CS 421 Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Winter 2012

Instructor:     Dr. Yiyu Yao
Tel:            585 5226
Email:          yyao@cs.uregina.ca
Office:         CW308.6
URL:            http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~yyao/class/cs421

Class time:     Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8:30AM-9:20AM 	
Class location: CL 305
Office hours:   Monday, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30

Class Description:
Advanced Artificial Intelligence approaches to approximate reasoning 
and machine learning.  Decision trees and other selected data-based 
knowledge models. Topics may include logic programming and PROLOG, 
LISP, Artificial Intelligence in games, data mining, natural language 
processing, pattern recognition, and planning.

Prerequisite: CS 310, 320, and 340

Textbook: 
George F. Luger, Artificial Intelligence, Addison Wesley 
(6th Edition, 2009)
Book URL: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~luger/ai-final/

Additional materials will be either posted on the class
homepage or placed in the library. 

A reading log will be posted on the class homepage:
http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~yyao/class/cs421/reading.html

Grading system:
Assignments (5)             20%
Midterm Exam (1)            10%
Project (1)		    30%
(including 1 presentation)
Final Exam                  40%

Please hand in your assignment on the due date in
class.  No late assignments will be accepted, unless
other arrangement has been made.

Please read University of Regina 2011-2012 Undergraduate 
Calendar (http://www.uregina.ca/gencal/ugcal/) regarding
Responsibilities of Students, Academic Misconduct, etc.