CMSC 421, Intro to AI - Fall 2007

Dana Nau

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Materials for Project 3 (see the announcement in the discussion forum):
- Game generator, game supervisor, dummy player 1, dummy player 2, dummy player 3.

(Everything is subject to revision until after the actual lecture date)

Thurs Aug 30
- Syllabus
- Chapter 1 - intro
- Chapter 2 - agents
- Start Chapter 3 - search
Tues Sept 4
- Finish Chapter 3
- Sections 4.1-4.2 - informed search
Thurs Sept 6
- Finish Sections 4.1-4.2
- Start Sections 4.3-4.4 - local search
Tues Sept 11
- Finish Sections 4.3-4.4
- Start Chapter 5 - constraint satisfaction
Thurs Sept 13
- Finish Chapter 5
- Start discussing Lisp
Tues Sept 18
- Continue discussing Lisp
Thurs Sept 20
- Finish discussing Lisp
Tues Sept 25
- no class, but I'll post the
  first programming project
Thurs Sept 27
- assign Project 1
- Chapter 6 and Section 17.6 - game playing
Tues Oct 2
- Start Chapter 7 - logical agents
Thurs Oct 4
- Finish Chapter 7
- Start Chapter 8 - first-order logic
Tues Oct 9
- Finish Chapter 8
- Start Chapter 9 - inference in FOL
Thurs Oct 11
- review for the midterm exam
- rough draft of Project 2
Tues Oct 16
- Midterm exam
Thurs Oct 18
- Finish Chapter 9 - inference in FOL
- Discuss Project 2
Tues Oct 23
- (we will skip Chapter 10)
- assign due date for Project 2
  - On-time deadline: noon on Mon, Nov 12
  - Late deadline: noon on Wed, Nov 14
- Planning (≈ Chapter 11)
Thurs Oct 25
- Finish Planning (≈ Chapter 11)
- Start HTN planning (≈ Section 12.2)
Tues Oct 30
- Return the midterm exams
- Finish HTN planning (≈ Section 12.2)
- Start Chapter 13, uncertainty
Thurs Nov 1
- Chapter 20, Section 5 - neural networks
- Jim Reggia will give the lecture; I'll be out of town
Tues Nov 6
- Chapter 13, uncertainty
Thurs Nov 8

Tues Nov 13
- Finish Sections 14.1-14.5, Bayesian networks
- (we will skip Chapter 15)
- Assign Project 3
  - On-time deadline: noon on Fri, Dec 7
  - Late deadline: noon on Sun, Dec 9
- Start Chapter 16, rational decisions
Thurs Nov 15
- Finish Chapter 16, rational decisions
- Start Sections 17.1-17.3, complex decisions
Tues Nov 20
- Finish Sections 17.1-17.3, complex decisions
- Chapter 18, Learning from Observation
Thurs Nov 22
- no class (Thanksgiving holiday)
Tues Nov 27
- Chapter 20 Sections 1-3, statistical learning
- Chapter 22, Natural Language
Thurs Nov 29
- Chapter 24, Vision
Tues Dec 4
- Chapter 25, Robotics
Thurs Dec 6
- Finish the last part of Chapter 25
- review for the final exam
Tues Dec 11
- more review, if you want
Wed Dec 19, 10:30-12:30 - Final exam