Engineering Methods

Academic Year 2025/26

Lectures

Lectures are held on Thursdays starting at 16:00 in room: -1.61 (Aula Magna) at FIIT STU. due to measures related to COVID-19, they will be held remotely, online via the Webex system. A link to the virtual room will be sent by email. On this page you will find materials for the lectures. The lecture schedule is tentative.

The lectures will also include demonstrations of working with appropriate tools. There will be space during lectures for discussion of the topics covered, as well as about the project.

1. [September 25]: Why will I become an engineer? (bachelor?). Engineering literacy and informatics. Research groups
   1. Computer Vision and Computer Graphics (VGG)
   2. Automotive Innovation Lab (AIL)
   3. Cyber Security and IoT (CSI)
   4. Blockchain and FinTech (BlockFin)
   5. Intelligent Data and Systems with Applications (IDSA)
   6. Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery (brAInworks)
• Personalities in IT: Grady Booch. The Future of Software Engineering. ICSE 2015, Florence, Italy, 2015. video
• I recommend watching this video: Git Tutorial for Beginners: Learn Git in 1 Hour
2. [October 2]:P2: APVV project Engineer's approach and research. Engineering work in informatics and writing technical text. Bibliography and citation in technical text
   • Alistair Cockburn. Writing Effective Use Cases . ICSE 2015, Florence, Italy, 2015. Getting to the Heart of Agile by Alistair Cockburn
   • Event database. video .
   • Leslie B. Lamport. Think and Write. video .
   • The difference between programming and coding with Leslie Lamport. video .
   • I recommend watching this video: Jira - Tutorial for Beginners in 12 MINUTES ! [ COMPLETE GUIDE 2025 ]
3. [October 9]: Project management in a team, Scrum. Integration of issues and code?
4. [October 16]: Information gathering and processing. Citation/scientometric databases
5. [October 23]: New form of final thesis at FIIT STU. Presentation of results: slides and delivery. Scientific publishing in informatics. Plagiarism and how to avoid it
6. [October 30]: How to sell yourself? Creative written and oral expression
7. [November 6]: Sustainability and ethics. Path to success and balance for an engineer
8. [November 20]: Consultations