CS 639, Spring 2025
Department of Computer Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Madison
This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Please check back often. In particular, the deadlines for the homework sets/project may change; please see Canvas for the actual deadlines.
Reading responses are due on Gradescope by Monday at 12pm (US Central Time) the week they are assigned. For example, the reading listed for Tuesday, January 28 is due on Monday, January 29.
| Date | Lecture | Readings (Respond by Monday at 12pm) | Homework Released | Homework Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Jan 21 | Course Overview: Topics, Goals, Evaluation | |||
| Thursday, Jan 23 | Probability Review and Basic Interaction Model | Optional reading: Calculus review, Probability review | ||
| Tuesday, Jan 28 | Basic Control I | Ben Kuipers's Tutorial on Control Theory (first 10 sections), Braitenberg Vehicles | Control Assignment | |
| Thursday, Jan 30 | Basic Control II | |||
| Tuesday, Feb 4 | Bayes Filter I | Notes on the Bayes Filter | ||
| Thursday, Feb 6 | Bayes Filter II | |||
| Tuesday, Feb 11 | Kalman Filter I | Notes on the Kalman Filter and EKF | Control Assignment | |
| Thursday, Feb 13 | Kalman Filter II | Filtering Assignment | ||
| Tuesday, Feb 18 | Particle Filter I | |||
| Thursday, Feb 20 | Particle Filter II | |||
| Tuesday, Feb 25 | Basic SLAM I | Filtering Assignment | ||
| Thursday, Feb 27 | Basic SLAM II | SLAM Assignment | ||
| Tuesday, Mar 4 | Advanced SLAM I | |||
| Thursday, Mar 6 | Advanced SLAM II | |||
| Tuesday, Mar 11 | Advanced Control I | SLAM Assignment | ||
| Thursday, Mar 13 | Advanced Control II | Planning Assignment | ||
| Tuesday, Mar 18 | Planning I | |||
| Tentative Midterm: March 18 | ||||
| Thursday, Mar 20 | Planning II | |||
| Tuesday, Mar 25 | Spring Break! | |||
| Thursday, Mar 27 | Spring Break! | |||
| Tuesday, Apr 1 | Reinforcement Learning I | |||
| Thursday, Apr 3 | Reinforcement Learning II | |||
| Tuesday, Apr 8 | Non-RL Robot Learning I | Final Project | Planning Assignment | |
| Thursday, Apr 10 | Non-RL Robot Learning II | |||
| Tuesday, Apr 15 | Human Robot Interaction I | |||
| Thursday, Apr 17 | Human Robot Interaction II | |||
| Tuesday, Apr 22 | Societal Impacts I | |||
| Thursday, Apr 24 | Societal Impacts II | |||
| Tuesday, Apr 29 | Applications I | |||
| Thursday, May 1 | Applications II | Final Project | ||