Schedule

(subject to further revisions)

Week Date Topic Slides Reading Assignments
01 01/18 01 Introduction 1up 4up Ch. 1
01 01/20 02 Agents 1up 4up Ch. 2
02 01/25 03 Systematic search 1up 4up Ch. 3.1-4
02 01/27 04 Heuristic and Local search 1up 4up Ch 3.5-7, Ch. 4.1 HW1(MP) out.
03 02/01 05 Constraint Satisfaction 1up 4up Ch. 6.1,6.2, 6.5
03 02/03 06 More on CSPs 1up 4up Ch. 6.3, 6.5
04 02/08 07 Propositional logic 1up 4up Ch. 7.2-7.5.2
04 02/10 08 Predicate logic 1up 4up Ch. 8
05 02/15 09 Inference in predicate logic 1up 4up Ch. 9.1-3
05 02/17 10 More inference in predicate logic 1up 4up Ch. 9 HW1 due. HW2 out (Compass).
06 02/22 11 Classical Planning 1up 4up Ch. 10
06 02/24 12 More planning 1up 4up Ch. 10
07 03/01 13 Review for Midterm 1up 4up
07 03/03 14 Midterm Solutions
08 03/08 15 Bayesian Networks and Probability review 1up 4up Ch. 13, Ch. 14.1-3
08 03/10 16 Exact inference in Bayesian Networks 1up 4up Ch. 14.4 HW2 due.
09 03/15 17 Variable elimination in Bayesian Networks 1up 4up Ch. 14.5
09 03/17 18 More on Bayesian Networks 1up 4up Ch. 15.1-3,5 HW3 out.
10 03/29 19 Learning probabilistic models 1up 4up Ch. 13.5, 20.1
10 03/31 20 Learning probabilistic models 1up 4up 20.2 (extra: 1up 4up )
11 04/05 21 Decision trees 1up 4up Ch. 18.3
11 04/07 22 Decision trees 1up 4up Ch. 18.3 HW3 due. HW4(MP2) out.
12 04/12 23 Decision trees 1up 4up Ch. 18.6-7
12 04/14 24 Perceptrons 1up 4up Ch. 18.7
13 04/19 25 More on preceptrons 1up 4up Ch. 18.8
13 04/21 26 Learning theory 1up 4up Ch. 18.9
14 04/26 27 SVMs 1up 4up Ch. 21
14 04/28 28 Review for Final 1up 4up TBA HW4 due.
15 05/02 29 No lecture. CRA-W/CDC events

Extra office hours before the final

Presentation of 4th credit hour projects

Thursday, May 12, 2pm (for now in 3324)

Conflict final

Thursday, May 12 2011, 10am-1pm, Siebel Center 3401

Final exam

Friday, May 13 2011, 7pm-10pm, Siebel Center 1404