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Students 1998/99
Diploma Thesis Information

The basic aim of the programme is to give the students both theoretical knowledge in the field of AI and practical skills in applying the AI techniques in a wide range of IT areas. More specifically the programme offers training in the following sub-areas of AI:

• Foundations of AI
• Knowledge Representation
• Planning and Search
• Natural Language Processing
• Vision - Machine Learning
• Neural Networks
• Knowledge-Based Systems (Expert Systems, Intelligent Tutoring Systems etc.)
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AI is an interdisciplinary area. It both uses the results of various fields and influences their further development. Recently AI methods and techniques are used almost everywhere by the IT industry.

The successful graduates of the programme will be able to apply their knowledge in research, development and educational institutions in various areas as Knowledge-Based Systems, Image Processing, Intelligent User Interfaces, Robotics, Data Mining, Intelligent Software Engineering etc. The programme will equip the students for application work in industry as well for Ph.D. research.

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The normal prerequisite for entry to the programme is a B.Sc. degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Mathematics. Previous experience in computer programming and knowledge in Logic and foundations of Computing are highly desirable.

CONTENTS

The programme iincludes basic courses, optional courses and practicles

Basic courses
• Formal Methods of AI
• Natural Language Processing
Practicums
• AI Programming in Prolog
• Programming on Internet
Optional courses
• Machine Learning
• Graphical Image Recognition - methods, algorithms, tools
• Cognitive Science
• Principles of Knowledge-Based Systems (second year)
• Case-Based Reasoning (second year)
• Motion Planning in Cluttered Environment (second year)
• Neural Networks (second year)
• Declarative Languages for Knowledge Representation (second year)


Map of Bulgarian Academy of Sciencies Campus

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The programme is jointly organised by the Faculty of Informatics - Sofia University and the Institute of Information Technologies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The course tutors are highly qualified researches in their fields from both organisations and in some cases outstanding foreign lecturers invited in the framework of existing co-operation schemes (TEMPUS, INCO-Copernicus etc.).

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The programme is supplied with up-to-date hardware and software products necessary for the course exercises and the projects. A LAN of 6 SUN-Sparc workstations and a number of PCs are especially assigned to the programme. A rich library of AI and related books and journals is also provided.

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Svetla Boycheva - Contact person

room 222,
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia,
5 James Bouchier Str., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: (+ 359 2) 6-256-512, Fax: (+ 359 2) 656 157, 687 180
Email: svetla@fmi.uni-sofia.bg,
URL: http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/svetla/