University of Minnesota
CSci 5512: Artificial Intelligence II
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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 Jan. 21
Introduction: HI!
1/23 No readings
 
 
2 Jan. 28
Uncertainty (review?)
1/28
*Class canceled Jan. 30*
Ch. 13
 

3 Feb. 4
Probabilistic reasoning, exact
2/4
2/6
Ch. 14-14.4
 
4 Feb. 11
Probabilistic reasoning, approximate
2/11
2/13
Ch. 14.4-14.7
 
Homework 1, Sunday Feb. 17 at 11:55 P.M.
table probabilities for copy-paste
5 Feb. 18
Probabilistic reasoning over time
2/18
2/20
Ch. 15-15.3

6 Feb. 25
Probabilistic reasoning over time
2/25
2/27
Ch. 15.3-15.5
 
Homework 2, Sunday March 3 at 11:55 P.M.
prob345.txt varElim.txt clusterAB.txt
7 March 4
Simple decisions
3/4 Ch. 16
Midterm 1, Wednesday March 6
Covers chapters 13-14
8 March 11
Complex decisions
3/11
3/13
Ch. 17.1-17.3
 

  March 18
Spring Break
 
 
 
 
 
9 March 25
Complex decisions
3/25
3/27
Ch. 17.4-17.6
 
Homework 3, Sunday March 31 at 11:55 P.M.
waterTable.txt
10 April 1
Learning from examples
4/1
4/3
Ch. 18.1-18.5, 18.10
 
11 April 8
Learning from examples
4/8
4/10
Ch. 18.6-18.7
Homework 4, Sunday April 14 at 11:55 P.M.
mdps.txt
12 April 15
Learning from examples
4/15 Ch. 18.8-18.9
Midterm 2, Wednesday April 17
Covers chapters 15-17

13 April 22
Learning probabilistic models
4/22
4/24
Ch. 20
 

14 April 29
Reinforcement learning
4/29
5/1
Ch. 21
 
Homework 5, Sunday May 5 at 11:55 P.M.
p2Tree.csv
15 May 6
Extra topics
5/6 TBA
16 May 13
Finals
 
 
Final Exam,
Tuesday May 14,
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Mechanical Engineering 108 (normal classroom)
Project due Tuesday May 14 at 11:55 P.M.