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Date: 11/30 Title: Presentation schedule
Date: 10/28 Title: Term project info
Date: 9/14 Title: Program #1 correction

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Date: 11/30 Title: Presentation schedule 

Term project presentation schedule


12/2 75 minutes - 9 minutes each (including Q/A)
	Vasant
	Manoj
	Raymond
	Nakul
	Yong
	Jaime
	

12/7 75+20 minutes - 9 minutes each (including Q/A)
	We will meet 10 minutes early: 2:10pm 

	Sumant
	Hao
	Pan
	Amit
	Aamir
	Longfei
	Dilip
	Aditya
	Sushma
	Saurabh

Grading of the presentation will be based on the following:

        1. Intro: Did you properly motivate your research problem?
        2. Method:
                Does the proposed method include novel algorithmic
                and/or experimental design?
        3. Results:
                Do the results support the main claims?
        4. Discussion & Conclusion
                Were proper discussion and conclusions given?
Date: 10/28 Title: Term project info 
Code-base



    
	
  1.  Backpropagation: backprop-1.6.tar.gz (C++ code -- unix)
	
  2.  Neuroevolution: ga.m (Octave code)
	
  3.  SIDA: sida-nat.tar.gz (Octave code)
	
  4.  FOL resolution theorem prover skeleton code:
	dupeclause.l, fol-dupe-check.lsp, gen-next.lsp, sunify.lsp, theorems.lsp (Lisp) 
	
  5.  JAVA version of NEAT called ANJI (with some modifications by YC):
	anji_2_01-choe.10Oct28.tar.gz. Original source at http://anji.sourceforge.net/.




Final miniproject details


1. Pick a code-base

	- YC's backpropagation code (in c++)
	- YC's neuroevolution code (in octave)
	- YC's SIDA code for sensorimotor semantics (in octave)
	- YC's FOL resolution theorem prover skeleton code (in lisp)
	- Your own code
	- A third-party open source

2. Formulate your research problem

	- Pick a task
	- Locate data set (if needed)
	- Design extensions and experiments
	
3. Proposal

	- Team members: max 2 per team.
	- What is the research problem?
	- Why is it important/interesting?
	- What are other people's approaches?
	- What are the limitations of those approaches?
	- What is your approach?
	- What experiments will you do?
	- What are the expected results?
	- Who will work on which portion of the project?
	- Submit by 11/5.

	* Some project ideas:
		1. experiment with SIDA and run on images with various
		  curvatures and with randomly oriented lines.
		2. use ANJI for navigation, obstacle avoidance, and
		  other dynamic environmental interactions.
		3. KB + question answering system using resolution 
		   theorem prover.
		4. Dr. Ronnie Ward will give a guest lecture on 11/4 and
		   suggest potential topics as well.

4. Presentation
	- 10 minutes (8 minute presentation + 2 minute Q/A).
	- Present final or interim results

5. Final report
	- 4-5 pages, single space report.
	- Due by 12/7, 6pm, HRBB 322B.
Date: 9/14 Title: Program #1 correction 
I mentioned this in class, but just to make it formal, I'll repeat it.

As for division by zero,

        1. you are not required to check it in (deriv ...)

        2. you are required to check it in (deriv-eval ...)

This means, you cannot use the simple trick I mentioned in class
on how to evaluate expressions in Lisp, involving (eval ...), and
as a result, you have to write a recursive expression evaluator.
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