Seminar life engineering

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Science and Medicine
    Domain Computer Science
    Code UE-SIN.07830
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Seminar
    Level Master
    Semester AS-2026

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule This course is given in block format. Please consult the exact dates under the "Dates and Rooms" tab.
    Struct. of the schedule 2h par semaine durant 14 semaines
    Contact's hours 28

    Teaching

    Responsibles
    • Portmann Edy
    Teachers
    • Portmann Edy
    Description

    The idea of these lessons for an integral fuzzy engineering, or short life engineering, is to introduce the students into a human-centred reflection on ethics and sustainability of digitalization. We apply an ethics by design mindset as a humanistic way to design fair systems that involve ethical values and sustainable principles, requirements as well as procedures into engineering. During the semesters, we seek to understand computational ethics and sustainability approaches, by reading and discussing books on digital ethics and sustainability. In the end, the students will also write a joint paper on their experiences.

    Training objectives

    The seminar offers students the opportunity to debate the constantly growing role of ethics and sustainability in digitalization. The aim is that, with in-depth discussions, the students acquire up-to-date knowledge of ethical and sustainable practices. At a kick-off, we open the seminar with the general condition as the dates, the books to be discussed, and the discussion leads for a particular book will then be settled. For admission to the seminar, interested students should apply to the course instructors in advance with a short video and a one-page application. Students should introduce themselves and explain why they want to attend and why they should be included. Please apply latest by the end of September! 

    Condition of access
    • Condition of access: Knowledge in “Computing with Words” and/or “Fuzzy Sets and Systems”
    • Prerequisites: Students are expected to have knowledge in “Computing with Words” and/or “Fuzzy Sets and Systems”.

     

    Comments

    MSc-CS BENEFRI - (Code Ue: 53672 / Track: T5, Code Ue: 63672 / Track: T6) The exact date and time of this course as well as the complete course list can be found at http://mcs.unibnf.ch/.

    Course and exam registration on ACADEMIA (not myunifr.ch). Please follow the instructions on https://mcs.unibnf.ch/organization/

     

    Softskills No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri Yes
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    05.10.2026 14:15 - 17:00 Cours
    02.11.2026 14:15 - 17:00 Cours
    30.11.2026 14:15 - 17:00 Cours
  • Assessments methods

    Continuous evaluation

    Assessments methods By rating
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