CSC-40045 - Module Specification
School of Computing and Mathematics
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23

Intelligent systems are increasingly present in our life, including the home and industrial environments. These systems include intelligent household appliances, wearable computing devices (e.g. health and fitness monitors), computers, sensor networks in cars, buildings, and complex engines, and so on. Coordinated control of distributed intelligent systems is a current challenge and it is critical for optimal harnessing of the benefits of intelligent systems that surround us. This module prepares the student to understand how to analyse and design distributed intelligent systems, to develop software programs that can control and coordinate in a meaningful way such systems, and to develop applications of such systems to solve practical problems.
The module develops the following Keele Graduate attributes:
1. An open and questioning approach to ideas, demonstrating curiosity, independence of thought and the ability to appreciate a range of perspectives on the natural and social worlds.
2. An appreciation of the development and value of your chosen subjects of study, awareness of their contexts, the links between them, and awareness of the provisional and dynamic nature of knowledge.
3. Information literacy: the ability to locate, evaluate and synthesise large amounts of frequently conflicting information, ideas and data.
4. The ability to creatively solve problems using a range of different approaches and techniques, and to determine which techniques are appropriate for the issue at hand.
5. An appreciation of the social, environmental and global implications of your studies and other activities, including recognition of any ethical implications.
6. The ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written and verbal forms for different purposes and to a variety of audiences.
7. The knowledge, skills, self-confidence and self-awareness actively to pursue your future goals.
8. The ability and motivation to participate responsibly and collaboratively as an active citizen in the communities in which you live and work.
9. A professional and reflective approach, including qualities of leadership, responsibility, personal integrity, empathy, care and respect for others, accountability and self-regulation.
10. The flexibility to thrive in rapidly changing and uncertain external environments and to update skills and knowledge as circumstances require.

The module will provide students with ability to evaluate and design intelligent systems involving the integration and coordination of multiple intelligent systems. The considered intelligent systems may include for example vehicles, robots or home appliances equipped with artificial intelligence based control devices or the software implementation of such artificial intelligence based control devices.

Intended Learning Outcomes

state, apply and critically evaluate the principles of control of intelligent systems: 2
develop and critically assess software applications that can control individual and distributed intelligent systems: 1,2
critically evaluate options for the design and coordination of distributed intelligent systems to meet a defined set of requirements and to create such systems: 1,2
state, apply and critically evaluate the principles of programming intelligent systems in the context of an advanced programming language: 1,2

Study hours

24 hours lectures;
12 hours practicals;
12 hours tutorials;
2 hours exam;
100 hours independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment