Bertand Russell (1872-1970) was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century and an excellent writer. He wrote on philosophy of mathematics as well as on political and social issues. His book The Problems of Philosophy is a short and introductory book to problems of philosophy of knowledge, mainly from British empiricist points of view. It appeared in 1912 and became a bestseller. It is still in print today. On about 160 pages, Russell discusses the nature of appearance and reality, matter, idealism, induction, a priori knowledge, universals, intuition, truth and falsehood, opinion, and the limits and value of philosophy in general. As the book consists of 15 short chapters of about ten pages each, we will more or less follow this division, covering about ten pages per week. This course does not only provide a chance to learn something in philosophy but also to learn and enjoy good English. Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. The course objective is to learn how to read a classical philosophical text in English, how to summarize the main points, and how to discuss them in writing and in speech. College of Liberal Arts Shuiyuan Campus Christian Helmut Wenzel 40 Monday 3,4,5 Phl2059 3 Half Department of Philosophy http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/en/ann/

This course is designed to improve the English ability of the students through reading and writing.
1. To enhance students’ English reading skills
2. To improve students’ Writing skills
3. To engage students in intellectual debate and critical thinking
College of Liberal Arts Main Campus *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Restrict to graduate students. Guy Beauregard,Duncan Chesney 8 Monday 2,3,4 FL7201 3 Half Graduate Institute of Foreign Languages and Literatures http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en

To discuss matters related to equine reproduction, not available in the regular courses offered by the Graduate Program in Animal Reproduction, with the participation of professors, researchers and professionals from other national and international institutions. To address current and relevant subjects in the field of equine reproduction, offering student the opportunity to engage in discussions and establish collaborations with professors, researchers and invited professionals. School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ) São Paulo main campus Program content addresses the field of equine reproduction, including reproductive physiology, management, pathology, biotechnology and obstetrics. This will more precisely defined by the visitor professor, researcher and professional expertise. Claudia Barbosa Fernandes 25 VRA5752 1 Participation concepts. http://ccint.fmvz.usp.br/index.php/en/

The development of molecular biology revolutionized the way investigators conduct research. Techniques such as polymerase chain reaction, sequencing, gene knockdown and others became routine tools for researchers on molecular biology field. However, researchers from other areas may be not familiarized with such techniques. Considering the importance these techniques for science development is mandatory that the students from the graduate program in Anatomy have a minimal knowledge on molecular biology, allowing them to interpret publications with molecular data and to consider multiple approaches while developing their own research projects. Provide to graduate students: theoretical and practical concepts on molecular biology techniques, with emphasis on mammalian development applications; knowledge to interpret the results generated by molecular biology assays; a critical view of molecular biology techniques that can be used in scientific investigation, development of the necessary skills to use molecular biology and to critically analyze publications with molecular data. School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ) São Paulo main campus Essentials of molecular biology, nucleic acids extraction, polymerase chain reaction, restriction fragment length polymorphism, nucleic acid sequencing, real time PCR, high resolution melting, microarrays, genotyping, western blot, transgenesis and gene silencing. 25 VPS5745 4 Students will be assessed through participation in classes and the presentation of papers. http://ccint.fmvz.usp.br/index.php/en/

The knowledge within the animal reproduction context is new. Still, there are enormous possibilities to apply the reproductive biotechnologies using controlled follicular development and ovulation in the field. And it is noteworthy that the Department of Animal Reproduction has a line of research related to the theme which is coordinated by the professors who are proposing this course. Study in detail the endocrinological aspects of follicular development and ovulation empathizing the employment of the synchronization biotechnology for timed reproductive programs. The objective is also to develop in the graduate the capacity of critical analysis of issues related to the theme. School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ) São Paulo main campus 1- Physiology and endocrinology of follicular development; 2 – Follicular dynamics during reproductive life; 3 – Basics of ultrasound applied to follicular dynamics; 4 – Theories of the pharmacological control of the estrous cycle and ovulation; 5 – Hormone therapy; 6 – Anestrus; 7 _ Protocols to synchronize the follicular growth and ovulation; 8 – Possibilities to use the fixed-time artificial insemination in the field; 9 – Efficiency of the synchronization protocols for superovulation and fixed-time embryo transfer. Ed Hoffmann Madureira, Pietro Sampaio Baruselli 30 VRA5741 4 The evaluation is carried out at the end of the course with the presentation of seminars related to the content. http://ccint.fmvz.usp.br/index.php/en/

Many society areas use computational applications in order to manipulate different media types, in a integrated fashion or not. The information volume generated by those applications and the need for inter-media synchronization make necessary to use coding techniques as well as standards to guarantee efficiency and interoperability. The knowledge about those techniques and standards are essential for graduated students develop research in the Multimedia area. The goal of this course is to present multimedia fundamentals, approaching important issues regarding different media types and coding methods. It is also in the scope to analyze features and limitations of available tools, applications and systems. After the course we expect the student to be capable to discuss recent related research topics. Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (ICMC) São Carlos campus Mutimedia definition. Introduction to digitization. Compression of different media types. Basic compression techniques. Spatial and temporal coding.Standards. Multimedia segmentation and adaptation. Multimedia authoring. Maria da Gra_a Campos Pimentel, Rudinei Goularte, Marcelo Garcia Manzato 30 SCC5909 7 The final grade will be obtained calculating a weighted average among exams, projects and seminars. http://conteudo.icmc.usp.br/Portal/conteudo/1079/538/foreign-scholars

Interactive systems are present in the daily lives of individuals who make explicit or implicit use of a variety of computing devices. This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts, techniques and methods that can be used in the design and evaluation of such systems. The course aims at presenting the fundamental concepts, techniques and methods for the design, development and evaluation of interactive systems. Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (ICMC) São Carlos campus Interaction design. User experience. Conceptual models. Metaphors. Paradigms. Cognitive, social and emotional aspects. Interface types. Natural interfaces. Interfaces for mobile devices. Techniques for identification and analysis requirements. Design, prototyping and construction. Agile UX. Design patterns. Avalia__o: inspection techniques and usability testing. Maria da Gra_a Campos Pimentel 30 SCC5912 8 The complementary course “Human-computer Interaction II: practice” allows students to develop a project while applying the concepts tackled in this course. Weighted average among exams, seminars and practical work. http://conteudo.icmc.usp.br/Portal/conteudo/1079/538/foreign-scholars

The topics covered in this course are of great importance and modernity regarding both biological vision as well as image processing and artificial vision. The integrated approach uses parallels between biological and computational systems, which is seldom covered in graduate courses in Brazil. Familiarization with intermediate and advanced concepts in the areas of natural and artificial vision. With respect to natural vision, we cover the anatomic organization of the visual system is presented, its physiology (special attention given to receptive fields), as well as aspects of neuroscience and psychology of vision. Regarding artificial vision, we present correlated aspects such as visual information processing in linear and non-linear systems, curvature and thinning methods, as well as pattern recognition using supervised and non-supervised approaches. S_o Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC) São Carlos campus Part I: natural vision systems. 1. primitive natural vision systems (insects, arthropods, molluscs, etc). 2. advanced natural vision systems (including respective mathematic-computational modelling) 2.1. neuronal processing, principles of formation and propagation of stimulii in neutrons, respective modeling. 2.2. basic processing, retinal processing, lateral geniculate nucleous, receptive fields, superior colliculus, motor control. 2.3. visual cortex processing (neurophysiology, types of cells, modular organization in bands an pinwheels, visual cortex modelling through Hough transform). 2.4. processing in higher level cerebral structures (memory, inference, language, attention), modelling multiple stage integration. Part II: artificial vision systems (including basic principles, algorithms and implementation in sequential and parallel hardware) 1. integration between natural and artificial vision 1.1. principles of cybernetics 1.2. D. Marr�fs proposal 1.3. geometric quantized elements 2. neuronal networks for pattern recognition 2.1. perceptrons 2.2. networks based on the Hough transform 3. signal processing techinques (basic level vision) 3.1. autocorrelation and convolution 3.2. filters 3.3. the two dimensional Fourier transform 3.4. wavelet transforms 4. mathematic-computationa techniques for intermediatee vision 4.1. mathematical morphology: Minkowski�fs algebra 4.2. the Hough transform 4.3. segmentation techniques 4.4. data structures for representation of visual information 4.5. estimation of tangent fields and multi scale curvature 4.6. multiscale skeletons 5. computational models for high level vision 5.1. object oriented systems 5.2. databases and knowledge 5.3. artificial intelligence models 5.4. automatic knowledge acquisition. Luciano da Fontoura Costa, Odemir Martinez Bruno 25 SFI5818 15 Two written and a substitutive written examinations. Several practical projects and seminars. https://www2.ifsc.usp.br/english/

It is very importante nowadays that theoretical and also experimental physicists have a reasonable knowledge about the field theories that describe the fundamental interactions of Nature. Those theories find applications in practically all areas of Physics. To give the students a solid education about the structure of abelian and non-abelian gauge theories that describe the fundamental interations of Nature, like Electrodynamics and the Weak and Strong nuclear interactions. S_o Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC) São Carlos campus 1. Introduction to gauge theories 2. Non-abelian gauge theories 3. The self-dual sector – instantons 4. Spontaneous symmetry breaking 5. Goldstone’s theorem 6. Higgs Mechanism: little group and mass formulas 7. Classical solutions: Magnetic monopoles, dyons and vortices 8. Bogomolny equation and BPS monopoles 9. Solitons and electromagnetic duality 10. Supersymmetric gauge theories Luiz Agostinho Ferreira, Betti Hartman 20 SFI5876 10 Written tests and exercise lists. https://www2.ifsc.usp.br/english/

Riemannian Geometry is a basic course for any graduate student in Mathematics who wants to study Geometry, Topology or Dynamic Systems, and is also a relevant course for students of Analysis and Applied Mathematics. Provide to the student the basic tools and some fundamental results of Riemannian Geometry. Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (ICMC) São Carlos campus Program: Riemannian metrics; Connections; Completeness; Curvature; Isometric immersions; Variational calculus; Applications. Detailed program: (1) Riemannian metrics; Examples of Riemannian manifolds: the Euclidean space R^n, the sphere S^n, the real hyperbolic space H^n, product of Riemannian manifolds, conformal metrics, Riemannian coverings, flat tori, the Klein bottle, Riemannian submersions, the Hopf fibration and the complex projective space, quotient manifolds, Lie groups. (2) Connections; Parallel transport along a curve; Geodesics; Isometries and Killings vector fields; Induced connections. (3) Completeness; The Hopf-Rinow theorem; Cut locus, Examples. (4) The Riemann-Christoffel curvature tensor; The Ricci tensor and scalar curvature; Covariant derivative of tensors; Examples. (5) Isometric immersions; The second fundamental form; The fundamental equations. (6) Variational calculus; The energy functional; Jacobi vector fields; Conjugate points; Examples. (7) Space forms; The Synge theorem; The Bonnet-Myers theorem; Nonpositively curved manifolds. Fernando Manfio, Irene Ignazia Onnis 35 SMA5947 8 Two written tests. http://conteudo.icmc.usp.br/Portal/conteudo/1079/538/foreign-scholars

The initial mother-baby/infant is a subject of research interest of all areas in Psychology and its importance for the development of the infant and for the attachment bond is consensus among Ethologists. The ethological approach offers an important theoretical contributions to the study of these early exchanges and methodological contributions through methods of direct observation of different aspects of this relationship. In addition, learn to use modern tools, used by Behavioral researchers around the world, will be of great value to students with research interests centered on social relations, and specifically on the mother-baby/infant relationship. To present the ethological approach to study of the early mother-infant interactions, focusing on the contribution of researches with non-human primates and, in a broader perspective, compared to the maternal care in humans. The discipline will also have practical classes, in which the students will learn about methods of investigating the mother-infant interactions through direct observation, especially videotape data, ant to use modern software of video analysis (Observe XT) to quantify and measure diverse aspects of mother-infant interaction. It is expected that in the end of the course, students can be able to plan and conduct a research in this area. Institute of Psychology (IP) São Paulo main campus Mother-infant interactions in an ethological perspective: historical bases and contributions from comparative approach; Parental investment, maternal styles of care, attachment, and parent-offspring conflict; Mother-infant initial interactions and their implications for the attachment bound and infant’s development; Proximate and ultimate causes of variation in maternal care; Models of parental practices in humans; Methods of observation to investigate mother-infant interactions; Process of design and conducting investigation on social interactions though direct observation; Introduction to software tools to encode and measure observational data in video (Observer). Michele Pereira Verderane 22 PSE5942 8 Participation in class, oral presentation, and written report. http://www.ip.usp.br/psiclin/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&lang=en