CSE 473: Artificial Intelligence

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Welcome to CSE 473 in Autumn 2008! Objectives This class will provide an introduction to Artificial Intelligence, explaining the challenges inherent in building an "intelligent system" and describing the main techniques and tools. We will focus on search, constraint satisfaction, knowledge representation, planning, machine learning, robotics, and reasoning about uncertainty. Time Schedule MWF 1:30-2:20 GUG 218 Instructor Dieter Fox (fox at cs.washington.edu) Allen Center 586 Office Hours: Wed 2:30-3:30. Teaching Assistant Colin Zheng (kzheng at cs.washington.edu) Allen Center 382 Office Hours: Thu 2:30-3:30 @ Allen Center 220. Athan Falangus (amf91 at cs.washington.edu) Office Hours: Thu 3:30-4:30 CSE 022. CSE473 Mailing List: Please visit https://mailman.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cse473 to subscribe to the class mailing list. Textbook The (required) textbook is Russell & Norvig "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach," (Prentice Hall) 2nd edition, 2003. (Note: this book is much improved over the previous edition). We may also assign readings off the web. Grading Your final grade will be assigned based on the following (tentative weighting): 60% homeworks and projects 10% midterm 20% final 10% class participation, extra credit, etc. Late Policy Unless otherwise indicated, assignments and projects are due by the start of lecture on their due date. If you hand in an assignment more than one hour late, we will take off 20% for each day (or portion thereof) that it is late. So, if an assignment is due on November 16, it must be in the TA or lecturer's hands by 1:30pm (start of class) on that day, with a one hour grace period after that. In addition, we will waive one days worth of late penalties over the courseof the quarter. At quarters end, we will not give Incompletes as grades. Cheating Vs. Collaborating Guidelines Collaboration is a very good thing. On the other hand, 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. What follows afterwards is not fun. So how do you draw the line between collaboration and cheating? Here's a reasonable set of ground rules. Failure to understand and follow these rules will constitute cheating, and will be dealt with as per University guidelines. The Gilligan's Island Rule: This rule says that you are free to meet with fellow students(s) and discuss assignments with them. Writing on a board or shared piece of paper is acceptable during the meeting; however, you should not take any written (electronic or otherwise) record away from the meeting. This applies when the assignment is supposed to be an individual effort or whenever two teams discuss common problems they are each encountering (inter-group collaboration). After the meeting, engage in a half hour of mind-numbing activity (like watching an episode of Gilligan's Island), before starting to work on the assignment. This will assure that you are able to reconstruct what you learned from the meeting, by yourself, using your own brain. The Freedom of Information Rule: To assure that all collaboration is on the level, you must always write the name(s) of your collaborators on your assignment. This applies when two groups collaborate.

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