CS 710, Spring 2008

The hybrid edition

In class sessions will be alternating Tuesdays, 5:30-6:45. The topics for these sessions are indicated in red

Schedule of Topics

 

 

Week

Topic

Relevant reading (R&N)

Homework/Project


Jan 22-24

Introduction
Intelligent Agents

Ch. 1,
Ch. 2



Jan 26-31

Knowledge representation overview

LISP Programming

Ch. 10 (10.1, 10.2, 10.6)

LISP reference, eg. Graham - Chapters 1 - 9



Feb 5 - 7

LISP Programming (discussion and demos)

Uninformed Search (part 1)

Ch. 3


4
Feb 12 - 14

Uninformed Search (part 2)

Informed Search (part 1 & 2)

Ch. 4


Hwk 1 due


Feb 19 - 21

Uninformed and Informed Search (discussion)

Constraint Satisfaction (part 1)




Feb 26 - 28

Constraint Satisfaction (parts 2 - 3)




Mar 4 - 6

Midterm Exam
Adversarial search (part 1)


Hwk 2 due


Mar 11 - 13

Mar 18 - 20

Adversarial Search (part 2 & 3)

(Spring Recess, wk of 3/18








9

Mar 25 - 27

Adversarial Search (discussion)

Logical agents


Ch 8

 

10
Apr 1 - 3

First Order Logic (part 1- 2)

Inference in FOL (part 1 &2)


Ch. 9 (all)

Hwk 3 due

11
Apr 8 - 10

Logic and Inference (discussion)

Rules and expert systems



12
Apr 15 - 17

Knowledge Representation (Situation Calculus)

Planning (part 1 & 2)

Ch 10 ()

Ch 11 (11.1, 11.2)


13
Apr  22 - 24

Knowledge representation and Planning (discussion)

Machine Learning (part 1)



Ch 18


14

Apr 29 – May 1

Machine Learning (part 2)

Communication

Ch 22


15

May 6-8

Machine Learning and Communication (discussion); Term project presentations


Term Project due





Grading Scheme:
Online exercises and quizzes (14 %), 3 programming assignments (36 %), a term project (15%) , a midterm (15%) and a final (20%).

The final exam is