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Department: 37 - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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Teaching language: Swedish
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In programs
DCMAS MSc PROGR IN DEPENDABLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Dependable Programming, Year 1
DCMAS MSc PROGR IN DEPENDABLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Dependable Architectures, Year 1 (elective)
TDATA COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - Computer Languages, Year 4 (compulsory)
Examiner:
Professor
David Sands
Eligibility:
For single subject courses within Chalmers programmes the same eligibility requirements apply, as to the programme(s) that the course is part of.
Content
The seminar deals with the following
- Comparison of programming languages. An overview of a wide selection of mainstreamn and experimental programming languages.
- Current research. Presentation of articles from the most influential programming languages research conferences, such as Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) and Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI). Seminars about current research in the programming languages area at Chalmers Computer Science department.
Organisation
The course runs throughout the whole year, with regular seminars and discussions, occasional exercises, and a project.
Literature
Selected research articles
Examination
The course is examined on the basis of the project and on the
performance in presentations, discussions and exercises.