CS 6601- Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2023)
Schedule for CS 6601: Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2023)
Last Revised: 01/09/23
Please check this page frequently for updates! Chapters refer to the textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (4th edition)
by Russell and Norvig (R&N). See Further Information for optional readings and videos for each section.
Spring Term: Jan 9, 2023 - May 7, 2023
| Week # | Week of | Lessons/Study Material [1] | Assignment/Exam [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 09 | 1. Search; AIMA: Chapter 3; Korf paper R&N slides on Uninformed Search and Informed Search | Introduction on Ed (Due Jan 16) Start-of-Course Survey (Due Jan 16) Plagiarism Quiz (Due Jan 16) A0: Hello AI World (Due Jan 16) Ex:Exercise 1 (Due Jan 16) |
| 2 | Jan 16 | 2. Simulated Annealing and Local Search; AIMA: Chapter 4 (3rd edition: Chapter 4) R&N slides on Beyond Search | 1: Tri-directional search released (Due Jan 30) |
| 3 | Jan 23 | 3. Game Playing through Depth-limited Search; game play vs. an opponent in Isolation; AIMA: Chapter 1-2; Chapter 5.0-5.2 R&N slides on Game Playing | 1: Tri-directional search (Due Jan 30) 1: The Race! Bonus released (Due Feb 06) |
| 4 | Jan 30 | 3. Game Playing through the end; AIMA: Chapter 5.3-5.7 (3rd edition: Chapter 5.3-5.9), Korf: 3 player alpha-beta | 2: AI Isolation Player released (Due Feb 13) |
| 5 | Feb 6 | 4. Constraint Satisfaction; AIMA: Chapter 6 R&N slides on Constraint Satisfaction Problems | 2: AI Isolation Player (Due Feb 13) 2: BotFight released (Due Feb 20) |
| 6 | Feb 13 | 5. Probability; AIMA: Chapter 12 (3rd edition: Chapter 13) R&N slides on Probability | 3: Bayes Nets Sampling released (Due Feb 27) |
| 7 | Feb 20 | 6. Bayes Nets; AIMA: Chapter 13 (3rd edition: Chapter 14) R&N slides onBayes Nets and Bayes Nets Inference | 3: Bayes Nets Sampling (Due Feb 27) |
| 8 | Feb 27 | Midterm Exam [3] Topics List | Midterm Exam (Feb 27 - Mar 6) Mid-Course Survey (Due Mar 6) |
| 9 | Mar 6 | 7. ML through Random Forests; AIMA: Chapter 19.1-19.5, 19.7, 20.1-20.2 (3rd edition: Chapter 18.1-18.5,18.8, 20.1-20.2) R&N slides on Learning from Observation: Decision Trees (18.1-18.3) ; R&N slides Statistical Learning (20.1-20.2) On-campus slides on Decision Trees and the accompanying alternative explanation . For those interested in the practical use of Decision Trees that may be on your Android phone by now, see Clawson’s Ph.D. dissertation . | 4: Decision Trees and Forests released (Due Mar 20) |
| 10 | Mar 13 | 7. ML to end; AIMA: Chapter 19.6-19.9, Chapter 20.3 (3rd edition: Chapter 18.6-18.11, Chapter 20.3); Mitchell reading on EM ; R&N slides on Neural Nets . Tutorial slides on boosting ; Boosting paper March 15 is the withdrawal deadline! | 4: Decision Trees and Forests (Due Mar 20) 4: Decision Tree Bonus released (Due Mar 27) |
| 11 | Mar 20 | 8. Pattern Recognition through Time through New Observation Sequence for “We”; AIMA: Chapter 14 (3rd edition: Chapter 15) R&N slides for Temporal probability models: HMMs and Kalman filters Mar 20 - 24 is Spring Break! | 5: Expectation Maximization released (Due Apr 3) |
| 12 | Mar 27 | 8. Pattern Recognition through Time to end; Chapter 1 “The Fundamentals of HTK” ; AIMA: Chapter 23 (3rd edition: Chapter 22) R&N slides for Speech and Grammar | 5: Expectation Maximization (Due Apr 3) |
| 13 | Apr 3 | 9. Logic & Planning; AIMA:Chapter 7-9, Chapter 11 (3rd edition: Chapter 7-10) R&N slides Chapter 7 , Chapter 8 , Chapter 9 , Chapter 11 , Chapter 13 | 6: HMMs released (Due Apr 17) |
| 14 | Apr 10 | 9. Logic & Planning; Overflow from previous weeks | 6: HMMs (Due Apr 17) |
| 15 | Apr 17 | 10. Planning under Uncertainty; AIMA: Chapter 17, Chapter 22 (3rd edition: Chapter 17, Chapter 21) R&N slides Chapter 17 | (Apr 16 - Apr 23: Exam Preparation) |
| 16 | Apr 24 | Final Exam [3] Topics List | Final Exam (Apr 24 - May 3 9pm) End of Course Survey & CIOS! |
- AIMA book chapters are provided for 4th Edition which is the required textbook for CS 6601, where the AIMA 3**rd version differs we’ve provided respective chapters. This is not a guarantee that content is identical, you are still responsible for ensuring you have sufficiently learned the subjects
- All assignments are due at 12:00 UTC on the date specified. UTC is “the Worlds time standard
” Generally, this translates to 8:00 am ET Monday morning in Atlanta, GA.
The topics list for the exams are subject to change and will be finalized one week before the exam.
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