This involves planning how robots could be programmed so that they can move from one location to another when the landscape in between may be unknown or subject to change, such as on the sea bed. Supplementary computerised training aids for Citizens' Advice Bureau workers learning interviewing and information retrieval from complex databases. Taking existing techniques for parsing sentences on serial computers and extending them for parallel computers. A tool for converting text to advanced Braille notation automatically. Tools to help novice teachers, such as a tool to explore the problem of identifying errors made in solving equations and another to help parse input from deaf children.
Students are welcome to suggest their own projects.
The course is accredited by the British Computer Society. Maths Higher normally required. Sixth year work in Maths recommended. Maths A-level normally required.