PENG9560 Topics in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Course description

This course covers advanced topics in artificial intelligence and machine learning, both theory and practice, recent scientific papers and state-of-the-art techniques.The course will be offered once a year, provided 3 or more students sign up for the course. If less than 3 students sign up for a course, the course will be cancelled for that year.

The results for the project assignment, process description, and the code will be assessed by the course leader. The exam can be appealed.

Students who complete the course are expected to have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course, the student has:

• an in-depth understanding of machine learning in its main forms: supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, both theoretical and applied, to solve real- lifeproblems.
• knowledge and understanding of the main concepts of deep learning.
• knowledge and understanding of some major concepts in artificial intelligence, including: complex systems (network models, cellular automata, and agent-based models) and evolutionary computing.

Skills

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• apply techniques from machine learning to real-life problems.
• analyse data sets with the aid of machine learning algorithms.

General competence

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• use libraries for programming deep learning algorithms such as TensorFlow.
• deploy models to relevant real-life problems.
• solve computational problem using evolutionary computing.

Pass or fail.

Each module will be taught in a series of lectures. At the end of each module, the students will be assigned a small project to be submitted within a given deadline.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

Compulsory assignments must be approved prior to the exam. The students must submit a small project at the end of each module. All five projects must be approved before examination.

Oral examination, individual.

The exam cannot be appealed.

None.

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course, the student:

• is at the forefront of knowledge about smart energy systems, both at the system level and at the specific component/application level.
• understands what different technologies can be used at what level in energy generation, transmission, distribution and consumption networks.
• knows about communication technologies and their performance limits for enabling energy intelligence in smart energy systems.

Skills

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• solve resource optimisation problems for the energy information network.
• apply optimisation techniques and machine learning-based approaches for residential demand response management and vehicle-to-grid.

General competence

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• communicate and collaborate with experts from other disciplines on larger interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects.
• Recognise and assess a project's potential and value
• participate in debates and communicate results through recognised international channels, such as academic conferences.
• can construct and develop relevant models and discuss the model's validity.
• Disseminate knowledge to broader audiences

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