching Committee and by the relevant offices.

List of thesis proposals

theses proposals Research area
Domain Adaptation Computer Science and Informatics: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems - Computer graphics, computer vision, multi media, computer games
Domain Adaptation Computer Science and Informatics: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems - Machine learning, statistical data processing and applications using signal processing (e.g. speech, image, video)
Domain Adaptation Computing Methodologies - IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION
Domain Adaptation Computing methodologies - Machine learning

Career management


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