CPSC 502: Artificial Intelligence I

• Instructor: David Poole. Office hours: Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 room ICCS 127 or by appointment.
• Lectures: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:00-12:30, DMP 201

This course is designed to be a "breadth" introduction to artificial intelligence. It will make a broad coverage of modern AI. It is suitable for those with no AI background, or with only one undergraduate course in AI (or Machine Learning). It is designed for computer science students, but is also suitable for cognitive science or engineering students or those with some familiarity with algorithms, complexity, logic, and probability.

Organization

• For the first 9 or 10 weeks (see schedule) we will cover an overview of the material in lectures and assignments.
• There will be a midterm on the material covered in class.
• The last few weeks will cover current research topics presented by students.
• Students will write a review paper based on the lecture they gave, and peer review the papers of other students

Assessment

• Assignments -- 25%
• Writtem Exam -- 35%
• Class presentation -- 10%
• Review Paper-- 30%

We will accept assignments up to the time solutions to the assignment are posted, after which no credit will be given. The solution will not be posted before the due time.

Academic integrity is essential for a university to function. Plagiarism and cheating will be treated seriously. The work you hand in must be your own, except where you have explicitly cited the source. If in doubt, put other's words in quotations and cite the source. See UBC Regulation on Plagiarism.