- Docente: Andrea Omicini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Computer Science and Engineering (cod. 8614)
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed at illustrating the main computational
paradigms, models, technologies and methods for the engineering of
autonomous systems. In particular, the courses focuses on the
following themes, by experimenting with the corresponding case
studies:
- the notion of autonomy in software systems and in artificial systems in general
- case: Autonomic Computing
- intelligence & autonomy: intelligent agents
- case: Web Intelligence, individual & social intelligence in MAS
- adaptivity & self-organisation
- cases: Pervasive Systems, Swarm Intelligence, Stigmergy Coordination
Course contents
The concept of autonomy in software systems and in artificial
systems in general
- Autonomy in philosophy, sociology, law
- The different meanings of autonomy in artificial systems and software systems
- Case: Autonomic Computing Intelligence and autonomy in software systems
- Intelligent agents
- Case: architectures for intelligent agents
- Intelligent agent systems
- Cases: coordinated systems, agents and artifacts, Web Intelligence, Workflow Management, electronic Institutions
- Social and collective intelligence
- Cases: Swarm Intelligence, Stigmergy Coordination
- Adaptability and self-organisation
- Cases: Pervasive Systems, Self-Organising Coordination Technologies for autonomous systems
- Logical agents in tuProlog
- Intelligent agents in JADE, Jason and CArtAgO
- Workflow, coordinated, adaptive and self-organising systems in TuCSoN e ReSpecT
Readings/Bibliography
The bibliography is made available through the course web site.
Teaching methods
Lessons with slides.
Examples discussed and built by the teacher and by experts from
the field Lab activity.
Assessment methods
Oral test with discussion of an individual/group project
Teaching tools
Web site of the teacher
Web page of the course with slides (PDF),
other materials and useful links
Links to further information
http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Courses/Sa
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Omicini