UNSW Handbook Plan - Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence - COMPAS8543


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Computer Science and Engineering
	Contact: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au
	Program: 8543 - Information Technology
	Award(s):
	Master of Information Technology (Specialisation)

Plan Outline

Artificial Intelligence

Recent technological advances are bringing robots out of their usual industrial settings and into homes and offices. Mobile robots capable of vacuum cleaning and lawn mowing are already commercially available. As miniaturisation and sophistication increase and costs continue to decrease, it is anticipated that robots will become commonplace. Applications include domestic robots to assist in everyday chores, robots for entertainment or educational purposes as well as robots for automating office and factory tasks. Applications also include assistance for the elderly, in particular, to improve their mobility and level of care.

As autonomous devices become more common, potential employers include companies that can make ready use of automation. This includes companies concerned with home and office automation, entertainment companies and autonomous systems research and development. Autonomous systems and the sophisticated sensors they employ are also adopted in many industries to enhance production and to improve safety (e.g. mining, manufacturing, transport).

The Autonomous Systems major in the Graduate Diploma and MIT programs focusses on the development of sophisticated software for mobile robot control. Several aspects of software are considered: artificial intelligence; agent programming; experimental robotics; knowledge representation and reasoning; machine learning; robot architectures; human-computer interaction; and vision.

Plan Structure

Autonomous Systems majors are required to complete three of the following courses:

COMP4411 Experimental Robotics (6 UOC)
COMP4416 Intelligent Agents (6 UOC)
COMP9318 Data Warehousing & Data Mining (6 UOC)
COMP9416 Knowledge Based Systems (6 UOC)
COMP9417 Machine Learning & Data Mining (6 UOC)
COMP9444 Neural Networks (6 UOC)

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