Instructor: Prof. Harry Wechsler wechsler@gmu.edu
Course Description –
Principles and methods for
knowledge representation, problem solving, heuristic search, reasoning,
learning, probabilistic reasoning, natural language processing, vision, and their application to building intelligent
systems in a variety of domains.
Time, Day, and Venue: R – Thursday, 4:30 pm - 7:10 pm,
Robinson
Hall 111
http://registrar.gmu.edu/calendars/2011Spring.html
First day
of classes: Thursday, January 27
Spring
Break [March 14 – 20]: no class on Thursday, March 17
Last day of classes: Thursday, May 5
http://registrar.gmu.edu/calendars/2011SpringExam.html
Final Exam: Thursday, May 12, 4:30 –
7:15 pm
Office Hours: Thursday, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ENGR - 4448)
Textbook: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Russell and Norvig (3rd ed.), Prentice Hall, 2010.
Textbook Website: http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ Textbook Slides: http://aima.eecs.berkeley.edu/slides-pdf/
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Homework
– 30%
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Mid
Term – Thursday, March 24 – 30 %
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Final – Thursday, May 12 - 40 %
You are expected to abide by the GMU honor code. Homework
assignments and exams are individual efforts. Information on the university
honor code can be found at http://academicintegrity.gmu.edu/honorcode/.
Additional departmental CS information: http://cs.gmu.edu/wiki/pmwiki.php/HonorCode/CSHonorCodePolicies