Spring 2002
Course Web Page: http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~heflin/courses/ai-2002/
| Professor | TA | |
|---|---|---|
| Name: | Jeff Heflin | Xu Ke |
| E-mail: | heflin@cse.lehigh.edu | kex2@lehigh.edu |
| Office: | 330 Packard Lab | 201A Packard Lab |
| Office Hours: | Mon. 10:30-12pm, Thr. 2-3:30pm, and by appointment |
Tues. 3-5pm, Wed. 3-5pm |
| Phone: | 610-758-6533 | |
| Web Page: | http://www.eecs.lehigh.edu/~heflin/ |
Class Time and Location: Tue. and Thr. 9:20-10:35am, Christmas-Saucon Hall 201
Prerequisites: junior or above status, computer literacy, and the ability to understand algorithms
Description:
This course will provide a general introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). We will discuss what AI is, survey some of the major results in the field, and look at a few promising directions. In particular, we will seek answers to questions such as how do you represent and reason with knowledge? how can a robot or artificial agent formulate a plan to achieve a task? and how can an agent learn in order to improve its behavior or cope with unanticipated situations?
Textbook:
Russell, Stuart and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1995.
Grading:
| Homework assignments | 40% |
| Midterm exam | 20% |
| Final exam | 40% |
Late Work Policy:
Unless a valid written medical excuse from a health professional is provided, late work will be docked one letter grade for each day that it is late.
This class schedule is tentative and may change depending on the pace at which we complete the material.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 15,17 | Introduction | Chapters 1 and 2 | |
| Jan. 22,24 | Search | Chapters 3 and 4 | |
| Jan. 29,31 | Game Playing | Chapter 5 | |
| Feb. 5,7 | Logical Reasoning | Chapter 6 | |
| Feb. 12 | Pacing break | ||
| Feb. 14,19 | First Order Logic | Chapter 7 | Homework #1 due Feb. 14 |
| Feb. 21 | Knowledge Representation | Section 10.6, The SHOE Specification |
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| Feb. 26 | Knowledge Bases | Sections 8.1-8.4 | |
| Feb. 28 | Midterm Exam | ||
| Mar. 5,7 | Spring break | ||
| Mar. 12 | Inference in First Order Logic | Sections 9.1-9.5 | |
| Mar. 14,19 | Prolog | Section 10.3, Endriss Chapter 1 |
Homework #2 due Mar. 14 |
| Mar. 21,26 | Planning | Chapter 11 | |
| Mar. 28 | Easter break | ||
| Apr. 2,4 | Practical Planning | Chapter 12 | |
| Apr. 9,11 | Learning | Chapter 18 | Homework #3 due Apr. 9 |
| Apr. 16 | Neural Networks | Sections 19.1-19.5 | |
| Apr. 18,23 | Communicating | Chapter 22 | |
| Apr. 25 | Perception | Sections 24.1-24.4, 24.7 | Homework #4 due Apr. 25 |
| Apr. 30 | Lisp | handouts | |
| May 2 | Review | Chapter 27 |