CSCI 379 Section 01 Fall 2018 tentative schedule

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science: Building Artificial Minds

Make sure you check this periodically, I expect that this schedule will be modified in some ways throughout the semester

I would highly suggest not waiting until the last minute for the readings. Some readings can be dense and they are the type that you benefit from thinking about a bit. You will also be expected to discuss these readings and any lack of discussion in group/class settings will be reflected within your grade.
Note that some readings are due the week after, that is, they are assigned to be discussed on the Tuesday of the following week

Week	Topic	Readings (date by which expected to have read)
20-Aug to 24-Aug	Introduction to course	Mind Design II Chapter 1 (Day 2 Week 1), Mind Design II Chapter 2, Sciences of the Artificial Chapter 1 (Day 1 Week 2)
27-Aug to 31-Aug	Intelligence and Computers	Mind Design II Chapter 7, Harnad Commentary (Day 2)
03-Sep to 07-Sep	Rule-Based Expert Systems	Mind Design II Chapter 5 (Day 1, Week 4) RBES Assignment due Day 1, Week 4 @ 11:55pm
10-Sep to 14-Sep	Neural Nets, week 1	Mind Design II Chapter 8 (Day 2)
17-Sep to 21-Sep	Neural Nets, week 2	NN Assignment #1 due Day 2 @ 11:55pm NN Assignment #2 due 25-Sept @ 11:55pm
24-Sep to 28-Sep	Neural Nets, week 3 (25-Sept), Midterm	Exam on 27-Sep
01-Oct to 05-Oct	Trees & Searching, week 1	Midterm Project Presented & Discussed on 02-Oct Mind Design II Chapter 4 (04-Oct)
08-Oct to 12-Oct	FALL BREAK (09-Oct), Trees & Searching, week 2	Sciences of the Artificial Chapter 5 (16-Oct)
15-Oct to 19-Oct	Tress & Searching, week 3	Midterm Project Presentation Phase 1 (18-Oct) Mind Design II Chapter 4 (22-Oct)
22-Oct to 26-Oct	Reinforcement Learning	Augment with links in this topic on Moodle (tentative)
29-Oct to 02-Nov	Reinforcement Learning	Midterm Project Final Presentations 30-Oct, Final Project Presented & Discussed on 01-Nov, Newell 1973 & Newell 1992 (06-Nov)
05-Nov to 09-Nov	Information Processing & the Mind	Langley 2009 & Langley 2012 (08-Nov)
12-Nov to 16-Nov	Cognitive Architectures	Final Project Phase 2 Presentations 13-Nov Stewart 2006 & Anderson 2008 (15-Nov)
19-Nov to 23-Nov	THANKSGIVING BREAK
26-Nov to 30-Nov	Project Presentation week	Final Project Phase 2 Presentation All Week
03-Dec to 07-Dec	Last Lecture week	We Outchea!, Course debriefing and review
10-Dec to 14-Dec	Final Exam Period	Started from the Bottom, now we here! (Have a great winter break!)