Students will learn problem-solving methodologies drawing on lessons from several disciplines and applying them for the development of a project aiming at solving a simple problem taken from a real case-study. Knowledge • Application of ICT technologies to other domains • Organisation and management of a project • Tools for project management Abilities • Ability to work in a heterogeneous team • Ability to apply and select the proper ICT technology in a context different from the one in which the technology was originally deployed • Technical and scientific communication • Dissemination of project results

Knowledge of ICT technologies and basic knowledge on the non-ICT disciplines that will be addressed in the project.

Every year a specific set of interdisciplinary projects will be presented to the students, to be developed by teams of 3-4 students. A project in one of the area characterising the Master of Science (health, intelligent transport systems, innovative building design, smart grids and geomatics for navigation based applications) will be allocated to each team.

In the first part of the course, lessons (12 hours) will address the project management strategies, the tools normally used (Gannt chart, human resources accounting, etc), as well as strategies for the dissemination of the results. Along the course, each team will present, on a regular basis (about every 3 weeks) the progress of the project development. During the presentation students are required to present the progress of the work of each member of the team, discuss issues and solutions implemented, adjustments to the project planning. These presentations are mandatory parts of the course activities since they are planned to acquire or improve the ability of communication of the results obtained. The quality of the presentations will contribute to the final grade. A final review presentation of the projects, open to the public, is organized at the end of the course, during which each group will demonstrate the results achieved, presenting them to a general public. Each group is required to deliver a final report on the work performed. All the interim presentations and the final presentations must be uploaded on the course webpage by each group, the same day of the presentation in the class.

Teaching material will be provided to each team by the teachers tutoring the different projects, since it depends from the specific application area (health, intelligent transport systems, innovative building design, smart grids and geomatics for navigation based applications) as well as on the specific objective. The teacher responsible of the course will provide slides and notes on the web portal for the classes addressing the project management and communication of the results

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

The exam grade is based for 1/3 on the quality of the progress presentations, and for 2/3 on the final oral exam that corresponds to the final review of the project. Laude is achieved if the output of the project matches all the requirements defined preparing the project plan and the interim presentations have been performed with excellent quality. Each group is required to deliver the final report on the work performed at least one week before the exam’s date. Before the final review presentations each member of the team will be asked to perform an anonymous peer-review of the work of the other members of the team according to two criteria: 1- Technical contribution with respect to the expected tasks 2- Commitment in developing the project The scores are anonymous for the other members of the team and for the teacher, and have to be briefly motivated. The score achieved by each member of the team will be used to weight the overall grade of the project for the individual final grade. The interim presentation must show the ability of the team to manage the project, the organization of the team work, and a proper delivery mode (correct technical language, clarity of presentation, ability to focus on the core ideas). The oral exam is a discussion on the whole project that has been developed and it will start from the delivered report, in order to test: - their understanding of the developed work of each student of the team - their acquired ability for the problem solving - the acquired knowledge of the ICT topics necessary for the project development - the actual results achieved The evaluation of the project will take into account the ability of matching the project plan in terms of objectives and time schedule, as prepared by the teams during the first week of the course, and proper justifications of the deviations from the initial workplan.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.