This course introduces fundamental concepts in artificial intelligence. Topics in representation, reasoning, search, planning, learning, and AI systems are discussed. Homework assignments will be used to reinforce concepts discussed in class.

Books

• Russell & Norvig (2010). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Third Edition. Prentice Hall.
• Reference: Lamkins (2004). Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp. bookfix.com. Online version: http://psg.com/~dlamkins/sl/

Topics

• LISP [~1.5 weeks]
• Introduction (Ch 1-2) [~.5 week]
• Problem-solving and Searching (Ch 3-5) [~4 weeks]
• Representation and Reasoning (Ch 7-9) [~4 weeks]
• Learning (Ch 18) [~1.5 weeks]
• Planning (Ch 10) [~1.5 weeks]
• Constraint Reasoning (Ch 6) [~1 week]
• Uncertain Reasoning (Ch 13) [~1 week]

• Midterm (20%) & Final (30%)
• Homework assignments (50%)
• A: 90%, B: 80%, C: 70%, D: 60%

Important Dates (Assignment due dates might be adjusted due to circumstances)

Policies

• Students are encouraged to help each other on assignments, but plagiarism (copying) is prohibited.
  • first violation: zero on assignment/test
  • second violation: 'F' for the course
• Late assignments are accepted, but 20% is deducted for each day.
• Documentation constitutes 10% of each programming assignment.

Prerequisites

• CSE 2010: Data Structures and Algorithms