Annoucements
November 22nd, 2019: Paper Review Reports
Students will select two from amongst the following papers and write a review for each (two separate reports):
- Guillaume Escamocher, Barry O'Sullivan: Solving Logic Grid Puzzles with an Algorithm that Imitates Human Behavior. CoRR abs/1910.06636 (2019)
- Hadrien Cambazard, Barry O'Sullivan, Helmut Simonis: A Constraint-Based Dental School Timetabling System. AI Magazine 35(1): 53-63 (2014)
- Aylin Caliskan, Joanna J. Bryson, and Arvind Narayanan: Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases. Science, Vol. 356, Issue 6334, pp. 183-186, 14 Apr 2017.
- Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio & Geoffrey Hinton: Deep learning. Nature volume 521, pages 436–444 (2015).
- Helmut Simonis, Barry O'Sullivan: Search Strategies for Rectangle Packing. CP 2008: 52-66
- Eoin O'Mahony, Emmanuel Hebrard, Alan Holland, Conor Nugent and Barry O'Sullivan Using Case-based Reasoning in an Algorithm Portfolio for Constraint Solving. Proceedings of AICS 2018.
- Dónal Doyle, Padraig Cunningham, Derek G. Bridge, Yusof Rahman: Explanation Oriented Retrieval. ECCBR 2004: 157-168
- Rakesh Agrawal and Ramakrishnan Srikant: Fast algorithms for mining association rules. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, VLDB, pages 487-499, Santiago, Chile, September 1994.
- Robert C. Holte: Very Simple Classification Rules Perform Well on Most Commonly Used Datasets. Machine Learning 11: 63-91 (1993)
- Jadzia Cendrowska: PRISM: An Algorithm for Inducing Modular Rules. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies 27(4): 349-370 (1987)
- Each report should be no more than 3 pages using 12pt font with a margin of 2cm.
- The following headings should be used:
- Summary: Summary of the topic and contribution of the paper;
- State-of-the-Art: Explain how the paper compares to the state-of-the-art;
- Evaluation: Comment on the methodology for evaluating the results or the proofs of theoretical/algorithmic results;
- Opportunities: Comment on the opportunities for applying the work presented in this paper and also how the work could be extended.
October 28th, 2019: In-term Examination
The in-term examination for this module will take place during the Friday November 15th.
October 21st, 2019: Web-site is fully up-to-date
All teaching materials and code are available on this web-site and it will be updated weekly.
About this Module
Credit Weighting: 5
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Method(s): 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 9 x 1hr(s) Practicals.
Module Objective: Review and critically analyse the motivating factors, challenges and technical concepts behind artificial intelligence.
Module Content: Topics that may be covered in this module include: the principles, technologies and applications of model-driven versus data-driven AI; the ethics of AI; fair, accountable and transparent AI.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Critically discuss the challenges and opportunities in realising the future of AI.
- Describe in detail the main principles, technologies and applications of AI.
- Evaluate AI technologies from a performance but also an ethical viewpoint.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (1x Mid-Semester Examination 40 marks, 1 x End of Semester Examination 40 marks, 2 x Laboratory Reports, 10 marks each).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a mark of zero (or a Fail Judgement in the case of Pass/Fail modules).
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40\%.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1.5 hr(s) paper(s) (corresponding to Mid-Semester Examination and End of Semester Examination) to be taken in Autumn 2020. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.