| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Tue, Aug 30, 2022 | First day of classes |
| Tue, Aug 30, 2022 | Start of Module 1 - Course Introduction & Rational Agents |
| Tue, Aug 30, 2022 | Introduction / AI in Science Fiction and Philosophy [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Aug 31, 2022 | Start of Module 2 - Intro to Python |
| Thu, Sep 1, 2022 | Python Bootcamp - part 1 [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Sep 2, 2022 | Recitation on Debugging and Profiling Python [recording] |
| Mon, Sep 5, 2022 | Labor Day (No lecture) |
| Tue, Sep 6, 2022 | Python Bootcamp - part 2 [recording] [slides] |
| Thu, Sep 8, 2022 | Rational Agents and Task Environments [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Sep 9, 2022 | Recitation on HW1 - Python [recording] |
| Tue, Sep 13, 2022 | Course Selection Period Ends |
| Tue, Sep 13, 2022 | Start of Module 3 - Search Problems |
| Tue, Sep 13, 2022 | Search Problems and Uniformed Search Algorithms [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Sep 14, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 1 “Python Skills” is due |
| Thu, Sep 15, 2022 | Start of Module 4 - Informed Search |
| Thu, Sep 15, 2022 | Uniform Cost Search, Informed Search, A* Search [recording] [slides] |
| Thu, Sep 15, 2022 | A* Search Wrap-Up and Games [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Sep 16, 2022 | Recitation on HW2 - Uninformed Search [recording] |
| Tue, Sep 20, 2022 | Start of Module 5 - Games and Adversarial Search |
| Tue, Sep 20, 2022 | Lecture [slides] |
| Wed, Sep 21, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 2 “Uninformed Search” is due |
| Thu, Sep 22, 2022 | Adversarial Search [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Sep 23, 2022 | Recitation on HW3 - Informed Search [recording] |
| Tue, Sep 27, 2022 | Start of Module 6 - Constraint Satisfaction Problems |
| Tue, Sep 27, 2022 | Constraint Satisfaction Problems [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Sep 28, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 3 “Informed Search” is due |
| Thu, Sep 29, 2022 | Constraint Satisfaction Problems - part 2 [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Sep 30, 2022 | CIS 521 Robot Excercise 0 “Using Python to Control R2D2” (Extra Credit) is due |
| Fri, Sep 30, 2022 | Recitation on HW4 - Adversarial Search [recording] |
| Tue, Oct 4, 2022 | Start of Module 7 - Logical Agents |
| Tue, Oct 4, 2022 | Logical Agents [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Oct 5, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 4 “Games and Adversarial Search” is due |
| Thu, Oct 6, 2022 | Fall Term Break (October 6-9, 2022) (No lecture) |
| Fri, Oct 7, 2022 | Recitation on HW5 - Sudoku [recording] |
| Mon, Oct 10, 2022 | Drop Period Ends |
| Tue, Oct 11, 2022 | Logical Agents - part 2 [recording] [slides] |
| Thu, Oct 13, 2022 | Start of Module 8 - Markov Decision Process |
| Thu, Oct 13, 2022 | Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Oct 14, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 5 “Sudoku Solver” is due |
| Tue, Oct 18, 2022 | MDPs - part 2 [recording] [slides] |
| Thu, Oct 20, 2022 | Midterm 1 - Meyerson B1 - in person at 12:00PM |
| Thu, Oct 20, 2022 | Lecture [slides] |
| Sun, Oct 23, 2022 | CIS 521 Robot Excercise 1 “R2-D2 as an Intelligent Agent” (Extra Credit) is due |
| Mon, Oct 24, 2022 | Last Date to Register to Vote in PA |
| Tue, Oct 25, 2022 | Start of Module 9 - Reinforcement Learning |
| Tue, Oct 25, 2022 | Utilities and Reinforcement Learning [recording] [slides] |
| Thu, Oct 27, 2022 | Reinforcement Learning Part 2 [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Oct 28, 2022 | Grade Type Change Deadline |
| Fri, Oct 28, 2022 | Recitation on HW6 - MDPs [recording] |
| Tue, Nov 1, 2022 | Start of Module 10 - Probabilities and Language Models |
| Tue, Nov 1, 2022 | Probabilities and Language Models [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Nov 2, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 6 “Markov Decision Processes” is due |
| Thu, Nov 3, 2022 | Language Models and Independence [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Nov 4, 2022 | Recitation on HW7 - Reinforcement Learning [recording] |
| Sun, Nov 6, 2022 | CIS 521 Robot Exercise 2 “Robot Navigation” (Extra Credit) is due |
| Mon, Nov 7, 2022 | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| Tue, Nov 8, 2022 | Midterm Election Day - Go Vote! (No lecture) |
| Tue, Nov 8, 2022 | Start of Module 11 - Probabilistic Reasoning and Bayes' Nets |
| Wed, Nov 9, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 7 “Reinforcement Learning” is due |
| Thu, Nov 10, 2022 | Bayes Nets [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Nov 11, 2022 | Recitation on HW8 - Language Models [recording] |
| Tue, Nov 15, 2022 | Start of Module 12 - Naive Bayes and Perceptrons |
| Tue, Nov 15, 2022 | Bayes Nets wrapup and Machine Learning [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Nov 16, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 8 “Language Models” is due |
| Thu, Nov 17, 2022 | Perceprons [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Nov 18, 2022 | Recitation on HW9 - Perceptrons [recording] |
| Tue, Nov 22, 2022 | Start of Module 13 - Neural Networks |
| Tue, Nov 22, 2022 | Logistic Regression [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Nov 23, 2022 | CIS 521 Robot Exercise 3 “R2-D2 Battle” (Extra Credit) is due |
| Thu, Nov 24, 2022 | Thanksgiving Break (November 24-27, 2022) (No lecture) |
| Tue, Nov 29, 2022 | Neural Networks [recording] [slides] |
| Thu, Dec 1, 2022 | No Lecture (Instructor is traveling for a grant kickoff meeting) (No lecture) |
| Tue, Dec 6, 2022 | Start of Module 14 - Natural Language Processing |
| Tue, Dec 6, 2022 | Natural Language Processesing (NLP) [recording] [slides] |
| Wed, Dec 7, 2022 | CIS 521 Robot Exercise 4 “R2-D2 Face & Mask Detection” (Extra Credit) is due |
| Wed, Dec 7, 2022 | CIS 521 Homework 9 “Perceptrons” is due |
| Thu, Dec 8, 2022 | NLP part 2 and Ethics in AI [recording] [slides] |
| Fri, Dec 9, 2022 | Recitation on HW10 - Large Language Models [recording] |
| Mon, Dec 12, 2022 | Last day of classes |
| Mon, Dec 12, 2022 | Large Language Models is due |
| Tue, Dec 13, 2022 | Reading Days (No lecture) |
| Tue, Dec 13, 2022 | CIS 521 Robot Excercise 5 “Commanding Robots with Natural Language” (Extra Credit) is due |
| Thu, Dec 15, 2022 | Finals Week (No lecture) |
| Thu, Dec 15, 2022 | Midterm 2 - In-person (several locations) - in person at 15:00PM |