Last update: January 28, 2010CMSC 421, Artificial IntelligenceSyllabusSyllabus 1Basic Info♦ Location & time: CSI 1122, Tuesday/Thursday 3:30am-4:45pm♦ Instructor: Dana S. Nau♦ Email: nau&cs.umd.edu (change & to @)♦ Web page: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nau♦ Office & phone: Room 3241 AVW, 301-405-2684♦ Office hours: after class till about 5:30pm; other times by appointment♦ TA: Ke Zhai♦ Email: zhaike&cs.umd.edu (change & to @)♦ Office hours: Tuesday 10:30am–12:00, and Friday 1:30–3:00pm♦ Where: room 1112 AVWSyllabus 2Web pagesHome page for the course:http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nau/cmsc421That’s where I’ll post the lecture schedule, slides, etc.Discussion forumWeb site:https://forum.cs.umd.edu/forumdisplay.php?f=179RSS feed:https://forum.cs.umd.edu/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=179Please post questions and comments thereSyllabus 3TextbooksRequired:Russell & Norvig, Artificial Intelligence,A Modern Approach (2nd edition)Not the new 3rd edition. It was publishedafter the deadline for ordering textbooks.Recommended butnot required:Paul Graham,ANSI Common LispSyllabus 4Topics to be covered:Topics to be covered (AMAI refers to the textbook):♦ intelligent agents (AMAI chapter 2)♦ search and game-playing (AMAI chapters 36)♦ logical systems (AMAI chapters 79)♦ planning systems (AMAI chapters 1112)♦ reasoning about uncertainty (AMAI chapters 1314)♦ learning (AMAI chapter 18 & 20)♦ language (AMAI chapter 22)♦ perception (AMAI chapter 24)♦ Lisp: 2 or 3 programming projectsSyllabus 5WorkloadHomework assignments: about six, about 5 problems each♦ You’ll usually have one week to do them♦ Submit them in class (not my office, mail box, or email)♦ For full credit, submit them on the due date♦ For a 10% penalty, submit them at the next class meeting♦ No credit after that♦ Graded by the TA. Contact him if you want something regradedProgramming projects: probably three♦ Language: Common Lisp♦ Platform: Allegro Common Lisp on the OIT Unix clusterGet a Glue account if you don’t already have one:http://www.oit.umd.edu/newSyllabus 6Exams♦ Open book, open notes (and closed neighbor)♦ The last class meeting before each exam will be a review♦ Midterm: Thursday March 11 (our last class before spring break)If that date is going to cause any problems, I need to know now♦ Final exam: Wednesday, May 19, 10:30-12:30, as specified by theuniversity at http://www.testudo.umd.edu/soc/exam201001.html♦ It will be cumulative♦ If you miss an exam and you have both a valid reason (e.g., a medicalemergency) and convincing evidence, I’ll give you credit for themissed exam based on your performance on the other exam♦ Exams will be graded by both the TA and meSubmit all regrade requests to me in writingSyllabus 7Grading♦ Numeric score at end of semester:exams + homeworks/5 + projects/2♦ Total possible is approximately100 + 140 + (6*50)/5 + (3*100)/2 = 450♦ I’ll assign letter grades on a curve, based on your total numeric scoreTo give you an idea how well you’re doing, I can give you a tentative lettergrade after the midterm exam. But I won’t use it in computing your finalletter grade for the semester.Academic integrity: I’ll expect you to follow the student honor pledge:http://www.studenthonorcouncil.umd.edu/code.html#honor_pledgeSyllabus 8My teaching style♦ Lecture slides; will work out details on the board♦ To give you an idea of what’s coming, I’ve already postedsome older versions of my slides.♦ They’re out-of-date, and I’ll update them as I go along.♦ I’ll post the updated slides on the web after each class♦ Please ask me questions during my lecture♦ It give me a better idea of what things to explain♦ Others will probably be glad you askedSyllabus 9My teaching style♦ Lecture slides; will work out details on the board♦ To give you an idea of what’s coming, I’ve already postedsome older versions of my slides.♦ They’re out-of-date, and I’ll update them as I go along.♦ I’ll post the updated slides on the web after each class♦ Please ask me questions during my lecture♦ It give me a better idea of what things to explain♦ Others will probably be glad you asked♦ Any questions?Syllabus
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