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 Your To-Do list 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: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) Photo gallery (protected) AI Demos: