Below is the calendar for this semester course. This is the preliminary schedule, which will be altered as the semester progresses. I will attempt to announce any change to the class, but this webpage should be viewed as authoritative.
Module 1: Search
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Date |
Lecture Topic |
Readings |
Homework |
due |
Project |
due |
Contest |
due |
H |
Aug 24 |
Intro & Course Overview |
Ch 1,2 |
HW0 (warm-up) |
Aug 28 |
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T |
Aug 26 |
Uniformed Search |
Ch 3.[1-4] |
HW1 (search) |
Sep 4 |
P0 (tutorial) |
Aug 30 |
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H |
Aug 31 |
A* Search and Heuristics |
Ch 3.[5-6] |
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T |
Sep 2 |
Local Search |
Ch 4 |
HW2 (CSP) |
Sep 9 |
P1 (search) |
Sep 14 |
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H |
Sep 5 |
CSP I |
Ch 6.1 |
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T |
Sep 7 |
CSP II |
Ch 6.[2-5] |
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H |
Sep 9 |
Game Trees: Minimax |
Ch 5.[2-4] |
HW3 (games) |
Sep 16 |
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contest 1 |
Oct 18 |
T |
Sep 14 |
Game Trees: Expectimax |
Ch 5.[2-5], 16.[1-3] |
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P2 (MAS) |
Sep 30 |
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H |
Sep 16 |
Review 1 |
Mini-exam 1
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Sep 17-19 |
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Module 2: Uncertainty
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Date |
Lecture Topic |
Readings |
Homework |
due |
Project |
due |
Contest |
due |
T |
Sep 21 |
Review of Probability |
Ch 13.[1-5] |
HW4 (BN I) |
Oct 5 (ext) |
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H |
Sep 23 |
Bayesian Networks I |
Ch 14.[1-3] |
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T |
Sep 28 |
Bayesian Networks II |
Ch 14.[4-5] |
HW5 (BN II) |
Oct 7 |
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H |
Sep 30 |
Bayesian Networks III |
Ch 14.[4-5] |
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T |
Oct 5 |
Bayesian Networks IV |
Ch 14.[4-5] |
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H |
Oct 7 |
Hidden Markov Models |
Ch 15.[2-5] |
HW6 (HMM) |
Oct 14 |
P3 (RL) |
Nov 6 |
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T |
Oct 12 |
Markov Decision Processes I |
Ch 17.[1-3] |
HW7 (MDP) |
Oct 18 |
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H |
Oct 14 |
Markov Decision Processes II |
Ch 17.[1-3] |
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T |
Oct 19 |
Review 2 |
Mini-exam 2
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Oct 20-22 |
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Module 3: Learning
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Date |
Lecture Topic |
Readings |
Homework |
due |
Project |
due |
Contest |
due |
H |
Oct 21 |
No Lecture (due to exam) |
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T |
Oct 26 |
Reinforcement Learning I |
Ch 17.[1-3] |
HW8 (RL) |
Nov 2 |
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H |
Oct 28 |
Reinforcement Learning II |
Ch 17.[1-3] |
C1 winners announc. |
T |
Nov 2 |
Naive Bayes |
Ch 20.[1-2] |
HW9 (ML1) |
Nov 9 |
P4 (ML) |
Nov 25 |
contest 2 |
Dec 1 |
H |
Nov 4 |
Decision Trees |
Ch 18.[1-3] |
T |
Nov 9 |
Neural Networks I |
Ch 18.[8] |
HW10 (NNs) |
Nov 22 |
H |
Nov 11 |
Neural Networks II |
Ch 18.[7] |
T |
Nov 16 |
Deep Learning I |
... |
H |
Nov 18 |
Deep Learning II |
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T |
Nov 23 |
Final Review |
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C2 winners announc. |
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Dec 1-4 |
(on Gradscope) |
Final Exam
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Dec 1-4 |
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