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EMFE3100 Building Automation Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Automasjon i bygg - ingeniørfaglig systememne
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Energy and Environment in buildings
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Course history

Introduction

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student:

  • has a basic technological understanding of the most important concepts in machine learning, data science and artificial intelligence
  • has knowledge of the most important methods in machine learning, data science and artificial intelligence
  • has knowledge of platforms that can be used to complete major data science projects (for instance IBM Watson’s cloud services)

Skills

The student:

  • masters basic data science tools and can extract and visualise information from large quantities of data
  • understands the workflow in bigger data science, artificial intelligence or machine learning projects
  • is capable of using open-source and commercial tools that are used in industrial projects in the fields of data science, machine learning or artificial intelligence

General competence

The student:

  • masters methods and tools used to develop and carry out projects in data science, machine learning or artificial intelligence
  • is familiar with the different methods that are used to find the right tools to carry out data science projects
  • has an overview of how to visualise and manipulate data and how to develop predictive methods for solving industry problems and other issues relevant to working life

Recommended preliminary courses

The course builds on courses from the first and second years of study.

Required preliminary courses

Regular follow-up of the project work by a project supervisor.

The students will work in groups of three to five students to complete a project in data science, machine learning or artificial intelligence in cooperation with relevant external parties such as companies or public organisations.

The supervisor(s) can suggest suitable online courses in AI and data science that the students can take during the first few weeks of the course. The students are also encouraged to take other courses (https://cognitiveclass.ai) that will be useful in order to carry out the chosen project assignment. These courses may, among other things, deal with the following areas: Blockchain, the Internet of Things, Chat Bots, advanced use of data science, etc.

The course can be carried out individually by agreement with the course coordinator.

Projects are selected/distributed at the start of the semester.

Learning outcomes

The following work requirements are mandatory and must be approved in order to prepare for the exam:

  • A project outline that describes how the group will organise their work on the project.
  • A standard learning agreement must be entered into between the project provider / supervisor and the student(s), and this must be approved by the course coordinator before the project can start.
  • Three meeting minutes from supervisory meetings during the project period.
  • An oral mid-term presentation, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

The deadlines for submitting the project outline and minutes of the meetings will be presented in the teaching plan, which is made available at the beginning of the semester.

Teaching and learning methods

Written project report (100% of the final grade).

A written project report delivered at the of the semester, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 4000 words +/-10 %.

For group projects, all members of the group receive the same grade. Under exceptional circumstances, individual grades can be assigned at the discretion of the project supervisor(s) and Head of Studies.

The exam result can be appealed.

Course requirements

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Assessment

Grade scale A-F.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

Grading scale

The course builds on DAPE1400 Programming and DAPE2000 Mathematics with statistics. Students that do not have a basic knowledge of programming and statistics must be prepared to make considerable individual efforts to acquire such knowledge.

Examiners

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.