Syllabus: CS 580 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Syllabus: CS 580 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Fall 2008

Tuesday 7:20-10:00 pm in Science and Technology I Rm 126

Prof. Zoran Duric
Office: S&T II, Rm. 427
email: zduric@cs.gmu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 pm or by appointment



Current information about this course will be kept on a CS 580 web page: 
 http://cs.gmu.edu/~zduric/cs580.html

Course Text: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Russell & Norvig,
             Prentice Hall

Supplementary texts:
	     ANSI Common Lisp, Graham, Prentice-Hall
	     Common LISPcraft, R. Wilensky, Norton Publishing
	     Common Lisp - The Language, G. Steele, Digital Press
	     Artifical Intelligence, Luger & Stubblefield, Addison
	     Wesley
	     Artificial Intelligence: A New Synthesis, Nilsson, Morgan
	     Kaufmann 

Prerequisites:	A working knowledge of computer systems and several
		programming languages is required.  The material covered
		in CS 310 and CS 330 as well as general computer science
		maturity is assumed and used throughout the course.

Content:	The basic principles of representation, heuristic search,
                learning, and control will be presented in the context
                of specific AI areas such as problem solving, vision, 
		natural language, and expert systems.  The Lisp
                programming language will be used as the primary
                language for homework assignments. 

Exams:		There will be a midterm and final exam.

Homework:	There will be several programming assignments which will
		include written summaries. Other assignments could
		include practice problems from the textbook and/or old
		exams. A class project will be required.

Grading:	The course grade will be determined approximately as
		follows:

			homework:	30%
			project:	10%
			midterm:	25%
			final:		35%

Zoran Duric (zduric@cs.gmu.edu)