Computer Science & Information Systems Rationale and Purpose of the Module: The purpose of this module is to familiarise students with a targeted subset of the principles and methods of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems. Given that students from a number of programmes will be taking this module, examples and projects work will be relevant to each group of students in so far as possible Syllabus: To provide students with an understanding of the basic principles, methods and application domains for Artificial Intelligence. To introduce students to the development of Intelligent Systems, Knowledge Representation, and Machine Learning. This module introduces the history and development of Intelligent system concepts. It includes discussions on AI and Expert Systems, Heuristic Search, Evolutionary Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks, Cognitive Science, and issues in representation, reasoning and machine learning, together with a set of design principles for intelligent autonomous agents. Real world applications of the course topics are also presented in areas such as robotics and financial prediction.