CSE 415: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Spring 2014

Lecture: 1:30 to 2:50 MW in Smith 304

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

Email: shapiro@cs.washington.edu

Office Hours: MW 3:00-4:00

Teaching Assistants

• Yao Lu, email luyao@cs.washington.edu. Office Hours: Thursday and Friday 2:30-3:30pm in CSE 220
• Tanvir Aumi, email tanvir@cs.washington.edu. Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-2pm in CSE 218
• Bilge Soran, email bilge@cs.washington.edu. Office Hours: Mondays 10-11 in CSE 218

Course Details

• Final Exam: Monday, June 9, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Review List here
  
• Midterm Exam: May 7 Review List here
  
• 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, computer vision, and other applications.
• Text: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (third edition), Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Prentice Hall, 2010
  
• Python: Download Python 2.7.6 from https://www.python.org. Pick the Installer for your computer, Mac or Windows. Linux is also available, if you are a pro. Or, use it on the Odegaard Library Commons computers, which lists Python 2.7.3 on their software list.
• Pycharm (Getting Started with Pycharm)
• Topics:
  • Introduction (Ch. 1-2)
  • Python (Prof. Tanimoto's Python Primer)
  • Problem-Solving by Search (Ch 3)
  • Beyond Classical search (Ch 4)
  • Adversarial Search (Ch 5)
  • Constraint Satisfaction (Ch 6)
  • Knowledge and Reasoning (Loosely related to Ch 7, 8, 9)
  • Learning (Ch 18)
  • Computer Vision (not from text)
  • Applications (We hope to have guest lectures)
• Notes
  
• Assignments
  
• 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. 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, the TAs are 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.