Projects Workshop

The aim of this course is to provide the student with the fundamental bases to carry out successfully a research or industrial project in the area of high performance computing. Different tools are introduced to facilitate the developing of the project as well as different examples of projects.

Module I: Research projects
1. State of the art of a research line
2. Bibliographic studies
3. Dissemination of results
4. Writing scientific papers
5. Presentation of scientific papers
6. Research funding

Module II: Projects with the industry
1. Project management in the industry
2. Workshops with companies

Module III: Entrepreneurship projects
1. Tools for entrepreneurship projects
2. Entrepreneurial experiences in the HPC field

- A. H. Hofmann. “Scientific writing and communication”. Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 3 edition (2016). ISBN-13: 978-0190278540
- Eric Ries. "The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses". Crown Publishing Group. September 13, 2011. ISBN: 0307887898
- Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur. "Business Model Generation". John Wiley and Sons; 1st edition (July 13, 2010). ISBN: 0470876417

Specific skills:
CE8

Basic skills:
CG1, CG2, CG4, CG5, CB6 ,CB8, and CB10

Other skills:
CT1, CT2 ,CT3 ,CT4, and CT5

The following educational methodologies will be used:

· Lectures
· Seminars and workshops
· On line teaching

First opportunity (ordinary - May):
· Evaluation of the academically directed works: 90% of the final mark
· Follow-up continued active participation: 10% of the final mark

Second opportunity (extraordinary - July):
· Evaluation of the academically directed works: it will be necessary to present the academically directed works that the students have not presented in the ordinary call, and will go back to present, after the timely modifications indicated by the professors, those that had not received a necessary minimum qualification to pass. 90% of the final mark
· Follow-up continued active participation: the student will keep the mark obtained in this section in the ordinary call, since for the extraordinary call no new activities will be scheduled. 10% of the final mark

it will consider "no sited" all the student that have not delivered any of the works and have not participated in the proposed activities.

During the evaluation, the lecturers can request the students to identify themselves by asking the passport.

· Reading of didactic material, viewing videos and query of multimedia material: 11 h.
· Tutorial classes: 1 h.
· Works academically directed: 54 h. of personal work
· Seminars and workshops: 8 h. face-to-face or of viewing of recordings

Lectures will be conducted in English.

Communications tools will be used intensively: videoconference, chat, etc. The face-to-face sessions will be recorded. Besides, the tool called Aula CESGA will be used for the distribution of contents, creation of forums of discussion, etc.