Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Lectures:
On Tuesdays at 14-16 and Thursdays at 12-13 in TS128 (periods 4-5). The first lecture will be given on 10.1.2012. The lectures will be in Finnish (but most slides will be in English).
Programming exercise (Java):
The initial lecture (in Finnish) will be held on 9.2.2012 at 13:15 in TS128. More information at http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/imag/courses/ai/exercise/.
Credits:
5 (points) / 3 (credits)
Lecturer:
Prof. Matti Pietikäinen (e-mail: mkp "at"
ee.oulu.fi)
Assistants:
D.Sc. (Tech.) Vili Kellokumpu, exam (vili.kellokumpu "at" ee.oulu.fi)
M.Sc. Valtteri Takala, programming exercise (valtteri.takala "at" ee.oulu.fi)
Goal:
To make an introduction to artificial intelligence, especially to the basic concepts and methods of knowledge engineering. After taking the course, the student will be familiar with the most important knowledge representation techniques and problem solving methods and understands their advantages and disadvantages.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Intelligent agents
- Solving problems by searching
- Informed search and exploration
- Constraint satisfaction problems
- Games (adversarial search)
- Logical agents
- First-order logic
- Inference in first-order logic
- Planning (Ch. 11.1-11.4 of Russell and Norvig's book)
- Uncertainty (Ch. 13)
- Bayesian Networks (Ch. 14.1-14.2)
- Learning from observation (Ch. 18.1-18.3)
Realization:
Lectures, programming exercise, examination.
Course Material:
Russell S., Norvig P.: Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach, Second Edition,
Prentice Hall, 2003. Pages: 1-307, 375-402, 462-499, 649-664. (lecture slides, original
slides) Note: There are no slides available for the Chapter 11 but you can access the original material at http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/2nd-ed/.
Syrjänen M.: Lecture notes (in Finnish), Helsinki University of Technology. Note: The notes in Finnish do not cover Chapters 13, 14 and 18 of the Russell and Norvig book.
Prerequisites:
Knowledge of some (Java is preferred) programming language.
Next exam:
Two exams in spring (13.4. and 15.5.) and one in fall 2012.
Registration:
https://weboodi.oulu.fi/
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