COSC 387: Artificial Intelligence

Spring 2008

Class Time: TR 4:15–5:30 PM

Classroom: WGR 206 (T), STM 110 (R)

Instructor: Mark Maloof

Office: 325 St. Mary's Hall

Mailbox: 329A St. Mary's Hall

Office Hours: In-person (325 STM): TR 11:00 AM–12:00 PM; online: M 10:30–11:30 AM and W 3:00–4:00 PM; or by appointment. Send me an email to get the Zoom link for online office hours. (or by appointment)

Syllabus

Assignments and Grading

Programming Projects (50%)
- Project 1 (assigned 1/24, due 2/7) 4 points
- Project 2 (assigned 2/7, due 2/22) 7 points
- Project 3 (assigned 2/21, due 3/19) 13 points
- Project 4 (assigned 3/18, due 4/11) 13 points
- Project 5 (assigned 4/10, due 4/28) 13 points
Midterm Exam, Thu, Feb 28 (20%)
Final Exam, Wed, May 7, 9–11 AM, WAL 392 (30%)
Homework (optional)
Additional Reading:
1. Thrun, et al., Stanley: The Robot that Won the DARPA Grand Challenge (read immediately)
2. Turing, A., Computing machinery and intelligence (read by midterm).
3. Newell, A., and Simon, H.A., Computer science as empirical enquiry (read by midterm).
4. Searle, J., Minds, brains, and programs (read by last class).
5. Dreyfus, H.L., and Dreyfus, S.E., Making a mind versus modeling the brain (read by last class).

Graduate Students

In addition to the above, graduate students must also complete a research project, worth 20% of the overall grade. It consists of two parts:

Prospectus; due 2/22
Paper; due 4/28

Grading

(defun grading (grade)
  (cond
    ((>= grade 93) 'A)
    ((>= grade 90) 'A-)
    ((>= grade 87) 'B+)
    ((>= grade 83) 'B)
    ((>= grade 80) 'B-)
    ((>= grade 77) 'C+)
    ((>= grade 73) 'C)
    ((>= grade 70) 'C-)
    ((>= grade 67) 'D+)
    ((>= grade 63) 'D)
    (t 'F)))

Resources

Sources of lecture material (PDF file)
Project grading sheet
CMU AI Repository
UCLA AI FAQ
ACM Guide
ACM Digital Library
IEEE Digital Library
Google Scholar
CiteSeer
GNU CLISP, installed on seva; also for Windows, Mac, Linux, and others
CMU Common Lisp. Mainly for Linux and other Unix variants.
GNU Common Lisp (GCL).
Jabberwocky, an multi-platform IDE for clisp, gcl, and cmucl.
Common Lisp, the Language, 2nd Edition, by Steele (on-line version).
Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation, by Touretzky (on-line version).
An Introduction and Tutorial for Common Lisp
vi In formation Links
Lemmy, the UNIX vi editor for Windows
More vi clones for Windows
JavaBayes: a Java applet for Bayesian inference networks

Marginally Interesting Links

Now Blooming: Digital Models
AI Researchers think 'Rascals' can pass Turing test
Machines 'to match man by 2029'
Genetic Programming, by Banzhaf, Koza, Ryan, Spector, and Jacob
Comic: Lisp Cycles, compliments of Mitch
Comic: Lisp, compliments of Mitch
Video: Free Software Song
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years, by Peter Norvig
Python for Lisp Programmers, by Peter Norvig
Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?, by Dewar and Schonberg
The Association of Lisp Users
How to Become a Hacker
Another view of Lisp, not that I agree with everything he says.
The 18 Mistakes that Kill Startups, by Paul Graham
Hackers and Painters, by Paul Graham
In the Beginning was the Command Line, by Neal Stephenson
Peet's
Fast Lane
Red Bull

Class Time:	TR 4:15–5:30 PM
Classroom:	WGR 206 (T), STM 110 (R)

Instructor:	Mark Maloof
Office:	325 St. Mary's Hall
Mailbox:	329A St. Mary's Hall
Office Hours:	In-person (325 STM): TR 11:00 AM–12:00 PM; online: M 10:30–11:30 AM and W 3:00–4:00 PM; or by appointment. Send me an email to get the Zoom link for online office hours. (or by appointment)