CS540 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

CS540, Summer 2025

Department of Computer Sciences

University of Wisconsin-Madison

# Schedule (Subject to Change)

Slides will be updated the week they are covered.

Date	Topic	Lecture Notes	Assignments
Jun 17, 18	Perceptron, Logistic Regression	L1, L2	HW1
Jun 19, 20	Neural Network, Gradient Descent, Genetic Algorithm	L3, L4	HW2
Jun 24, 25	Support Vector Machines, Decision Trees, K-Nearest Neighbors	L5, L6	HW3
Jun 26, 27	Computer Vision, Convolutional Neural Network	L7, L8	HW4
Jul 1, 2	Natural Language Processing, Naive Bayes	L9, L10	CP1
Jul 3, 4	Recurrent Neural Network, Large Language Models	L11, L12	CP2
Jul 8, 9	Project Competition, Review	L13, L14	-
Jul 10, 11	Midterm Exam	-	-
Jul 15, 16	Hierarchical Clustering, K Means Clustering, Principal Component Analysis	L15, L16	HW5
Jul 17, 18	Iterative Deepening Search, A* Search	L17, L18	HW6
Jul 22, 23	Game Theory, Minimax and Alpha-Beta Pruning	L19, L20	HW7
Jul 24, 25	Markov Decision Process, Reinforcement Learning	L21, L22	HW8
Jul 29, 30	Project Competition, Deep Reinforcement Learning	L23, L24	CP3
Jul 31, 1	Multi-Agent System, Review	L25, L26	CP4
Aug 5, 6	Human-Centered AI, Project Competition	L27, L28	-
Aug 7, 8	Final Exam	-	-

📗 (RN) Russell and Norvig: Chapters from the optional textbook: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig Link.

📗 Math and Statistics Review:

➩ Professor Jerry Zhu's "math crib sheet" (all the math you need to know for the course): Link.

➩ Calculus (for references only): Link.

➩ Linear Algebra (for references only): Link.

➩ Probability and Statistics (for references only): Link.

📗 Python Crash Course: PPTX

📗 Selected past exams: Link

📗 Past exams by Professor Jerry Zhu: Link

📗 Old slides: Link

Last Updated: July 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM