CSCE 476/876

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Detailed Course Schedule

Date Material Announcements
Week 1
Mon, Aug 20 Class From 2:30 to 3:20 pm, in AvH 119
Topic: Rules of the Game
Required reading: AIMA, Section 1.1
Recommended reading: What is AI by John McCarthy
Mon, Aug 20 Recitation from 3:30 to 4:20 pm, in AvH 21
  • Get a CSE account
  • Getting Started with Emacs and ACL
  • Intro to Piazza
  • Get your free (time-limited) version of ACL. 
  • Xemacs + ACL Keystroke accelerators
  • How To Use The Gnu Emacs-Allegro Common Lisp Interface.
  • Go, step by step, through the Emacs Tutorial. You can access it from emacs itself, by typing ESC-x, help, t.
  • Instructions on using xemacs and ACL on the PCs and on cse.unl.edu.
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    Wed, Aug 22 Class From 2:30 to 3:20 pm
    Topic: A Gentle Introduction to Common Lisp
    Required reading: LWH: Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Recommended reading: Beating the Averages (Paul Graham)
    Required reading: AIMA: Chapter 1
    Wed, Aug 22 Recitation from 3:30 to 4:20 pm, in AvH 21
    Fri, Aug 24 Class From 2:30 to 3:20 pm, in AvH 119
    Topic: A Gentle Introduction to Common Lisp
    Required reading: LWH: Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Recommended reading: Beating the Averages (Paul Graham)
    Pretest

    Two parts:
    In-class: closed book, handwritten crib sheet allowed, must be turned in with test
    Take-home: due Mon, Aug 27

  • Homework 1 Assigned
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    Week 2
    Mon, Aug 27 Lecture replaced with lab session: Meet in AvH 21 from 2:30-3:20pm
    Topic: Practicing Emacs, Lisp
    Required reading:
  • Emacs Tutorial
  • LWH: Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    • Recommended reading: Same as above
  • Take-home Pretest Due
  • Using Emacs
  • Very first steps in Lisp .
    • Mon, Aug 27 Recitation Canceled
    Wed, Aug 29 Class Canceled
    Fri, Aug 31 Quiz in AvH 119 starting at 2:30 PM, followed by
    Recitation in AvH 21 until 4:20 PM Topic: More Lisp
    Required reading: LWH: (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, and) 6, 10, 13, 14.
  • Quiz #1 over HWK 1 ARA Assignment
  • Next steps in Lisp
  • Homework 1 Due
  • Homework 2 Assigned
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    Week 3
    Mon, Sep 03 Labor Day
    Wed, Sep 05 Topic: Historical notes
    Required reading: AIMA: Chapter 1
  • Glossary 1 assigned
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    Fri, Sep 07 CSE 50th Anniversary
    Week 4
    Mon, Sep 10 Topic: Intelligent Agents
    Required reading:
  • AIMA Chapter 2
  • LWH: (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, and) 6, 10, 13, 14.
    • Recommended reading: Beating the Averages   (Paul Graham)
  • Homework 2 Due
  • Homework 3 Assigned
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    Mon, Sep 10 Recitation
  • Quiz #2 over HWK 2 ARA Assignment
  • Glossary 1 Due
  • Glossary 2 Assigned
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    Wed, Sep 12 Topic: Solving Problems by Searching
    Required reading: AIMA: Chapter 3, Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
    Recommended reading: LWH: Chapters 9, 11, 12, 17.
    Fri, Sep 14 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended reading: Same as above
    Week 5
    Mon, Sep 17 Topic: Solving Problems by Searching
    Required reading:
  • AIMA: Chapter 3, Sections 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6
    • Recommended reading: Read more chapters in LWH
    Mon, Sep 17 Recitation
    Notes on Lisp from your UTA.     		Quiz 3
    Glossary 2 Due
    Glossary 3 Assigned
    Some notes on writing better Lisp
    Wed, Sep 19 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading:
    Same as above and
    LWH: Chapters 5, 7, 8, 15, 16.
    Recommended reading: Read more chapters in LWH
    Fri, Sep 21 Topic: Heuristic Search
    Required reading: AIMA: Sections 3.5 and 3.6 (and all previous sections in Chapter 3)
    LISP: Chapters 6, 10, 13, 14
    Recommended reading: More chapters in LWH
    Week 6
    Mon, Sep 24 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended reading: Same as above
  • Homework 3 Due
  • Homework 4 Assigned
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    Mon, Sep 24 Recitation
  • Quiz #4
  • Glossary 3 Due
  • Glossary 4 Assigned
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    Wed, Sep 26 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended reading: Same as above
    Fri, Sep 28 Topic: Local Search
    Required reading: AIMA: Chapter 4
    Recommended reading:
  • Entire Chapter 4
  • LWH: Chapters 6, 10, 13, 14.
  • LWH: Chapters 9, 11, 12, 17
    • Week 7
    Mon, Oct 01 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended reading: Same as above
  • Homework 4 Due
  • Homework 5 Part A Assigned
  • Homework 5 Part B Assigned
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    Mon, Oct 01 Recitation
  • Quiz #5
  • Glossary 4 Due
  • Glossary 5 Assigned

  • Discuss MST is an admissible heuristic for the TSP
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    Wed, Oct 03 Topic: Adverserial Search
    Required reading: Section 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
    Recommended reading:
  • All of Chapter 5
  • Play with the Alpha-beta animation by Yosen Lin, or the applet from Eastern Michigan University.
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    Fri, Oct 05 Topic: Constraint Satisfaction.
    Required reading: Chapter 6
    Recommended reading:
  • Bartak online guide,
  • Kumar's paper (dated..)
  • Bartak's paper (PDF)
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    Week 8
    Mon, Oct 08
  • Homework 5 Part A Due
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    Mon, Oct 08 Recitation
  • Quiz #6
  • Glossary 5 Due
  • Glossary 6 Assigned
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    Wed, Oct 10 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended reading: Same as above
    Fri, Oct 12 Review Session
  • Homework 5 Part B Due
  • Glossary 6 Due
  • Glossary 7 Assigned
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    Week 9
    Mon, Oct 15 Fall Break
    Wed, Oct 17
    Midterm

    Closed books. Handwritten, double-sided crib sheet allowed, must be turned in with exam. No proofs included or solutions to examples or problems.
    Fri, Oct 19
  • Homework 5 Part B Due
  • Homework 6 Assigned
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    Week 10
    Mon, Oct 22 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended reading: Same as above
    Mon, Oct 22 Recitation
  • Quiz #7
  • Glossary 7 Due
  • Glossary 8 Assigned
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    Wed, Oct 24 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required reading: Chapter 7, Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
    Fri, Oct 26 Topic: Same as above
    Required reading: same as above
    Recommended reading: same as above
  • Homework 6 Due
  • Homework 7 Assigned
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    Week 11
    Mon, Oct 29
    Mon, Oct 29 Recitation
  • Glossary 8 Due
  • Glossary 9 Assigned
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    Wed, Oct 31 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required reading: Chapter 7, Sections 7.4, 7.5
    Fri, Nov 02 Topic: Same as above Required reading: Same as above, Chapter 7
    Week 12
    Mon, Nov 05 Topic: Same as above Required reading: Same as above, Chapter 7
    Mon, Nov 05 Recitation
  • Quiz 8
  • Glossary 9 Due
  • Glossary 10 Assigned
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    Wed, Nov 07 Topic: First Order Logic
    Required reading: Chapter 8
  • Homework 7 Due
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    Fri, Nov 09
  • Homework 8 Assigned
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    Week 13
    Mon, Nov 12 Topic: Inference in First Order Logic
    Required reading: Chapter 9
    Recommended reading:  
    Mon, Nov 12 Recitation
  • Quiz #
  • Glossary 10 Due
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    Wed, Nov 14
    Fri, Nov 16
    Week 14
    Mon, Nov 19 Topic: Finish FOL, Start Planning.
    Required reading: Chapters 9 and 10
    Recommended reading:
  • AIMA Section 10.3
  • AIMA Sections 11.1--11.4
  • Homework 8 Due
  • Homework 9 Assigned
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    Mon, Nov 19 Recitation
  • Quiz 10
  • Glossary 11 Assigned
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    Wed, Nov 21 Thanksgiving Break
    Fri, Nov 23 Thanksgiving Break
    Week 15
    Mon, Nov 26
    Mon, Nov 26 Recitation
  • Quiz 11
  • Glossary 11 Due
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    Wed, Nov 28
  • Homework 9 Due
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    Fri, Nov 30
    Week 16 (Dead Week)
    Mon, Dec 03 Topic: Planning
    Required reading: same as above
    Recommended reading: same as above
    Mon, Dec 03 Recitation
  • No Quiz
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    Wed, Dec 05 UNL cancelled all classes for day of mourning
    Fri, Dec 07 Finish GraphPlan and Review session
    		 Final Glossary due: sorted, printed copy
    Week 17
    Mon, Dec 10 Final Exam
    1:00pm - 3:00pm in AvH 119
  • Review Sheet
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