Artificiel intelligence, ai07The course gives a broad overview of the problems and methods studied in the field of artificial intelligence. Please respect the code of honour. Patric Jensfelt: Responsible and lecturerDanica Kragic: Lecturer Aim| Literature| Examination| Lectures Homeworks| Project| Help | Course evaluation Aim of the courseAfter completing this course the student will be able to
Besides the purely technical aspects, the course also provides the student with
LiteratureThe course literature isArtificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Second Edition) by Stuart J. Russell and Peter Norvig, Prentice Hall (2003), ISBN 0-13790-395-2 ExaminationThe examnination consists of completing homeworks (individual) and a projects (in groups). Starting from 2007 all grades at KTH are goal oriented. This means that to receive a certain grade the student has to fulfill the requirements for that grade. To recieve a passing grade the student should show basic knowledge of the course material and be able answer specific questions for which an answers are given during the lectures or in the textbook. A passing grade also require the student to work in a group, write a report that presents the results and present the results orally and critally review another groups report. For higher grades the student must show ability to formalize and apply the knowledge on practilcal examples.A grade A-F is given on the course.
For all examinations, we use the following code of honour.. LecturesThe official schedule for the lectures can be found here in text format and graphical format.Lecture overviewThe table below gives an overview of the lectures. The lecture notes will be posted in conjunction with the lecture. The exact content of each lecture is only tentative and may be adapted along the way.NOTE: You are NOT allowed to print the notes at CSC (printing at home of course OK). They are here for your convenience and we trust you to honour your part of this by now printing them.
HomeworkGoalsThis course gives a broad overview of the field of AI. The homeworks are intended to give the student a change to work with the material a bit more hands-on. To get the highest grade on the homework you will have to show that you can apply the knowledge in practice by solving some practical problems.Homework assignmentThere will be 3 homework assignments handed out during the course. The table below lists the dates when the homeworks will be available for download and when they are due. The homeworks should be handed in during the lectures or in the box label DD2380 at the ``Studentexpedition'' at Osquars Backe 2. The opening hours for the student office can be found here Homeworks that are not handed in in time will receive a penelty of -20 points.
Additional reading on HMMs. A bit of help for the final part of the homework: pseudo code For generating training data Scribble.java ProjectGoalsDuring the course you will learn about many things but as the scope is so broad you will not have time to focus so much. The project offers you that chance. It also gives you a chance to work in a group, write a report and make a presentation of your work at the end. For some students this could be an important rehearsal for the thesis work were you will be graded not only on the content of the thesis but also on the report, presentation as being able to critically assess the quality of someone elses work.ReportThe project work should be presented in the form of a report. Remember that this document is the main way in which your ideas for the project can be communicated in detail. The report should consist of the following:
You should remember that your report is the main method of communicating to the course instructors what you have accomplished and what methodology you have chosen to take. It is therefore very important that the report is well organized and well written. The report should not be longer than 20 pages (excl any source code listings that you might include) since nothing beyond 20 pages will be read. The report must be mailed to (patric@csc.kth.se) and be in pdf format. Along with the report you should also send in the source code in electronic format. PresentationsEach presentation is give a slot of 30min. This includes 15min presentation and 10-15min of questions/discussion. Remember that the presentation is part of the grade on the project so please make an effort. A projector will be available for the presentations. A laptop will also be available so that you can bring a USB stick if you do not have your own laptop. Please send an email the day before if you want to use the laptop. The presentation will be in seminar room 22:an at Teknikringen 14 (same room as the help hours).OppositionIn connection with the project presentation each group will be reviewed by another group. The opposing group should read the report and ask questions after the presentation. This opposition will be graded as well. Fill in the opposition protocol before the session (To show that you actually read it before the presentation;-) ) This protocol is available in 3 different formats ( pdf , word and openoffice )Grade on projectThe grade for the project is calculated similar to the master thesis grade. The work itself, the report, the presentation and the opposition are all graded. Each of these gets grade 0 (fail) - 3 (excellent). Each part need to have at least grade 1 (pass) for the project to get a passing grade. The grade for the work itself is multiplied with up to a factr of 3 and the points are summed up.
ProjectsWe offer two choices for projects.
Minesweep agentWe expect most people to choose this project where the aim is to construct an agent that plays minesweep. At the end of the project work we will organize a competition where the different project groups can compare the performance of their agents. More information about this project is available here.Tic-tac-toeImplement a program that allows you to play tic-tac-toe against the computer. This project is a lot simpler so you will not be able to get the highest grade on with this project (factor 1). A description can be found hereYou are also free to define your own project but you need to provide a detailed specification of what you plan to do and why. GroupsThe project work should be carried out in groups of 4 people. You are free to form your own groups. People that have not formed groups will be by the deadline will be assigned groups. The groups should be formed no later than in connection with handing in the first homework assignment. Add a page with information about the people in your group and their email addresses to the homework.Important dates for project workThe table below lists some important dates for the project work
Presentation time slots: Send an email to patric@kth.se with your preferred presenation time slot. The email should
We need to work out the time schedule on Tuesday (30/10) the latest so that you have time to read your opponents report and comment it. I will send out the reports as soon as I can. You should fill in the opposition record before coming to the presentation and bring 2 copies of it ( pdf , word and openoffice ) There will be a projector that you can plug in a laptop if you have one. I will have my laptop there as well that you can use if you need. I normally run linux (so pdf is probably ideal then). Please let me know if you need a windows computer with powerpoint for example. A USB stick is probably the best way to trasfer the presentation.
Help hoursIf you have questions about projects, homework or the course material you can come ot the help hours
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