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- From: vassilis@sun.pcl.ac.uk (Vassilis Konstantinou)
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- Subject: M.Sc. / Diploma in Knowledge Engineering
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.125651.13514@sun.pcl.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 12:56:51 GMT
- Organization: Polytechnic of Central London
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- MSc/Diploma in Knowledge Engineering
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- Artificial Intelligence Division - School of Computer Science
- The University of Westminster
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- * A new advanced course starting in September 1992
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- * Full-time (1 year) or Part-time (one day per week - 2 years minimum)
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- Knowledge Engineering
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- Knowledge Engineering is the part of computer science concerned
- with designing intelligent computer systems, which exhibit the
- characteristics we usually associate with intelligence in human
- behaviour.
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- Knowledge Engineering addresses issues involving solutions to
- real-life manufacturing, management, and industrial problems
- which are too complex to be solved through conventional
- approaches. These problems require the simulation of intelligent
- thought processes, heuristics, applications of knowledge and
- distributed and parallel processing. The integration of these
- multiple approaches in the creation of knowledge based systems
- which solve complex problems is of particular importance.
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- Course structure
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- To obtain the MSc the student must study six taught modules, one
- coursework based module and complete a project. This course is
- modularised and supports the credit system. Each module is worth
- 15 credits at level M which are transferable to other
- institutions of higher education that use the credit system.
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- During the first week, students attend an introductory course
- covering First Order Logic and short presentations introducing
- the modules in the course will be given.
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- The academic year is divided into two semesters. Full-time
- students take three modules in each semester. Part-time students
- may take up to four modules per year. In addition, all students
- are required to follow 'Knowledge based Systems Design' for two
- semesters.
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- The final component of the course is a project dissertation. The
- project is expected to be equal to three months full-time work
- and is equivalent to two modules. Full-time students undertake
- the project between July and September. It is recommended that
- part-time students undertake the project between July and
- December at the end of the second year, although a part-time
- student may take up to 4 years to complete the MSc course
- provided the minimum annual credit requirement, according the
- polytechnic regulations, is met.
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- Modules and aims
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- 1) Knowledge Based Systems Design
- A unifying module exploring the industrial production of
- knowledge based systems. This is a seminar-based unit. All seminars
- are presented by invited speakers from companies actively involved
- in the design of KB Systems and or researchers/research groups
- from other academic institutions. The main aim of this unit is
- to present an overview of real-life projects and also stimulate
- ideas for the final project.
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- 2) Languages for Artificial Intelligence
- Introduces the 2 major AI programming languages used in industry:
- Prolog and Lisp.
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- 3) Logic for Knowledge Representation
- Introduces alternative logics and extends classical logic,
- offering a theoretical base for the solution of many practical
- issues in knowledge engineering.
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- 4) Neural Computation
- Introduces the main neural computing architectures and
- applications.
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- 5) Computer Vision
- Presents computational techniques used in the interpretation of
- images and their relation to currently known mechanisms of
- biological vision.
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- 6) Machine Learning
- The implementation of machine learning techniques enabling a
- computer to improve its own performance.
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- 7) Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- The architectures and languages used for achieving co-operative
- problem solving in a distributed environment will be described.
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- 8) Natural Language Understanding
- Presents and discusses the principles of Natural Language
- Understanding and Generation.
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- 9) Uncertain Reasoning Mechanisms
- Examines approaches to the handling of uncertain and incomplete
- information by knowledge based systems.
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- Who should apply
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- The course is open to graduates, from Computer Science and other
- technical disciplines, with a first or second class honours
- degree from a British Polytechnic or University or equivalent
- qualification.
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- Each applicant will be considered on his or her own merits. A
- flexible attitude will be taken towards entry requirements and it
- will be possible to relax the formal educational requirements for
- those employed in an industrial context that is related to
- Knowledge Engineering.
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- Course fees for full and part-time courses 1992/3
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- Home/EC Overseas
- Full-time mode (1 yr): 2,510 6,900
- Part-time mode (3 yrs): 1,305 n/a
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- All new students will be required to pay a Registration Fee of 25 pounds.
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- Information
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- For further information please contact:
- Vassillis Konstantinou or Katerina Cristophylaki
- Artificial Intelligence Division
- School of Computer Science
- University of Westminster
- 115 New Cavendish Street
- London WIM 8JS
- UK
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- Telephone: +44 -(0)71 911 5000 Ext. 3599 or 3598
- FAX: +44 -(0)71 911 5089
- Email: vassilis@sun.pcl.ac.uk
- vassilis@uk.ac.pcl.sun (JANET)
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- V. Konstantinou
- Head of A.I. Research Group
- School of Computer Science, The Polytechnic of Central London
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