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Algorithms and Systems for Autonomous Vehicles 7.5 credits

About the course

Autonomous vehicles can be about cars, trucks, drones, or different types of special vehicles, such as mobile robots. The development of autonomous vehicles can lead to changes in several industries in the not so distant future. An autonomous vehicle is equipped with built-in processors and sensors that can detect the environment, perform sensor fusion for decision making, and have continuous control and steering. The course provides an in-depth introduction to autonomous vehicles where both Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and their system aspects are studied.

The course consists of both theoretical and experimental elements, and is closely related to current research and development. The topics covered include: key concepts of the perception-planning-control pipeline for autonomous driving (AD); key concepts of machine learning (ML), especially reinforcement learning (RL), and deep reinforcement learning (DRL); hands-on exercises with one of the popular open-source ML frameworks such as Tensorflow or PyTorch. Training, deployment and validation ML-based autonomous driving algorithmsin in a simulation environment.

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  • Autumn 2025

    • Algorithms and Systems for Autonomous Vehicles

      Autumn 2025 / Varied / English / Web-based (online)

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      Starts

      3 November 2025

      Ends

      18 January 2026

      Number of credits

      7.5 credits

      Type of studies

      Web-based (online)

      Mandatory meetings

      0

      Other meetings

      0

      Study pace

      50%

      Teaching hours

      Mixed

      Study location

      Varied

      Language

      English

      Application code

      UMU-54206


      Eligibility Admission to the course requires 90 CREDITS of previous studies including courses in the field of Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning of at least 7.5 Credits.
      Selection

      Academic credits

      Application

      Application deadline was 15 April 2025. Submit a late application at Universityadmissions.se.


      Application and tuition fees

      As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.

      Application fee: SEK 900

      Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 19,038

      Total fee: SEK 19,038

      Details about tuition, fees and funding

       

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