Postgraduate Program: Master of AI
Gunther Sablon
the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
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(for full information see "http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~ml/MAI/" )
The Master of AI program
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The Artificial Intelligence program was founded in 1989.
It is a one year program (October to July or September,
depending on the thesis completion date),
offering multidisciplinary postgraduate education
to graduates from a broad variety of disciplines, e.g.
engineering, linguistics, economy, psychology, etc.
Many courses in this curriculum belong to the postgraduate
(doctoral) programs offered by the participating University Departments.
The courses are taught by members of the research and teaching
staff of Departments, involved in the study
of Cognitive Science, the development of Artificial Intelligence
methods and tools, or the application of Knowledge Based techniques.
The participating Departments include:
-Experimental Psychology,
-Linguistics,
-Computing Science,
-Electrical Engineering,
-Mechanical Engineering,
-Chemical Engineering,
-Neurophysiology,
-Philosophy.
The program consists of two main options:
1) engineering and computer science,
2) cognitive science.
Courses in both options can however be exchanged
if the student satisfies the prerequisites.
Engineering and Computer Science Option : Courses
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Mandatory components :
Introductory courses
-Fundamentals of AI
-Cognitive Science
-Neural Computing
-Philosophy of AI
Advanced courses
-Logic as a foundation of AI
-Programming languages and programming methodologies
-Methodologies for building knowledge based systems
Seminars by guest speakers
Thesis (equivalent to the workload of 4 courses)
Optional Components (6 courses to be choosen from):
-Robotics
-Computer Vision
-Natural Language Processing
-Speech processing and recognition
-Advanced computer architectures
-Advanced programming languages for AI
-Formal reasoning proof techniques for software systems
-Selected topics in logic programming
-Expert system techniques for control and design in the process industry
-Language based synthesis of digital systems
-Formal reasoning and proof techniques for digital system correctness
-Knowledge based techniques for automated analog system design
-Artificial Neural Networks
-Machine Learning and inductive inference
Cognitive Science Option : Courses
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Mandatory components :
Introductory courses
-Fundamentals of AI
-Cognitive Science
-Neural Computing
-Philosophy of AI
Advanced courses
-Logic as a foundation of AI
-Linguistic theories and AI
-Programming languages and programming methodologies
Seminars by guest speakers
Thesis (equivalent to the workload of 4 courses)
Optional Components (5 courses to be choosen from):
-Psychology of perception and memory
-Cognitive modeling of categorization and induction
-Knowledge representation
-Natural language processing
-Expert systems : knowledge acquisition
-Cognitive-Ergonomic contribution to human-computer interaction
-Computational and modular approaches in Cognitive Science
-Psycholinguistics
-Choice and decision theories
Practical Information
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Students who want to take the Engineering and Computer Science
option should hold a Master's Degree or its
equivalent in the fields of Engineering or Sciences.
They should also have experience in computing concepts and practice.
Students who want to take the Cognitive Science option should
hold a Master's Degree or its equivalent in behavioral sciences
or humanities. They must have some familiarity with mathematics and
logic and must possess a working knowledge of higher-order programming
languages (for example Pascal, Prolog, Lisp).
An application form must be filled out,
including a statement of the individual's objectives;
the applicant also has to explain how the program
and his/her preparation meet these objectives.
The tuition fee is 17800 Belgian Francs.
All courses are taught in English by experienced staff active
in the field.
More detailed information and application forms can be obtained from :
Secretariat International Study Program Artificial Intelligence
K.U.Leuven
Arenbergkasteel
Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94
3001 Heverlee (Belgium)
phone :++32 16 32 13 73
email : Anne...@FTW.kuleuven.ac.be
The KULeuven
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The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven was founded in 1425 and became
in short time one of the largest and most renowned European universities.
Currently the KULeuven is by far the largest Belgian university
with an enrolment of more than 23000 students (1300 of whom
are foreign students, representing some 80 nations) and
13 faculties. The city of Leuven is a charming university town
with many attractive cafes, restaurants and well-known student life.
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* Gunther Sablon K.U.Leuven *
* Email : Gunther...@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Dept. of Computer Science *
* Phone : +32 / 16 / 32 75 50 Celestijnenlaan 200A *
* Fax : +32 / 16 / 32 79 96 B - 3001 Heverlee *
* WWW : http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~gunther/ Belgium *