2021-2022 / MATH0495-1

Elements for calculating probabilities

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr, 5h Proj.

Number of credits

 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science5 crédits 

Lecturer

Céline Esser

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Basic notions of probability theory: Events and probabilities, combinatorics, conditional probability and independence, discrete random variables, continuous random variables, jointly distributed random variables, limit theorems 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The student will be able to recognize and solve elementary probabilistic problems. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Elementary computer programming.
Elementary algebra, elementary calculus.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical lectures and supervised problem solving sessions.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face.

Recommended or required readings

The slides of the lectures are available sur eCampus/ 
Lecture notes are in preparation.
 
List of the main reference:
- Sheldon Ross, A first course in Probability, 8th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010.
- Michael Baron, Probability and Statistics for computer scientists, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, 2019.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Other : Project


Additional information:

The final grade will be a weighted average of two grades :
- that obtained after a written exam held in June (concerning both theory and exercises);
- the grade obtained after evaluation of a project (more informations will be given during the first semester)

Work placement(s)

None.

Organizational remarks

See eCampus

Contacts

Céline Esser
Email : Celine.Esser@uliege.be 
Département de Mathématique, Allée de la Découverte, 12 4000 Liège Belgium B37, Office 0/62  
Vous pouvez également contacter Carole Baum
E-mail : Carole.Baum@uliege.be