CPSC 352 -- Artificial Intelligence -- Fall 2005 Schedule
(Subject to Change)


Class Date Lecture/Discussion Topic Reading Assignment Due Homework/Assignments
1 W 9/7 Will machines surpass human intelligence? Kurzweil's Predictions
2 F 9/9 AI Roots, Scope & Applications Luger, Ch 1
3 W 9/14 AI Approaches: Symbolic AI Luger, pp. 35-44
4 F 9/16 Approaches: Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms Luger, Ch 11.0-11.2, 12.0-12.1
5 W 9/21 Guest: Matt Bridges, '02
6 F 9/23 Symbolic Logic Review, The Unification Algorithm Luger, Ch 2.0-2.3 Hmk: Logic Problems
7 W 9/28 PROLOG Basics Luger, Chapter 15.0-15.1 Hmk: Family Database
8 F 9/30 PROLOG ADTs Luger, Chapter 15.2
9 W 10/5 State Space Search Luger, Ch 3.0-3.3 Hmk: State Space Assignment
10 F 10/7 PROLOG Production System Luger, Chapter 15.3 Hmk: Family Database, #3
11 W 10/12 Catch-up/Exam Review
12 F 10/14 Midterm Exam Midterm Exam, Ch 1-3,11.0-11.1, 12.0-12.1, 15.0-15.2
13 W 10/19 Heuristic Search Luger, Ch 4.0 - 4.2 Hmk: Heuristics Exercises
Solutions
14 F 10/21 Minimax, Alpha-Beta Pruning Luger Ch 4.3 - 4.4
15 W 10/26 PROLOG: Knight's Tour Luger Ch 15.1.4 Hmk: Simplified Knight's Tour
16 F 10/28 Best First Search in PROLOG; A* Algorithm Luger Ch 15.4, 4.2
17 W 11/2 Machine Learning (Classical) Luger, Ch 10.0-10.2
18 F 11/4 Machine Learning: ID3 Luger, Ch 10.3-10.4 Machine Learning Problems
19 W 11/9 Machine Learning (Neural Networks) Luger, Ch 11.1-11.3
20 F 11/11 Genetic Algorithms Luger, 12.0 - 12.2 Hmk: Final Project
21 W 11/16 Case Study: Sudoku
22 F 11/18 Case Study: Sudoku
Thanksgiving Break -- 11/23 - 11/25
23 W 11/30 Case Study: Sudoku
24 F 12/2 Case Study: Sudoku
25 W 12/7
26 F 12/9
27 M 12/16 Final Examination 12:00 noon