Mediaspace scheduled maintenance: Aug 25, 2026 07:00 - 12:00 AM. During this time, videos will be temporarily unavailable. Check status updates.

Lecture

Programming for Engineers

In course

ME-213: Programmation pour ingénieur

Mettre en pratique les bases de la programmation vues au semestre précédent. Développer un logiciel structuré. Méthode de debug d'un logiciel. Introduction à la programmation scientifique. Introduction à l'instrumentation virtuelle. ...

Description

This lecture introduces programming concepts for engineering students, focusing on practical skills such as writing programs, using languages like C, Matlab, and LabView, debugging, good programming practices, and project work. The instructor emphasizes the importance of learning to work cleanly and efficiently, ensuring programs remain functional in the long term. The lecture covers topics like debugging tools, project requirements, and the importance of documentation and good coding practices. Students will work on a semester-long project involving solving a Sudoku puzzle, learning to exchange information between programs, and enhancing their programming skills.

This video is available exclusively on Mediaspace for a restricted audience. Please log in to MediaSpace to access it if you have the necessary permissions.

Watch on Mediaspace

Instructor

Christophe Salzmann

Official source

Related concepts (32)

Debugging

In computer programming and software development, debugging is the process of finding and resolving bugs (defects or problems that prevent correct operation) within computer programs, software, or systems. Debugging tactics can involve interactive debugging, control flow analysis, unit testing, integration testing, , monitoring at the application or system level, memory dumps, and profiling. Many programming languages and software development tools also offer programs to aid in debugging, known as debuggers.

Debugger

A debugger or debugging tool is a computer program used to test and debug other programs (the "target" program). The main use of a debugger is to run the target program under controlled conditions that permit the programmer to track its execution and monitor changes in computer resources that may indicate malfunctioning code. Typical debugging facilities include the ability to run or halt the target program at specific points, display the contents of memory, CPU registers or storage devices (such as disk drives), and modify memory or register contents in order to enter selected test data that might be a cause of faulty program execution.

Project management

Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, and budget. The secondary challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives. The objective of project management is to produce a complete project which complies with the client's objectives.

Declarative programming

In computer science, declarative programming is a programming paradigm—a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. Many languages that apply this style attempt to minimize or eliminate side effects by describing what the program must accomplish in terms of the problem domain, rather than describing how to accomplish it as a sequence of the programming language primitives (the how being left up to the language's implementation).

Project

A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal. An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations". A project may be a temporary (rather than a permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.

Related lectures (37)

Energy Systems Optimization

Introduces a course on modeling and optimizing energy systems, emphasizing the importance of informed decision-making and teamwork in addressing energy challenges.

Nano-Tera: Engineering the Future

Explores engineering multi-scale systems for various sectors and showcases advancements in electronics design.

Systems for Health, Security, Energy and the Environment

Covers the Swiss Research Program on Engineering Multi-Scale Systems for Health, Security, Energy, and the Environment.

Hydropower Innovations: Water Turbines and Pump-Turbines

Covers the importance of water turbines and pump-turbines in advancing hydropower technology and sustainability.

Problem-solving in Programming