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This course is an introduction to computability theory and Gödel's incompleteness theorems. The first half of the course focuses on computability theory, and includes Recursive and primitive recursive functions; Turing machines and computable functions; basic results in computability theory including Kleene's Normal Form Theorem, the s-m-n Theorem, Kleene's Recursion Theorem, Recursively enumerable sets, the halting problem and decision problems in general; as well as hierarchy theory, relative computability, and Turing degrees. The second part of the course focuses on Gödel's first incompleteness theorem, and includes Axiom systems for number theory, representable relations and functions, arithmetization of syntax, the Fixed-Point Lemma, and Gödel's first incompleteness theorem, as well as Gödel's second incompleteness theorem.

This course introduces the technologies of computer graphics and human-computer interaction along with the biological, psychological and social aspects of human perception and action that inform the application of those technologies. The emphasis is on 2D and 3D computer graphics and the geometric modelling techniques used for representing and interacting with objects in dynamic scenes. Techniques considered include transformation geometry, illumination models and the real-time rendering (shading) models. The course is centered on developing Apps for tablet computers based on natural user interfaces (NUIs), a term used by developers of human-machine interfaces that effectively become invisible to their users through successive learned interactions. Technologies likely to be considered are: virtual reality, computer games, augmented reality, tele-presence, or other modalities such as interaction through the sense of touch, audio or image processing and analysis. 

This course is designed to help students to deepen their understanding of key concepts in security studies and then apply them to real world situations. Students will be provided with a series of case studies from the post 1945 era and contemporary conflicts to develop their knowledge of concepts and theories introduced in this course. 

This course examines a range of legal skills that are crucial for successful legal studies and for professional practice. Students learn the essential skills that enable them to engage with and use our principal sources of law - case law and legislation. In addition to teaching students how to analyze case law and legislation and to formulate legal arguments, the course also covers the key legal principles of statutory interpretation and the role of the courts in interpreting statutes.

This course develops critical thinking and precise research paper writing skills related to the era and field of visual generative models. 

Topics include generating images, videos, 3D and 4D NeRFs, depth-driven pose-preserved image generation for any objects, 4D reconstruction from a single video, classifier protected sampling for guarding training data during diffusion, sparse surface reconstruction using local geometry priors, mixture of efficient diffusion experts through automatic interval and sub-network selection, and exact volumetric ellipsoid rendering for real-time view synthesis. 

Each week consists of a lecture, discussion, and writing and critiquing reviews in a collaborative setting. Writing topics include understanding style, actions, characters, cohesion and coherence, emphasis, motivation, global coherence, concision, shape and ethics

This course covers global social problems and policies and develops competencies to respond to human needs emerging from interdependence between countries and societies. It introduces the broad field of global social policy by analyzing theory, social policy change, and social policy outcomes. Structurally, the course is divided in four parts. The first introduces classic social policy, discussing the main concepts and theories developed in the Western world during the 19th and 20th century. It also illustrates the main explanations proposed in the literature to investigate welfare state development and Esping-Andersen's welfare regime typologies (and the main critiques to his comparative framework). The second introduces social policy in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and East Asia. It combines a general understanding of welfare regimes in these continents with a more specific appraisal of some national case. The third highlights the main challenges (namely new social risks, family changes, economic crises) for welfare states in the Post-Fordist era and analyzes how different countries are coping with social change. The fourth and last part of the course considers welfare states as an independent variable: alternative welfare state configurations have different effects on redistribution and the economic competitive advantage of countries.

This course examines ecology & conservation of marine and estuarine plants and animals. It covers the dynamics & interactions of populations; assemblages & communities in marine environments, including an examination of theory, methods & approaches used to study these systems (including field activities); threats that impact marine ecosystems and how this can affect people; the degree to which evolutionary adaptation can build resilience to the effects of climate change; and cutting-edge conservation issues and practices including marine reserve design and the importance of blue carbon.

We all prepare food, play cooperative games, romance each other etc. But how we do so depends on our cultural background–we are, by far, the world’s most ‘cultural animal’. So what was the “X-factor”, the magic ingredient of culture that took humans out of the general run of mammals and other highly social organisms? By emphasizing research in developmental psychology and integrating perspectives from comparative, social and evolutionary psychology this course explores contemporary answers to this question. We will be focusing on how an understanding of social and observational learning is critical to any answer, and to do so we will study the following populations: (a) typically developing infants and children; (b) children with autism; (c) adults; (d) non-human primates; and (e) other animals.

This course provides an opportunity to rediscover classics, to explore contemporary economic and business issues, and to consider and discuss different approaches to anthropological work in economy and business. It provides classic and new knowledge within economic and business anthropology, develops a curiosity, overview, and understanding of the field and related fields, allows and encourages use of economic and business anthropology in the analysis of student's own empirical data, planned fieldwork, theoretical debates, or current issues. Topics include markets, capitalism, exchange, money, debt, leadership, organization, design, and consumption, as well as additional concepts of interest to students.

This course examines America's 'dream factory' as profit-oriented industry, mass entertainment, and cinematic art form. It covers key historical developments including the star system, Production Code censorship, New Hollywood, and the franchise film.