COMP 549 Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence

3 credits · Computer Science · Faculty of Science · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Overview of the influence of neuroscience and psychology on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Historical topics: perceptrons, the PDP framework, Hopfield nets, Boltzmann and Helmholtz machines, and the behaviourist origins of reinforcement learning. Modern topics: deep learning, attention, memory and co…

Prerequisites

MATH 222, MATH 223, and MATH 323; or equivalents.

Prerequisite courses: MATH 222, MATH 223, MATH 323

Restrictions

Not open to students who have taken COMP 596 when the topic was "Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence".

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