Course Title: Artificial Intelligence

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Artificial Intelligence

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities. 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
COSC1125	City Campus	Postgraduate	140H Computer Science & Information Technology	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016
COSC1125	City Campus	Postgraduate	171H School of Science	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021
COSC1125	City Campus	Postgraduate	175H Computing Technologies	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2022
COSC1126	Bundoora Campus	Undergraduate	140H Computer Science & Information Technology	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006
COSC1127	City Campus	Undergraduate	140H Computer Science & Information Technology	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016
COSC1127	City Campus	Undergraduate	171H School of Science	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021
COSC1127	City Campus	Undergraduate	175H Computing Technologies	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2022
COSC2129	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	175H Computing Technologies	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2022
COSC2240	Taylors College KL	Undergraduate	140H Computer Science & Information Technology	Face-to-Face	Offsh 1 11
COSC2986	RMIT University Vietnam	Postgraduate	175H Computing Technologies	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2023

Course Coordinator: Prof. Sebastian Sardina

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 9824

Course Coordinator Email: sebastian.sardina@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 14.08.7D

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses 

Successful completion of:

COSC1285/2123 Algorithms and Analysis (Course ID 004302)

OR

MATH2415/2448 Discrete Mathematics (Course ID 054160)

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage. 

Course Description

This course introduces you to the basic concepts and techniques of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is the sub-area of computer science devoted to creating software and hardware to get computers to do things that would be considered ‘intelligent’ as if people did them. Artificial intelligence has had an active and exciting history and is now a reasonably mature area of computer science. Many of the research discoveries have now reached the point of industrial application and. many companies have made and saved millions of dollars by exploiting the results of AI research. However the goal of emulating human intelligence has not been reached and many stimulating and challenging problems remain.

All serious programmers and software engineers should know about the major AI techniques, which are regarded by many the core knowledge of any Computer Science degree. This course will allow you to gain generic problem solving skills that have applicability to a wide range of real-world problems. Topics covered include search strategies for solving problems, knowledge representation, automated planning, intelligent agents, reasoning under uncertainty, bio-inspired optimisation, and machine learning.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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Upon successful completion of this course you should be able to:

1. Describe the key components of the artificial intelligence (AI) field and its relation and role in Computer Science;
2. Identify and describe artificial intelligence techniques, including search heuristics, knowledge representation, automated planning and agent systems, machine learning, and probabilistic reasoning;
3. Identify and apply AI techniques to a wide range of problems, including complex problem solving via search, knowledge-base systems, machine learning, probabilistic models, agent decision making, etc.;
4. Design and implement appropriate AI solution techniques for such problems;
5. Analyse and understand the computational trade-offs involved in applying different AI techniques and models.
6. Communicate clearly and effectively using the technical language of the field correctly.

Overview of Learning Activities

The learning activities included in this course are:

• Lectorials, where key AI concepts and syllabus material will be presented and put in context, and targeted exercise and quizzes will be given to solve and discuss interactively during the session;
• Reading material and online videos covering the syllabus material will be made available for students to process, usually before the corresponding lectorial; and
• workshops/tutorials/labs/group discussions (including online forums) focused on projects and problem solving will provide practice in the application of AI theory and procedures, allow exploration of concepts with teaching staff and other students, and give feedback on your progress and understanding.

Overview of Learning Resources

The course is supported by online tools, such as the Canvas learning management system and/or Google-based systems, which provide specific learning resources. See the RMIT Library Guide at http://rmit.libguides.com/compsci

Overview of Assessment

Assessment tasks

Assessment Component 1: Semester Exercise Challenges

Weighting 20%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6

Assessment Component 2: Programming Projects

Weighting 40%

This assessment task supports CLOs 3, 4, 5, & 6

Assessment Component 3: Final Exercise Challenges

Weighting 40%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6

This course has no hurdle requirements. Please note that the breadth and depth of assessment tasks for postgraduate students will be greater than the tasks for undergraduate students.