Instructor:  Milos Hauskrecht
Computer Science Department
5329 Sennott Square
phone: x4-8845
e-mail: milos at cs pitt edu
office hours: Wednesday 10:30am-noon, Thursday 2:30-4:00pm

TA:  Yanbing Xue
Computer Science Department
6804 Sennot Square
phone: 4-8455
e-mail: yax14 at pitt edu
office hours: Monday 11:00am-2:00pm

Course description
Lectures
Grading
Homeworks
 

Announcements (check often)

• Course syllabus
• The final exam for the course will be held on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 1:00pm in SENSQ 5313. The final exam is a closed book exam and it covers the course material from the whole semester.
• Homework assignment 11 is out and due on Tuesday, December 6, 2017 before the class. Data for the assignment can be found here .
• Homework assignment submission rules. The programs and reports should be submitted electronically via courseweb prior to the lecture on the due date. The reports should be submitted in the pdf format. If you include any hand-made writings or drawings in the report please make sure they fit the page and are legible. The submissions (or their parts) that are not legible with a pdf reader will receive zero score. For programming part, please read the rules/instructions for submitting programming part of your assignments .

This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques underlying the construction of intelligent computer systems. Topics covered in the course include: problem solving and search, logic and knowledge representation, planning, reasoning and decision-making in the presence of uncertainty, and machine learning.

Prerequisites:  undergraduate AI course (CS 1571 or equivalent) or the permission of the instructor.
 

Textbook:

Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig. Artificial Intelligence.  A modern approach. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2009.
Note: The third edition of the book was published at the end of 2009. Multiple changes to the first (1995) and second (2002) editions of the book occured. Please make sure you get the new edition.
 

• Homework assignments    45 %
• Midterm                           20 %
• Final                                 30 %
• Lectures/activity                  5 %

There will be weekly homework assignments. The homeworks will include a mix of both theoretical problems, and programming assignments. The assignments are due at the beginning of the class on the day specified on the assignment. In general, no extensions will be granted.

Collaborations. Collaborations on homeworks are not permitted. Cheating and any other antiintellectual behavior will be dealt with severely. If you feel you may have violated the rules speak to us as soon as possible.

Programming assignments. Knowledge of C/C++ language is neccessary for the programming part. C/C++ programs submitted by you should compile with g++ compiler under unix. Please see the rules for submitting programming assignments.

Students With Disabilities:
If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and Disability Resources and Services, 216 William Pitt Union, (412) 648-7890/(412) 383-7355 (TTY), as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accomodations for this course.