Courses

The members of the RAVEN group teach several courses at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice on topics related to algorithms.

NEWS: From academic year 2026/2027, two new courses will be offered by our group:

• Algorithms for Modern Hardware.
  48 hours, both for students of the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Giulio Ermanno Pibiri.

• Algorithmic Techniques for AI, Games and Networks.
  48 hours, both for students of the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Ruben Becker.

More information will be available soon.

Current Academic Year (2025/2026)

Master Courses

• Algorithms for Massive Data.
  48 hours in the Masters degree in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Nicola Prezza, more details, lecture notes.

Bachelor Courses

• Algorithms and Data Structures.
  48 hours in the Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Ruben Becker, more details.

Past Academic Years

PhD Courses

• An Introduction to Data Compression and Coding Theory.
  10 hours in the PhD program in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Giulio Ermanno Pibiri, taught in a.y. 2023/2024, more details, material.

• Compact data structures.
  10 hours in the PhD program in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Nicola Prezza, taught in a.y. 2023/2024 and a.y. 2021/2022.

• Randomized Methods in Computer Science.
  20 hours in the PhD program in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Ruben Becker, taught in a.y. 2023/2024, more details.

• Compact data structures.
  10 hours in the PhD program in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Giulio Ermanno Pibiri, taught in a.y. 2022/2023, more details.

Master Courses

• Algorithms for Massive Data.
  48 hours in the Masters degree in Computer Science.
  Lecturer: Nicola Prezza, taught in a.y. 2024/2025, a.y. 2023/2024, a.y. 2022/2023.