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Department of Engineering Science English Stream, Electric, 5th Year Artificial
Intelligence
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Course Information
Instructor: Professor
Adina Magda Florea
Email: adina@cs.pub.ro
Url:
http://turing.cs.pub.ro/~adina
Teaching Assistant:
Serban Radu
Email: serbanradu@cs.pub.ro
Class url: http://turing.cs.pub.ro/ai_2004
Course
Description
This course is about
the theory and practice of Artificial Intelligence and is intended to give
a broad overview of the major areas of AI. We will study modern techniques
of how to build computer programs which represent task-relevant knowledge
and make rational decisions in order to optimally get the problem solution.
By the end of this
course, you will have a thorough understanding of what is artificial intelligence,
of the algorithmic foundations of AI, of what type of problems are best
solved using AI techniques, and of how you should address and solve these
problems. You will also see how the methods presented in the course are
applicable in different areas such as industry, medicine, finance, etc.
Syllabus
Course
Introduction to AI
Grading
Midterm test 20%
Final exam 50%
Laboratory Assignments and work 30%
Note: You are required to have at least at least 60% class attendance to laboratory. No grades will be considered if you are bellow this limit!!
Bibliography
A. Florea, A. Boangiu. Elemente de Inteligenta
Artificiala.
A. Florea. Bazele logice ale Inteligentei
Artificiale.
A. Florea, B. Dorohonceanu, C. Francu.
Programare in Prolog.
"Artificial
Intelligence: A Modern Approach", S. Russell & P. Norvig, Prentice
Hall, 1995
(errata,
clarifications)
Artificial Intelligence: Structures
and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving, G. Luger, W. Stubblefield,
The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Comp., 1993.
"Computational
Intelligence. A Logical Approach", D. Poole, A. Mackworth, R. Goebel,
Oxford University Press, 1998
"Artificial
Intelligence: A New Synthesis", N. Nilsson, Morgan Kaufmann, 1998
"Logical
Foundations of Artificial Intelligence", M.R. Genesereth and N. Nilsson,
Morgan Kaufmann, 1987
Suggested Readings
Alan Turing historical paper and test
Computing Machinery and Intelligence,
Mind, Vol. LIX. No.236, October, 1950, p.433.
http://www.abelard.org/turpap/turpap.htm
AI’s Greatest Trends and Controversies,
IEEE Intelligent Systems (January/February 2000) http://www.computer.org/intelligent/articles/AI_controversies.htm
AI Overview http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/overview.html
The Alan Turing home page http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/
The Turing Test page http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~asaygin/tt/ttest.html
Turing Test in 2000: BBC on Turing
Test http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/tw/items/000322_turingtestresults.shtml
AI the movie: Steven Spielberg's new
film, A.I., released in 2001. http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/aimovie.html
Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence, Marvin Minsky http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/minsky/papers/steps.html
Playing with AI. Edited by Haym Hirsh. IEEE Intelligent Systems, November/December 1999. http://www.computer.org/intelligent/ex1999/pdf/x6008.pdf
A Framework for Representing Knowledge,
Marvin Minsky, MIT-AI Laboratory Memo 306, June, 1974. http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/minsky/papers/Frames/frames.html
Marvin Minsky Wants Machines
To Get Emotional, Interview by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Interactive Week,
February 25, 2001
http://www4.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2689240,00.html