The assignment task was to extract the textual information from a scanned image of a book which has had noise introduced (to make it harder and better replicate poor image quality or non-ideal system settings). The assignment then would take a classifier that we have made and using a feature-vector with no more than 10 dimensions extract the text content on all types of noise data. The assignment was made slightly easier by being given the bounding boxes of the text. My approach explored both LDA and PCA, however after testing it clear PCA was much better and so I explored that more. I enhanced the system by implementing a k-nearest neighbour classifier allowing the system to classify data in less than a few seconds.

This was a group assignment during the Autumn semester and was focused on creating a University Management System. We were tasked with coming up with a robust system which would manage Staff, Students and the grades. The project was a Java application with Swing.

Before doing any development we had to create UML diagrams for use cases, class diagrams, database design and state machines this was so that as developers we can see the full system and there is no ambiguity in what we are doing. Building an efficient database model was a critical part of the design process and I was tasked with doing this due to my experience in the field. I also worked on the interaction from the controllers to the database using models. I was also a major part of the testing of the system. I did however also help all the group if they needed help.

The module was covered by 50% lab assignments. Which were broken down into two group lab assignments. They focused on applying what we had learnt in the lectures to real systems through the use of the Lego Mindstorms.

The first assignment was about experimentation with different control strategies through the use of open and closed loop control architectures. And creating a PID controller for the system. We were provided with two ultrasonic sensors for depth analysis. The final part of the lab was to make a closed loop system which would navigate the robot through a maze while avoiding walls.

The second assignment was about creating a search and assist robot by using a multilayer control architecture based on the subsumption architecture created by Rodney Brooks. My system was composed of several behaviours such as obstacle avoidance, search, beaconing, target locating. We experimented with all sorts of behaviours and physical configurations of the robot, and after some analysis and testing we settled on a configuration where we had 2 front facing sensors as we realised in testing that due to our use of the levi flight search strategy the system is only ever moving in a straight line or pivoting on the spot which means it only needs to check for obstacles in front of it rather than on the sides of it. This was also aided by the use of a gyro sensor so the system could know what orientation the vehicle was at. A light sensor was used to beacon to the light source target.

For both of the assignments we were also tasked with writing reports on our tests and provide a breakdown of the system. It was also a place for us to reflect on what we would do differently.

The first section was all about functions, parameters, arguments, binding, environments, types, recursion, patters, and guards.

For the assignment I was tasked with building a data structure in Haskell for a Bag. The bag then had objects inside it.

The second part introduced anonymous and high-order functions, as well as user-defined data structures and type classes. It was followed by the first stage of building an 8-off Solitaire card game. I had to define the data structures to be used in the game, as well as several utilities and functions. The main one would take a game board and would make all possible moves to the Foundations

The second section was about high-order functions as well as custom user-defined data structures and type classes.

For the assignment I was tasked with creating the game 8-Off Solitaire. I had to define the structures that make up the deck and the board, as well as multiple utilities for moving the cards around and checks to ensure valid moves are made. This was to be part one of a larger assignment and so we were tasked with creating a way for the system to take a given board and move all the possible moves it can do without user input.

The final section was about algebraic data types and the partial function and its applications in haskell, lazy programming. And introduced us to the IO system of Haskell.

For the assignment I was tasked with finishing the game 8-Off Solitaire by creating a program to auto complete a game. It took the previous assignment and built upon it creating a crude AI to take a given board and search through the possible moves to come up with a finishing solution or a failing board. My solution couldn't get a successful board accurately to say it was a working solution however it could achieve some successes when running off random inputs.

My teams project was a faculty resource management system and it was provided to us by our client who is part of a team that manages the humanities faculty. They wanted a system which allows the team to manage staff in the faculty and handle staff budgets and requests. It was also expanded further to handle teams of people joining and leaving.

After initial meetings with the client to gather requirements and get a better understanding of the system, we set about creating mock-ups of the project. I took responsibility of the mock-ups as I have a good background in UX design. I took inspiration from the Bootstrap and Material Design Principles and incorporated that into a minimalistic UI which was clear and easy to use. We showed the mock-ups to our client who loved them and so we began development into the final product.

Development was done using Ruby and the Rails framework. This allowed us to create a responsive web app that would work across multiple devices. The Database used to store data was a MySQL database and used an MVC system to interact with it.