Postgraduate Course: Applied Interdisciplinary Project (INFR11258)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course requires students to undertake a significant interdisplinary practical project in responsible and trustworthy natural language processing, under the supervision of a member of staff. The project will be done in small groups and will include the application of skills learned through other courses and requires the development and synthesis of new skills, including problem-solving, communication, and working in an interdisciplinary team. |
| Course description |
This course requires students to undertake a significant piece of self-directed group research in responsible and trustworth natural language processing, developed in consultation with, and supervised by, a member of staff. The project requires the application of skills learned through other courses and as well as the development and synthesis of new skills, including:
* The ability to coordinate the work of an interdisciplinary team.
* The ability to design, carry out, and analyse experiments to answer research questions in responsible and trustworthy NLP.
* The ability to communicate novel scientific results orally and in writing.
The course will mainly consist of practical work, but there will be a weekly whole-class session as well, in which the groups will report on progress and also raise any issues or questions.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is ONLY available to students in the CDT in Responsible Natural Language Processing. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
186 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework __100___% |
| Feedback |
Feedback on assessed coursework will be provided within two weeks, and will include formative comments on work in relation to concepts studied in the course.
Report drafts will be reviewed by peers, the course instructor, the TA, and individual supervisors under a provided rubric. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Coordinate with an interdisciplinary team to answer a research question in responsible and trustworthy natural language processing
- Plan and monitor a coordinated effort to meet milestones and deadlines within a limited timescale
- Communicate novel research results to a scientific audience orally and in writing
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students on the course will develop skills in using a range of specialised skills, techniques, practices and/or materials that are at the forefront of, or informed by forefront developments; In applying a range of standard and specialised research and/or equivalent instruments and techniques of enquiry; planning and executing a significant project of research, investigation or development; demonstrating originality and/or creativity, including in practices; exercise substantial autonomy and initiative in professional and equivalent activities. |
| Keywords | Natural language processing,Research skills,Responsible research and innovation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Peter Bell
Tel: (0131 6)51 3284
Email: peter.bell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lindsay Seal
Tel: (0131 6)50 5194
Email: lindsay.seal@ed.ac.uk |
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