CPSC 625-600 Artificial Intelligence:
Fall 2016

Syllabus

I. General Information

Instructor: Dr. Yoonsuck Choe Email: choe@tamu.edu Office: HRBB 322B Phone: 979-845-5466 Hours: Tue/Thu 2:30pm-3:30pm

TA: Randall Reams Email: rcr344@tamu.edu Office: HRBB 339 Office hours: MWF 11:30am-12:30pm

Grader: Anavil Tripathi Email: anaviltripathi@tamu.edu * Grader does not hold office hours.

Prerequisite/Restrictions:

CPSC 311 or equivalent

Lectures:

Tue/Thu 3:55pm-5:10pm, ETB 1020

Goals:

To understand the problems in AI and to learn how to solve them:

1. traditional methods in AI (search, pattern matching, logical inference, theorem proving, planning, etc.).
2. modern approaches in AI (learning, probabilistic approaches, etc.).

Textbook:

Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (AIMA, hereafter), 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2010.
Book Homepage

Computer Accounts and Usage:

1. Computer accounts: if you do not have a unix account, ask for one on the CS web page. We will be using the CMU Common Lisp as our main language. You may use a different language but example code will only be made available in Lisp.
2. CMU Common Lisp:
   • Carnegie Mellon U. Common Lisp homepage

Topics to be covered:

See the Weekly Schedule section for more details.

1. Introduction
2. LISP
3. Search
4. Game playing, alpha-beta pruning
5. Propositional Logic, first-order logic, theorem proving
6. Planning
7. Uncertainty, probabilistic approaches
8. Learning
9. Advanced topics

Grading:

1. Exams: 50% (midterm: 20%, final: 30%)

   Make up exams:

   • There will be no make up exam for those who do not show up for the exam without 24 hour prior notice that is due to legitimate reasons.
   • For illness-related absence, explicit doctor's note of excuse (e.g. "<Full Name> is unable to attend classes on <Date> due to illness.") is required. Just a note acknowledging that you visited the doctor's clinic or student health center is not enough.
   • Make up exams will be different from the original exams although the difficuly will be adjusted to be comparable.

2. Homeworks: 15% (about 3, 5% each)
3. Programming Assignments: 30% (about 3: 10% each)
4. Attendance: 5%

There will be no curving. The cutoff for an `A' will be 90% of total score, 80% for a `B', 70% for a `C', 60% for a `D', and below 60% for an 'F'.

Attendance is mandatory. Sign-in sheet will be distributed on random dates (about 10 times). More than 2 recorded absences will lead to 0% for attendance. Faked signatures will get 0% for attendance and an additional 15% penalty toward the final grade.

Late penalty: 1 point (out of 100) per hour. Late submissions will not be accepted 4 days after the deadline and/or after the solution has been posted.

Academic Integrity Statement:

AGGIE HONOR CODE: An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.

Upon accepting admission to Texas A&M University, a student immediately assumes a commitment to uphold the Honor Code, to accept responsibility for learning, and to follow the philosophy and rules of the Honor System. Students will be required to state their commitment on examinations, research papers, and other academic work. Ignorance of the rules does not exclude any member of the TAMU community from the requirements or the processes of the Honor System.

For additional information please visit: http://aggiehonor.tamu.edu/

Local Course Policy:

• All work should be done individually and on your own unless otherwise allowed by the instructor.
• Discussion is only allowed immediately before, during, or immediately after the class, or during the instructor's office hours.
• If you find solutions to homeworks or programming assignments on the web (or in a book, etc.), you may (or may not) use it. Please check with the instructor.

Students with Disabilities:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, or call 845-1637.

1. LISP quick reference
2. CMU Common Lisp (This one will be used in the class.)
3. GNU Common Lisp
4. My general resources page

• Lecture notes (in PDF format): all notes will be uploaded in this directory.
• It is your responsibility to download, print, and bring the notes to the class. Notes will be available 24 hours before each class.
• See the TAMU Calendar for breaks, etc.
• When reading the chapters, you do not have to memorize everything. A separate list of terms you need to know will be handed out prior to each exam.
• All reading material below refers to the AIMA book 3rd edition.
• More detail will be available as we go along.