Program Overview

University Programs

The university offers a range of programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate Programs

• Fundamental Computation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Security
• Software Design
• Computing, Mathematics and Analytics
• Computing and the Creative Arts

Program Details

The School of Computing has a group of academic advisors who are available to answer questions about the undergraduate programs.

Graduate Programs

• Master's (MSc) Program
• Doctoral (PhD) Program
• Biomedical Informatics Program
• Dual Master's Program with AUS
• Master of Digital Product Management
• Field of Study in Artificial Intelligence
• NSERC CREATE Cybersecurity Program
• NSERC CREATE Program in Medical Informatics

Program Details

The School of Computing has a team of people who are available to help prospective students with their concerns.

Research Areas

• Theory of Computation
• Software Engineering
• Human Computer Interaction and Gaming
• Artificial Intelligence
• Systems and Networks
• Data Analytics
• Security
• Biomedical Computing

Research Details

The research office is available to help with inquiries.

Courses

CISC 474 - Reinforcement Learning

Description

Formal and heuristic approaches to problem-solving, planning, knowledge representation and reasoning, Markov decision processes, dynamic programming, temporal-difference learning, Monte Carlo learning, function approximation, integration of learning and planning. Implementing simple examples of logical reasoning, clustering or classification.

Learning Hours

120 (36 Lecture, 12 Group Learning, 72 Private Study)

Prerequisite

Registration in a School of Computing Plan and a minimum grade of a C- (obtained in any term) or a 'Pass' (obtained in Winter 2020) in CISC 352.