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 Treesand 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 Speechand 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.