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CS5063: EVALUATION OF AI SYSTEMS (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

One of the biggest challenges in Artificial Intelligence is evaluating how well AI systems work.   This course will provide students of our MSc in AI with knowledge of core evaluation concepts, approaches, tools, techniques and technologies; we will also look at software testing of AI systems.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Ehud B. Reiter

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

  • Either Any Postgraduate Programme or Master of Engineering in Computing Science
  • Either Any Postgraduate Programme or Programme Level 5

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 cover concepts, methods, techniques and tools/technologies for evaluating and testing AI systems. Students will be equipped with knowledge on statistical analysis and hypothesis testing (e.g., t-test, chi-square, correlations and regression) and learn to use software/tools for statistical analysis. The course will cover the design and execution of human evaluations of AI systems, including research ethics when working with human subjects.  It will also examine the use of automated metrics to evaluate AI systems, including best practice, common pitfalls, and avoiding bias; and methodologies for rigorous software testing of AI systems.


Contact Teaching Time

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

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