Theorie van Concurrency/ Theory of Concurrency, 2009-2010


Nieuw: slides college 5.

Werkgroep 17 maart: laptop/pipe2 meenemen!



In 2009-2010 is Theorie van Concurrency hetzelfde vak als in 2008-2009, met Jetty Kleijn weer als docent.

In 2009-2010 this course will be taught (again) by Jetty Kleijn (room 164).
Assistant: Wouter de Zwijger

Theory of Concurrency is a mandatory course for third year bachelor major+minor computer science students.
Goal: To make the student familiar with fundamental notions concerning concurrent systems and with the way to formalize and analyze these notions. Thus the student acquires an insight into the basic techniques for working with concurrent systems.
Contents: 'Concurrency' as a phenomenon of parallel and possibly mutually dependent processes. Petri nets are used to formally model and analyse such processes. Both structure and behaviour of (concurrent systems modelled as) Petri nets are investigated.
Visit for more background information, the online services for the international Petri net community: Petri Nets World .

Set up of the course: lectures and exercise classes; written exam.

Language: lectures/exercise classes will be taught in Dutch (unless requested otherwise); course material is in English.

Course material: Lecture notes ('dictaat') by Joost Engelfriet and Grzegorz Rozenberg as (pdf file) .
Exercises ('opgavenbundel') as (pdf file).
There is also a list of errata.

Here you'll find an additional survey and tutorial for the interested student.

Schedule lectures/exercises:
Wednesdays from February 3 till April 28 from 13:45 - 16:30, room 412 Snellius building. EXCEPT Wednesday March 10: from 10.00 - 13.00.

Written exam: Friday May 28, 2010, 10:00 - 13:00
Resit: Friday August 13, 2008, 10:00 - 13:00

Overzicht behandelde stof:
behandeld
eerste en tweede college 3 en 10 februari 2010: dictaat t/m 4. EN systems.
sheets 3 februari
sheets 10 februari
--- eerste werkgroep, 17 februari 2010: alle opgaven bij 4. EN Systems; Pipe2, zie
installatie-instructies
derde college, 24 februari 2010: 5. Equivalences and Normal Forms: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
sheets 24 februari
vierde college, 3 maart 2010: opgaven 5.5, 5.6; 5. Equivalences and Normal Forms: 5.4.
sheets 3 maart
vijfde college, 10 maart 2010: H.5 af; begonnen aan 6. Processes (6.1, 6.2 t/m L.74).
sheets 10 maart

Planning:
--- tweede werkgroep, 17 maart 2010: alle opgaven bij 5. Equivalences and Normal Forms; en beginnen aan opgaven H.6.
--- zesde en zevende college, 24 maart en 31 maart 2010: H.6 en H.7 Comparison of Partial and Linear Order.


Last update: Maart 10, 2010

For questions, remarks etc. contact: kleijn at liacs.nl.