Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (COMP7710)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Info Tech & Elec Engineering
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
2 hours lecture + 1-hour Tutorial
Prerequisite
STAT2003 and MATH1051 and CSSE1001 and CYBR7001 and CYBR7002and CYBR7003 and CRIM7080
Assessment methods
The assessment for this unit is comprised of three individual problem-solving tasks (Weight 60%), and a final group project (Weight 40%). Assessment 1- Problem solving: 3 problem-solving tasks will be marked by tutors based on evidence shown of students¿ works through demonstration. Assessment 2- Group applied project: The project is comprised of three components: the project proposal, presentation, and the final report. The project proposal should include the following information: project title, project idea, brief background, datasets, timeline and the team members. All projects will have a 10 min presentation. At least one project member should be present for the presentation. Final report for the project: Students must turn in an 8-page report having the following sections: Introduction; Background; Proposed method; Analysis behind the approach, Details of the experiments and Conclusions.
Course enquiries
COMP7710@eecs.uq.edu.au
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Students will learn about log collection and management (Logs, syslog, sysmon, Linux auditing system, The rule-based approach to spotting anomalies), preparing the data for machine learning (techniques for labelling and cleaning the data), common machine learning techniques and tools (supervised learning, unsupervised learning, deep learning, and large scale data analysis), and other AI areas relevant to cyber security such as computer vision and AI planning.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 25/06/2021) | St Lucia | Flexible Delivery | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | External | External | Course Profile |