Schedule for CS5811
Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Fall 2017


Week Date Topic/Read Before Class Notes Assignment
1 M, 09/04 No class: Labor Day    
  W, 09/06 Introduction of class topics and structure
Ch. 01. Introduction
Ch. 02. Intelligent Agents
ch-00-01-02.pdf Write student information
Submit paper to be presented
Start project proposal
  Th, 09/07 Make-up Thursday class to cancel class on the Career Fair day
Time: 7:05pm-7:55pm
Location: Fisher 129
Ch. 3, Sections 1 -- 4: Search, Uninformed Search -- review
ch-03-a.pdf  
  F, 09/08 Ch. 3, Sections 1 -- 4: Search, Uninformed Search -- review (cont'd)    
2 M, 09/11 Ch. 3, Sections 1 -- 4: Search, Uninformed Search -- review (cont'd)
Ch. 3, Sections 5 -- 6: Informed (Heuristic) Search -- review
ch-03-b.pdf  
  W, 09/13 Ch. 3, Sections 5 -- 6: Informed (Heuristic) Search -- review    
  F, 09/15 Ch. 3, Sections 5 -- 6: Informed (Heuristic) Search -- review    
3 M, 09/18 Ch. 3, Sections 5 -- 6: Informed (Heuristic) Search -- review
Ch. 3, Sections 5 -- 6: Advanced Topics in Heuristic Search
ch-03-c.pdf Homework 1
  W, 09/20 Ch. 3, Sections 5 -- 6: Advanced Topics in Heuristic Search (cont'd)    
  F, 09/22 Ch. 6 - Constraint Satisfaction Problems ch-06-a.pdf  
4 M, 09/25 Ch. 6 - Constraint Satisfaction Problems (cont'd)    
  W, 09/27 Michigan Tech Fall Career Fair is on September 27, 2017.
Today's class in cancelled so that you can have more time at the Career Fair.
   
  F, 09/29 Ch. 6 - Constraint Satisfaction Problems (cont'd)
  Arc consistency
   
5 M, 10/02 IAAI paper presentations
Ch. 6 - Constraint Satisfaction Problems (cont'd)
  Arc consistency
  Tree structured CSPs
ch-06-b.pdf  
  W, 10/04 IAAI paper presentations
Addition to Ch. 6 - Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problems
   Interval Algebra (IA)
STN example  
  F, 10/06 IAAI paper presentations
Addition to Ch. 6 - Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problems (cont'd)
   Interval Algebra (IA) (cont'd)
   Point Algebra (IA)
   Quantitative Networks
   
6 M, 10/09 Addition to Ch. 6 - Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problems (cont'd)
   Quantitative Networks (cont'd)
IAAI paper presentation
   
  W, 10/11 IAAI paper presentations
Review of the exam topics and homework solutions
   
  R, 10/12 Exam 1
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Fisher 230 (our regular classroom)
   
  F, 10/13 Ch. 13 - Quantifying Uncertainty ch-13.pdf  
7 M, 10/16 No class: Moved to Tuesday, October 17, 2017    
  Tu, 10/17 Evening class for presentations
Time: 6:05pm-7:55pm
Location: TBA
IAAI paper presentations
   
  W, 10/18 No class: Moved to Tuesday, October 17, 2017    
  F, 10/20      
8 M, 10/23      
  W, 10/25      
  F, 10/27      
9 M, 10/30 Ch. 14 - Probabilistic Reasoning
   Section 14.1 Representing Knowledge in an Uncertain Domain
   Section 14.2 The Semantics of Bayesian Networks
   Section 14.3 Efficient Representation of Conditional Distributions
Ch. 14
Sections 14.1 - 14.3
ch14-a.pdf
 
  W, 11/01      
  F, 11/03      
10 M, 11/06 Ch. 14 - Probabilistic Reasoning
   Section 14.4 Exact Inference in Bayesian Networks
   Section 14.5 Approximate Inference in Bayesian Networks
Ch. 14
Sections 14.4 - 14.5
ch14-b.pdf
 
  W, 11/08 Ch. 14 - Probabilistic Reasoning
   Section 14.5 Approximate Inference in Bayesian Networks
     Sampling from a BBN
     Rejection sampling
     Likelihood weighting
   
  F, 11/10 Ch. 14 - Probabilistic Reasoning
   Section 14.5 Approximate Inference in Bayesian Networks
     Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation
calculations  
11 M, 11/13 Ch. 16 - Making Simple Decisions ch-16.pdf  
  W, 11/15      
  F, 11/17      
Break M, 11/20 Thanksgiving recess    
  W, 11/22 Thanksgiving recess    
  F, 11/24 Thanksgiving recess    
12 M, 11/27      
  W, 11/29      
  R, 11/30 Exam 2
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Fisher 230 (our regular classroom)
   
  F, 12/01      
13 M, 12/04 Paper presentations    
  W, 12/06 Paper presentations    
  F, 12/08 Paper presentations    
14 M, 12/11 Project demos    
  W, 12/13 Project demos    
  F, 12/15 Project demos    
Finals   No Final Exam    

 
(Created: September 3, 2017)