WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Computer Science Department

CS4341 - Artificial Intelligence
B07 - SCHEDULE

Version: Fri Oct 19 17:24:14 EDT 2007

Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri - 1:00 pm - AK 233

Class # Date Chapt(s) Due Material
1 Tue 23 Oct 1 . Introduction: Turing test, etc.
2 Thu 25 Oct 2 . Basic ideas: representation, etc.
3 Fri 26 Oct 3 . G&T, MEA
{DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification Event: October 26-31, 2007}
4 Mon 29 Oct 4 . Basic Search
5 Tue 30 Oct 5 Proj 0 Heuristic Search
6 Thu 1 Nov 6 . Adversarial Search
7 Fri 2 Nov 7 . Rule-based systems
{ DARPA Urban Challenge Competition: November 3, 2007}
8 Mon 5 Nov 8 . Using Rules
9 Tue 6 Nov 9 . Frames & Demons
10 Thu 8 Nov 10 . Using Frames
11 Fri 9 Nov 11 . Numerical Constraints
12 Mon 12 Nov 12 . Symbolic Constraints
13 Tue 13 Nov 13 Proj 1 Logic & Resolution
14 Thu 15 Nov 14 . Backtracking & TMS
15 Fri 16 Nov 1-14 . **Exam 1** -- Sample Qs
16 Mon 19 Nov 15 . Planning
17 Tue 20 Nov 16 Proj 2 Learning from differences
-- Thu 22 Nov -- -- Holiday
-- Fri 23 Nov -- -- Holiday
18 Mon 26 Nov 19 . Learning by recording cases
19 Tue 27 Nov 20 . Learning using multiple models
20 Thu 29 Nov 21 . Learning by building trees
21 Fri 30 Nov 25 . Learning by Simulating Evolution
22 Mon 3 Dec 26 . Vision: recognizing objects
23 Tue 4 Dec 27 . Vision: describing objects
24 Thu 6 Dec 28 Proj 3 Natural Language constraints
25 Fri 7 Dec 29 . Natural Language interaction
{Prof evaluation forms}
26 Mon 10 Dec 15-29 ** **Exam 2** -- Sample Qs
27 Tue 11 Dec - . i. {TA evaluation forms}
ii. An Intro to WPI CS AI Research:
    Profs. Ruiz, Heffernan, Rich.
28 Thu 13 Dec - . An Intro to WPI CS AI Research:
Design & Diagnosis.

[Course content notes are based on Prof. Winston's outline of the book]