Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

CSE 473 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Autumn 2019
MWF 14:30-15:20 in CSE2 G10
Staff email : cse473-staff[at]cs[dot]washington[dot]edu

Hanna
Instructor: Hanna Hajishirzi
Office hours:
Mon 11-12 am, Allen 654

Aida
TA: Aida Amini
Office hours:
Mon 4-5 pm, Allen 220
Svetoslav
TA: Svetoslav Kolev
Office hours:
Wed 12-1pm, Allen 220
Christopher
TA: Christopher Clark
Office hours:
Tue 2-3pm, Allen 220
Andrey
TA: Andrey Ryabtsev
Office hours:
Wed 5-6 pm, Allen 220
Alyssa
TA: Alyssa La Fleur
Office hours:
Fri 1:30 -2:30, Allen 021
Xinyue
TA: Xinyue Chen
Office hours:
Thu 3-4 pm, Allen 220

Schedule [subject to change!]

Week Dates Topics & Lecture Notes Readings Assignments
1 Sept 25, 27 Introduction; Search R&N, Ch. 1,2 (optional); R&N 3.1-3.4 PS0 No Due Date
2 Sept 30, Oct 2, 4 Search (cont.); Informed Search [Annotated slides] R&N 3.5-3.7; Search visualization tool
3 Oct 7, 9, 11 Informed Search (cont.); Adversarial Search[Annotated slides] R&N 5.1-5.5 PS1 Due: Oct 10
4 Oct 14, 16, 18 Expectimax; Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) R&N 17.1-17.3
5 Oct 21, 23, 25 Markov Decision Processes (MDPs II) [Annotated slides] R&N 21.1-21.5 HW1 Due: Oct 23
6 Oct 28, 30, Nov 1 Reinforcement Learning (RL) - Midterm Review R&N 13; 21 PS2 Due: Oct 30
7 Nov 4, 6, 8 Reinforcement Learning (RL II)[Annotated slides] R&N 21
8 Nov 13, 15 Uncertainty ;Bayesian Networks [Annotated slides] R&N 13; 14.1-14.3 PS3 Due: Nov 15
9 Nov 18, 20, 22 Hidden Markov Models(HMMs) [Annotated slides] R&N 15.3
10 Nov 25 HMM inference [Annotated slides] R&N 15.3 HW2 Due: Nov 27
11 Dec 2, 4, 6 Bayes Net inference; Applications R&N 14.4-14.5; 18.1-18.2; 20.1-20.2; 22-25 PS4 Due: Dec 6

Textbook

Programming Projects

This quarter, we will do The Pac-Man Projects. Please complete the versions listed below, as they differ in places from the originals.

Exams

We will have two written take-home exams, a midterm and a final. They will be posted on Canvas when available.

Assignments, Discussion Board

Available on Canvas.

Course Administration and Policies