Matej Balog :: Oxford

2011-2015 Master of Mathematics and Computer Science
Merton College, University of Oxford

Trinity 2015

23 April - 20 June

This term I finished my 4th year project and revised for Part C exams.

Hilary 2015

15 January - 14 March

I took three courses this term and worked on my 4th year project on the Mondrian process.

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Classes	Teacher
M	Probabilistic Combinatorics	16	Prof Colin McDiarmid	6	Mr Matthew Ashford
CS	Machine Learning	24	Prof Nando de Freitas	4	Mr Syed Ali Asad Rizvi
S	Advanced Simulation Methods	16	Dr Pierre Jacob	6	Dr Levi Boyles

Michaelmas 2014

9 October - 6 December

This term I took three probability related courses, the new 3rd year course on computational learning theory and I have started working on my 4th year project.

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Classes	Teacher
M	C8.1: Stochastic Differential Equations	16	Prof Ben Hambly	6	Mr Weiye Yang
CS	Computational Learning Theory	16	Prof James Worrell	4	Mr Ziyu Wang
CS	Probabilistic Model Checking	20	Prof Marta Kwiatkowska	4	Dr Aleksandra Jovanovic
CS	Probability and Computing	20	Prof Standa Živný	6	Mr Andreas Göbel

Trinity 2014

24 April - 21 June

This term is purely about revision for Part B exams (finals).

Hilary 2014

16 January - 15 March

I'm doing the following courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Classes	Teacher
M	B10b: Continuous Martingales and Stochastic Calculus	16	Dr Jan Obloj	4	Dr Jan Obloj
M	B11b: Graph Theory	16	Prof Oliver Riordan	4	Prof Oliver Riordan
CS	Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms	16	Prof Elias Koutsoupias	6	Mr Yiannis Giannakopoulos
CS	Computational Complexity	16	Prof Ian Horrocks	6	Dr Edith Elkind
CS	Intelligent Systems	16	Prof Peter Jeavons	4	Dr Yavor Nenov

Michaelmas 2013

10 October - 7 December

This term I was taking mostly probability and algorithms related courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Classes	Teacher
M	B10a: Martingales Through Measure Theory	16	Prof Oliver Riordan	4	Prof Oliver Riordan
M	B11a: Communication Theory	16	Dr David Stirzaker	4	Mr Ruolong Chen
M	B12a: Applied Probability	16	Dr Matthias Winkel	6	Dr Christina Goldschmidt
M	B22: Integer Programming	16	Dr Raphael Hauser	6	Dr Raphael Hauser
CS	Machine Learning	16	Dr Phil Blunsom	4	Dr Ramón Casero

Trinity 2013

18 April - 15 June

The last term in my second year was mainly about revision for Part A exams, and I only did one course:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Tutorials	Tutor
M	Number Theory	8	Prof Ulrike Tillmann	2	Prof Minhyong Kim

Hilary 2013

10 January - 9 March

I took three Maths options and the two Computer Science core courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Tutorials	Tutor
M	Integration	16	Prof Charles Batty	4	Dr Will Anscombe
M	Probability	16	Dr James Martin	4	Prof Minhyong Kim
M	Topology	16	Prof Marc Lackenby	4	Dr Will Anscombe
CS	Concurrent Programming	16	Mr Bernard Sufrin	4	Mr Thomas Gibson-Robinson
CS	Logic and Proof	16	Prof James Worrell	6	Dr Luke Ong

Michaelmas 2012

4 October - 1 December

In the first term in my second year at Oxford I had the following courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Tutorials	Tutor
M	Algebra	24	Dr Robin Knight	7	Dr Will Anscombe
M	Analysis	24	Dr Richard Earl	5	Prof Alex Scott
CS	Models of Computation	16	Dr Paul Hunter	5	Dr Luke Ong
CS	Object Oriented Programming	16	Dr. rer. pol. Boris Motik	4	Mr Thomas Gibson-Robinson

Trinity 2012

19 April - 16 June

In my third term at Oxford I had the following courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Tutorials	Tutor
M	An Introduction to Groups, Rings, and Fields	8	Dr Richard Earl	4	Prof Minhyong Kim
M	Analysis III: Integration	8	Prof Hilary Priestley	3	Prof Alex Scott
CS	Imperative Programming II	14	Prof Oege de Moor	4	Dr Luke Ong

Also there were practical sessions for Imperative Programming II and many revision sessions with our tutors before the exams.

Hilary 2012

12 January - 10 March

In my second term at Oxford I had the following courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Tutorials	Tutor
M	An Introduction to Groups, Rings and Fields I	8	Dr Richard Earl	2	Prof Minhyong Kim
M	Analysis II: Continuity and Differentiability	16	Dr Janet Dyson	4	Dr Will Anscombe
M	Linear Algebra II	8	Dr Peter Neumann	2	Prof Minhyong Kim
M	Probability II	8	Dr Christina Goldschmidt	3	Dr Will Anscombe
CS	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	16	Dr Hanno Nickau	4	Dr Luke Ong
CS	Imperative Programming I	16	Prof Gavin Lowe	4	Dr Luke Ong

Also there were practicals for the Computer Science subjects (Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Imperative Programming I).

Michaelmas 2011

6 October - 3 December

In my first term at Oxford I had the following courses:

	Course	Lectures	Lecturer	Tutorials	Tutor
M	Analysis I: Sequences and Series	14	Dr Richard Earl	4	Prof Alex Scott
M	Calculus of One Variable	6	Prof Philip Maini	2	Dr Ronald Reid-Edwards
M	Calculus of Two or More Variables	10	Prof Philip Maini	2	Dr Ronald Reid-Edwards
M	Introduction to Complex Numbers	2	Dr Balázs Szendrői	1	Dr Ronald Reid-Edwards
M	Introduction to Pure Mathematics	8	Dr Robin Knight	2	Prof Alex Scott
M	Linear Algebra I	14	Dr Karin Erdmann	4	Dr Will Anscombe
M	Probability I	8	Dr Christina Goldschmidt	2	Prof Alex Scott
CS	Functional Programming	15	Prof Peter Jeavons	8	Dr Luke Ong

Also there was one two-hour-long practical session per week on Functional programming.