Postgraduate Prospectus

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processors, as well as an understanding of
current applications, technological trends
and their potential impact on systems of the
future. We have an international reputation
for research in this field, so maintain well
equipped laboratories through our links
with industrial partners. This enables us
to offer you instruction in a range of
topics including (but not restricted to)
hardware/software co-design, task
oriented programming, systems integration,
middleware, networking, human computer
interfaces, embedded agents, and the
embedded internet.
MSc Intelligent Systems and Robotics•
This course will give you skills that are
in high demand from both the academic
research community and a range of
industrial companies working in these
areas. We provide a comprehensive
coverage of contemporary intelligent
systems, with robots serving as a major
example of the technology. Thanks to the
leading research being undertaken in our
School, you gain a solid understanding of
the foundations of this technology, ranging
from the principles by which sensed data
are converted into useful information to
the practical aspects of developing
intelligent and robotic systems, but we
also offer a range of options which cover
state-of-the-art modern techniques.
These directly reflect research directions
in our School, including biologically-inspired
robots, biometrics, or computational
intelligence.
Postgraduate Diplomas with English
If your first degree requires additional
technical experience for direct entry onto
our MSc courses, we offer two full-time,
nine-month Diplomas, in Electronic
Engineering with English for Academic
Purposes and in Computer Science with
English for Academic Purposes. If you
obtain a Diploma with Merit or Distinction,
you can automatically register for one of
our MSc courses.
Research study
Our PhD students study in an environment
of active research on the leading edge
of telecommunications, networking and
electronics. Members of our School
are successful in attracting research
grants from both UK and European
funding bodies.
Our PhD students are encouraged
to publish and present their papers at
internationally renowned conferences.
Recently, our research students have
been organising their own successful
conference, CEEC10, which attracted
research students from many other
universities. This conference provided
experience in presenting papers and
Robotics work in our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
gave our students the opportunity to
network with fellow researchers.
About our research degrees
Our research degrees are programmes
of advanced study and research. As well
as our PhD, which nominally takes three
years, we also offer an MPhil, which take
two years, and an MSc by dissertation,
which takes one year. Furthermore, we
have a PhD via our ‘integrated programme’
which takes four years and involves a year’s
MSc study before commencing your
research itself.
Studying for your PhD involves
person-to-person interaction with
your supervisor, who will guide you in
developing your chosen research topic,
refine your research skills, and advise you
in capitalising on the technical knowledge
you already have from your taught degree.
Supervisors often keep in touch with their
PhD graduates throughout their careers,
and may work on scientific collaborations
with them after they finish their doctorate.
Our PhD graduates generally go on to
pursue careers as academics or as
researchers in industry.
MSc Intelligent Systems and Robotics
is delivered by a our team of
internationally-recognised researchers,
with expertise spanning the entire range
of intelligent systems and experience of
developing robots intended for land, under
water and in the air. Research carried out
by our team has resulted in appearance
in the Robot Soccer World Cup final, an
autonomous robot fish in the London
Aquarium, a self-programming computer
vision system, and many others.
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