Hi All,
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two extremely exciting and fast-growing STEM fields that have potential to impact and transform our society dramatically. The number of people and the amount of investment involved in these fields grew almost exponentially in the past few years! For example, based on a study by Brookings Institution, more than 80 billions dollars of investment had been pouring into the Autonomous Vehicle industry within a three-year span (from August 2014 to June 2017)! Another example, more than 3,369,494 people have already enrolled in an online AI course called Machine Learning from Coursera! The purpose of this course is to help students develop basic understanding of these fast-changing fields, and develop real-world STEM skills through project-based learning.
The following is an introductory video of our course. Most of the projects in the video belong to Robotics in the past few years. We are going to develop new contents this year to enhance the AI part of the curriculum.
In the first semester, we will be focusing on the Robotics including robot construction, simulation, programming and control. During the second semester, students will be learning Artificial Intelligence focusing on the Machine Learning (ML). Special emphasis will be on schemes using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). We will investigate both the theoretical and computational aspects of the Neural Network, and it’s possible applications.
Since the applications of Robotics & AI are booming and widening on daily bases, our curriculum and projects will also evolve and update on the fly. You are more than welcome to give ideas, suggestions and feedbacks about the course anytime to steer the course in a direction fitting most students' interests.
I am looking forward to working with you and have an exciting year!
Mr. Lin
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