The assessment of this unit consists of two individual assignments and a final exam. The form and date of the final examination will be announced later in the semester. You are expected to participate in all lecture and assignment activities.

Assignments 1 and 2

The Assessment Tasks above are for general information. Detailed statements of Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 for S2, 2026 will be released separately, which will be used for this offering.

Assignment Release Dates

Assignment 1: To be released no later than Thurs 6 Aug 2026 (Week 2).

Assignment 2: To be released no later than Thurs 27 Aug 2026 (Week 5).

Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you:

• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%

Late Assessment Submission & Penalty

Late assessments are not accepted in this unit unless a Special Consideration has been submitted and approved.

From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted.

Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm on the date they are due. 

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows:

• Assignment 1: YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Assignment 2: YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Final exam: NO, unless Special Consideration is granted

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through http://connect.mq.edu.au/.

Supplementary Exam

In general, if you receive Special Consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled after the normal exam period, following the release of marks. By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a resit during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application. Approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.

Assessment Standards

This unit will be assessed and graded according to the University assessment and grading policies and specifically per the rubric of each assignment. There is no hurdle assessment in this unit. The final grade is determined by the total mark the student obtains in all the assessment tasks they completed.

Classes

Each week has two hours of lectures, alongside student's own studies on Assignments for presentations in Assignment 1 and case studies for Assignment 2.

Week 1 classes, including lectures, will start on 30 July 2026.

For details of days, times and rooms of the lectures, please consult the Classfinder tool in eStudent (read about using the Classfinder tool for more information).

Required and Recommended Texts

All required and recommended readings will be provided as part of the lecture material.

Unit Web Page

The unit web page will be hosted in iLearn. You will need to log in to iLearn using your Student One ID and password. The unit will make extensive use of discussion boards also hosted in iLearn. Please post questions there, as they will be monitored by the staff on the unit.

Methods of communication

We will communicate with you via your university email and through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent to the unit convenor via the contact email on iLearn.

AI approach

This unit involves two AI approaches:

• Open: The assessments do not restrict the use of AI tools. However, it is expected that the use of AI is acknowledged appropriately, similar to the expectation to provide references for other resources or tools used in producing your work. Any use of AI should comply with the University’s Responsible and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy.
• Observed: The assignments are fully observed. AI use will not be permitted during the assessment.

Week 1: AI landscape and paradigms

Week 2: Image editing methods

Week 3: 3D generation methods 

Week 4: Video generation methods

Week 5: AI evaluation and governance

Week 6: Agentic AI systems

Week 7: Deep variational learning

Week 8: Deep non-IID learning

RECESS

Week 9: LMM inference and finetuning

Week 10: Humanoid multimodal learning

Week 11: Humanoid humanity modeling

Week 12: Physical and virtual AI systems

Week 13: Guest lecture

This unit has been fully redeveloped to cope with the latest advances in AI. The unit will offer a body of knowledge of advanced AI, covering latest content for 1) the evolution and landscape of AI, 2) advanced AI algorithms, 3) advanced AI systems, and 4) AI safety and governance.

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.