CSE 473: Artificial Intelligence I Autumn 2005

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

Email: shapiro@cs.washington.edu

Office Hours: Wed and Friday 11:00-11:50 or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

• Tyler Robison, email trobison@cs.washington.edu. Office Hours (for all help with programming assignments): Mon, Tues, Thurs from 2:30 to 3:30 in CSE 216

Course Details

• Final Exam: Monday, December 12, 2:30 p.m. Final Review List; Review on December 9.
  
• Midterm Exam: Monday, November 7 Midterm 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 (Ch 22 and parts of Ch 23)
  • Computer Vision (Ch 24 and handouts)
• Mailing List: Please visit http://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cse473 to subscribe to the class mailing list.
  
• Notes
  
• Assignments
  
• Reports
  
• 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. 20% off for the first week and then 10% per day late.
• Cheating Policy: Collaboration is a very good thing, but cheating is considered a very serious offense. Please don't do it! Concern about cheating creates an unpleasant environment for everyone. If you cheat, you risk losing your position as a student in the department and the college. The department's policy on cheating is to report any cases to the college cheating committee.