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. 6
Introduction: HI!, Rationality and Agents
9/7
9/9
Ch. 1-2
 
 
2 Sept. 13
Problem Solving and Search
9/14
9/16
Ch. 2-3.2
 

3 Sept. 20
Uninformed Search
9/21
9/23
Ch. 3.3-3.4
 
HW 1, Tuesday Sept. 21 at 11:55 P.M.
4 Sept. 27
Informed Search and Heuristics
9/28
9/30
Ch. 3.5-3.6
 
Writing 1, Tuesday Sept. 28 at 11:55 P.M.
Latex Sample pdf
Latex sample zip
5 Oct. 5
Local Search and Game Playing
10/5
10/7
Ch. 4.1 & 5.2

HW 2, Tuesday Oct. 5 at 11:55 P.M.
6 Oct. 12
More Game Playing
10/14
Ch. 5.2-5.3
Midterm 1, Tuesday Oct. 12
Covers Ch 1-4 (topics from homework 1 and 2) previous year exam
 
7 Oct. 18
Searching on Games and Game Theory
10/19
10/21
Ch. 5.1 & 5.4
 
Writing 2, Tuesday Oct. 19 at 11:55 P.M.
8 Oct. 25
Constraint Satisfaction
10/26
10/28
Ch. 6
 
HW 3, Tuesday Oct. 26 at 11:55 P.M.
9 Nov. 1
Propositional Logic
11/2
11/4
Ch. 7
 
Writing 3, Tuesday Nov. 2 at 11:55 P.M. writing3sample.zip
10 Nov. 8
First-order Logic
11/9
11/11
Ch. 8
 
HW 4, Tuesday Nov. 9 at 11:55 P.M.
11 Nov. 15
Deductions in Logic
11/16 -- Test day
11/18
Ch. 9
Midterm 2, Tuesday Nov. 16
Covers chapters 5-7 and 17.5 (topics from homework 3 and 4) previous Midterm 2
 
12 Nov. 22
Finish Logic

11/23
No class 11/25 -- Turkey day
Ch. 9

Writing 4, Tuesday Nov. 23 at 11:55 P.M.
13 Nov. 29
Planning
11/30
12/2

Ch. 11
 
HW 5, Tuesday Nov. 30 at 11:55 P.M.
14 Dec. 6
Finish planning
12/7
12/9
Ch. 11
 
Writing 5, Tuesday Dec. 7 at 11:55 P.M.
15 Dec. 13
Extra topics
12/14
TBA
Final Exam,
Thursday Dec. 16,
4:00pm - 6:00pm (exam takes 2hr)

previous final
HW 6, Tuesday Dec. 14 at 11:55 P.M.
16 Dec. 20
Finals Week
 
 
Project Project due Monday Dec. 20 at 11:55 P.M.
Sample project+grade ranges