University of Minnesota
CSci 4511W: Artificial Intelligence
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Schedule*   

This is an approximate schedule. It will be updated as the class progresses.

Week
Week Of
Topics
Lecture Materials
Readings
Exams Due
1 Sept. 4
Introduction: HI!
9/4
9/6
Ch. 1-2
 
 
2 Sept. 10
Agents, Problem Solving and Search
9/11
9/13 nqueens.py
Ch. 2-3
 

3 Sept. 17
Search and Heuristics
9/18
9/20
Ch. 3-4
 
HW 1, Wednesday Sept. 19 at 11:00 P.M.
4 Sept. 24
Other search algorithms
9/25
9/27
Ch. 4
 
Writing 1, Wednesday Sept. 26 at 11:00 P.M.
5 Oct. 1
Game playing
10/2
10/4
Ch. 5

HW 2, Wednesday Oct. 3 at 11:00 P.M.
6 Oct. 8
Game playing
10/11 Ch. 17.5
Midterm 1, Tuesday Oct. 9
Covers chapters 1-4
previous midterm
 
7 Oct. 15
Constraint satisfacation
10/16
10/18
Ch. 6
 
Writing 2, Wednesday Oct. 17 at 11:00 P.M.
Latex sample files
8 Oct. 22
Propositional logic
10/23
10/25
Ch. 7
 
HW 3, Wednesday Oct. 24 at 11:00 P.M.
9 Oct. 29
First-order logic
10/30
11/1
Ch. 8
 
Writing 3, Wednesday Oct. 31 at 11:00 P.M.
writing3sample.zip
10 Nov. 5
Inference in logic
11/6
11/8
Ch. 9
 
HW 4, Wednesday Nov. 7 at 11:00 P.M.
11 Nov. 12
More logic
11/15
Ch. 9
Midterm 2, Tuesday Nov. 13
Covers chapters 5-7 and 17.5
previous Midterm 2
 
12 Nov. 19
Planning
11/20 Ch. 10

Writing 4, Wednesday Nov. 21 at 11:00 P.M.
13 Nov. 26
More planning
11/27
11/29
Ch. 10
 
HW 5, Wednesday Nov. 28 at 11:00 P.M.
14 Dec. 3
Knowledge Representation
12/4
12/6
Ch. 12
 
Writing 5
HW 5, Wednesday Dec. 5 at 11:00 P.M.
15 Dec. 10
Extra topics & review
12/11
TBA
Writing 5, Wednesday Dec. 12 at 11:00 P.M.
16 Dec. 17
Finals Week
 
 
Final Exam,
Tuesday Dec. 18,
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Fraser Hall 101 (normal room)
previous final
Project due Wednesday Dec. 19 at 11:00 P.M.
Previous project samples with grade range