COL-333/COL-671: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Semester I, 2022-23
Description
The course covers the foundational principles of artificial intelligence and is centered around the following themes: intelligent agents and AI, problem solving by search, constraint satisfaction, adversarial search, planning, probabilistic reasoning, decision-making under uncertainty, deep learning, reinforcement learning and applications.
Course Information
- Instructor: Rohan Paul
- Classes: Slot F. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 11:00am - 11:50am
- Venue: LH 111
- Teaching Assistants: Namasivayam K, Prayushi Faldu, Vishal Vivek Sale, Daman Deep Singh, Suraj Patni, Vishal Singh and Manish Kumar Srivastava
Announcements
- First class: Thursday August 4, 2022.
- Assignment I released on September 08, 2022. Details appear below.
- Minor exam will be held on September 25, 2022. Details appear below.
- Assignment II released on October 05, 2022. Details appear below.
- Class recording for October 25, 2022 is here.
- Assignment III released on November 02, 2022. Details appear below.
- The Major Exam will be conducted on Saturday, November 19, 2022.
- The Re-major exam will be conducted on Tuesday, January 03, 2023.
Topics (Tentative).
Week | Topic | References | Lectures |
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01 | Course Overview | -- | Slides |
02 | Introduction to AI | AIMA Ch-1 & Ch-2 | Slides |
03 | Uninformed Search | AIMA Ch-3 (Sec 3.1 - 3.4) | Slides |
04 | Informed Search | AIMA Ch-3 (Sec 3.5 - 3.6) | Slides |
05 | Local Search | AIMA Ch-4 (Sec 4.1) | Slides |
06 | Constraint Satisfaction | AIMA Ch-6 (Sec 6.1 - 6.4) | Slides |
07 | Adversarial Search | AIMA Ch-5 (Sec 5.1 - 5.5) | Slides |
08 | Probabilistic Reasoning | AIMA Ch 13 and 14 | Slides |
09 | Probabilistic Reasoning over Time | AIMA Ch 14 | Slides |
10 | Markov Decision Processes | AIMA Ch-17 (Sec 17.1 - 17.2) | Slides |
11 | Reinforcement Learning | AIMA Ch 21 | Slides |
12 | Learning-I | AIMA Ch 21 | Slides |
13 | Learning-II: Neural Networks | AIMA Ch 18 and DL Ch 6. | Slides |
Examination
- Minor examination was conducted on Sunday, September 25, 2022.
- Major examination is scheduled for Saturday, November 19, 2022. Logistics information appears here.
- Major examination solution sketch appears here.
- Re-major examination is scheduled for Tuesday, January 03, 2023. Logistics information appears here.
Assignments
- Assignment I is released. Details are here.
- Assignment II is released. Details are here.
- Assignment III is released. Details are here.
References
- Primary Reference: Artificial intelligence: a modern approach. Russell, Stuart J., and Peter Norvig. Link [AIMA]