MSc/PgDip Robotics and Embedded Systems
- International students can apply
You will be taught via a series of lectures and workshops with many of the modules taught via extensive hands-on practical lab-based sessions.
Practical experience includes the use of several microcontroller development platforms using C, and a variety of hardware/software based mobile robotics systems.
Assessment
70% coursework and 30% examination.
Staff Profile
Prof Samia Nefti-Meziani
Prof Samia Nefti-Meziani leads the Robotics part of the course. She is a leading expert internationally in artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics her research interests over the last 20 years are concerned with the development of cognitive models for information processing, decision support systems and robotics. She has published and edited extensively in this area, which have appeared in leading academic journals such as IEEE trans in Fuzzy systems, expert systems with applications, Journal of operational Research Society, etc. She has also organised many international and national workshops in the above areas and led national and European (FP5, FP6) multidisciplinary research projects. She is a Chartered member of BCS (formerly known as British Computer Society) and active member of the European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems and Co-Chair of IEEE UK and Ireland chapter in Robotics and Automation.