D02_p2019 Seminar Series in Social Sciences and Humanities and Computer Science

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Ing. Ivana Jašková, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Jašková, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA ( D )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
Course objectives
Seminar Series is a Pan-university studies course, (Celouniverzitní studium - CST). The course is offered to all Ph.D. candidates at the Masaryk University, but the number of attendants is limited to 80.
Syllabus
  • The Series in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2019 include the lecures of invited lecturers:
  • • 8 October "Labour Markets, Immigration, and Wage Inequality", Bernt Bratsberg, Frichs Centre Oslo, Norway
  • • 15 October "Politological Psychology", John Bullock, Northwestern University, USA
  • • 23 October "Unethical behaviour: A matter of incentives and punishment?", Marie Claire villeval, CNRS – University of Lyon, France
  • • 5 November "Philosophy of Science", Matthias Kaiser, Bergen University, Norway
  • • 13 November "Austrian and European History of the 19th and 20th Centuries", Lothar Hobelt, Institut für Geschichte Universität Wien, Austria
  • The Series in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Sciences in 2019 include these lecures:
  • • 9 October "Enumeration Operators, Probability, Type Theory", DANA S. SCOTT, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • • 6 November "If something is almost true, is truth nearby?", ANDREAS THOM, TU Dresden, Germany
  • • 27 November "Symmetry and Similarity", MARTIN GROHE, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • • 18 December "List Coloring", NOGA ALON, Princeton University, USA and Tel Aviv University, Israel
Assessment methods
In case of attendance to at least 6 lectures from the whole Seminar Series (not necessarily only in relevant section), the absolvents will gain 3 credits.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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