Here you can find information regarding past, current, and sometimes near-future teaching of mine at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Information about previous teaching experiences can be found in my CV.
- Reviews
- Courses taught
- Lecture videos
- Course curriculum development
- For self-study
- Mini-courses and seminars
- Teaching assistance projects
- Other projects
- Theses supervised
- For students
Reviews
I post reviews, grades & feedback from my students as soon as they become available to me.
Courses taught
This semester (2025.2)
List of courses taught (2016.1–)
- Mathematical Foundations for Computation I (FMC1) (15 times)
2016.1; 2016.2 (2); 2019.2 [lecture videos]; 2020.1→.6; 2020.2 (2); 2021.1; 2021.2 (2); 2022.1; 2022.2 [lecture videos]; 2023.2; 2024.2; 2025.2 (½) [lecture videos]; - Mathematical Foundations for Computation II (FMC2) (18 times)
2016.1; 2017.1 (2); 2017.2 (1+⅔); 2018.1; 2018.2 (1+⅓) [lecture videos]; 2019.1 (1+⅔) [lecture videos]; 2020.1→.6 (2); 2021.1; 2022.1; 2022.2 (⅓); 2023.1 [lecture videos]; 2024.1; 2025.1 [lecture videos]; - Topics: Type Theory, Proof Theory, and Formalization of Mathematics (2 times)
2017.1; 2025.1; - Algebraic Structures
2024.1; - Functional Programming (4 times)
2018.1; 2019.2 [lecture videos]; 2022.2; 2024.2; - Topics: Category Theory & Order Theory (3 times)
2018.1; 2021.2; 2023.1; - Topics: Denotational Semantics of Programming Languages
2023.2; - Topics: Topology & Order theory (2 times)
2019.1; 2025.2; - Topics: Sets, Functions, Relations
2020.5.
Lecture videos
Some semesters I manage to record my classes. I post the videos on my YouTube channel, @thanosmath.
FMC∗ curriculum development
In collaboration with João Marcos and a few colleagues and students, we have developed and defended this proposal which was voted against by the the commitee of my department (NB: in such commitee there were 0 profs working in related areas). Nevertheless, the modules we have designed for this proposal became part of the Computer Science programme of DIMAp (Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics); and we have applied our work to our methodology for teaching the courses FMC1, FMC2, and FMC3 to computer science, software engineering, and IT students.
My teaching of FMC1 & FMC2, since 2022.1, consists of the following sub-modules:
- Introduction to Mathematical Proof (using the theory of integers) [IDMa]
U1 of FMC1, taught 4h/week during the first half of the semester; - Introduction to Mathematical Proof (using the theory of real numbers) [IDMb]
U2 of FMC1, taught 4h/week during the second half of the semester; - Introduction to Recursion and Induction (using functional programming) [IRI]
U3 of FMC1, taught 2h/week during the whole semester; - Sets, Functions, Relations I [CFR1]
U1 of FMC2, taught 4h/week during the first half of the semester; - Sets, Functions, Relations II [CFR2]
U2 of FMC2, taught 4h/week during the second half of the semester; - Introduction to Algebraic Structures [IEA]
U3 of FMC2, taught 2h/week during the whole semester.
My FMC1 class of 2022.2 was the first for which I entirely adopted this work, and had by far the most successful results our course has seen so far. Same thing goes for my FMC2 class of 2023.1.
Courses prepared for self-study
To help students who wish to self-study the material mencioned above—for any reason whatsoever—I have created sites (including playlists), better suited for this use: courses prepared for self-study.
Mini-courses and seminars
- Typesetting correctly with TeX and friends: 2016.1; 2017.1; 2018.2 [lecture videos]
- Introduction to Haskell: 2017.1
- Unix: tools and philosophy 2016.2; 2018.1; 2019.2
Teaching assistance projects
Projeto de Monitoria FMCn [fmc.imd.ufrn.br]
Teaching assistance project for the theoretical computer science and pure math-oriented courses (notably Mathematical Foundations for Computation I, II, III).
I created this project in 2017, and it has been successfully renewed with funding (scholarships) each year ever since (2017–2025).
(Info on my teaching assistants on a separate page.)
Other teaching-related projects
- haskell.imd.ufrn.br: functional programming with Haskell
- TeX.imd.ufrn.br: TEX programming and typesetting
- unix.imd.ufrn.br: unix programming
Student theses supervised
- HoTT and Foundations of Mathematics (2025), by João Pedro Holanda (BSc thesis)
- Topology for Computing Science (to be defended: 2026), by Lucas Bazante
For students
- Students interested in these courses and/or projects should contact me by email!
- Studying tips [in portuguese]