Postgraduate Course: Complex Defence & Security Systems (PGEE11276)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This is one of two 10-credit courses co-developed, delivered, and assessed with industry and government partners to expose students to practical and state-of-the-art challenges in sensing and processing.
- This course will consider systems engineering, validation and verification aspects of sensing, processing, and AI to defence challenges.
- The course will be delivered in a block format through five 2-credit inter-related components, each delivered by multiple partners in one day (typically 5 hours per day + breaks and networking), but developed together with the SPADS management team.
- The course will include novel coursework-based assessment methods (but with no exam) that will follow on from the block taught elements, and be ungraded (pass/fail).
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| Course description |
The broad remit of the course will cover areas not typically included in the electives, or other core SPADS courses. An indicative list of technical topics covered in the lectures includes:
- Regulations and certification
- Model development for Model-Based Systems Engineering
- Defence and security innovation
- The selection, validation and integration of novel sensing, processing and AI solutions.
- Complex engineering.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 30,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 13,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
55 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam %: 0
Practical Exam %: 0
Coursework %: 100
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| Feedback |
Formative feedback may be given. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the need for regulatory and certification frameworks for the industries covered in this course.
- Analyse the key selection, validation, and integration issues relevant to applying sensing, processing, and AI in defence and security.
- Evaluate different approaches for addressing complex engineering challenges in sensing, processing, and AI within defence and security contexts.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
This course is only available to students enrolled on the CDT SPADS programme |
| Keywords | regulations and certification,systems engineering,defence and security innovation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof James Hopgood
Tel: (0131 6)50 5571
Email: James.Hopgood@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Jacqueline Narendran
Tel:
Email: jackie.narendran@ed.ac.uk |
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