Study Programme

There is a specific emphasis on the understanding of natural cognition. We want to explore and understand the behaviour of humans and animals by simulating it in robots and computer simulations. The emphasis here is on the more ‘complicated’ forms of cognition, like cooperation, communication, social interaction and predictive perception.

The Master’s programme Artificial Intelligence is a two-year programme and it is part of the School of Computing and Cognition. The programme consists of six compulsory core courses (30 ECTS), optional courses (45 ECTS) and a Master’s thesis (45 ECTS). You may choose to do one or two of the following specializations: Autonomous Perceptive Systems and Multi-Agent Systems. In the study programme there is a theoretical as well as an applied approach to these two themes.

Compulsory courses:

• Perception
• Machine Learning
• Advanced Research Methods
• Cognitive Robotics
• Multi-Agent Systems

Some optional courses:

• Language Modelling
• Self-Organization, Cognition and Social Systems
• Computer Vision
• Pattern Recognition
• Sound Recognition

Using the optional courses you can choose to specialize in one of the two main themes or choose your own specialization. Through the optional courses you decided whether to take a more theoretical approach or an applied approach. For your Master’s thesis you work on your own research project. The choice of subject is up to you. You can choose from a broad range of subjects. Examples are:

• Self-organization in groups of penguins
• Simulation of co-evolutions in robot crickets
• Modelling of crowds
• Strategy evolution in Diplomacy

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Field of research