Pre-screening form Master of Computer Science 2015-2016 Faculty
of Science Department Mathematics and Computer Science
Master of Computer Science2015-2016
Pre-screening form
IMPORTANT!Participation in the pre-screening does not imply any
official decisionby the University of Antwerp concerning admission.
It is a preliminary appraisal of the suitability of your academic
background.The decisions of the Board of Admission will be based on
the information provided in this pre-screening application. Follow
the instructions from the Guidelines and Examples Pre-screening
Form for the Master of Computer Science to fill out the
pre-screening form.Fill out this pre-screening application very
meticulously and supplyall supporting documents as proof in
attachment of your pre-screening application and send all to
[email protected] . Applications will be iterated just once.
Only complete applications will be forwarded to the Board of
Admission for pre-screening.
1. Checklist supporting documents
Document Status
Scan of Diploma (and translation if applicable)
Scan of Transcript of Records (and translation if
applicable)
Course contents of the important courses listed in paragraph 7
on Scientific Background in this application document (only
translation if applicable)
Motivation for major
Proof of English Proficiency
Recommendation letters (not mandatory)
Application submission: write name, date and signature)
2. Personal Data
Last Name
First Name
Nationality (indicate if double)
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy)
Place of Birth (city and country)
Gender (Male/Female)
Native Language
Present Address (street, city, country)
Phone (with land code)
Fax (with land code)
Email
Permanent Address (if different from above)
Phone
Fax
Email
3. Academic Data
(Follow Guidelines and Examples)Institute/University
Diploma/Degree
From
Until
Final Grade
Extra info
(Copy table as often as necessary.)
4. Professional and practical experience
(Follow Guidelines and Examples)Type of work
Duration (from...until...)
Employer
Type of work
Duration (from...until...)
Employer
(Copy table as often as necessary.)
5. English Language Skills
(Follow Guidelines and Examples) 1. Via an English language
test
Name of the testDateScore
2. I planned a language test
Name of the testDate
3. Via proof of earlier instruction in English.(add proof to
your application)
Name university/college/institution
Programme
6. Major of interest
(Follow Guidelines and Examples)Major of interest (one major
only):
7. Motivation
(Follow Guidelines and Examples)
8. Scientific background requirements common to all majors
(Follow Guidelines and Examples) Computer skills UNIX-based
operating system (Ubuntu or similar): file operations, installing
software and libraries, shell scripting, regular expressions,
network configuration proficiency; familiarity with at least one
integrated development environment (e.g. Eclipse, Code: Blocks,
netbeans); usage of compiler, linker, debugger, profiler etc. in at
least on environment; usage of a distributed Version Control
Systems (Mercurial, Git or similar); familiarity with at least one
word processing system.
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Programming and software development Proficiency in at least one
dynamically typed object oriented language (e.g. Python, Ruby);
proficiency in at least one statically typed object oriented
language (e.g. C++, Java); thorough understanding of
object-oriented constructs (classes, inheritance, polymorphism);
thorough understanding of programming constructs (generics,
exception handling, threads); strong programming skills including
use of appropriate language idiom, design patterns, etc;
familiarity with structured development processes, analysis,
architecture and design of software; Object Oriented Design
Patterns (factory, singleton, adapter/wrapper, bridge, faade,
proxy, command, observer, visitor, iterator, state,
model-view-controller).
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Mathematics Discrete mathematics (set theory, number theory,
logic, proof by induction); calculus (summation, integrals,
boundedness, injection/surjection/bijection, continuity, limits);
elementary statistics ( mean, average, probability, distributions);
algebra (vector, matrix, floating point, least squares,...).
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Algorithms, Data Structures and Theoretical Concepts Binary
trees and search trees, tables, priority queues, balanced search
trees; graph searching, flow networks; Turing machines, finite
state machines; time and space complexity; context free grammars;
regular expressions; automata.
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Databases and XML Relational database model; XML (DOM or SAX
parser, XSLT).
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Networks ISO/OSI layered reference model; basic knowledge about
communication networks; basic knowledge about distributed systems;
Client Server Model; using wire shark/tcpdump; reading technical
documentation (RFCs, standards,...).
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
9. Background requirements specific to your major of interest
Your background needs to be stronger with respect to the major you
choose. Below are requirements specific to each major. You need to
fill out the box for the major you apply for (you can only apply
for one major).
Specific requirements for the Data Science Major:(Follow
Guidelines and Examples) Databases SQL, relational algebra;
functional dependencies, normal forms; transactions (two-phase
commit); data mining (classification, clustering, frequent pattern
mining).
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Specific requirements for the Software Engineering Major:(Follow
Guidelines and Examples) Software Engineering Unit testing,
regression testing; formal techniques (petri-nets, state charts);
Unified Modeling Language (class diagram, object diagram, activity
diagram, state machine diagram, sequence diagram).
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
Specific requirements for the Computer Networks and Distributed
Systems Major:(Follow Guidelines and Examples) Computer Networks
Physical layer: signals and their representation, modulation and
coding, multiplexing; Link layer: Fault detection (CRC), flow
control (stop and wait protocol, sliding window protocol, ARQ
protocols), ALOHA, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, ARP; Network layer: IPv4,
IPv6, routing; Transport layer: TCP, UDP; basic knowledge about
communication networks (IP networks, GSM, WLAN, DSL, HFC, ).
Distributed Systems Distributed middleware; distributed
communication: remote procedure calls, message exchange; fault
tolerance: distributed failure detection, masking and recovery;
clock synchronization: physical and logical clock synchronization
(vector clocks, Lamport clocks); replication: consistency models,
replica management; coordination: distributed mutual exclusion and
election mechanisms.
Course NameSemesterGradeKeywords
(Add as many lines as appropriate. Avoid courses that do not
cover these subjects.)
10. Past educational profile: course contents
(Follow Guidelines and Examples)Course:Description:
Course:Description:
Course:Description:
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Course:Description:
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11. Tentative selection of elective Courses
(Follow Guidelines and Examples)Course Year, SemesterECTS
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