Cognitive Systems

 

The Cognitive Systems (COGS) Program is a multi-disciplinary program involving Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy and Psychology. This program offers both B.A. and B.Sc. degrees. Students are apt to take an innovative and versatile approach when they formulate solutions of the tasks at hand.

Many students prepare themselves for careers with a focus in robotics/AI, HCI, medical technology, neuroscience, software design and development, and industrial research and development. Group work is heavily stressed in the first two years in the program. Students are encouraged to debate and present their ideas.

COGS students receive encouragement to diversify their studies as well. With background courses in computer science, linguistics, philosophy and psychology, students further their degree with additional training in one of the following three streams:

  • Cognition and Brain
  • Language
  • Computational Intelligence and Design

The program emphasizes the study of existing systems (e.g., perception; linguistics), the design of new ones (e.g., machine vision; machine intelligence), and the design of interfaces between different forms of intelligent agents (e.g., human-computer interfaces).

Department site: www.cogsys.ubc.ca

Student Availability

Employment
Starts In		 Level Number of Months Available Academic Year Level
January Juniors
Seniors		 4 or 8 months
4 to 16 months		 2
3
May Juniors
Seniors		 4 or 8 months
4 to 16 months		 2
3
September Juniors
Seniors		 4 or 8 months
4 to 12  months		 2
3

Student Skillsets

  • Neuroscience
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Artificial Intelligence and robotics
  • Software development and database development
  • Prototyping and designing of computer systems
  • C++, C, Java
  • Conducting multi-disciplinary research

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