Draft Schedule

Note: Please note that, except for scheduled University events and exam dates, the schedule of topics, readings, and assignments is tentative. It may be necessary to change an exam date: if that happens, I will give you at least a week's notice and make alternate arrangements for students unable to take the exam on the rescheduled date. Please inform me of any conflict between the dates entered here and those in the catalog and course schedule. In the event of any conflicts, the catalog and course schedule have the final say.

Exam Schedule

• Exam 1:  Friday, Oct. 1
• Exam 2:  Friday, Nov. 5
• Exam 3:  Friday, Dec. 5.  Please note that this is in the last full week of classes.
• Final Exam: The final exam for this class is scheduled for Noon Friday, Dec. 17 (the last day of finals).  It will be a two-hour, comprehensive,  mandatory in-class exam.

Paper/Project Schedule

• To be added

More details on the paper or project will be forthcoming .

Lecture Schedule

Notes:

• This should be considered very much a document in development. While I will try as much as possible to stick to the posted exam dates, the schedule of lectures and homework may change as the term progresses. Updates, and detailed weekly plans, will be posted on the home page (this page).
• Please note that reading assignments for an individual lecture should be completed before the lecture. Readings may include handouts to be provided, and may also include readings in books on reserve.

Weekly Schedule

Week 1:  Monday, August 30

• Topics: Introduction
• Reading
  • Chapter 1
  • Descartes / Turing handouts
• Other notes

Week 2: Monday, September 6

• Topics: More Lisp
• Reading: Chapter 2
• Other notes
  • Monday is Labor Day (no classes or office hours)

Week 3:  Monday, September 13

• Topics:
  • Agents and the Physical Symbol System Hypothesis
  • An application: pattern matching
• Reading:
• Chapter 2
• Newell and Simon
• Course notes
• Other notes

Week 4:  Monday, September 20

• Topics: Uninformed Search
• Reading: 3.1 - 3.4
• Other notes
  • Exam #1 will be next week

Week 5:  Monday, September 27

• Topics: Informed Search
• Reading: 4.1 - 4.3
• Other notes
  • Exam #1 will be Friday, Oct. 1

Week 6:  Monday, October 4

• Topics: Informed Search
• Reading: Chapters 4.1 - 4.3, 5
• Other notes

Week 7:  Monday, October 11

• Topics: Games (if time permits)
• Reading: Chapter 6
• Other notes
• Friday is Mid-term (not an exam date for us)

Week 8:  Monday, October 18

• Topics: Neural Networks
• Reading: 20.5 and course notes
• Other notes:
• Monday, Oct. 18, is Fall Break Day (no classes or office hours)

Week 9:  Monday, October 25

• Topics: Neural Networks
• Reading:   20.5 and course notes
• Other notes
  • Exam #2 will be next week

Week 10:  Monday, November 1

• Topics:
  • Knowledge representation
  • Wumpus World
• Reading: Chapter 7
• Other notes:
  • Exam #2 will be on Friday, Nov. 5

Week 11:  Monday, November 8

• Topics: Knowledge representation
• Reading: Chapter 8
• Other notes

Week 12:  Monday, November 15

• Topics: KR
• Reading: Chapter 9
• Other notes

Week 13:  Monday, November 22

• Topics: Expert Systems
• Reading: Notes on CLIPS
• Other notes
  • Thursday and Friday are Thanksgiving Break (no classes or office hours).
  • Exam #3 will be next Friday

Week 14:  Monday, November 29

• Topics: Expert Systems
• Reading: Notes on CLIPS
• Other notes
  • Exam #3 is Friday, Dec. 3.  Please note that this is in the last full week of classes.

Week 15:  Monday, December 6

• Topics: Wrap-up and review
• Reading
• Other notes
  • Last day of class is Wednesday, December 8.

Week 16:  Monday, December 13

• Topics:  Final Exams
• Reading
• Other notes
• The final exam for CSci 433 will be at noon on Friday, December 17.  It will be a mandatory, in-class final exam.

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