Artificial Life Course Autumn 2004

Lectures

From Week 2 onwards, 2 lectures per week:
Mon 13:00 rm ENGG1-AS2
Tue 11:00 rm ENGG1-AS2

Notes for each lecture will be available from here, added as we go.

Coursework
There was a Genetic Algorithm exercise as coursework, set in Week 3 for submission by Tue 26th Oct. There is also a GA+CTRNN exercise set in Week 7, for submission by the end of Week 8. You have also been asked to submit your proposal for your final Alife project by the end of Week 7. You will get feedback on these.

Assessment
The assessment for the course is based on a programming project (of your choice, subject to agreement that it is suitable) plus a 3,500 word essay, to be handed in by 12:00 on Monday 17th Jan 2005. For your guidance, some project ideas are suggested in a link below, and the official guidelines for what is assessed in marking these projects are also given here.

Autonomous Systems Lab

Web-page for the lab is here. An unofficial Idiot's Guide to starting to use the PCs in there is here.

Seminars

You will be in one of 3 groups:-
"Group A" Tue 12:00 PEV1-1B6
"Group B" Thu 14:00 RUSSELL-31
"Group C" Thu 15:00 RUSSELL-31

For all details of seminars (who is in which group) click here. Seminar reading here.

Robot Lab Classes

In week 5 instead of seminars there are Robot lab classes.

Background Information

Genetic Algorithm Exercise
Ideas for Projects
Guidelines for how Projects are marked

Inman Harvey
EASy Course Director

Email: inmanh@sussex.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) 1273 678431
Fax: (+44) 1273 671320
Office: COGS rm 5C12