CS 540: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Fall 2009 

Instructor: Xiaojin (Jerry) Zhu
	Office: 6391 Computer Science
	Phone:  890-0129 
	E-mail: jerryzhu@cs.wisc.edu
	Office Hours: 2:45-3:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and by appointment

Teaching Assistants: 
	Mark Chapman
	Office: 1301 Computer Science
	Phone:  262-6600 
	E-mail: chapman@cs.wisc.edu
	Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Mondays, and by appointment

	Zhiting Xu
	Office: 3393 Computer Science
	Phone:  262-0018 
	E-mail: zhiting@cs.wisc.edu
	Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Wednesdays, and by appointment
	
	Shengnan Wang
	Office: 5387 Computer Science
	Phone:  262-1721 
	E-mail: shengnan@cs.wisc.edu
	Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and by appointment
	
Schedule: 
	Lecture: 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. MWF, Room 1325 Computer Sciences Building

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Syllabus, Lecture Notes, and Readings

Homeworks

Examinations

Prerequisite: 
	CS 367

Textbook: 
	Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2nd edition. 
	Stuart J. Russell and Peter Norvig.  
	Prentice Hall, Englewook Cliffs, N.J., 2003

Grading:
 Midterm Exam: about 30%
 Final Exam: about 30%
 Homework Assignments: about 40%
Note: The distribution of CS540 final grades has been as follows. 
This is an approximation, and changes from semester to semester. 
The median student's course grade is usually a low B or high BC.
The percentiles refer to ranking 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%

Web Page: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jerryzhu/cs540.html

Class E-mail Address: compsci540-2-f09@lists.wisc.edu (Class E-mail Archive)

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AI Demos:
The textbook Web site has many links to AI demos
Professor Chuck Dyer maintains a list of AI demos too