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Biologically Inspired Computing F21BC2: 2013

General Notes on Course Delivery 

Note:    The lecture slides and other materials that are scheduled later than today’s date are not necessarily complete and/or correct.

DC (David Corne) Lectures are green and PV (Patricia Vargas) lectures are blue.

A White lecture slot means that no class is planned – however sometimes these slots may be used, for example to replace lectures that had to be cancelled. In those cases, we will of course let you know as far as possible in advance.

DC Office hour will be Thursdays 15:15, and PV Office hour will be Thursday 11:15

Week beginning	Tuesday  13:15 in EM 1.82	Wednesday 11:15 in EM 1.82	Thursday 16:15 in EM 3.06	Coursework
7^th Jan	DC Overview of module and intro to Bio-Inspired Computing - ppt	No class planned	Optimisation, Classification, Easy and Hard problems: ppt
14^th Jan	DC Evolutionary computation - ppt simple interactive evolution	No class planned	DC Evolutionary computation 2: EA Details and Examples : ppt
21^st Jan	Class was cancelled	No class planned		DC hands out coursework 1 (15% of module) on Thursday This is CW1
28^th Jan	DC Finishing off Evolutionary computation : ppt Mandatory Additional: · more encodings ppt · Selection ppt · Operators ppt Falkenauer Paper referred to in additional material pdf Freitas paper referred to in additional material pdf Selected Applications paper pdf  (recommended reading)	No class planned	PV	TENTATIVE PV hands out coursework 2 (20% of module)
4^th Feb	DC Swarm intelligence ppt Reynolds’ paper A nice explanation of Reynolds’ rules Swarm Intelligence chapter pdf	No class planned	PV	Handin coursework 1.1 Deadline 23:59pm Sunday 10^th Feb
11^th Feb		No class planned	PV	DC hands out coursework 3 (10% of module) This is CW3 pdf
18th Feb	DC Swarm intelligence: Ant colony Optimization ppt	No class planned	PV	Handin coursework 1.2 Deadline 23:59pm Sunday 24th Feb
25th Feb	DC Particle Swarm Optimization slides (ppt)	No class planned	PV
4^th Mar	No class planned	No class planned	No class planned	Handin coursework 1.3 Deadline 23:59pm Sunday 10^th March
11^th Mar	DC Cellular automata ppt CA urbanization paper CA traffic simulation paper CA flu paper CA brain tumour paper CA and P Systems for HIV	No class planned	PV
18th Mar	No class planned	No class planned	PV	Handin Coursework 3 Deadline 23:59pm Sun 31st March
25^th Mar	Revision lecture: ppt	No class planned	PV	TENTATIVE Handin Coursework 2

DC = David Corne, who will generally lecture about bio-inspired methods for optimisation, with a focus on evolutionary computation (aka genetic algorithms) – broadly this is about how certain aspects of nature (evolution, swarm behaviour) lead to very effective optimisation and design methods.

PV = Patricia Vargas, who will generally lecture about neural computation, and some popular and effective combinations of neural and evolutionary computation, including evolutionary robotics.

Coursework Handin : All C/W handins are due at 23:59pm on the Sunday of the indicated week. In all cases hand in by email with the coursework as a ppt or pdf attachment, emailled to DWC at dwcorne@gmail.com, subject line either: “BIC CW1 Prog” or “BIC CW3”. Include your name in the pdf!

Feel completely free to email any of us at any time about any query regarding the lecture material – you will appreciate that you may rarely get an immediate reply, but we will try to get back to you as soon as possible, and arrange meetings to discuss issues where necessary.

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Assessment

50% coursework and 50% exam.

CW 1 (DC): 15% CW2 (PV): 25% CW3 (DC): 10%

As in previous years, the exam will have 4 questions, and you are required to answer only 3 questions for full marks.