Options for Stage 3

20th March 2015

Overview• General information• 2 minute sales pitches for options• KITC• Projects

Later Today• Current placement students

– 1300 in Darwin conference suite

• WCo placement students – See Janet and Sandra at 1430 in poster fair

• All students– 1400-1600 Project poster fair, Eliot

General Points (1)

• Project plus 3 options per term• Online Module registration

– opens on Monday– closes on 13th April

• Should have collected paperwork on way in• Some modules have pre-requisites or co-

requisites

General Points (2)

• CO653 will NOT run next year

• Cannot choose too many level I modules– Need 90 credits level H or above at stage 3

• Level M pass mark is 50%– CO832

Classification

• All undergraduate degree students admitted in 2011/12 and thereafter will be classified by both the average and preponderance methods and will be awarded a degree according to the better result achieved.

3 year degree

ClassNumber of

Credits in class or above

Average mark over all contributing modules of

at least

First Class 120 67

Upper Second Class 120 57

Lower Second Class 120 47

Third Class 240 Not Applicable

4 year degree

ClassNumber of

Credits in class or above

Average mark over all contributing modules of at

least

First Class 180 67

Upper Second Class 180 57

Lower Second Class 180 47

Third Class 360 Not Applicable

Registering for modules …

Modules …

Autumn Term

• CO633 Computer Networks and Communications• CO634 Computer Security and Cryptography• CO636 Cognitive Neural Networks• CO637 Natural Computation• CO657 Internet of Things• CB612 New Enterprise Start-Up

Spring Term

• CO528 Introduction to Intelligent Systems• CO641 Computer Graphics and Animation• CO643 Computing Law & Professional

Responsibility• CO646 Computing in the Classroom• CO658 Programming Language Implementation• CO659 Computational Creativity• CO832 Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery• PL583Philosophy of Cog Sci & Artificial Intelligence• EL561 Image Analysis & Applications

Spanning both Terms

• EL667 Embedded Computer Systems• CO600 / CO620 / CO650 Project

Options …

Autumn term …

CO633Computer Networks &

Communications

Autumn

CO636Cognitive Neural Networks

Autumn

CO636: Cognitive Neural Networks

Lecturer: Professor Howard Bowman

How the brain computes• Electrochemical dynamics

of neural circuits• Neurons, synapses,

dendrites, axons, etc• Structure of the brain• Activation dynamics,

– excitatory, inhibitory, etc• Types of networks

– feedforward, recurrent, etc

Learning

• How do neural systems learn?

• How do humans learn?• Change of synaptic

efficiency• Types of learning,

– unsupervised– supervised

• run simulations using PDP++ simulation tool

• autumn term: 2 hours of lectures & 2 hours of practicals per week

• course text book,

R. O’Reilly & Y. Munakata: “Computational Explorations in Cognitive Neuroscience:Understanding the Mind by Simulating the Brain” MIT Press, 2000.

CO637Natural Computation

Autumn

CO637 – Natural Computation

Evolutionary Algorithms: inspired by natural selection

In nature individuals evolve, become more and more adapted to environment

In Computer Science, individuals can be programs or solutions to problems, which evolve to become better and better solutions to the target problem

We study AI techniques inspired by nature (mainly biology)

Swarm Intelligence: inspired by social insects (e.g. ants), which solve complex problems without a central coordinator

Molecular Computing: how biological systems (e.g. cells) perform computation

Biology AIanalogy

CO657Internet of things

Autumn

CB612New Enterprise Start-Up

Autumn

CB612: New Enterprise start-up

• Looking at how a business is started and what makes small businesses succeed.

• Practical advice about starting up a business• Aspects: legal, planning, marketing, finance• Main assessment: producing a viable

business plan

KBS

Spring term …

CO528Introduction to Intelligent

Systems

Spring

Intelligent Systems● Iterative deepening● Puzzles● Heuristics● Two player games● Constraint satisfaction● Genetic algorithms● Machine learning with special emphasis on

mathematical aspects and foundational issues.● Foundational questions of artificial intelligence.

CO641Computer Graphics and

Animation

Spring

Useful for a wide range of technical and artistic applications including web design, HCI and GUI development, games and simulations, digital photography and cinema, etc...

Computer Graphics & Animation(CO641)

Covers subject from perspectiveof computingbut with an appreciation of artistic process.

Major practical assignment on3D modelling and animation with Blender. Student work from 2014

Computer Graphics & Animation(CO641)

Computer graphics

High-level representations in which scenes are modelled as objects. How shapes and surface details are specified. How such models are converted to images (rendered).

Computer animation

How motion of objects is controlled to create animations or games. Artistic, physical and behavioural approaches including human characters.

Digital imaging and video

Low-level representations related to hardware technologies. How such content is captured, manipulated, compressed and displayed.

CO643Computing Law & Professional

Issues

Spring

CO643 Computing Law & Professional Issues

• Different form: lectures & real (students talking!) seminars & …

• Covers the core laws and issues, and lots of computing current affairs. In 2014/15 so far: drones, Apple ResearchKit, Google & Right To Be Forgotten, Snowden files on Apple security, internet surveillance, legality of DDoS, Wikileaks, Net Neutrality, Facebook, …

CO646 Computing in the Classroom

Spring

CO646 Computing in the Classroom

• Module entry subject to interview• Learn how to teach computing… … then put it into practice

– ten half-day visits to a local school– observe and help with computing teaching

• Assessment – devise an original project then implement and

evaluate it in the school– reflective writing on your experience in the school

CO646 – DBS check

Need to bring paperwork to Canterburyhttp://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Startinganewjob/DG_195811

• Stage 2 students – Will arrange a time next term

• Placement students– Will arrange a time in week 1 (September)

CO658Programming Language

Implementation

Spring

CO659Computational Creativity

Spring

CO832Data Mining & Knowledge

Discovery

Spring

CO832 - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

decision

 knowledge

 information

 data

 

• Data Mining consists of extracting knowledge from data

This is a master’s level module (involves reading research papers)

• We will study data mining techniques based on machine learning (a branch of AI) and statistics (probabilities)

PL583Philosophy of Cognitive Science

& Artificial Intelligence

Spring

PL583Philosophy of Cog Sci & AI

• Double module!• Considers issues about whether

machines can be intelligent, and looks at various aspects of AI from a philosophical perspective.

• 100% coursework• Quota

EL561 Image Analysis &

Applications

Spring

EL561 Image Analysis & Applications• Images and Image Processing Techniques

– Image representation, analysis and manipulation techniques

• Analysing Images– Pattern recognition and classification techniques

• Media Security and Biometrics– Personal identification techniques and security

• Neural Systems Engineering– Practicalities of building machines which can learn and

generalise

• Practical laboratories and classes

Both terms …

EL667Embedded Computer Systems

Both

EL667 – Embedded Computer Systems (CS & CSE)

• Embedded Computer Systems are everywhere!– Mobile Phones, DVD Players, Motor Vehicles…

• All are based on an embedded microcomputer running a real time operating system.

• This module covers Hardware and Software design for Embedded Systems and Real Time Operating Systems.

• Based on real Case Studies• Includes a 1-day lab class – Engine Management

Simulator.

Autumn again …

CO634Computer Security & Cryptography

Autumn

Kent IT Clinic

IMPORTANT

• Need to register for full set of modules

• Registration opens on Monday

• Registration deadline is 13th April

After the Projects talk…• Current placement students

– 1300 in Darwin conference suite

• WCo placement students – See Janet and Sandra at 1430 in poster fair

• All students– 1400-1600 Project poster fair, Eliot