CS 480 Schedule (subject to change - the dates and topics will be fixed)

Core Topics

Other topics

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Date Topics Resources Slides
1/22 Introduction to AI
Symbolic Programming: Lisp
Ch.1, Section 1. (Russell & Norvig)
Nilsson: Eye on the Prize
Graham/Wilensky/Steele
Introduction: postscript, pdf
Lisp slides: postscript, pdf
Plain text(intro.lisp)
1/27 Lisp (cont.)
Graham/Wilensky/Steele
1/29 Lisp (cont.)
Graham/Wilensky/Steele
2/3 Lisp (cont.)
Graham/Wilensky/Steele
2/5 Lisp review
Graham/Wilensky/Steele Lisp review: pdf, dribble
2/10 Lisp review (finish)
Intelligent agents
Problem-solving
Ch. 1, Sec. 2; Ch. 2 (Russell & Norvig)
Lisp review: dribble
Intelligent agents: postscript, pdf
2/12,2/17 Problem-solving:
Uninformed search algorithms
Part II, Ch. 3 (Russell & Norvig) Uninformed search: postscript, pdf
2/19,2/24,2/26 Informed search algorithms
Midterm preview (Lisp, Ch. 1-4 in R&N)
Ch. 4 (Russell & Norvig) Informed search: postscript, pdf

Midterm examples: pdf
Midterm review: mr 2
3/3 Constraint satisfaction Ch. 5 (Russell & Norvig) Constraint satisfaction: postscript, pdf
3/5 Midterm: Lisp, Ch. 1-4 Russell & Norvig Lisp book, 4 pages of hand written notes
3/17 Constraint satisfaction
Review
Ch. 5 (Russell & Norvig) Constraint satisfaction: postscript, pdf
Review (final example): mr 2
3/24,3/26 Game playing Ch. 6 (Russell & Norvig) Game playing: postscript, pdf
Additional examples: postscript, pdf
3/31 Game playing review Ch. 6 (Russell and Norvig) Review: fr 0
4/2,4/7,4/9,4/14,4/16 Knowledge and Reasoning:
Logical agents
First-order logic
Inference in first-order logic
Part III, Ch. 7, 8 (Russell & Norvig)
Part III: Ch. 9
Logical agents: postscript, pdf
First-order logic: postscript, pdf
Inference in first-order logic: postscript, pdf
4/21 Logic review Ch. 7, 8, 9 (Russell and Norvig) Review: fr 1
4/23 Learning Ch. 18 (Russell & Norvig) Decision Trees: postscript, pdf
4/28, 4/30 Vision Ch. 24 (Russell & Norvig) Vision: pdf
5/5 Project tournament

5/12 Final exam: 10:30am-1:15pm

Zoran Duric (zduric@cs.gmu.edu)