WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Computer Science Department

CS534 Artificial Intelligence:
Fall 03 SCHEDULE

Wed 6:00-9:00, room FL 320
Prof. Dave Brown, FL 131, (508) 831-5618, dcb@cs.wpi.edu

Class             Chapt(s)	Due	Material

                  **Note: see this page for exactly which sections to read.

1	 3 Sept   1,2,(26,27)   .	Intro., Agents
                                        Reading: Turing

2	10 Sept	  3,4	        .	Search
                                        Reading: tbd

3	17 Sept	        	.	Rule-based systems  (for Project 1)
                                        Reading: Davis, Buchanan & Shortliffe

4	24 Sept	  5,6      	.	Constraints, Games
                                        Reading: tbd

5	 1 Oct	  7,8,9		Proj1	Knowledge Repr., Logic
                                        Reading: McCarthy, Concepts of Logical AI.
					         Hayes, in defense of logic.

6	 8 Oct	  all above	.	!!! Mid-term Exam (1.5 hours)

7	15 Oct	  10      	.	Knowledge Repr., Structured
                                        Reading: Minsky, frames.
					         Brachman, semantic net history.

8	22 Oct	  --            .	<Catch up day> 
                                        (Structured Representations & Ontologies)

9	29 Oct	  11,(12) 	Proj2	Planning
                                        Reading: tbd

10	 5 Nov	  13,14,(15) 	Pr4P	Uncertainty, Belief Nets, Expert Systems
                                        Reading: Buchanan et al

11	12 Nov	  15.6,22,(23)	.	Natural Language Understanding
                                        Reading: Winograd

12	19 Nov	  24,(20.7)     Proj3   Vision
                                        Reading: Brooks, `Acronym'.

--	26 Nov    --		--	< Thanksgiving >

13	 3 Dec	  18,(19,20,21)	.	Learning
                                        Reading: Quinlan

14	10 Dec	  all above	Proj4	!!! Final Exam (2 hours)

--	17 Dec	  --            --      < Spare Day >

{19th Dec is end of semester}