Postgraduate Prospectus

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MSc Computational Intelligence•
Computational intelligence deals with the
theory, design, application, and development
of biologically, socially and linguistically
motivated computational paradigms.
There is emphasis on genetic algorithms,
evolutionary programming, fuzzy systems,
neural networks, connectionist systems,
and hybrid intelligent systems in which
these paradigms are contained. Our unique
MSc Computational Intelligence covers the
theoretical, applied and practical aspects
of this.
You will focus on linking computational
intelligence techniques to real-world
applications and projects, including
computational intelligence in business
and financial applications, computational
intelligence in games, computational
intelligence in biological sciences and
medicine, and computational intelligence
in industrial control. We recently launched
the Computational Intelligence Centre to
further our existing reputation as a world
class centre of excellence in this subject.
Upon graduation, you will be trained
in computational intelligence and its
applications, which will open employment in:
software companies designing intelligent
software; banks and businesses designing
intelligent prediction and modelling systems
for various processes in their institutions;
computer games companies designing
intelligent adaptive games; pharmaceutical
companies designing intelligent systems
that model the given drug and its various
interactions; and heavy industries (like
oil, steel, chemical and car) designing
intelligent modelling and control systems.
MSc Computer Engineering•
Computer engineering encompasses
the principles, methods, and modern
tools for the design and implementation
of computing systems. Advances in
technology are yielding smaller and
higher-performance computer systems
permeating into a wide range of
applications, from communication systems
to consumer products and common
household appliances. Our MSc Computer
Engineering is the first in the UK and
provides a balanced perspective of both
Staff and their research interests
Victor Callaghan, BEng PhD Sheffield
(Professor)
Inhabited intelligent environments;
ambient intelligence; pervasive computing;
affective computing; robotics; end-user
programming; smart classrooms;
mixed-reality systems; socio-technical
science
Martin Colley, BSc London, PhD Essex
(Senior Lecturer)
Robotics; distributed simulation; computer
architecture; fault tolerance; parallel
real-time systems
Amnon H Eden, MSc PhD Tel Aviv
(Lecturer)
Software design; the philosophy of
computer science; object-oriented
programming; artificial intelligence
Maria Fasli, BSc TEI Thessaloniki, PhD
Essex (Senior Lecturer and Head of
School)
Agents and multi-agent systems; agent
theories; electronic markets and strategic
behaviour; planning and reasoning about
action; web search assistants; web service
discovery and composition; trust
management; agent-oriented software
engineering
Chris Fox, BSc MSc PhD Essex (Reader)
Computational semantics; source code
analysis; business process modelling
John Gan, BSc NPU, MSc PhD SEU
(Professor)
Data modelling and prediction; data fusion;
brain-computer interfaces; robotic vision
and control
Dongbing Gu, BSc MSc BIT, China, PhD
Essex (Reader)
Multi-agent systems; wireless sensor
networks; distributed control algorithms;
distributed information fusion; cooperative
control; reinforcement learning; fuzzy logic
and neural network based motion control;
model predictive control
Hani Hagras, BSc MSc Alexandria, PhD
Essex (Professor)
Machine learning; genetic and
evolutionary computing; fuzzy logic; neural
networks; robotics; pattern recognition;
multi-embedded agent systems;
intelligent buildings
Martin Henson, BSc Southampton,
MSc Essex, PGCE CNAA (Professor)
Logics of specification languages;
logics of program development;
theories of operation and data
refinement; constructive theories
for program development
Huosheng Hu, MSc Central South, PhD
Oxford, CEng MIEE SMIEEE MAAAI
MIAS MACM (Professor)
Human-centred robotics; human-robot
interaction; sensor, integration and data
fusion algorithms; multi-agent
co-operation and co-evolution; embedded
systems and networked robots
Udo Kruschwitz, Diplom-Informatiker
Humboldt Universität Berlin, PhD Essex
(Senior Lecturer)
Intelligent web search; information
retrieval; knowledge extraction; natural
language processing; query log analysis
Simon Lucas, BSc Kent, PhD
Southampton (Professor)
Artificial intelligence and games; machine
learning; evolutionary computation
Klaus McDonald-Maier, Dipl.-Ing. Ulm,
MS Lyon, Dr.rer.nat. Jena, PGCHE Kent,
SMIEEE FIET (Professor)
Embedded systems and system-on-chip
(SoC) design, development support and
technology to increase performance and
reliability; advanced computer
architectures offering vast processing
power for robotics, image processing and
other real-time critical applications;
application of AI for real world problems
and robot control
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