Postgraduate Course: Individual Exploratory Project (INFR11257)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | This course requires students to undertake a significant piece of self-directed, exploratory research in responsible and trustworthy natural language processing, developed in consultation with a member of staff. The project requires the application of skills learned through other courses and requires the development and synthesis of new skills, including problem-solving and communication skills. |
| Course description |
This course requires students to undertake a significant piece of self-directed exploratory research in responsible and trustworthy 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 identify new research questions in responsible and trustworthy NLP based on a review of the literature.
* 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 individual meetings with the project supervisors. In these meetings, the student 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 | None |
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 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam _____%
Coursework __100___%
Students will be assessed on the basis of a short written report in the style of a conference paper. The report must describe substantial and original research, and will typically include:
* A section motivating why the research is relevant to responsible and trustworthy NLP and identifying the major claims resulting from the research.
* A concise explanation of background, computational methods, experimental design, or novel implementation details, as appropriate to the topic.
* Results and analysis, relating these back to the main claims.
* A background section explaining how the research relates to other research in responsible and trustworthy NLP.
* A section explaining further questions that arise from the research and outlining questions for further research, if appropriate. |
| 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:
- Identify a specific research question in responsible and trustworthy natural language processing and propose engineering or design methods to answer it.
- Carry out and precisely document methods to answer research questions in responsible and trustworthy natural language processing.
- 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 Frank Keller
Tel:
Email: Frank.Keller@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | |
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