CSE 415: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Winter 2006

Instructor: Linda Shapiro
Office: 634 Allen Center, Phone: 206-543-2196

Email: shapiro@cs.washington.edu

Office Hours: MF 10:00-11:00

Teaching Assistant

• Tyler Robison, email trobison@cs.washington.edu. Office Hours (for all help with programming assignments):
  Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2:30-3:30 in CSE220

Course Details

• Final Exam: Thursday, March 16, 8:30 - 10:20 a.m. Review List
  
• Midterm Exam: Out Feb 8, due Feb 13 Review List
  
• Purpose: To introduce Artificial Intelligence to undergraduates. This is a survey course that will look at a variety of AI subareas such as problem solving, game playing, reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision.
• Text: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (second edition), Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Prentice Hall, 2003
  
• Topics:
  • Introduction (Ch. 1)
  • Problem-Solving (Ch 3)
  • Informed Search (Ch 4)
  • Constraint Satisfaction (Ch 5)
  • Game Playing (Ch 6)
  • Learning (Ch 18 and parts of Ch 20)
  • Natural Language Processing (We hope to have guest lectures)
  • Computer Vision (Ch 24 and handouts)
• Mailing List: Please visit http://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cse415 to subscribe to the class mailing list.
  
• Notes
  
• Assignments
  
• Exercises
  
• Evaluation: The grade will be based on a combination of the homework (exercises and programming projects), the midterm, and the final. Roughly 50% homework, 25% midterm, 25% final.
• Late Problem Sets: Late problem sets may be turned in until the homework is graded and returned. 10% off per day late.
• Late Programs: Late programs can be turned in till the "Late Deadline" given. 10% off per week or as stated in the assignment.
• Cheating Policy: Collaboration is a very good thing, but cheating is considered a very serious offense. Please don't do it! All homework is to be done ON YOUR OWN unless otherwise stated in the assignment. Tyler grades every assignment, and he has a good memory. Copying someone else's program and changing the names of the identifiers does not work. If you need help to get your program to run, Tyler is there for you. Concern about cheating creates an unpleasant environment for everyone. The department's policy on cheating is to report any cases to the college cheating committee.