Selected Topics in Web-Based Systems

The course is given biannually. The semantic web, the mobile web, and the web of services: - Mobile web applications, services, and application architectures - Location-based services - Personalisation of web-based systems - Semantic web mechanisms, methods, and standards; ontologies; reasoning over semantic web: Querying and inferencing

At the end of this module, students should: Knowledge: The candidate has acquired in-depth comprehension of the challenges and technologies found in web-based systems The candidate has an in-depth understanding of current research topics in web-based systems with particular emphasis on semantic web mechanisms, mobile web mechanism, and/or mechanisms for the web of services Skills: The candidate is able to identify and evaluate key problems and research issues in the semantic web, the mobile web, and/or the web of services The candidate has developed the ability to analyse and evaluate mobile web applications and services The candidate is able to explain and evaluate meta-data representation and reasoning mechanisms General competency: The candidate is capable of taking part in scientific discussions. The candidate is capable of performing independent scientific work. The candidate is capable of analysing relevant professional and research publications.

-Lectures -Project work -Term paper -Meetings/Seminar(s) -Tutoring -E-learning Compulsory requirements: Students are to present research papers during the seminars.