CS 57100: Artificial Intelligence

MW 4:30-5:45pm

Lawson Computer Science Building (LWSN) B155

Instructor: Brian Bullins (Office: DSAI 3127)

Email: bbullins@purdue.edu

Course Outline

Course Topics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed in many real-world tasks. This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles and applications of AI. The course covers classic material including search-based methods, probabilistic reasoning, game playing, decision making, exact and approximate inference, causal learning, and reinforcement learning as well as selected advanced topics. The focus of the course is on foundational methods and current techniques for building AI systems that exhibit intelligent behavior and can learn from experience.

Note that there will be little coverage of machine learning in this course; those whose primary interest is in the machine learning aspects of AI should consider taking CS57300 or CS57800.

Prerequisites

The course assumes you are familiar with basic concepts in analysis, linear algebra, optimization (e.g., Math 26500 or 35100); elementary probability, statistics (e.g., Stat 35000 or 35500); and discrete mathematics, data structures, and algorithms (e.g., CS38100). Students are expected to have good programming and software development skills and have a working knowledge of Python and Java.

Teaching Assistants

• Abhijeet Vyas
  Office hours: Monday 2-4PM, HAAS G072
  Email: vyas26@purdue.edu
• Wei-Han Chen
  Office hours: Tuesday 10AM-12PM, DSAI B047
  Email: chen3189@purdue.edu

Instructor Office Hours

Available by appointment. (Please email me a time that works for you.)

Mailing List

There will be a course email list (via Brightspace) used for high-priority announcements. This will use your @purdue.edu email address, so please be sure to check this on a regular basis.

We will be using Gradescope to turn in and comment on assignments, and Brightspace for recording and distributing grades, and any other non-public information about the course.

Course Methodology

The course will primarily be taught through lectures, supplemented with reading.

The primary reading will be from the textbook. The written assignments and projects are also a significant component of the learning experience.

We will be using Ed Discussion to facilitate discussions; this will enable you to post questions as well as respond to questions posted by others. If you have not already joined Ed Discussion for this course, the link to do so can be found in the syllabus on Brightspace.

Evaluation/Grading

• Midterm Exam: 20%
• Final Exam: 30%
• Written assignments and programming projects: 30%
• Self-directed final team project: 20%

Late/Absence Policies

Late work will be penalized 15% per day (24 hour period or fraction thereof). The penalty is based on possible points, not your actual score. (E.g., after 5 days, if your submission achieves less than 75% of the possible points, you get a 0.) Each assignment has a hard deadline of five days after the published due date, after which the solution sets go out and no further submissions are accepted. Also note that the last day of class will be a hard deadline for all work. You are allowed five extension days, to be used at your discretion throughout the semester (illness, job interviews, etc.); no penalty is assessed for late work within this limit. If your assignments add up to more than five days late over the semester, the late days will be automatically applied to the highest value assignments (e.g., projects), so the 15% late penalties are applied to the lower value assignments first. Late penalties will only be applied at the end of the semester, so if you go beyond the allotted late days, you may see your score for some assignments drop. You must keep track of late days yourself. (Note: Fractional use is not allowed, and extension days may not be used to extend submission past the hard deadline (i.e., five days after the deadline, or the last day of class, whichever comes first). In addition, we follow the policy of absence requests through the Office of the Dean of Students.

Policy on Intellectual Honesty

Please read the departmental academic integrity policy. You should also be familiar with the Purdue University Code of Honor and the Academic Integrity Guide for Students.

Interaction among students is encouraged, and you should feel free to discuss the course with one another. However, unless otherwise noted, the work that you turn in should reflect your own efforts and knowledge.

Other Issues and Resources

University Emergency Preparedness instructions. Note: In the event of weather-related class cancellation, please be sure to check your email.

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Course Textbook

The textbook for this course is:

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
Pearson, 2021.
ISBN: 9780137505135

Course Outline (Tentative, Subject to Change):

FINAL EXAM: Date: Thursday, December 12, Time: 8:00am-10:00am, Location: Rawls Hall (RAWL) Room 1086