Natural Computation

Delve into the multidisciplinary area of computational systems that use ideas and gain inspiration from natural systems. Learn what’s involved with becoming a scientific researcher as our course combines core principles with innovative research.

The Natural Computation degree offered at the University of Birmingham explores current topics in natural computation, such as evolutionary algorithms, co-evolution, evolutionary design, nature-inspired optimisation techniques, evolutionary games, novel learning algorithms, artificial neural networks/deep learning and theory of natural computation.

Career opportunities

It has strong links with industry, especially through CERCIA, including Honda, BT, Thales, Unilever, GSK, Rolls Royce, etc. It encourages MRes students to carry out their research projects in collaboration with our industrial partners, and opportunities also exist for students to do their project work within a company.

The course will provide a solid foundation in the theory and application of natural computation methods as well as transferable knowledge and skills necessary for a successful research-oriented career in industry or academia.

Courses include:

• Experiment Design, Evaluation Methods and Statistics

• Evolutionary Computation

• Intelligent Data Analysis

• Intelligent Robotics

• Machine Learning

• Natural Language Processing

• Neural Computation