The Future for Computational Intelligence Education: A Case Study of Postgraduate Courses at De Montfort University

Computational Intelligence (CI) course taught at postgraduate level at De Montfort University (DMU) is discussed. The MSc Intelligent Systems (IS) and MSc IS and Robotics (ISR) programs are delivered on-site and distance learning at the Masters level. The two courses share seven out of eight modules, the eighth being a second robotics module for the MSc ISR and a data mining module for the MSc IS. The assessments allow the students to investigate appropriate topics in their own way. The discussion board helps to create a virtual learning environment which is identified as being important for students engaging in e-learning. One of the modules being taught is Fuzzy Logic. It is taught over a ten-week period and the students on campus have two hours of lectures and one hour of laboratory work using Matlab. The remainder of the assessment is through two assignments, a Matlab fuzzy system to be written in a particular domain and a report tackling questions about the more advanced topics of Preference Modeling and Type-2 Fuzzy Logic.