Seminars

An important part of the course is formed by 10 mandatory seminars, which are held in groups of approximately 20 students (the groups are fixed during the course). Most seminar activities involve group assignments and discussions in smaller groups of 3-5 students.

Before each seminar, there is a written homework assignment with a deadline before the seminar. The
seminars build on the homework assignments, which means that you must hand in the homework in order to take part in the connected seminars. Make-up opportunities are scheduled twice during the course.

The seminars and homework assignments cover a range of topics, and sometimes form a complement to the lectures by addressing different course goals, such as academic writing and research methodology. Practicing academic writing as preparation for your master's thesis is a particularly important goal of the course, which is addressed mainly by the written homework and seminars.

Seminar groups

The course will be organized in twelve seminar groups (Seminar group 1-12); each group has a one hour (45 mins) seminar per week. Some seminar groups will be held online, and some physically at KTH depending on the preferences of students and seminar leaders. A survey will be published before the start of the course to find out student preferences. The group assignment for the seminars will be made available under People / Groups.

Please consult the schedule below for seminar dates and times, rooms, zoom links etc. Seminars always start 15 minutes after the hour. If you have a schedule conflict with another course you may swap groups with another student, or switch to another group. In that case, you must inform both seminar leaders in advance and get their permission!

You will not be admitted if you have not prepared for the seminar by doing and submitting the homework before the seminar. In that case, attend the makeup seminar instead.
In online seminars, you are required to attend on camera for the entire seminar for your attendance to be registered. If you know that you have a technical issue with your camera, please resolve it before the seminars start.
You will not be admitted if you are more than five minutes late for the seminar.

Missing a seminar

If you miss a seminar, due to illness or other unavoidable circumstances, there will be a makeup opportunity in the exam week at the end of period 1 on Oct 16 (seminar 1-4) and one at the end of period 2 on Dec 19 (seminar 5-10). However, note that the homework is expected to be submitted by the ordinary deadline in all cases.

For the makeup seminars - please prepare as for the original seminar (review your homework for that session). Booking information for make-up seminars will be given in an Announcement.

If you have seminars left from another course round (2023 or earlier), please contact the course coordinator.

Seminar leaders

Mats Nordahl	group 1 and 2
Arvind Kumar	group 3 and 4
Frank García Reyes	group 5 and 6
Honglian Wang	group 7 and 8
Johan Jansson	group 9 and 10
Johan Karlander	group 11 and 12

Seminar schedule

Group 1 - Mats Nordahl
Online at https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/63733927968
Meeting ID 637 3392 7968
Sept 20 10-11
Oct 3 10-11
Oct 4 8-9
Oct 9 13-14
Oct 31 8-9
Nov 7 10-11
Nov 13 13-14
Nov 20 13-14
Nov 27 10-11
Dec 5 10-11

Group 2 - Mats Nordahl
Online at https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/63733927968
Meeting ID 637 3392 7968
Sept 20 11-12
Oct 3 11-12
Oct 4 9-10
Oct 9 14-15
Oct 31 9-10
Nov 7 11-12
Nov 13 14-15
Nov 20 14-15
Nov 27 11-12
Dec 5 11-12

Group 3
Arvind Kumar
Mixed on campus/online - first seminar on campus, rest as proposed by the seminar leader
Online seminars at https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65980526159 Links to an external site.

Sept 20 10-11 M32
Sept 26 8-10
Oct 4 8-10
Oct 10 10-12
Oct 31 8-10
Sem 6 - date TBD
Nov 14 8-10
Nov 21 13-15
Nov 27 10-12
Dec 5 10-12

Group 4
Arvind Kumar
Mixed on campus/online - first seminar on campus, rest as proposed by the seminar leader
Online seminars at https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65980526159 Links to an external site.

Sept 20 11-12 M32
Sept 26 9-10
Oct 4 9-10
Oct 10 11-12
Oct 31 9-10
Sem 6 - date TBD
Nov 14 9-10
Nov 21 14-15
Nov 27 11-12
Dec 5 11-12

Room Locations for the Group 3 and 4

Group 5

Frank Reyes
At KTH
Sept 20 10-11 M31
Sept 26 8-9 D33
Oct 4 8-9 D33
Oct 9 13-14 E34
Oct 31 8-9 M32
Nov 7 10-11 B24
Nov 13 13-14 D33
Nov 20 13-14 B22
Nov 27 10-11 B24
Dec 5 10-11 M35

Group 6
Frank Reyes
at KTH
Sept 20 11-12 M31
Sept 26 9-10 D33
Oct 4 9-10 D33
Oct 9 14-15 E34
Oct 31 9-10 M32
Nov 7 11-12 B24
Nov 13 14-15 D33
Nov 20 14-15 B22
Nov 27 11-12 B24
Dec 5 11-12 M35

Group 7
Honglian Wang
https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/3467429329 Links to an external site.
Sept 20 15-16
Sept 27 8-9
Oct 4 10-11
Oct 10 10-11
Oct 31 10-11
Nov 7 13-14
Nov 14 8-9
Nov 21 13-14
Nov 27 13-14
Dec 5 13-14

Group 8
Honglian Wang
https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/3467429329 Links to an external site.
Sept 20 16-17
Sept 27 9-10
Oct 4 11-12
Oct 10 11-12
Oct 31 11-12
Nov 7 14-15
Nov 14 9-10
Nov 21 14-15
Nov 27 14-15
Dec 5 14-15

Group 9
Johan Jansson
Mixed on campus/online - first seminar on campus, rest as proposed by the seminar leader
Sept 20 15-16 D32
Sept 27 8-9
Oct 4 10-11
Oct 10 10-11
Oct 31 10-11
Nov 7 13-14
Nov 14 8-9
Nov 21 13-14
Nov 27 13-14
Dec 5 13-14

Group 10
Johan Jansson
Mixed on campus/online - first seminar on campus, rest as proposed by the seminar leader
Sept 20 16-17 D32
Sept 27 9-10
Oct 4 11-12
Oct 10 11-12
Oct 31 11-12
Nov 7 14-15
Nov 14 9-10
Nov 21 14-15
Nov 27 14-15
Dec 5 14-15

Group 11
Johan Karlander
On campus
Sept 20 15-16 D32
Sept 27 8-9 D33
Oct 4 10-11 D33
Oct 10 10-11 M31
Oct 31 10-11 M32
Nov 7 13-14 B23
Nov 14 8-9 D33
Nov 21 13-14 E31
Nov 27 13-14 B24
Dec 5 13-14 M35

Group 12
Johan Karlander
On campus
Sept 20 16-17 D32
Sept 27 9-10 D33
Oct 4 11-12 D33
Oct 10 11-12 M31
Oct 31 11-12 M32
Nov 7 14-15 B23
Nov 14 9-10 D33
Nov 21 14-15 E31
Nov 27 14-15 B24
Dec 5 14-15 M35