CompSci 370 - Spring 2021
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Meeting Schedule (tentative)


Date Topic Homework Material
01/20/21 Introduction Read chapters 1 and 3; skim chapter 2
Install Python 3.X and configure your IDE
Join Piazza
intro
01/22/21 Search HW0 (ungraded) assigned, due 1//29/21
Skim chapters 4 and 6
UninformedSearch
01/25/21 Discussion
1/27/21 Informed Search
1/29/21 Informed Search (continued) Read Chapter 5 InformedSearch
2/01/21 Discussion
2/03/21 Other Search Methods HW1 assigned, due 2/12/21 OtherSearch
2/05/21 CSPs CSPs
2/08/21 Discussion
2/10/21 Adversarial Search GameSearch
2/12/21 Planning HW2 assigned, due 2/24/21 planning
2/15/21 Discussion
2/17/21 Slack Skim chapters 7-10
2/24/21 Slack
2/19/21 Logic and Theorem proving Read chapter 14
Optional: The Cancer Cluster Myth
2/22/21 Discussion
2/19/21 Logic and Theorem proving Read chapter 14
Optional: The Cancer Cluster Myth
logic
2/26/21 Logic and Intro Probability
3/01/21 Discussion
3/03/21 Midterm via Sakai (75 minutes in a 24 hour window)
Read chapter 16
3/05/20 Finish Logic uncertainty
3/08/21 Discussion
3/10/21 No Lecture
3/12/21 Uncertainty HW3 assigned, due 3/24/21
Read Chapter 17 (through 17.4)
3/15/21 Discussion
3/17/20 Probability and Decision Theory Discussion
3/19/20 Decision Theory Read chapter 21 decisions
3/22/21 Discussion
3/24/21 Markov Decision Processes Read Chapter 14 mdp
3/26/21 Reinforcement Learning HW4 assigned, due 4/7
Read Chapter 22
RL
3/29/21 Discussion
03/31/21 Reinforcement Learning (continued)
4/02/21 Bayesian Networks bnets
4/05/21 Discussion
4/07/21 Finish Bayes Nets, start HMMs HMMs
4/09/21 HMMs
4/12/21 No Discussion HW5 posted, due 04/21/21
4/14/21 Finish HMMs
4/16/21 Intro to Machine Learning ML Intro
4/19/21 Discussion
4/21/21 Machine Learning (continued)
4/23/21 Deep Learning DeepNetworks
04/27/10 Final Exam starting 9:00 AM via Sakai (180 minutes in a 24 hour window)