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Artificial Intelligence Ioannis Refanidis - Undergraduate - (A+) Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia This class covers the fundamental concepts and algorithms of the traditional (symbolic) Artificial Intelligence. Particularly, it deepens in problem solving with search algorithms, adversary games, constraint satisfaction problems, propositional and first order logic. The class prepares the student for most recent developments of Artificial Intelligence, such as probabilistic reasoning and machine learning.
Computation Theory and Automata Ioannis Refanidis - Undergraduate - (A+) Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia This course investigates what a computer can compute, depending on its architecture. Three abstract computing models are investigated, accompanied with the corresponding classes of problems they can confront. In order to describe the computer models, automata are used, whereas in order to describe the problems, languages are used (a language is a set of words formed from finite alphabets).
Game Theory Ioannis Refanidis - Undergraduate - (A+) Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia The class treats several forms of the notion of Nash equilibrium in a variety of problems from the economic and social sciences.
Databases I Georgios Evangelidis - Undergraduate - (A+) Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia The course deals with the design, implementation and usage of relational databases. The design is described using two methodologies: (a) the Entity-Relationship (ER) model and its transformation to a relational model, and (b) the creation of a relational model (database schema) via the process of database normalization. The structured query language (SQL) is presented in detail for (a) implementing a relational model in a Database Management System (DBMS), (b) managing the data in the DBMS (insertions, deletions, updates), and (c) formulating queries for retrieving data and information from the DBMS.
Operating Systems Manos Roumeliotis - Undergraduate - (A+) Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia This course presents the various services offered by a modern operating system. It examines in depth the procedures required for the management of the processor, the memory, the file system and the Input/Output devices. The course studies the problems arising during the design of an operating system and the solutions utilized by modern operating systems.
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Georgios Michalopoulos - Undergraduate - (A+) Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia The course offers a detailed analysis of the functioning of the monetary sector of the economy and the role of monetary policy. In particular, the discusssion includes issues such as: functions of the monetary sector of the economy, aims and means of monetary policy, implementation of monetary policy, monetary policy making in European Union, the impact on the economy, approaches of different economic schools on monetary policy, implication on financial markets.
Computer Aided Statistical Analysis Konstantinos Zafeiropoulos - Undergraduate - (A+) International and European Studies, University of Macedonia This course aims to introduce students to the use of applied univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistics using SPSS. After successfully completing the course, students are expected to be able to evaluate a problem, define variables, use the appropriate statistical tests or regression models and interpret the findings. Lectures include: Descriptive statistics, Data management and transformations, Chi-square test, Independent samples T-Test, Normality tests, Mann-Whitney test, Paired samples T-test, Wilcoxon test, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis test and other nonparametric tests, Correlation coefficients, Simple regression, Multiple regression, Stepwise regression, Hierarchical regression, Residuals-regression diagnostics
Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis Petros Vouvaris - Undergraduate - (A+) Music Science and Art, University of Macedonia The course is an introduction to the fundamental premises and practices of one of the most widespread methods of analysis of tonal music, as it evolved from its original foundation in the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868‐1935) to the present day.
English Language for Special International Relations and Economy Issues Ifigeneia Machili - Undergraduate - (A+) International and European Studies, University of Macedonia The course is offered to 6th semester students of both directions (Direction of International and European Economic Studies and Direction of Political Studies and Diplomacy). The course provides practice to specialist vocabulary of economic and political sciences as it appears in authentic written texts and speeches of relevant content. Τhe students develop these skills as we analyze and discuss written and oral texts in their field of specialization and as they prepare their own oral presentations in particular as they research, read and write about their topics and present them in class. Emphasis is given to the recognition and use of strategies with which they make their specialized topics clear and easily understandable to their audience.
International Investments and International Trade Georgios Michalopoulos - Undergraduate - (A+) Accounting and Finance, University of Macedonia The purpose of the course is to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills, necessary for understanding the functioning of the international trade and investments. More specifically, the course focuses on the analysis of the motives for international trade and investment, on the basis of the traditional and the contemporary theoretical frameworks. At the same time, the course includes an evaluation of various theoretical frameworks ability in predicting current trends in the internationalization of investment and trade. A study of the main tools of international investment analysis and international portfolio construction is also included. The course puts emphasis on the analysis of special types of international investment risks, such as country risk or contagion risk.