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CS551J: KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND REASONING (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:44


Course Overview

Recent advances in AI have changed the perception of what machines can do, from on-line search to answering questions. An underlying feature of many AI systems concern how knowledge is acquired, represented, and reasoned with. Companies such as Google, IBM, and Facebook have been developing sophisticated tools for knowledge representation and reasoning. This module provides the theory and practice of knowledge representation and reasoning, also presenting cutting-edge technologies, libraries and tools. At the end of the course students will be able to design, implement and evaluate knowledge-intensive AI systems.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr. Rafael Cardoso
  • Dr Leonardo Amado

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will present the theory and practice of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. An underlying feature of many AI systems concern how knowledge is represented and the mechanisms to reason with and about this knowledge. Students attending this course are expected to acquire a good understanding of the logical foundations and applications of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, as well as to become familiar with current bottlenecks and related solutions in the field, including the problem of construction of formal knowledge bases from informal ones (such as those written in natural language). There will be an emphasis on representation and reasoning which is practical and efficient, exploring and incorporating recent technologies as well as working hands-on with state-of-the-practice in knowledge representation and reasoning technologies to build AI systems (e.g., solutions for question-answering, reasoning, Semantic Web, Internet of Things and Big Data).


Contact Teaching Time

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

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Programming and Project Report

Learning Outcomes
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Take Home Test

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2 x Take Home Test (25% each). To be completed within 3 days.

Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Resubmission of failed elements (pass marks carried forward)

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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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