(English) Master and Ph.D courses – general information

07/08/2020 15:10

General Information on PGEAS Courses:

  • All courses are elective with the exception of Scientific Methodology, which is compulsory.
  • All courses are offered to master’s and doctoral students.
  • All courses belong to the general area of Control, Automation and System.
  • The credits of all courses correspond only to the theoretical work load.
  • Not all courses are offered in all academic semesters.

Courses Offered in each Phase (in Portuguese)

List of Courses [Click on the Title to Access the Course Description]:

  • Scientific Methodology (2 credits)
  • Techniques for Implementing Automated Systems (2 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Control and Automation (2 credits)
  • Stochastic Processes (2 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Discrete Mathematics for Control and Automation (2 credits)
  • Formal Methods for Discrete Automation Systems (2 credits)
  • Discrete Event Systems I (2 credits)
  • Discrete Event Systems II (2 credits)
  • Communication Networks for Control and Automation (2 credits)
  • Industrial Local Area Networks (2 credits)
  • Performance Evaluation (2 credits)
  • Introduction to Algorithms (2 credits)
  • Convex Optimization (2 credits)
  • Integer Programming (2 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Systems Optimization (2 credits)
  • Real-Time Systems I (2 credits)
  • Real-Time Systems II (2 credits)
  • Distributed Systems I (2 credits)
  • Distributed Systems II (2 credits)
  • Security and Fault Tolerance (2 credits)
  • Design and Implementation of Embedded Systems (2 credits)
  • Artificial Intelligence (2 credits)
  • Machine Learning (2 credits)
  • Multiagent Systems (2 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence (2 credits)
  • Service-Oriented Software Engineering (2 credits)
  • Special Topics in Automation (2 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Control Systems Analysis and Design (4 credits)
  • Linear Dynamic Systems (4 credits)
  • Mobile Robotics (2 credits)
  • Predictive Control (2 credits)
  • Robust Control (2 credits)
  • Process Control Techniques (2 credits)
  • Industrial Process Control (2 credits)
  • System Identification (2 credits)
  • Nonlinear Systems (2 credits)
  • Stochastic Control (2 credits)
  • Nonlinear Control (2 credits)
  • Dynamic System Modeling (2 credits)
  • Automatio Applied to Oil and Gas Industry (2 credits)
  • Special Topics in Control (2 credits)