Schedule

This schedule is subject to change as the semester progresses, but it will be kept up to date. Slides are linked from the lecture title. They will be made available on the day of the lecture.

wk	Date	Topic	Readings & Milestones
1	Thu, Jan 5	Introduction: Course Overview
2	Tue, Jan 10	Search: Graph Search	P&M §3.1–3.4
2	Thu, Jan 12	Search: Uninformed Search	P&M §3.5
3	Tue, Jan 17	Search: Heuristic Search 1	P&M §3.6 Assignment 1 released
3	Thu, Jan 19	Search: Heuristic Search 2	P&M §3.7–3.8
4	Tue, Jan 24	Search: Local Search	P&M §4.7
4	Thu, Jan 26	Uncertainty: Probability Theory	P&M §8.1
5	Tue, Jan 31	Uncertainty: Conditional Independence	P&M §8.2 Assignment 1 due
5	Thu, Feb 2	Uncertainty: Belief Networks	P&M §8.3 Assignment 2 released
6	Tue, Feb 7	Uncertainty: Inference in Belief Networks	P&M §8.4
6	Thu, Feb 9	Supervised Learning: Introduction & Framework	P&M §7.1–7.2
7	Tue, Feb 14	Supervised Learning: Linear Models	P&M §7.3
7	Thu, Feb 16	Supervised Learning: Overfitting	P&M §7.4 Assignment 2 due
	Tue, Feb 21	reading week, no class
	Thu, Feb 23	reading week, no class
8	Tue, Feb 28	Supervised Learning: Bayesian Inference	P&M §10.4, §8.6
8	Thu, Mar 2	MIDTERM
9	Tue, Mar 7	Deep Learning: Neural Networks	GBC §6.0–6.4.1
9	Thu, Mar 9	Deep Learning: Calculus Refresher	GBC §4.1, §4.3 Assignment 3 released
10	Tue, Mar 14	Deep Learning: Training Neural Networks	GBC §6.5
10	Thu, Mar 16	Deep Learning: Image Data	GBC §9.0–9.4
11	Tue, Mar 21	Deep Learning: Sequence Data	GBC §10.0–10.2, P §12.0-12.2,12.4-12.5
11	Thu, Mar 23	Reinforcement Learning: Markov Decision Processes	S&B §3.0–3.5 Assignment 3 due
12	Tue, Mar 28	Reinforcement Learning: Optimality and Dynamic Programming	S&B §3.6, §4.0–4.4 Assignment 4 released
12	Thu, Mar 30	Reinforcement Learning: Monte Carlo Prediction & Control	S&B §5.0–5.5, §5.7
13	Tue, Apr 4	Reinforcement Learning: TD-Learning Prediction & Control	S&B §6.0–6.5 Withdrawal deadline
13	Thu, Apr 6	Reinforcement Learning: Function Approximation & Policy Gradient Methods	S&B §9.0–9.5.4, §13.0–13.3
14	Tue, Apr 11	Multiagent Systems: Game Theory for Single Interactions	S&LB §3.0–3.3.2 Assignment 4 due
	Thu, Apr 20 9:00am	FINAL EXAM	CCIS L2-200