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Undergraduate Course: User Modelling (Level 10) (INFR10027)

Course Outline
School	School of Informatics	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Credits	10
Home subject area	Informatics	Other subject area	None
Course website	http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/umod
Course description	User modelling studies tools and techniques for constructing interactive computer systems that can be adapted, or can adapt themselves, to the skills, knowledge and needs of their users. It draws on Human-Computer Interaction (particularly intelligent interfaces and cognitive engineering), Artificial Intelligence (particularly knowledge-based systems), the Instructional Sciences (particularly computer-based tutoring systems), Linguistics (particularly dialogue models), and Information Retrieval.

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10) (INFR10018) AND Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11) (INFR11017)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking User Modelling (Level 11) (INFR11041)	Other requirements	Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School.
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Demonstrate, in writing, knowledge of the issues and problems in user modelling; 2 - demonstrate understanding of modelling techniques by diagnosing problems in relations between users---particularly students---and adaptive systems; 3 - use design principles and methodologies in solving simple user modelling problems; 4 - demonstrate awareness of current areas of research by locating and summarising examples of recent progress.

Assessment Information
Written Examination 70 Assessed Assignments 30 Oral Presentations 0 Assessment A group-based exercise involving the re-design and evaluation of a user modelling component. If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year.
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Amos Storkey Tel: (0131 6)51 1208 Email: A.Storkey@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Miss Kate Weston Tel: (0131 6)50 2701 Email: Kate.Weston@ed.ac.uk

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