CSCE 476/876

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Detailed Course Schedule

Date Material Announcements
Week 1
Mon, Aug 22 Class From 2:30 to 3:20 pm, in AvH 118
Topic: Rules of the Game
Required reading: AIMA, Section 1.1
Recommended reading: What is AI by John McCarthy
Mon, Aug 22 Recitation from 3:30 to 4:20 pm, in AvH 21
  • Register on Piazza
  • Read Intro to Piazza
  • Read welcome message on Piazza.
  • Get a CSE account
  • 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 emacs and ACL via the VM client.
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    Wed, Aug 24 Class From 2:30 to 3:20 pm, in AvH 118

    Topic: Historical Notes
    Required Reading: AIMA: Chapter 1
    Recommended reading: The Long Game of Research (Communications of the ACM, Vol. 62, No.9, September 2019)
    Fri, Aug 26
    Pretest

    Two parts:
    In-class: closed book, handwritten crib sheet allowed, must be turned in with test
    Take-home: due Mon, Aug 29

    Week 2
    Mon, Aug 29 Topic: Intelligent Agents
    Required reading:AIMA Chapter 2
  • Take-home Pretest Due
  • Homework 1 assigned
  • Glossary 1 assigned
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    Mon, Aug 29 Recitation from 3:30 to 4:20 pm, in AvH 21

    Topic: A Gentle Introduction to Common Lisp
    Required reading: LWH: Chapters 1—4.
    Recommended reading: Beating the Averages (Paul Graham)
  • Using Emacs
  • Very first steps in Lisp .
  • Those learning Lisp can do three then three more classes of the Adaptive Remote Agent
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    Wed, Aug 31 Topic: Same as above
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    Fri, Sep 02 Topic: Solving Problems by Searching
    Required Reading: AIMA Chapter 3, Sections 3.4—6
    Recommended reading Read more chapters of LWH
    Week 3
    Mon, Sep 05
    Labor Day
    Wed, Sep 07
    Fri, Sep 09 Topic: Solving Problems by Searching
    Required Reading: AIMA Chapter 3, Sections 3.1—3
    Recommended reading: LWH Chapters 9, 11, 12, 17
    Week 4
    Mon, Sep 12 Topic:
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    Mon, Sep 12 Recitation

    Topic: More Lisp, Practicing Emacs, Lisp
    Required reading: LWH: Chapters (1—4) 6, 10, 13, 14.
    Recommended reading: Beating the Averages (Paul Graham)
  • Quiz
  • Next steps in Lisp
  • Iteration with Do and Structures
  • Those learning Lisp can do three then three more classes of the Adaptive Remote Agent
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    Wed, Sep 14
    Fri, Sep 16 Topic:
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    Recommended reading: More chapters of LWH
    Week 5
    Mon, Sep 19 Topic: Heuristic Search
    Required Reading:
    • AIMA Sections 3.5, 3.6 (all previous sections of Chapter 3)
    • LISP: Chapters 6, 10, 13, 14
    Recommended reading: More chapters of LWH
    Mon, Sep 19 Recitation
  • Quiz
  • LWH Chapters 5, 7, 8, 15, 16
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    Wed, Sep 21 Topic:
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    Fri, Sep 23 Topic:
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    Week 6
    Mon, Sep 26 Topic: Local Search
    Required Reading: AIMA Chapter 4, Section 4.1
    Recommended Reading:
    • All of Chapter 4
    Mon, Sep 26 Recitation
  • Quiz
  • LWH Chapters 6, 10, 13, 14
  • LWH Chapters 9, 11, 12, 17
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    Wed, Sep 28 Topic: Adverserial Search
    Required Reading: AIMA 5.1—3
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    Fri, Sep 30 Topic:
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    Week 7
    Mon, Oct 03 Topic:
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    Mon, Oct 03 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Oct 05
    Fri, Oct 07 Topic:
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    Week 8
    Mon, Oct 10 Topic:
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    Mon, Oct 10 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Oct 12 Review Session
    Fri, Oct 14
    Midterm

    Closed books. Handwritten, double-sided crib sheet allowed, must be turned in with exam. No proofs included or solutions to examples or problems.
    Week 9
    Mon, Oct 17
    Fall Break
    Wed, Oct 19 Topic: Constraint Satisfaction
    Required Reading: Chapter 6
    Recommended Reading:     		Midterm correction done in class
    Fri, Oct 21 Topic: CSP
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended Reading: Same as above
    Week 10
    Mon, Oct 24 Topic: CSP
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended Reading: Same as above
    Mon, Oct 24 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Oct 26 Topic: CSP
    Required reading: Same as above
    Recommended Reading: Same as above
    Fri, Oct 28 Topic:
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    Week 11
    Mon, Oct 31 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required Reading: AIMA 7.1—3
  • Glossary 7 Due
  • Glossary 8 Assigned
  • Homework 5 Due
  • Homework 6 Assigned
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    Mon, Oct 31 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Nov 02 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required reading: AIMA Chapter 7
    Fri, Nov 04 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required Reading: AIMA Chapter 7
    Week 12
    Mon, Nov 07 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required reading: AIMA, Chapter 7
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    Mon, Nov 07 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Nov 09 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required Reading: Chapter 7
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    Fri, Nov 11 Topic: Logical Agents
    Required reading: AIMA, Chapter 7
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    Week 13
    Mon, Nov 14 Topic: Finish Proposition Logic
    Required reading: Chapter 7
    Recommended Reading:
  • Homework 6 Due
  • Homework 7 Assigned
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    Mon, Nov 14 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Nov 16 Topic: First Order Logic
    Required Reading: AIMA, Chapter 8
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    Fri, Nov 18 Topic: First Order Logic
    Required reading: AIMA, Chapter 8
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    Week 14
    Mon, Nov 21 Topic:
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    Mon, Nov 21 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Nov 23
    Thanksgiving Break
    Fri, Nov 25
    Week 15
    Mon, Nov 28 Topic: Inference in FOL
    Required reading: Chapter 9
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    Mon, Nov 28 Recitation Talk by Dr. Vincent Conitzer in Hamilton 102 Quiz
    Wed, Nov 30 Topic:
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    Fri, Dec 02 Inference in FOL
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    Week 16 (Dead Week)
    Mon, Dec 05 Topic: Planning (?)
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    Mon, Dec 05 Recitation Quiz
    Wed, Dec 07 Topic:
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    Fri, Dec 09 Topic:
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  • Final Glossary (all prior, combined & alphabetized) Assigned
  • Review sheet distributed in class
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    Week 17
    Mon, Dec 12
    Final Exam 1.00pm - 3:00pm in AvH 118