CS 540: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, University of Wisconsin

Instructor: Chuck Dyer

  Office:       6379 Computer Sciences Building
  Telephone:    262-1965
  E-mail:       dyer@cs.wisc.edu
  Office Hours: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, and by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Zhouyuan Li

  Office:       1301 Computer Sciences Building
  Telephone:    262-6600
  E-mail:       lizy@cs.wisc.edu
  Office Hours: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and by appointment

Schedule

Lecture: 9:55 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. MWF, Room 1325 Computer Sciences Building

Prerequisite

CS 367

Textbook

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3rd edition, S. Russell and P. Norvig, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2010

Grading

Midterm Exam: about 30%
Final Exam: about 30%
Homework Assignments: about 35%
Class attendance and participation (lecture, office hours, and Piazza): about 5%

Note: Typically, final grades have been distributed approximately as follows in recent semesters I have taught CS 540. Of course, interpret these as rough guidelines because scores cluster differently from semester to semester. The median student's course grade is usually a low B. The percentiles refer to ranking in the class based on the final weighted score.

    A   top ~15-20% of class
    AB next ~15-20%
    B  next ~15-25%
    BC next ~15-20%
    C  next ~15-20%
    D  next ~2-5%
    F  next ~2-5%

Examinations

Midterm: Tuesday, March 12, 7:15 p.m. - 9:15 p.m., room 113 Psychology
Final: Tuesday, May 14, 12:25 p.m. - 2:25 p.m., room 168 Noland

Exam grading questions must be resolved with the instructor within one week after it is returned.

Homework Assignments

Homework assignments will include written problems and programming in Java. Accounts will be provided on the Computer Science Department's instructional Linux workstations located in room 1350 CS. Assignment grading questions must be resolved with the TA or instructor within one week after it is returned.

Late Penalties

All assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. on the due date. One (1) day late (weekday or weekend), will result in 10% of the *total* points for the assignment deducted. So, for example, if an assignment is due on a Wednesday and it is handed in any time on Thursday, a 10% penalty will be deducted. Two (2) days late, 25% of the total points will be deducted; three (3) days late, 50% of the total points will be deducted. No homework can be turned in more than three (3) days late. A total of three (3) free late days may be used throughout the semester without penalty. They will be applied to the first late days incurred on the assignments.

Academic Integrity

All examinations, programming assignments, and written homeworks must be done individually. Cheating and plagiarism will be dealt with in accordance with University procedures (see the UW Academic Misconduct Policies and Procedures). Hence, for example, code for programming assignments must not be developed in groups, nor should code be shared. You are encouraged to discuss with your peers, the TA or the instructor ideas, approaches and techniques broadly, but not at a level of detail where specific implementation issues are described by anyone. If you have any questions on this, ask the instructor before you act.

CS 540 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Instructor: Chuck Dyer

Teaching Assistant: Zhouyuan Li

Schedule

Prerequisite

Textbook

Grading

Examinations

Homework Assignments

Late Penalties

Academic Integrity

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