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CSE 415: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
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The University of Washington, Seattle, Autumn 2009
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Regular Meetings: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
11:30-12:20, normally in EEB 045. Certain days are reserved for
laboratory sessions in another room.
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Instructor: Steve
Tanimoto (Office Hours: Mondays and Fridays 2:00-3:00 in CSE 638).
Email: t a n i m o t o (at) c s (dot) w a s h i n g t o n (dot) e d u
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Teaching Assistant:
Jiun-Hung Chen (Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00-5:00 in CSE 216)
Email: jhchen (at) c s (dot) w a s h i n g t o n (dot) e d u
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Announcements:
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Study materials: For a practice quiz on state-space search, as well as partial solutions to Assignment 2 and Lab 2,
look at some recent posts on the GoPost discussion forum.
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Lab 2 Deadline Extended: The new deadline is Saturday October 10 at 5:00 PM.
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Movie Night was Postponed: The old date was October 12. The new date is October 19. We will be showing
WALL-E at 7:30 PM in the Gates Commons of the Allen Center.
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Labs:We will have labs during the regularly scheduled class periods on
the following days: October 2, 9, and 16; November 20; December 2, 9, and 11.
On these days we will meet in MGH 030 instead of EEB 045. (Posted Oct. 1).
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Welcome to CSE 415! This quarter,
we will be using the Python programming language. Python
has been gaining popularity for a variety of different kinds
of programming, including artificial intelligence programming.
Many programmers like its simple syntax based in part on
indentation rather than the use of parentheses. Like the
traditional AI language Lisp, Python provides good support
for list processing, functional programming,
automatic memory management, and interactive
development.
The leading versions of Python at this time are 2.4, 2.5, and 3.0. We will be using Python 2.5. Note that version 3.0 is not backwards compatible with the others.
High-quality Python tools are freely available on the World
Wide Web. Students taking CSE 415 do not need to have any prior
experience with Python. The course will cover the essentials
of Python during the first week.
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Movie night:
On Monday, October 19, all members of the class are invited to
"movie night". We will have a showing of a film related to
artificial intelligence.
Members of the class may bring a guest.
Start time: 7:30 PM. The screening will take place
in the Gates Commons on the 6th floor of the Paul Allen
Center for Computer Science and Engineering.
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Chinook:
The background color of this web page is "salmon" in tribute to the champion checkers-playing program "Chinook" which is a
relatively recent testimony to the power of state-space search in artificial intelligence.
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