CMSC421: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Fall 2006 

Schedule

Date Topic Required
Reading
Notes
HW or Assignment
slides**
Aug 31
Introduction and Course Overview
ch. 1
Homework 0 handed out
Sep 5
Intelligent Agents & Problem Solving
ch. 2
Homework 0 due; Homework 1 handed
Sep 7
Problem Solving
ch. 3 (3.1 - 3.5)
update 9/12
Sep 12
Heuristic Search
ch. 4 (4.1 -4.3)
Sep 14
Lisp
 
Homework 1 due
Project 1 out
Sept 15
Lisp Review (2:00pm-4:00pm, AVW 3258)
Sep 19
Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs)
ch. 5
 
 
Sep 21
CSPs /Game Playing
ch. 6
 
Sep 26
Game Playing
 
Sep 28
KR & Logical Agents
ch. 7
 
Oct 3
Resolution & Theorem Proving
Homework 2 out
Oct 5
 
Oct 10
First Order Logic (FOL)
ch. 8
Homework 2 due
Oct 12
FOL & Theorem Proving
ch. 9  
 

 

Oct 17
Review  
Homework 3 Due (No Late Submissions Allowed)
Oct 19
MIDTERM
Oct 24
Planning
ch. 11
 
Oct 26
Planning
ch 12
Project 2 due (Extended)
 
Oct 31
Uncertainty
ch. 13
Homework 4 handed out
Nov 2
Probabilistic Reasoning
ch 14
 
Nov 7
Probabilistic Reasoning
 
Nov 9
Probabilistic Reasoning
ch 15
Homework 4 due
 
Nov 14
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
ch 16
Nov 16
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
ch 16
 
Nov 21
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
ch 17
Nov 28
Learning
ch 18
Project 3   (files)  (No Late Submissions Allowed)
Nov 30
Learning
ch 20
 
Dec 5
Learning
ch 20
Tribes released
Dec 7
Reinforment Learning
ch 21
Dec 12
Wrap-up
Dec 20
FINAL (10:30am-12:30pm) (Regular Classroom, CSI 1122)