COSC 387: Artificial Intelligence

Class Time:	TR 11:40-12:55
Classroom:	502 Reiss
Instructor:	Mark Maloof
Office:	527 Reiss
Mailbox:	225 Reiss
Office Hours:	TWR 1:00pm - 4:00pm (or by appointment)

Course Information

• Syllabus (a printable version)
  • Course Description
  • Schedule

Assignments and Grading

• Research Project (35%), due December 8
• Midterm Exam (20%), Tuesday, October 20
• Final Exam (25%), Take-Home, Due: 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 16
• Programming Projects (10%)
  • Project 1 (assigned Sep 15, due Oct 8), 5 points
  • Project 2 (assigned Nov 3, due Nov 24), 5 points
• Homework (optional)
  • Homework 1 [PostScript|PDF];
  • Homework 2 [PostScript|PDF]
  • Homework 3 [PostScript|PDF]
• Miscellany (10%)
  • Participation
    • Discussion points for December 8th class [PostScript|PDF]
  • Quizzes
  • Additional Reading (on 4 hr. reserve at the Blommer Science Library):
    1. Turing, A., Computing machinery and intelligence (read by 10/20).
    2. Newell, A., and Simon, H.A., Computer science as empirical enquiry (read by 10/20).
    3. Searle, J., Minds, brains, and programs (read by 12/8).
    4. Dreyfus, H.L., and Dreyfus, S.E., Making a mind versus modeling the brain (read by 12/8).
    5. Simon, H.A., Why should machines learn? (read by 12/8).
    Note: Articles 1-4 are in Boden, M.A. 1990. The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, which is on 24 hr. reserve at the Lauinger Library.

Interesting Links

• AIMA Home Page and Code Repository
• CMU AI Repository
• MLC++: Machine Learning Library in C++
• Call for Papers: ACM Southeast Regional Conference (accepts student papers)
• Call for Papers: IEEE Southeastcon '99 (accepts student papers)
• Stuart Russell
• Peter Norvig

Copyright © 2019 Mark Maloof. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.