Syllabus and Timetable


Day
Topic
Chapter
Notes
Jan 14
Problem Solving by Searching
3

Jan 17
No Class (Travel). Wei will hold an optional session on Java and give an overview of some development tools etc.


Jan 21
No Class (MLK Day)


Jan 24
Informed Seach and Exploration
4
Term Paper Phase 1 reports due.
Jan 28



Jan 31
Constraint Satisfaction Problems
5

Feb 4
Adversarial Search
6

Feb 7



Feb 11
Knowledge and Reasoning (three-lecture overview)
7,8,9,10
Hw1 due. Hw2 Out
Feb 14



Feb 19 (Tue)



Feb 21



Feb 25
Planning 11,12 Hw2 due.
Feb 28



Mar 3
Motion Planning
Notes +
Ch 4-5 -6from LaValle
Term Paper Phase 2 reports due.
 Hw3 Out
Mar 6
Motion Planning (cont) / Uncertain Knowledge
Ch 13

Mar 10
Spring Break


Mar 13
Spring Break


Mar 17
Uncertain knowledge and reasoning
13, 14, 15,16,17

Mar 20
No Lecture. Wei will hold a session on Hw4 (the musical chairs hw)

Hw3 Due. Hw 4 Out
Mar 24



Mar 27
Guest lecturer: Eric Meisner


Mar 31
Additional examples of Forward Algorithm and Viterbi.

April 3
Utility Theory
(Musical Charis Competition trial run)


April 7
Markov Decisoin Processes
18,19,20,21
Hw5 Out. Hw4 Due
April 10
Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes


April 14



April 17
MUSICAL CHAIRS COMPETITION
Hw5 Due
April 21


Term Paper Phase 3 reports due.
April 24
Spotlight Presentations for term papers

April 28
Spotlight Presentations for term papers


May 7
Wednesday
Final Exam 11:30 -- 12:30pm.