CSci 4511w: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Spring 2010

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Class Announcements

• April 29. Last Opportunity for Extra Credit. If you complete the #12 in-class activity you will get extra credit. Here is a new version of the exercise with corrections to the formulas and some more explanations.
• April 29. Makeup exam There will be a makeup final for anyone who wants to take it on Monday May 10 from 1:00 to 3:00 in the classroom (ME 212). If you want to take the makeup exam, please email me in advance so I know how many copies of the exam to make. Once you decide which exam to take, you have to stick to it, unless you get approval from me.
• Final Exam Reading List. The exam is open book and notes but no computer. The exam will cover the material from the entire semester, with emphasis on what was covered after the second midterm.
  Chapter 1;
  Chapter 2;
  Chapter 3;
  Chapter 4.1 and 4.5 (only 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 up to 150);
  Chapter 5 (up to 5.5, up to page 180);
  from Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.3 only up to page 217, 6.4;
  from Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 only up to page 256;
  from Chapter 8: 8.1 and 8.2;
  from Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2 (except 9.2.3), 9.5 only up to page 350;
  from Chapter 10: 10.1, 10.2;
  from Chapter 12: 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5;
  from Chapter 18: 18.3; Alternatively you can read the slides from Mitchell's book
  from Chapter 21: 21.3.2. Alternatively you can read the slides from Mitchell's book
  If you have the second edition of the book:
  Chapter 1,
  Chapter 2,
  Chapter 3 (except 3.6),
  Chapter 4 (skip 4.4 and read 4.5 up to page 126),
  from Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2 only up to page 144, 5.3;
  Chapter 6 (up to page 178).
  from Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 only up to page 217;
  from Chapter 8: 8.1 and 8.2;
  from Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2 only up to page 277, 9.5 only up to page 300.
  from Chapter 10: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.6;
  from Chapter 11: 11.1, 11.2;
  from Chapter 18: 18.3;
  from Chapter 21: 21.3 (only from page 775).
• April 16. No office hours today April 16. I am out of twon for a meeting, so I will not have office hours.
• April 8. The fifth writing assignment has been posted.
• April 8. Second Midterm Tuesday April 13. The exam is open book and notes but no computer.
  Reading list:
  from Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.3 only up to page 217, 6.4;
  from Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 only up to page 256;
  from Chapter 8: 8.1 and 8.2;
  from Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2 (except 9.2.3), 9.5 only up to page 350;
  If you have the second edition of the book:
  from Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2 only up to page 144, 5.3;
  from Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 only up to page 217;
  from Chapter 8: 8.1 and 8.2;
  from Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2 only up to page 277, 9.5 only up to page 300.
• April 1. Extra Credit. Since not everyone finished the exercise we did in class today, you will have the opportunity to submit the work for extra credit. I will check your answers and return them in class on Tuesday. You will then have time to submit your work by Thursday. Here are the questions.
• April 1. No office hours tomorrow April 2. I will be all day at the Robot FIRST competition as a judge, so my office hour is canceled.
• March 31. No assignment due next week. Writing 5 has been moved to later (April 20).
• March 25. Opportunity for extra credit. As mentioned in class, you have the opportunity to obtain extra credit by submitting with your homework #4 answers to the in class exercise #8. This is in addition to the credit you will get for doing the in class activity. Look at the fourth homework to find it.
• March 12. The fourth writing assignment is ready. The due date has been extended to Thursday March 25, but you can still submit in on Tuesday! The fourth homework is also available.
• March 11. Change of office hours on Friday March 12. I have a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, so my office hours will start earlier at 1:00 and end at 2:30. I will be available during the break so if you need help with the homework send me email and we will arrange to meet.
• February 26. First Midterm Tuesday March 2.
  The exam is open book and notes but no computer.
  Reading list:
  Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4.1 and 4.5 (only 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 up to 150), Chapter 5 (up to 5.5, up to page 180).
  If you have the second edition of the book, you should read Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 (except 3.6), Chapter 4 (skip 4.4 and read 4.5 up to page 126), and Chapter 6 (up to page 178).
• February 22. Will Groves is sick today, so his office hour is canceled. I will have an office hour today from 4:30 to 5:30.
• February 15. The third writing assignment has been finalized.
• January 20. The first writing assignment has been posted. It is due Tuesday January 26.
• January 20. The classroom has been changed to ME 212 starting tomorrow Thursday January 21. It is a larger room, so everyone will be more confortable.
• January 18. The syllabus is finalized. See you in class tomorrow!
• November 14 Page set up
  Material will be added soon.

Lectures

Room:

EE/CSci 3-111

Time:

Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-3:45pm

Instructor:

Dr. Maria Gini (gini at cs.umn.edu)
office hours: Th 11:00-12:00 and Friday 2:00-3:00
and by appointment in EE/CSci 5-213, (612) 625-5582.
Address: 4-192 EE/CSci Building, 200 Union St. SE, Mpls, MN 55455

Teaching Assistants:

Will Groves (groves at cs.umn.edu)
office hours: M 1:30 to 2:30 and W 4:45 to 5:45 in 2-209 EE/CS
Baylor Wetzel (wetzel at cs.umn.edu)
office hours: M 12:00-1:00 and T 1:00-2:00. in 2-209 EE/CS

Textbook:

Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig "Artificial Intelligence. A modern approach. 3rd Edition", Prentice-Hall, 2010. (Chapters 1-12).
The third edition of the textbook has just been published. Since the second edition is out of print, it is hard to find it. I will provide the mapping between the two editions, so either one will work.

You'll need reference material on Lisp. Here are some choices:

Lamkins, Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp, bookfix.com, 2004. [The author is asking people not to purchase a printed copy of his book, due to publisher not paying royalties. ]
Graham, ANSI Common Lisp, Prentice Hall, 1996
Peter Seibel Practical Common Lisp
another full book with on the web with code for many applications