86593 - FRONTIERE DEI SISTEMI AUTONOMI

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Andrea Omicini
  • Credits: 1
  • SSD: ING-INF/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Collegio Superiore in (cod. COL1)

    Also valid for Collegio Superiore in (cod. COL2)
    Collegio Superiore in (cod. COL5)
    Collegio Superiore in (cod. COL6)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at surveying the main computational paradigms, models, technologies and methods for the engineering of autonomous systems. In particular, the courses focuses on the following macro-themes:

  • the notion of autonomy in biological systems, artificial systems, and software systems
  • intelligence & autonomy: intelligent agents
  • system autonomy: coordination and self-organisation

Course contents

Autonomy of Biological Systems

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Biological Autonomy
  • Autonomy & Evolution

Autonomy of Artificial Systems

  • Premises
  • On the Notion of Autonomy
  • Intentional Agents

System Autonomy & Self-Organisation

  • Autonomy in Complex Artificial Systems
  • Coordination for Self-Organisation & System Autonomy

Readings/Bibliography

The bibliography is made available through the course web site.

Teaching methods

  • Lessons with slides

Assessment methods

Oral test

Teaching tools

Links to further information

https://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Courses/FsaCs1718

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Omicini