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CompSci-175, Project in AI, Spring 2011
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  • Classroom: ICS 180
  • Days: Tuesday & Thursday
  • Time: 2:00pm - 3:20pm
  • Instructor: Rina Dechter - dechter@ics.uci.edu
    Office: DBH 4232
    Hours: TBA
  • TA: William Lam - willmlam@ics.uci.edu
    Office: DBH 4099
    Hours: TBA
Requirements:
Students are required to do a project in Artificial Intelligence.

Final project: submit a report + code + demo + presentation.

Students will be required to work independently and be expected to acquire all the knowledge necessary for the project. They will have to fill in the necessary gaps in their background.


Grading:
Midterm report: 30%
Demo-presentation: 35%
Final report: 35%

Specific ideas for projects: see the projects page

Assignments and progress reports
For any assignment that you submit you should always state at the top of the report: the team number, the names of team members and the project title.

    Be sure to address the following questions:
    1. How does the project build upon what is available in the literature and out there?
    2. Important: What is the architecture of your project (different modules and who is doing what on the team)?
    3. What AI algorithms will you be using?
    4. what tools will you use, or have started to use?
    5. Is there any data that you need to access?
    6. How would you evaluate your project? What is the criteria for success?
    7. What initial code have you started to develop?

Past Projects
Resources on the Internet


Schedule:

Week Topic Date   Information    Assignment
Week 1
  • Overview of constraint networks
03-29 Slides
Week 2
  • Numberjack tutorial
04-05 Slides Project Proposals
Week 3
04-12
Week 4
  • Overview of Bayesian networks
04-19 Slides
Week 5
  • Paper presentations
04-26 Draft progress report
(due Tuesday)
Week 6
  • Midterm reports and presentations
05-03
Week 7
05-10
Week 8
05-17
Week 9
05-24
Week 10
  • Demo-presentations
05-31
Week 11
  • (Finals): final report + code + demo-presentation
06-09