CS540 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CS540, Spring 2026
Department of Computer Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Madison
| Week | Topic | Blerina's Material LEC 001-2 | Young's Material LEC 003 | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 (Jan 20–23) | Welcome, Course Overview and Probability | Week 1 | ||
| Week 2 (Jan 26–30) | Statistics, Linear Algebra and PCA | Week 2 | Wednesday Jan 28: HW 1 Released | |
| Week 3 (Feb 2–6) | Introduction to Logic and Natural Language Processing (NLP) | Week 3 | Wednesday Feb 4: HW 1 Due; HW 2 Released | |
| Week 4 (Feb 9–13) | Machine Learning: Introduction and Unsupervised Learning I | Week 4 | Wednesday Feb 11: HW 2 Due; HW 3 Released | |
| Week 5 (Feb 16–20) | Unsupervised Learning II and Linear Regression | Week 5 | Wednesday Feb 18: HW 3 Due; HW 4 Released | |
| Week 6 (Feb 23–27) | K-Nearest Neighbors, Naive Bayes, and Neural Networks I | Week 6 | Wednesday Feb 25: HW 4 Due; HW 5 Released | |
| Week 7 (Mar 2–6) | Neural Networks II, Neural Networks III | Week 7 | Wednesday Mar 4: HW 5 due, HW 6 Released | |
| Week 8 (Mar 9–13) | Deep Learning I & II | Week 8 | Wednesday Mar 11: HW 6 due, HW 7 Released | |
| Week 9 (Mar 16–20) | Deep Learning III & IV | Week 9 | ||
| MIDTERM EXAM March 24th, 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM | ||||
| Week 10 (Mar 23–27) | ML/DL Summary, and Search I: Uninformed Search | Week 10 | ||
| SPRING RECESS Mar 28-Apr 5 | ||||
| Week 11 (Apr 6–10) | Search II: Informed Search and Games I | Week 11 | Wednesday Apr 8: HW 7 Due; HW 8 Released | |
| Week 12 (Apr 13–17) | Games II and Introduction Reinforcement Learning I | Week 12 | Wednesday Apr 15: HW 8 Due; HW 9 Released | |
| Week 13 (Apr 20–24) | Reinforcement Learning II and Advanced Search | Week 13 | Wednesday Apr 22: HW 9 Due; HW 10 Released | |
| Week 14 (Apr 27–May 1) | Ethics and Trust in AI and Review | Week 14 | Wednesday Apr 29: HW 10 Due | |
| FINAL EXAM May 7th, 12:25 PM - 2:25 PM | ||||