2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

COMP3750 Biological and Bio-Inspired Computation

10 creditsClass Size: 75

Module manager: Dr Marc de Kamps
Email: M.deKamps@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisites

COMP1551	Core Programming
COMP2941	Algorithms II

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- understand how natural computing and conventional AI can complement each other;
- understand algorithms that are based on cooperative behaviour of distributed systems with no, or little central control;
- understand, design and apply simple genetic algorithms;
- understand the relation between artificial neural networks and statistical learning;
- understand how the fields of artificial neural networks and computational and cognitive neuroscience inform each other.

Syllabus

Examples of cooperative phenomena in nature; concepts such as emergence, self-organisation and embodiment; genetic algorithms; algorithms for swarm intelligence; biological neural networks; various artificial neural networks and their application (e.g. clustering, dimensionality reduction); models in computational and cognitive neuroscience; models of biological computation in computational/cognitive neuroscience and/or bioinformatics.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Class tests, exams and assessment	1	2.00	2.00
Lecture	22	1.00	22.00
Private study hours			76.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Taught session preparation: 18 hours;
Taught session follow-up: 18 hours;
Self-directed study: 17 hours;
Assessment activities: 23 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Attendance and formative assessment.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	Written report 1	10.00
Report	Written report 2	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		20.00

This module is re-assessed by exam only.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Open Book exam	2 hr 00 mins	80.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		80.00

This module is re-assessed by exam only.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 05/11/2015

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