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CSE 473 (Spring 1996) Home Page;CSE 473 (Spring 1996);INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; Instructor:; Steve Tanimoto, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington,;Seattle, WA 98195.; TA:; Jeremy Baer;Meetings:; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2:30 PM to 3:20 AM, in Sieg Hall room 231.; Steve's Office Hours:; Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 in Sieg 312.; Wednesdays from 11:00 to 12:00 in Sieg 312.; Jeremy's Office Hours:; Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:20 in Sieg 326D.; Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:20 in Sieg 326D.; Course Newsgroup:;Newsgroup uw-cs.courses.cse473 has been created for CSE 473.;The newsgroup is accessable only through CSE machines.;Messages to the newsgroup can be posted by sending mail to post-cse473@cs;or by using a news interface such as Pnews or trn.; Course Mailing List: cse473; Mailing list archive (not implemented).; Schedule:; This is a tentative; schedule: of topics.; Number of Credits:; 3; Grading:; Homework 25%; Midterm exam 20%; Final exam 30%; Project 20%; Class participation 5%; Hardcopy Readings:; Required text:;The Elements of Artificial Intelligence Using Common Lisp, 2nd edition,;W. H. Freeman, 1995. (I've worked hard to create an AI textbook that is;self-contained, so you don't have to purchase a separate book on Lisp,;you don't have to buy a separate book on AI example programs, and you;don't have to purchase a separate book on the mathematical theory.); Online reference materials for Lisp:; What Lisp is.;;The Lisp FAQ provides the answers to many questions about Lisp and;its implementations.;;Common Lisp: The Language, 2nd edition is the standard reference;on Common Lisp. (It seems best if you access it via the table-of-contents;page, rather than by trying to download the entire HTML file or;postscript.); You can get the source code for;the Lisp programs from The Elements of Artificial Intelligence Using;Common Lisp, 2nd edition.; Here are some interesting links to info about how to use Lisp for;programming World-Wide Web applications.; Facilities:; In order to take advantage of the new Allegro Common Lisp for Windows;implementation of Lisp, with its excellent features for program;development and interface construction, we are using the;Intel Pentium PC laboratory in Sieg Hall.; There is a free version of Allegro Common Lisp that is;for Windows 95 and Windows NT. It can be;downloaded from franz.com on the Web.;If you have this kind of computer at home, with at least 8MB of RAM,;using this may be an attractive option for you.; Final examination:; The final exam for CSE 473 will be given;according to the UW schedule of final examinations.;It will be a closed-book, multiple-choice test.;Bring a mark-sense form with you to the test. Here is a;list of topics that you should know for the final.;Announcements; 25 March.; Welcome to this course and its course web!;This course is about artificial intelligence. It covers;both the mathematical theory of AI and the implementation;of AI techniques in Lisp. Topics include Lisp programming;techniques, knowledge representation, search, logical;reasoning, probabilistic reasoning, case-based reasoning,;planning, learning, language understanding, vision,;neural nets, and expert systems.;31 March.; The reading on CLOS is now linked into the Assignment 2 web page.; The course's newsgroup has been set up by the CSL staff.;"Newsgroup uw-cs.courses.cse473 has been created for CSE 473.;The newsgroup is accessable only through CSE machines.;Messages to the newsgroup can be posted by sending mail to post-cse473@cs;or by using a news interface such as Pnews or trn."; 22 April.;;The mid-term examination will be given on Wednesday, May 1.; 22 April.; There will be a review session for the midterm exam.;The review will be held Tuesday, April 30 at 4:30 PM in;our regular meeting room.; 26 April.;;Note about Assignment 5: We will be continuing the programming;part of Assignment 5 after the midterm. For Monday, April 29,;turn in, on paper, the following: All your solutions to Part 1;(exercises), your state representation in Part 2, a screen;shot of your user interface as it is so far, a description of;how you are or are going to generate moves in your search program,;and current status of the program.; 15 May.; Workload Reduction Proposal (circulated via email) was approved.; 22 May.;Here is the schedule for the rest of the term:; 24 May (Friday) lecture on neural nets. Preliminary demos of;project. (Either give a preliminary demo right after class, or;turn in a 1-page progress report in class).; 27 May (Monday) Memorial Day holiday -- no class.; 28 May (Tuesday) Review session for Final Exam from 4:30-5:30 in;Sieg 231.; 29 May (Wednesday) lecture on expert systems.;Explanation of peer evaluation system for projects.; 31 May (Friday) Wrap-up. Demonstrations of projects, peer evaluation;of projects.; 4 June (Tuesday) 2:30-4:20. Final Exam in Sieg 231.;Bring a mark-sense form with you to the test.;Assignments;Assignment 1 due on Friday, March 29, in class.;Assignment 2 due on Friday, April 5, in class.;Assignment 3 due on Friday, April 12, in class.;Assignment 4 due on Monday, April 22, in class.;Assignment 5 due on Monday, April 29, in class.;Assignment 6 due on Monday, May 13, in class.;Project portions due on May 17, 24, and 31, in class.;tanimoto@cs.washington.edu;