6.034 Artificial Intelligence, Fall, 2004
FORSAN ET HAEC OLIM MEMINISSE IUVABIT
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Note that the schedule is subject to change.
Quiz dates and final are an exception: they are now fixed.
The schedule contains references to chapters in Artificial Intelligence, 3rd edition and other on-line sources. Treat this material as background reading; lecture presentation takes precedence in matters of focus and vocabulary.
| 1 | Wed | Sep 08 | - | PHW | Introductory preview: what is AI? |
| 2 | Mon | Sep 13 | R | PHW | Rules in symbolic integration, a case study, p. 61 |
| 3 | Wed | Sep 15 | R | PHW | Rules in rule-based expert systems, pp. 53-60, 119-137 |
| 4 | Mon | Sep 20 | R | PHW | Basic search, Chapter 4 |
| 5 | Wed | Sep 12 | R | PHW | Optimal search, Chapter 5 |
| 6 | Mon | Sep 27 | R | PHW | Search in games, Chapter 6 |
| 7 | Wed | Sep 29 | L | PHW | Learning by evolving a solution, Chapter 25 |
| 8 | Mon | Oct 04 | R | PHW | Constraint in the blocks world, pp. 249-272 |
| 9 | Wed | Oct 06 | R | PHW | Constraint in maps and schedules |
| - | Mon | Oct 11 | - | - | MIT Holiday, Columbus Day |
| 10 | Wed | Oct 13 | - | - | In-class examination |
| 11 | Mon | Oct 18 | R | PHW | Frames as representation paradigm, pp. 179-202 |
| 12 | Wed | Oct 20 | R | PHW | Frames as inference mechanism, pp. 202-206 |
| 13 | Mon | Oct 25 | R | PHW | Learning by nearest neighbors Chapters, 19 |
| 14 | Wed | Oct 27 | R | PHW | Learning by building identification trees, Chapter 21 |
| 15 | Mon | Nov 01 | L | PHW | Learning by back propagation in neural nets, Chapter 22 |
| 16 | Wed | Nov 03 | L | PHW | Boosing algorithms |
| 17 | Mon | Nov 08 | L | PHW | Support Vector Machines |
| 18 | Wed | Nov 10 | L | PHW | Self-organizing maps |
| - | Thu | Nov 1 | - | - | MIT Holiday, Veterans Day |
| 19 | Mon | Nov 15 | - | - | In-class examination |
| 20 | Wed | Nov 17 | L, S | PHW | Learning by exploiting linear combinations in vision, Chapter 26 |
| 20 | Wed | Nov 17 | - | - | Drop date |
| 21 | Mon | Nov 22 | L, S | PHW | Learning by exploiting sparse spaces in speech |
| 22 | Wed | Nov 24 | - | PHW | What I learned about biz after I thought I knew everything |
| - | Thu | Nov 25 | - | - | MIT Holiday, Thanksgiving |
| - | Fri | Nov 26 | - | - | MIT Holiday, Thanksgiving |
| 23 | Mon | Nov 29 | L, S | PHW | Learning by analyzing differences, Chapter 16 |
| 24 | Wed | Dec 01 | L, S | PHW | Learning by explanation and repair, Chapters 17 and 18, evaluation |
| 25 | Mon | Dec 06 | S | TBD | - |
| 26 | Wed | Dec 08 | - | PHW | Farewell Summary |
| 27 | Wed | Dec 15 | - | - | Final Examination, 1:30PM - 4:30PM, duPont |
Wednesday, December 15,
| R = Focus on Reasoning | L = Focus on Learning | S = Focus on Science |
| PHW = Patrick Winston | TBD = To be determined |
