CSE 571: Artificial Intelligence

Class: COOR L1-74, T/Th, 4:30--5:45PM

Office Hours: BYENG 594, T/Th, 3:00--4:00PM

Office Hours (TA: Ze and Akku): W 2-4PM (BYENG M1-30), M 2-4PM (BYENG M1-30)


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Last updated: Jan 14, 2020

Date Topics Lecture Notes
Reading/Project Assignments Deadlines Important Dates
Tu. 01/14 Course introduction. Lecture Slides

Recommended: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 1  
Th. 01/16 Rational agent. Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 2  
Tu. 01/21 Agent case study. Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 2  
Th. 01/23 Introduction to planning Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 3.1-3.2  
Tu. 01/28 Uninformed search. Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 3.1--3.4  
Th. 01/30 Informed search. Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 3.5--3.6  
Tu. 02/04 Adversarial search. Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 5  
Th. 02/06 Adversarial search (cont). Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 5  
Tu. 02/11 Special topic: D* Lite. Additional reading  
Th. 02/13 Games Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 5  
Tu. 02/18 Logic Agents Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 7  
Th. 02/20 Logic Agents (cont.) Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 7  
Tu. 02/25 Logic Inference Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 7  
Th. 02/27 Special topic: Dangerous AI Additional reading  
Tu. 03/03 Logic Inference Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 7  
Th. 03/05 First-order logic Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 8  
Th. 03/10 Spring break  
Th. 03/12 Spring break  
Tu. 03/17 Markov Decision Process Lecture Slides

Required: R&N, Third Edition, Chapter 17.1-2  
Th. 03/19 Value Iteration Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 17.1-2  
Tue. 03/24 Policy Evaluation and Iteration Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 17.3  
Th. 03/26 MDP example discussion Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 17.1-3  
Tu. 03/31 Reinforcement Learning Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 21.1-3
Th. 04/02 Reinforcement Learning II Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 21.1-3
Tu. 04/07 Reinforcement Learning III Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 21.1-3
Th. 04/09 Reinforcement Learning IV Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 21.4-5
Tu. 04/14 Probability basics Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 13
Th. 04/16 Bayesian network Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 14.1-2
Tu. 04/21 Bayesian network II Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 14.1-2
Th. 04/23 Bayesian network III Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 14.1-2
Tu. 04/28 Machine learning Lecture Slides

Required: RN, Third Edition, Chapter 18.1-2