23 February 2022 Agenda

Agenda for Informatics Board of Studies meeting on 23 February 2022, 14:00hrs-16:00 hrs - ONLINE - Blackboard Collaborate

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Welcome to all members and introductions

(Please note that it is intended that the session will be held via Blackboard Collaborate)

Apologies received: Julian Bradfield, Christopher Lucas, Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Heather Yorston.

Actions from previous meeting(s):

Items 1-4: *For Information Only*

Outcome: SG approved.

Action: ITO to create the new courses.

01122021_Item 1_Full Course Proposal Form_Standards Compliant Software Development [re-tabled from the last BoS] (Anderson);

Reviewed by: John Longley, Amir Shaikhha

Final approved course proposal _Standards Compliant Software Development_Stuart Anderson (364.93 KB PDF)

01122021_Item 2_Full Course Proposal Form_Knowledge Graphs (Pan);

Reviewed by: Valerio Restocchi, Michael Herrmann

Final approved course proposal_Knowledge Graphs_Jeff Pan (500.57 KB PDF)

01122021_Item 3_Full Course Proposal Form_Computational Neuroscience (Hennig, Series, Chadwick);

Reviewed by: Iain Murray, Michael Herrmann

Final approved course proposal_Computational Neuroscience_AChadwick_PSeries_MHennig (347.81 KB PDF)

01122021_Item 4_Full Course Proposal Form_Foundations of Cognitive Modeling (Mollica); Reviewed by: Bjoern Ross, John Longley

Final approved course proposal_Seminar in Cognitive Modelling_Frank Mollica (7.12 MB PDF)

Item 5:

01122021_Item 5: Rationalizing Year 3 (Goldwater)

Outcome: approved.

Action1: Automated Reasoning (Level 9) to be closed for 22/23 and replaced with a Level 10 version of the same course, with changes to the course descriptor as described in Sec 2.2 of the paper.

Action2: ITCS, ADS, and ST to be moved to Semester 1 for AY 22/23 or whenever they next run.

Action3: BF and 3rd year organiser to continue to monitor any issues with the new arrangement.

Item 6:

01122021_Item 6: Moving 'Human-Computer Interaction' (HCI) INFR11017 to 20 Credits (Vaniea, Vines)

Outcome: Design Informatics staff to discuss resourcing with BF and A Lascarides (ILCC Director) and decide whether to pursue the 20 credit version for 22/23. If so, a full course proposal will need to be submitted/approved in early spring.

Item 7:

01122021_Item 7: Preliminary course proposal: Computational Methods for Sustainability (Goddard)

Outcome: The Board supports the submission of a full course proposal.

Action1: BF and SG to discuss and agree a timeline with N Goddard for submitting a full course proposal.

Action2: N Goddard to continue course design and discussion with other schools, and submit full proposal as agreed above.

Matters Arising