Courses Running in the 2026/2027 Session
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| Name and Link to Materials | Code/DPT | Code (Shadow) | Acronym | Restricted | Quota | Level | Points | Year | Delivery | Exam Diet | Work%/Exam% | Course Organiser | Additional Lecturers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Cloud Programming | INFR11245 | ACP | No | 50 | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Michael Glienecke | None | |
| Advanced Database Systems | INFR11199 | ADBS | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Milos Nikolic | Andreas Pieris | |
| Algorithms and Data Structures | INFR10052 | ADS | No | None | 10 | 10 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 25/75 | Heng Guo | None | |
| Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications | INFR11020 | AGTA | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 20/80 | Kousha Etessami | None | |
| Advanced Introduction to Quantum Computing | INFR11297 | AIQC | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | P | SEM1 | December | 25/75 | Mina Doosti | None | |
| Applied Machine Learning | INFR11211 | AML | No | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | December | 40/60 | Oisin Mac Aodha | Siddharth N | |
| Applied Machine Learning (Distance Learning) | INFD11032 | AML-DL | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Heather Yorston | None | |
| Accelerated Natural Language Processing | INFR11125 | ANLP | No | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | December | 30/70 | Sharon Goldwater | Alessandro Suglia, Emily Allaway | |
| Advanced Robotics | INFR11213 | ARO | Yes | 52 | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 50/50 | Steve Tonneau | Sethu Vijayakumar | |
| Automatic Speech Recognition | INFR11033 | ASR | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 50/50 | Peter Bell | Hao Tang | |
| Advanced Topics in Machine Learning | INFR11286 | ATML | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 0/100 | Rik Sarkar | Esmeralda Whitammer, Viacheslav Borovitskiy | |
| Advanced Topics in Natural Language Processing | INFR11287 | ATNLP | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Alexandra Birch-Mayne | Alessandro Suglia, Shay Cohen | |
| Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers | INFR11144 | BDL | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 30/70 | Damiano Abram | None | |
| Computer Architecture and Design | INFR10076 | CARD | No | 70 | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 30/70 | Nigel Topham | Jianyi Cheng | |
| Computational Cognitive Neuroscience | INFR11036 | CCN | No | None | 11 | 10 | P | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Peggy Series | None | |
| Computational Cognitive Science | INFR10054 | CCS | Yes | None | 10 | 10 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 40/60 | Frank Keller | None | |
| Case Studies in Design Informatics 1 | INFR11094 | CDI1 | Yes | 90 | 11 | 20 | P | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Susan Lechelt | Dorsey Kaufmann | |
| Computer Graphics: Geometry and Simulation | INFR11241 | CGGS | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Amir Vaxman | None | |
| Computer Graphics: Rendering | INFR11246 | CGR | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Kartic Subr | None | |
| Computational Neuroscience | INFR11209 | CNS | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 25/75 | Angus Chadwick | None | |
| Computer Communications and Networks | INFR10074 | COMN | Yes | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | April/May | 50/50 | Michio Honda | Mahesh Marina | |
| Case Studies in AI Ethics (CSAI) | INFR11206 | CSAI | No | 100 | 11 | 10 | P | SEM2 | April/May | 40/60 | Nadin Kokciyan | Daniel Woods | |
| Computer Security | INFR10067 | CSEC-10 | Yes | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 25/75 | Myrto Arapinis | Markulf Kohlweiss, Tariq Elahi | |
| Computer Security (Level 11) | INFR11244 | CSEC-11 | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | December | 30/70 | Markulf Kohlweiss | None | |
| Understanding Society with Big Data: Computational Social Science | INFR08034 | CSS | No | None | 08 | 20 | 1 | SEM2 | April/May | 50/50 | Tj Elmas | Bjorn Ross, Walid Magdy | |
| Compiling Techniques | INFR10065 | CT | Yes | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | April/May | 20/80 | Jackson Woodruff | Bjoern Franke | |
| Computer Vision | INFR11212 | CV | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Eleonora D'Arnese | Hakan Bilen | |
| MSc Dissertation (Informatics) | INFR11077 | DISS | Yes | None | 11 | 60 | P | SB5+ | None | 100/0 | Amir Vaxman | None | |
| Data Science, Technology and Innovation Dissertation (Distance Learning) | INFD11003 | DISS-DSTI-DL | Yes | None | 11 | 60 | P | FLEX | None | 100/0 | Amir Vaxman | None | |
| Discrete Mathematics and Probability | INFR08031 | DMP | No | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | SEM1 | December | 0/100 | Ian Stark | Markulf Kohlweiss, Rob van Glabbeek | |
| Distributed Systems | INFR11301 | DS | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 0/100 | Yuvraj Patel | Bjoern Franke | |
| Elements of Programming Languages | INFR10061 | EPL | No | None | 10 | 10 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 20/80 | James Cheney | None | |
| Machine Learning in Financial Services | INFR11284 | FML | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Fengxiang He | None | |
| Foundations of Natural Language Processing | INFR10078 | FNLP | No | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Adam Lopez | Ivan Titov | |
| Human-Computer Interaction | INFR11299 | HCI | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Tara Capel | Uta Hinrichs | |
| Credits Awarded for Autonomous Systems Research [Heriot Watt University] | INFR11115 | HW-ASR | Yes | None | 11 | 30 | P | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Michael Herrmann | None | |
| Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [Heriot Watt University] 1 | INFR11116 | HW-TC1 | Yes | None | 11 | 15 | P | FLEX | None | 100/0 | Michael Herrmann | None | |
| Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [Heriot Watt University] 2 | INFR11117 | HW-TC2 | Yes | None | 11 | 15 | P | FLEX | None | 100/0 | Michael Herrmann | None | |
| Inter-Disciplinary Biomedical Artificial Intelligence Research | INFR11293 | I-BAIR | No | None | 11 | 40 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Matteo Degiacomi | None | |
| Introduction to Databases | INFR10080 | IDB | No | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 20/80 | Paolo Guagliardo | Leonid Libkin | |
| Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 8) | INFR08033 | IEL-08 | No | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | YR | None | 100/0 | Garry Ellard | None | |
| Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10) | INFR10084 | IEL-10 | Yes | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | YR | None | 100/0 | Garry Ellard | None | |
| Informatics Large Practical | INFR09051 | ILP | Yes | None | 09 | 20 | 3 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Michael Glienecke | Cristina Alexandru | |
| Introduction to Modern Cryptography | INFR11131 | IMC | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Michele Ciampi | None | |
| Informatics 1 - Cognitive Science | INFR08020 | INF1-CG | No | None | 08 | 20 | 1 | SEM2 | April/May | 40/60 | Maithilee Kunda | Matthias Hennig | |
| Informatics 1 - Critical Skills and Practice | INFR07003 | INF1-CRISP | No | None | 07 | 20 | 1 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | James Garforth | Alex Taylor | |
| Informatics 1 - Foundations of Computing | INFR08035 | INF1-FC | No | None | 08 | 20 | 1 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Richard Mayr | James Cheney, Michele Ciampi, Nina Pardal | |
| Informatics 1 - Introduction to Programming | INFR07004 | INF1-IP | No | None | 07 | 20 | 1 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Fiona McNeill | Matteo Degiacomi | |
| Informatics 2C - Introduction to Computer Systems | INFR08027 | INF2-CS | No | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | SEM1 | December | 50/50 | Boris Grot | Jianyi Cheng | |
| Informatics 2 - Foundations of Data Science | INFR08030 | INF2-FDS | Yes | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | YR | April/May | 50/50 | Borislav Ikonomov | Kobi Gal | |
| Informatics 2 - Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures | INFR08026 | INF2-IADS | No | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | YR | April/May | 0/100 | Mary Cryan | John Longley | |
| Informatics 2 - Software Engineering and Professional Practice | INFR08032 | INF2-SEPP | Yes | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Cristina Alexandru | Carol Hanna, Kousha Etessami | |
| Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents | INFR08010 | INF2D | No | None | 08 | 20 | 2 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Craig Innes | Nadin Kokciyan, Wenda Li | |
| Informatics Project Proposal | INFR11147 | IPP | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | P | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Aurora Constantin | Douglas Armstrong | |
| Informatics Project Proposal (Distance Learning) | INFD11014 | IPP-DL | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | P | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Aurora Constantin | None | |
| Informatics Project Proposal 20 | INFR11291 | IPP20 | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Aurora Constantin | Douglas Armstrong | |
| Informatics Project Proposal 20 (Distance Learning) | INFD11033 | IPP20-DL | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Aurora Constantin | None | |
| Introduction to Quantum Computing | INFR11256 | IQC | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 25/75 | Mina Doosti | Joschka Roffe, Petros Wallden, Raul Garcia-Patron Sanchez | |
| Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science | INFR10059 | ITCS | Yes | None | 10 | 10 | 3 | SEM1 | December | 20/80 | Richard Mayr | None | |
| Methods for Causal Inference | INFR11207 | MCI | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | P | SEM2 | April/May | 20/80 | Ava Khamseh | None | |
| Masters Dissertation (Design Informatics) | INFR11097 | MDI | Yes | None | 11 | 60 | P | FLEX | None | 100/0 | Amir Vaxman | None | |
| MInf Project (Part 1) | INFR10051 | MIP1 | Yes | None | 10 | 40 | 4 | YR | None | 100/0 | Heng Guo | None | |
| MInf Project (Part 2) | INFR11093 | MIP2 | Yes | None | 11 | 40 | 5 | YR | None | 100/0 | Heng Guo | None | |
| Machine Learning | INFR10086 | MLG | Yes | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | April/May | 20/80 | Hao Tang | Arno Onken | |
| Machine Learning Practical | INFR11132 | MLP | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | YR | None | 100/0 | Pavlos Andreadis | Changjian Li | |
| Machine Learning Systems | INFR11269 | MLS | No | 300 | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Luo Mai | Yang Cao | |
| ML Systems Internship Research and Engagement Report | INFR11292 | MLSIR | Yes | None | 11 | 40 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Amos Storkey | None | |
| Machine Learning Systems Project (100 credits) | INFR11271 | MLSP100 | No | None | 11 | 100 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Amos Storkey | None | |
| Machine Learning Systems Project (60 credits) | INFR11270 | MLSP60 | No | None | 11 | 60 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Amos Storkey | None | |
| Machine Learning Systems Project (80 credits) | INFR11272 | MLSP80 | No | None | 11 | 80 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Amos Storkey | None | |
| Introduction to Mobile Robotics | INFR10090 | MOB | No | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | April/May | 40/60 | Mohan Sridharan | None | |
| Applied Interdisciplinary Project | INFR11258 | NLP-AIP | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Peter Bell | Tara Capel | |
| Case Studies in Responsible Natural Language Processing | INFR11300 | NLP-CS | No | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Frauke Zeller | None | |
| Individual Exploratory Project | INFR11257 | NLP-IEP | Yes | None | 11 | 60 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | John Vines | None | |
| Researching Responsible and Trustworthy Natural Language Processing | INFR11259 | NLP-RR | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Catherine Lai | Emily Allaway | |
| Neurosymbolic AI | INFR11303 | NSAI | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 0/100 | Jacques Fleuriot | Paul Jackson | |
| Operating Systems | INFR10079 | OS | Yes | None | 10 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | April/May | 40/60 | Antonio Barbalace | Alex Daglis | |
| Principles and Design of IoT Systems | INFR11150 | PDIOT | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | D K Arvind | None | |
| Placement Dissertation Project | INFR11264 | PDP | No | None | 11 | 60 | P | SB5+ | None | 100/0 | Andrea Weisse | None | |
| Professional Issues (Level 10) | INFR10022 | PI | Yes | None | 10 | 10 | 3 | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | James Garforth | None | |
| Probabilistic Machine Learning | INFR11298 | PML | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | December | 0/100 | Michael Gutmann | None | |
| Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11) | INFR11023 | PPLS | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 20/80 | Murray Cole | Alex Daglis | |
| Honours Project (Informatics) | INFR10044 | PROJ | Yes | None | 10 | 40 | 4 | YR | None | 100/0 | Heng Guo | None | |
| Privacy and Security with Machine Learning | INFR11240 | PSML | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 25/75 | Marc Juarez Miro | None | |
| Quantum Cyber Security | INFR11187 | QCS | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 25/75 | Alexandru Cojocaru | Mina Doosti | |
| Quantum Informatics Group Project | INFR11268 | QIGP | No | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Alexandru Cojocaru | Mina Doosti | |
| Quantum Informatics Individual Project | INFR11273 | QIIP | No | None | 11 | 60 | P | SB5+ | None | 100/0 | Petros Wallden | None | |
| Quantum Informatics Practical Orientation | INFR11267 | QIPO | No | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Petros Wallden | None | |
| Robot and Reinforcement Learning | INFR11285 | RRL | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Sethu Vijayakumar | Michael Herrmann | |
| Seminar in Cognitive Modelling | INFR11210 | SCM | Yes | 40 | 11 | 20 | P | SEM1 | None | 100/0 | Bonan Zhao | None | |
| Self-Directed Development in AI for Biomedical Innovation (Year 1) | INFR11294 | SDD-AIBI-1 | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Eleonora D'Arnese | None | |
| Self-Directed Development in AI for Biomedical Innovation (Year 2) | INFR11295 | SDD-AIBI-2 | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Eleonora D'Arnese | None | |
| Self-Directed Development in AI for Biomedical Innovation (Year 3) | INFR11296 | SDD-AIBI-3 | Yes | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Eleonora D'Arnese | None | |
| System Design Project | INFR09032 | SDP | Yes | None | 09 | 20 | 3 | SEM2 | None | 100/0 | Liang Zhao | Barbara Webb | |
| Security Engineering | INFR11208 | SENG | No | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 30/70 | Daniel Woods | None | |
| Secure Programming | INFR11098 | SP | Yes | None | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM1 | December | 30/70 | Myrto Arapinis | None | |
| Topics in Biomedical Informatics | INFR11263 | TBI | No | 50 | 11 | 10 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 0/100 | Andrea Weisse | Douglas Armstrong | |
| Topics in Programming Languages and Semantics | INFR11302 | TPLS | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | SEM2 | April/May | 30/70 | Ohad Kammar | Rob van Glabbeek | |
| Topics in Quantum Informatics | INFR11266 | TQI | No | None | 11 | 20 | P | YR | None | 100/0 | Petros Wallden | None | |
| Text Technologies for Data Science | INFR11145 | TTDS | No | None | 11 | 20 | 4 | YR | April/May | 70/30 | Walid Magdy | Bjorn Ross | |
| Usable Security and Privacy | INFR11158 | USEC | No | None | 11 | 10 | P | SEM2 | April/May | 20/80 | Jingjie Li | None |