Year 1: Artificial intelligence techniques; computer architectures; continuous foundations; discovering psychology; discrete foundations; introduction to artificial intelligence; introduction to programming; mind, brain and personal identity; network architectures; object-oriented programming; requirements engineering; systems design and testing. Year 2: abstract data types; adaptive robotics; database technology; Descartes and the empiricists; functional programming; human computer interaction and graphical interfaces; machines and languages; neurons, images and chaos: methods for cognitive science; pattern processing; professional issues; software hut; symbolic reasoning; systems analysis and design; the rationalists; theory of knowledge. Year 3: 3-dimensional computer graphics; adaptive intelligence; applications of information theory; computer games technology; concurrent systems; critical analysis in artificial intelligence; individual research project 1: survey and analysis report; individual research project 2; java e-commerce; machine learning foundations; modelling and simulation of natural systems; natural language processing; network performance analysis; programming language semantics; speech processing; speech technology; text processing; the intelligent web; theory of distributed systems.
The University of Sheffield has a fantastic reputation
for research. It is part of the elite Russell Group of
universities*
and makes a significant contribution
across many fields every year
The latest Research Excellence
Framework (REF 2014) placed the
University of Sheffield in the top
10 per cent of all UK universities.
86 per cent of the research
submitted was rigorously
judged as world leading or
internationally excellent.
Located in the heart of the UK just 11 km from the Peak District National Park, and two-and-a-half hours from London by train.
Sheffield is well served by national road and rail networks and has excellent local transport. The university campus is on the western edge of the city centre and is easy to get to by car, bus and tram.
England’s fourth city is famously friendly, excellent for student social life and entertainment.
Greenest city in England, with 150 woodlands and 50 parks.
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