Course: Basics of Cybernetics for Informatics

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Course title Basics of Cybernetics for Informatics
Course code KKY/ZKYI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zemčík František, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Daďourek Vladislav, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Introductory remarks on cybernetics. 2. Basic concepts of information theory (entropy, communication channels, codes). 3. Dynamic Systems. Models and simulations. 4. Feedback and feedforward control. Examples. 5. Properties of feedback loops. Stability, control performance, robustness. 6. The role of computers in control. Examples. 7. The role of control theory in information and communication technologies. Examples. 8. Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence. 9. Automatic solving problems in AI. Knowledge-based approaches. 10. Principles of automatic classification and decision making. 11. Speech technologies and their use in process automation. 12. Image processing technologies and their use in process automation. 13. Written test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with practical applications, One-to-One tutorial, Group discussion, Individual study
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
Completing the course the student receives initial findings - in the theory of information - about dynamic systems and their modeling - about the principles of feedback and feedforward control - the role of control theory in information and communication technologies (ICTs) - on basic problem areas of artificial intelligence - on speech and image processing - on the use of artificial intelligence techniques to solve cybernetic tasks
teaching methods
Group discussion
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Interactive lecture
assessment methods
Test
Recommended literature
  • Kotek, Z., Vysoký, P., Zdráhal, Z. Kybernetika. Praha, 1990.
  • Mařík, Vladimír a kol. Umělá inteligence (2). Academia, Praha, 1997.
  • Mařík, Vladimír a kol. Umělá inteligence (3). Academia, Praha, 2001.
  • Mařík, Vladimír. Umělá inteligence (1). Academia, Praha, 1993. ISBN 80-200-0496-3.
  • Psutka, Josef. Mluvíme s počítačem česky. Praha : Academia, 2006. ISBN 80-200-1309-1.
  • Russell, Stuart Jonathan; Norvig, Peter. Artificial intelligence : a modern approach. Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN 0-13-103805-2.


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