Mikeboy 
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I need to choose my third year options . I can't decide between neural networks or critical software development.  
 
I'm thinking the second one because it sounds interesting - all about software security / integrity / testing etc etc. The only thing is , I dont understand what neural networks is about. I can't make any sense of what it says in the book . 
 
HAs any1 here studied it? is it interesting ?  
 
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Cavey 
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Software Development @ the bottom, "easiest" form of it is shite, i wouldn't.. dunno what neural networks are though   But i would choose them... 
 
You're life, shouldn't ask people on here about it  
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Mikeboy 
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Ok cheers ! 
 
& Yeh im  not asking ppl to make my mind up for me, I just want to know what on earth 'Neural networks' are ! 
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Adam 
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I didn't think google was that big a secret 
 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=neural+network
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neural nets are interesting, they can be cool! idea of making a program (i used C++) to train a program (after amount of training) to do summit, i.e. guide thru a maze, eventually it will learn and finish. 
can be confusing at times
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Mikorsa16v 
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goto Sussex uni website, they are one of the best AI places in the country apparently (i go there  )
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yeh I  searched google, and I was looking at http://ieee-nns.org/ and http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1624/adaline.html and this http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss/NNIntro/InvSlides.html , latter is apparently "An Introduction to Neural Networks" - But I still can't make so sense of it ! 
 
Which is why I thought if anyone here has studied it then that would give me a much clearer idea !
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Mikorsa - Thanks !  - now that does actually sound pretty cool !  
 
Just looking at ur uni's site now then!  
 
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did u find what ya lookin for?
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Mikeboy 
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I think so m8, I'm on http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/nlcl.html ?
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http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/andrewop/Courses/NN/NNs1_IntroAndInspir_files/frame.htm 
 
here ya go dude!
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a neural netowork is a electronic brain basically
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http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/andrewop/Courses/NN/NNIndex.html 
 
page with some other info on
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exxxxcellent ! the lecture notes !  nice   thanks  
 
my uni never puts notes up online     
 
Cheers , great help  
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made my mind up & ticked it 
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  good choice  
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Depends what kind of thing you're interested in really. 
 
If you don't mind software development (both theory and programming) then go for Critical Systems, but if you're more into crap like Neural Networks that you'll never use and will go completely over your head, then take the red pill. 
 
 
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