Comp 4640: Intelligent and Interactive Systems

TA: Kehao Zhang
Email: zhangke@auburn.edu

Course Textbook:

S. Russell and P. Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003.

Class Time: TTh 11:00-12:30pm Shelby 1122
Office Hours: TTh 2:30-3:30pm 3101M Shelby Center for Engineering Technology , Others by appointment

Final Exam: TBD, December 17, 2008

Time: 12:00 noon-2:30pm

Course Topics:

Week1: Introduction (Chapter 1) notes with links

Week2: Intelligent Agents (Chapter 2, Intro, Chapter2 cont.) notes with links

Week3 & 4: Search (Chapters 3Intro, 3 , 4Intro, 4 , UCS example , Informed Search Space, Pico Crickets Legos for Search )

HW1 Due - September 6

Week5: Constraint Satisfaction (Chapter 5, Chp5 review

HW2 Due - September 24

Exam1 - September 25

Week 6: Introduction to Evolutionary Computation ( EC , Genetic Algorithms GA Review )

HW3 Program Due - October 7 (10/9 Writeup Due)

Week7: Adversarial Search (Chapter 6 ,Chapter Chapter6 slides) chp6 revised notes

Week 8 & 9: Propositional & First-Order Logic (Chapters 7, 8, 9 FOPC extras + examples )

HW4 Due - October 15

Week 10: Machine Learning (Ch18 Decision Tree Learning & Entrophy Algorithm ) - Oct 21 & 23

HW5 Due - October 23

Exam2 - October 28

Week 11: Intelligent User Interfaces - Oct 30 & Nov 4

HW6 Due - November 4

Week 12 & 13: Student Presentations - Nov6, Nov11, Nov13, Nov18

HW7 Due - November 11

Week 14: Intelligent User Interfaces (Continued) Nov20

HW8 Due - November 20

Week 15: Final Review - Dec 2 & 4

Grading

The final grade will be based on assignments (written and programming), attendance/participation, and exams. If you miss an exam or fail to turn in an assignment on time (without an official University excuse), you will receive a zero. No late assignments will be accepted! The grading scale for all exams and assignments is as follows:

90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
below 60 F


Final grades will be determined using the following percentages:

Assignments and Quizzes (1, 2 hw2.dat, 3 hw3.dat, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 9)30%
Exam 1 (September) 15%
Exam 2 (October28 ) 25%
Final (Date: December 2008) 30%


Exam dates are tentative and may be changed at instructor discretion. Final exam date is fixed by the university.

Assignments


Assignments will consist of programming and/or written exercises. All work is to be done independently (unless explicitly stated by instructor). Late homework solutions will not be accepted. I reserve the right to keep all homework assignments.

Exams


I reserve the right to keep all exams. You will be informed as to the exact format of an exam as well as the format of the questions on an exam. Exams will be closed book; however, one 8.5x11 inch sheet of paper filled with any handwritten information a student thinks is necessary is permitted. This 8.5x11 "crib-sheet" must be handed in along with the exam. Failure to hand in a "crib-sheet" will result in a zero for that exam. Scratch paper will be provided by the proctor. All scratch paper issued by the proctor must be handed in along with the exam. Failure to hand in scratch paper will result in a zero for that exam.

Some Past First Exams:
Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Summer 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000

Some Past Second Exams:
Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Summer 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000

Accomodation policy


If you need special accommodations, please contact me during the first week of classes.

Cheating


Instances of cheating will be handled according to university policy. Cheating covers any case in which a student has received unauthorized aid in his/her performance that contributes to a course grade or submits material contributing to a course grade with the intent to deceive the instructor or grader. If the unauthorized aid includes help from another student, then that student is considered to have cheated as well.