CompSci 370 - Spring 2020
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Meeting Schedule (tentative)


Date Topic Homework Material
01/9/20 Introduction Read chapters 1 and 3; skim chapter 2
Install Python 3.X and configure your IDE
Join Piazza
intro.pdf
01/14/20 Search Work through HW0 by 1/21/20 (not for credit)
Skim chapters 4 and 6
UninformedSearch
1/16/20 Informed Search InformedSearch
1/21/20 Informed Search (continued) HW1, due 1/31/20
Read Chapter 5
1/23/20 Other Search Methods OtherSearch
1/27/20 Discussion: Search Exercises SearchDiscussion
1/28/20 CSPs CSPs
1/30/20 Adversarial Search GameSearch
2/3/20 Discussion: CSP and Game Exercises CSPGameDiscussion
2/4/20 Planning HW2 assigned, due 2/13
Skim chapters 7-10
planning
2/6/20 Logic and Theorem proving Read chapter 14
Optional: The Cancer Cluster Myth
logic
2/10/20 Discussion: Game Search and Planning GamePlanningDiscussion
2/11/20 Slack
2/13/20 Slack
2/17/20 Logic and Intro Probability Discussion Discussion_2_17_20
2/18/20 Uncertainty HW3 assigned, due 2/27/20
Read chapter 16
uncertainty
2/20/20 Decision Theory Read Chapter 17 (through 17.4) decisions
2/24/20 Probability and Decision Theory Discussion Discussion_2_24_20
2/24/20 Markov Decision Processes mdp
2/27/20 MDPs (continued) Read chapter 21
3/3/20 Reinforcement Learning Read Chapter 14 RL
3/5/20 Reinforcement Learning (continued)
Spring Break (no class 3/10, 3/12, 3/17, 3/19)
3/24/20 Finish RL Read Chapter 15
3/26/20 Midterm vis Sakai (75 minutes in a 24 hour window)
Bayesian Networks HW4 assigned, due 4/14 bnets
4/14/20 HMMs HMMs
Particle Filters HW5 assigned, due 6:00 PM, 4/22/20 Particle Filters
4/21/20 Linear Programming and Game Theory LP's and Games
4/23/20 Intro to Machine Learning ML Intro
04/28/20 Final Exam 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM