Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, and AI

The "AI group" is a loose affiliation of staff who are spread across the ECS faculty as well as Maths.

The current (hopefully) research interests of the core AI staff are here: ResearchInterests.

AIML 131: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (our "intro" AI course with no maths/programming requirements)
AIML 231: Techniques in Machine Learning
AIML 232: Techniques in Artificial Intelligence
AIML 320: Artificial Intelligence ("intro" course for 3rd years with no AI knowledge but who have programming background)
AIML 331: AI Computer Vision and Image/Video Processing
AIML 332: AI Natural Language Processing
AIML 333: Acting, Planning, and Scheduling
AIML 335: Machine Learning (from 2026)
AIML 339: Artificial Intelligence Project
AIML 420: Artificial Intelligence (co-taught with AIML320)
AIML 425: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
AIML 426: Evolutionary Computation and Learning
AIML 427: Big Data
AIML 428: Text Mining and Natural Language Processing
AIML 429: Probabilistic Machine Learning
AIML 430: Applications and Implications of Artificial Intelligence
AIML 431: Current Topics in Artificial Intelligence
AIML 487: Research Project

Staff with AI research interests

The group includes a very substantial strength in Evolutionary Computing and Machine Learning - see ECRG:

as well as staff with a wider variety of interests in AI and Deep Learning: