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SC23200015
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF7
DIGITAL MARKETING
2025/2026

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2024
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MAIN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING (BOTH SYMBOLIC AND CONNECTIONIST), WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BASED ON ONTOLOGIES, KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS, AND LINKED DATA.

BY THE END OF THIS COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

APPLY A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO PROBLEM-SOLVING, ENABLING THEM TO WRITE SHORT PROGRAMS

UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEURAL AND SYMBOLIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

DESIGN KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT CAN SERVE AS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Prerequisites
NONE, BUT A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF LOGIC AND STATISTICS IS PREFERABLE


Contents
INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING PARADIGMS (CONNECTIONIST, SYMBOLIC, AND HYBRID MODELS).
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION IN AI: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW (SEMANTIC NETWORKS, FRAMES, PRODUCTION RULES).
INTRODUCTION TO ONTOLOGIES AND ONTOLOGICAL REASONING SYSTEMS.
THE LINKED DATA PARADIGM AND LINKED OPEN DATA: STANDARDS (SKOS) AND RESOURCES (VOCABULARIES).
QUERYING RDF KNOWLEDGE BASES WITH SPARQL.
LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND ONTOLOGIES FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
Verification of learning
PROJECT + ORAL EXAM
Texts
LIETO A. COGNITIVE DESIGN FOR ARTIFICIAL MINDS, ROUTLEDGE/TAYLOR & FRANCIS (2021)
  BETA VERSION Data source ESSE3