Quizzes, Machine Problems, and Lectures

Quizzes, Machine Problems, and Exams

Quizzes, machine problems, and exams will all be linked from the page below when they are ready for you to work on them.

• Quizzes are due 23 hours after the end of the corresponding lecture, otherwise standard late penalties apply. Each quiz can be submitted as many times as you like; only your best score will be retained.

• Machine problems are due at midnight on the date specified below; , otherwise standard late penalties apply. Each machine problem can be submitted as many times as you like; only your best score will be retained.

• Exams will be administered on PrairieTest.

Lectures

The schedule of proposed lectures, and the associated links to quizzes and machine problems, is as follows. Readings are from Mackworth & Poole, 3rd edition. Readings are optional; all required material is covered on the slides, quizzes, and MPs.

Week	Day	Quiz	Slides	MP	Reading
1	W	22-Jan	Welcome & Intro		ch. 1
	F	24-Jan	Random Variables (example)		9.1-2
2	M	27-Jan	Decision Theory (example)		12.1
	W	29-Jan	Naïve Bayes (example)		10.2.2
	F	31-Jan	Fairness (example)		7.7
3	M	3-Feb	Learning (example)		7.4
	W	5-Feb	Linear Regression (example)	MP0	7.3.2
	F	7-Feb	Logistic Regression (example)		7.3.2
4	M	10-Feb	word2vec (example)		8.5.1
	W	12-Feb	Nonlinear Regression (example)	MP1	8.2-3
	F	14-Feb	No Lecture
5	M	17-Feb	Softmax (example)		7.3
	W	19-Feb	HMM (example)	MP2	J&M ch 17
	F	21-Feb	Transformer (example)		AIAYN
6	M	24-Feb	Bayes Networks (example)		9.3
	W	26-Feb	Explainable AI	MP3	XAI
	F	28-Feb	Exam 1 Review (p1; p2)
7	M	3-Mar	No Lecture: Go to CBTF
	W	5-Mar	Configuration Space (example)		6.1
	F	7-Mar	Search (example)		3.5
8	M	10-Mar	A* (example)		3.6-7
	W	12-Mar	Theorem Proving (example)	MP4	15.5
	F	14-Mar	No Lecture
	M	17-Mar	Spring Break
	W	19-Mar	Spring Break
	F	21-Mar	Spring Break
9	M	24-Mar	MDP		12.5
	W	26-Mar	Reinforcement Learning	MP5	ch13
	F	28-Mar	Policy Gradient		REINFORCE
10	M	31-Mar	Actor-Critic Learning		Actor-Critic
	W	2-Apr	Reward Hacking	MP6	Reward Hacking
	F	4-Apr	No Lecture
11	M	7-Apr	No Lecture
	W	9-Apr	No Lecture
	F	11-Apr	No Lecture
12	M	14-Apr	Computer Vision		Pinhole Camera
	W	16-Apr	Convolution	MP7	Convolution
	F	18-Apr	Exam 2 Review
13	M	21-Apr	No Lecture: Go to CBTF
	W	23-Apr	Minimax		14.3
	F	25-Apr	Game Theory		14.4
14	M	28-Apr	Mechanism Design		14.6
	W	30-Apr	Future of Work	MP8	Unemployment
	F	2-May	TBA
15	M	5-May	TBA
	W	7-May	Exam 3 Review	MP9
16	TBA	TBA	Exam 3