Master of Science in Software Engineering

Master of Science in Software Engineering is a joint curriculum of the University of Tartu and the Tallinn University of Technology. The current page contains information about the relevant courses given at the Tallinn University of Technology.

Campus information

To find your way around the TUT campus, please take a look at [1], there is also a map available there.

Access to TUT Study Information System

It is necessary to register to the courses given at TUT in TUT Study Information System (Õppeinfosüsteem, ÕIS for short). To access it you need to either

• Use your ID card or residence permit with a chip to log in at https://ois.ttu.ee
• If you do not have the chip card, you will need to go to the ÕIS admins in room SOC-132 to get a username and password.

Login to lab computers, submission of homeworks

To log in to labs and to submit homeworks in many courses you will need to know your Uni-ID. You are able to find it out and set a password at pass.ttu.ee by again using your ID card or residence permit with a chip. (You are also able to log into the lab computers with the chip card).

If you do not have the chip card, you will be able to find out your Uni-ID and set passwords in room ICT-410.

There is a learning environment ained.ttu.ee where you will get access using your Uni-ID based e-mail address. Once you have your Uni-ID access sorted, please navigate to ained.ttu.ee and choose the Office365 login. Use your Uni-ID based e-mail address in the form 'your-uni-id@ttu.ee' and set up your account in the system. You will later be able to join courses.

Timetables

It is possible to view the timetables by going to [2] and selecting "Timetables" from the left menu. Then look for your group (Autumn semester: IVSM11, IVSM12, IVSM31, IVSM32, Spring semester IVSM21, IVSM22). Please note that there may be changes in the timetable until the beginning of September.

For combining your electives and free choice courses, please check out the "condensed timetable" link.

1st semester

Core module

Agile Software Development The course will take place in Tartu. If you choose the Embedded and real-time software specialization and stay in Tallinn, you will be able to reimburse your bus/train tickets for attending the core module courses in Tartu. Contact juhan.ernits@ttu.ee for further information.

Systems Modelling The course will take place in Tartu. If you choose the Embedded and real-time software specialization and stay in Tallinn, you will be able to reimburse your bus/train tickets for attending the core module courses in Tartu. Contact juhan.ernits@ttu.ee for further information.

ITT8060 Advanced programming: Autumn 2016: Lectures Wed 10:00-11:30 in ICT-A1, labs Wed 12:00-13:30 in ICT-401.

IDY0204 Software Quality and Standards (Autumn semester) Autumn 2016: Lectures Wed 14:00-15:30, labs Wed 16:00-17:30, rooms TBA

For students staying in Tartu a shuttle bus will be provided to take them to Tallinn on Wednesdays.

Embedded and real-time software specialization

Real-Time Operating Systems and Systems Programming Lectures Fri 10:00-12:30 in room U06A-229, labs 12:00-13:30 in room ICT-405.

Electives

ITI8600 Methods of Knowledge Based Software Development.

2nd semester

Seminar module

ITX8301 MSc Seminar I

Embedded and real-time software specialization

ITI8531 Software synthesis and verification: Lecture Thu 12:00-13:30 (ICT-A1), Lab Thu 14:00-15:30 (ICT-405)

ITI8500 Foundations of embedded real-time systems (the content of the course will be changed to involve more practical work)

ITI8520 Real-time software engineering. The course will be redesigned to reflect the engineering perspective to real-time software engineering and Internet of Things together with code generation from models. The theoretical knowledged will be complemented with appropriate practical project in the course ITI8500.

Electives

ITI8580 Hybrid systems

IAF0530 Dependability and fault tolerance

ITI8590 Advanced algorithms and data structures

IDY0203 Agent oriented modelling and multi-agent system

Suggested courses that will count as electives

ITT8030 Semantics of programming languages

ITI8565 Machine learning

Cognitronics - a new course on building cyber-physical systems that work together with the human body.

3rd semester

Embedded and real-time software specialization

ITX8302 MSc seminar II

All the rest of the compulsory courses should be done by the 3rd semester. You will have the option to participate in a startup project or carry out your practical training in addition to the elective courses.

You will have a palette of MSc level courses to choose from as a free studies course that would support your personal interests and help you in making your skills set unique and attractive to potential employers.

Electives

ITI8600 Methods of Knowledge Based Software Development.

IDY0201 Requirements Engineering

Suggested courses that will count as electives

IDN0110 Data mining

4th semester

You are free to choose an elective from the choices available during the Spring semester. Your main effort is expected to go into finalizing your thesis.

Practical training

ITX8510 offers 6 ECTS for Internships & Practical trainings. ITX8511 offers 12 ECTS for Internships & Practical trainings.

If you are looking for a new internship place, please first check out the following faculty wide page: [3]. Then please contact: Juhan Ernits.

If you have already work experience, the requirements to get this recognised are as follows:

The work that you have done must be in an IT-related field. For every 6 ECTS you must have worked at least 4 weeks full-time, or 8 weeks part-time (at 50%).

Your supervisor will have to sign a form and evaluate your work progress. Internship regulations and supervisor form can be found on the Internship regulation and forms page (http://www.ttu.ee/public/i/infotehnoloogia-teaduskond/Praktikatoend2014_ENG.doc). This signed supervisor form needs to be given to the Dean's office and/or uploaded to OIS (e.g., do NOT give it to me directly, i might misplace your paper).

You will need to document what you have been working on and write a report about it. Guideline is about ~2 pages. This paper should be well structured AND in academic writing style, e.g., with introduction/overview, (work-)problem-statement, solution/methodology/achievements, and conclusion. See also the faculty guidelines for information on what questions to address in your report.

You will have to give a presentation about what you have done during your work/internship. This presentation should not only give an overview of what the company is/was doing, but also present some particular projects and problems that you have been working on. If you have worked in a team, also explain how this went and what your contribution was. The presentation should not be longer than 10-15 min, and you should expect questions at anytime.

This is NOT a regular course, you find it under "applications" in OIS. Please upload the signed supervisor form to OIS and/or give it to the Dean's office. E-mail Juhan Ernits, about your presentation. Note places for the seminar are assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis and might be full. You are welcome to attend any seminar as a listener/ask questions/participate in the discussions. If you have any issues with registering this course in OIS, please contact the study office/deans office on the 4th floor of the IT-building.

There will be roughly once a month a preassigned time-slot opportunity for your presentation. Please contact Juhan Ernits at least one week in advance, if you are planning to attend any of those sessions. Sessions resume at the beginning of next semester.

(TBA)

Note that If you presentation contains some confidential material, then we will arrange a private presentation for your presentation.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact: Juhan Ernits

Thesis

When writing the thesis you should follow the TUT IT Faculty thesis formatting guidelines: http://www.ttu.ee/faculty-of-information-technology/faculty-of-information-technology-1/it-studies/graduation-3/thesis-formatting/

Deadlines for defence in January 2017

• June 15, 2016 August 15, 2016 (the extension is one time only, in 2017 it will be in the middle of June): Thesis problem statement submitted here. (You need to know your UniID at TUT to log in. You can find it out by logging in to [4] with your ID card or residence permit. You may also need to reset your password there.)

Deadlines for defence in June 2017

If you are following the MSc Seminar, there are some thesis related deadlines set within that seminar.

• December 1, 2016: Thesis problem statement submitted here. (You need to know your UniID at TUT to log in. You can find it out by logging in to [5] with your ID card or residence permit. You may also need to reset your password there.)
• 10 work days from problem statement submission: Feedback (unless you have already received feedback within the MSc seminar)
• May 1, 2017: Thesis submission deadline
• May: Reviews returned to students
• May: Final printed version of the thesis submitted.
• End of May/beginning of June 2017: Thesis defence.

Supervisors

• Jüri Vain
  • Topic areas: mode-based planner synthesis for non-deterministic and distributed systems.
  • Contact: juri.vain (a) ttu.ee
• Tanel Tammet
  • Topic areas: automated theorem proving, logic based methods in network software
  • Contact: tanel.tammet (a) ttu.ee
• Jaan Penjam
  • Topic areas: programming language syntax and semantics, evolutionary algorithms, algebraic automata theory
  • Contact: jaan (a) cs.ioc.ee
• Tarmo Uustalu
  • Topic areas: structured proof theory and type theory, algebraic and categorical logic, program language semantics, program logics, functional programming, methods of program transformation and construction, applications of modal logics in computer science
  • Contact: firstname (a) cs.ioc.ee
• Marko Kääramees
  • Topic areas: formal methods, model-based testing of software, algorithms, system administration.
  • Contact: marko.kaaramees (a) ttu.ee
• Sven Nõmm
  • Topic areas: non-linear control systems, modelling, analysis, synthesis
  • Contact: sven.nomm (a) ttu.ee
• Juhan Ernits
  • Topic areas: model-based testing (including for smart devices, IoT, server side software, robots), applications of functional programming technology (F#), model-based fault detection, 3D mapping using video streams.
  • Contact: juhan.ernits (a) ttu.ee
• Gert Kanter
  • Topic areas: robot testing, robot software based on ROS, control of robotic manipulators, software engineering in robotics.
  • Contact: gert.kanter (a) ttu.ee
• Ago Luberg
  • Topic areas: tourism recommender systems, software intensive systems.
  • Contact: ago.luberg (a) ttu.ee
• Evelin Halling
  • Topic areas: model-based testing, social robotics
  • Contact: evelin.halling (a) ttu.ee
• Maili Markvardt
  • Topic areas: software testing, e.g.
    • Software testing process, methods & tools in the example of company or organization The aim of this topic is to design and implement comprehensive testing process in an organization, including testing tasks and responsibilities, methods and supporting tools according to analysis of needs. The result (improvement) of implementing the new process must be measurable.
    • Choosing and/or developing test exectution tool/test management tool for a project or organization The aim of this topic is to analyse current situation or problem and choose most appropriate toolset for solving this problem. It can also be considered as implementing (programming) suitable test harness or tool for a specific project.
    • Practical solutions for measuring software test coverage (white and black box) and its relations to testing and development process costThis topic includes finding a way to measure test coverage, implement (additional) tests to increase the coverage and measure if achieved level of coverage is sufficient and if it is economically reasonable (not too expensive to achieve and manage in long term).
    • Survey on cost of software bugs in the example of Estonian public and private sector software systems This topic includes analysis of bugs and IT related problems and creating a framework that could be used in Estonia for assessing cost of live bugs and estimating necessary testing efforts.
  • Contact: maili.markvardt (a) ttu.ee
• Jaagup Irve
  • Topic area: Systems level software, user interfaces
  • Contact: jaagup.irve (a) ttu.ee
• Leonidas Tsiopoulos
  • Contact: leonidas.tsiopoulos (a) ttu.ee
  • Integrating verification methods and tools for complex real-time systems, possible case studies include: heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), autonomic feeding tractor, or a Nanosatellite.
  • Implementing model transformation between Event-B and Uppaal Timed Automata.
  • Implementing tool support for Model-Based Testing workflow.
  • Verification of hard real-time scheduling on multi-core platforms for mixed-critical applications.

If you cannot find a supervisor matching your interests, please contact prof. Jüri Vain (juri.vain (a) ttu.ee) or Juhan Ernits (juhan.ernits (a) ttu.ee) for further information.