CM20252: Artificial intelligence
[Page last updated: 27 October 2020]
Academic Year: | 2020/1 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Computer Science |
Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
Period: |
- Semester 2
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Assessment Summary: | CW 25%, EX 75% |
Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework (CW 25%)
- B- Exam (EX 75%)
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Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must ( take AT LEAST 1 MODULE FROM {CM10228, XX10190} AND take CM20254 ) OR ( take EE10134 AND take EE10140 AND take EE10239 )
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Description: | Aims: To present a detailed introduction to formal artificial intelligence To establish a practical understanding of intelligence and computation as strategies for problem solving, and the nature of the problems amenable to various established strategies and approaches.
Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand a wide range of AI techniques, their advantages and disadvantages.
2. Appreciate AI as a mechanism to deal with computationally hard problems in a practical manner
3. Understand the concepts of formal AI and put them into practice.
4. Write small to medium sized programs for aspects of Artificial Intelligence.
Skills: Use of IT (T/F,A) Problem solving (T/F,A).
Content: Goals and foundations of AI
Problem solving (uninformed, heuristic, and adversarial search; constraint satisfaction)
Logical reasoning (propositional logic, first-order logic, logic programming)
Probabilistic reasoning (probability models, Bayesian networks)
Machine learning (possible topics include decision trees, nearest-neighbor methods, reinforcement learning, neural networks, support vector machines, boosting).
State-of-the-art AI applications will be discussed throughout the unit. |
Programme availability: |
CM20252 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Computer Science
- USCM-AFB06 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science (Year 2)
- USCM-AAB07 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USCM-AKB07 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- USCM-AFM01 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science (Year 2)
- USCM-AAM02 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USCM-AKM02 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science with Year long work placement (Year 2)
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFB13 : BEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKB13 : BEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEEE-AFM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKM13 : MEng(Hons) Computer Systems Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEEE-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UEEE-AFB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 2)
CM20252 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Computer Science
- USCM-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (Year 2)
- USCM-AAB20 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USCM-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- USCM-AFM14 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (Year 2)
- USCM-AAM14 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USCM-AKM14 : MComp(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
Department of Mathematical Sciences
- USMA-AFB15 : BSc(Hons) Mathematical Sciences (Year 2)
- USMA-AFB15 : BSc(Hons) Mathematical Sciences (Year 3)
- USMA-AAB16 : BSc(Hons) Mathematical Sciences with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USMA-AAB16 : BSc(Hons) Mathematical Sciences with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USMA-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Mathematical Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- USMA-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Mathematical Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USMA-AFB13 : BSc(Hons) Mathematics (Year 2)
- USMA-AFB13 : BSc(Hons) Mathematics (Year 3)
- USMA-AAB14 : BSc(Hons) Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USMA-AAB14 : BSc(Hons) Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USMA-AKB14 : BSc(Hons) Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- USMA-AKB14 : BSc(Hons) Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USMA-AFM14 : MMath(Hons) Mathematics (Year 3)
- USMA-AKM15 : MMath(Hons) Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2020/21 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2021/22 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2020/21.
- Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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