184.735 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2017S, VU, 2.0h, 3.0EC
TUWEL

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: VU Lecture and Exercise

Aim of course

Attention:

  • Email address for questions: eki-2017s AT kr.tuwien.ac.at
  • Course start: Tue Mar 7 2017. Course dates are provisional.
  • Mandatory TISS course registration until Mar 10, 2017. Belated registration will be ignored.
  • Mandatory TUWEL entry test from Mon Mar 13 and Wed Mar 15 (test available 00:00-23:55)

Overview of concepts, methods, and applications in Artificial Intelligence.

Didactic Procedure

  • Lecture and Exercises
  • Processing of exercises by students
  • Short oral presentation and discussion of solutions and results

Subject of course

The following subjects will be discussed:

  • historical and philosophical aspects of AI
  • search
  • constraint satisfaction problems
  • planning
  • decision theory

Lecturers

  • Lecture part: Thomas Eiter and Hans Tompits
  • Exercise part: Thomas Eiter, Hans Tompits, and Christoph Redl

Course of Action and Topics of the Lecture Part

  • Tue Mar 07: Organisation, What is AI? (Eiter)
  • Tue Mar 14: Intelligent agents, Problem solving and search (Eiter)
  • Tue Mar 21: Informed search algorithms, Local search (Eiter)
  • Tue Mar 28: Learning from observations (Eiter)
  • Tue Apr 4: Learning from observations, ctd, Neural networks (Eiter)
  • Tue Apr 11: Easter break
  • Tue Apr 18: Easter break
  • Tue Apr 25: Constraint satisfaction problems (Tompits)
  • Tue May 2: Planning I (Tompits)
  • Tue May 9: no lecture
  • Tue May 16: Planning II (Tompits)
  • Tue May 23: Decision theory I (Tompits)
  • Tue May 30: Decision theory II (Tompits)
  • Tue Jun 6: Pentecost break
  • Tue Jun 13: Philosophical foundations of AI (Tompits)

Exercise Part

Mandatory registration until Mar 10.

Entry test

The mandatory TUWEL entry test will be available only from Mon Mar 13 to Wed Mar 15 (00:00-23:55, three submissions possible, last submission counts).

Checkmark lists and solution discussion

  • Mode: Checkmark lists in TUWEL and a solution discussion of 1 hour in groups of 3 students (students must be able to present and explain their solutions and background); details and dates are announced via TUWEL
  • Evaluation: exercise discussions are evaluated with 0-15 points; this is weighted with the percentage of checked examples and rounded to the next integer.

3 exercise sheets

  • Sheet 1: Search
  • Sheet 2: Learning and Neural Networks
  • Sheet 3: CSP, Planning, and Making Simple Decisions

Additional information

ECTS breakdown: 3 ECTS = 75 hours

  • Lectures, course introduction 24h
  • Entry test 0.5h
  • Solving the exercises 20h
  • Presenting the exercises 1h
  • Preparation for the final exam 28h
  • Final exam 1.5h

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Tue11:00 - 13:0007.03.2017 - 27.06.2017HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Single appointments
DayDateTimeLocationDescription
Tue07.03.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue14.03.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue21.03.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue28.03.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue04.04.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue25.04.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue02.05.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue09.05.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue16.05.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue23.05.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue30.05.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue13.06.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue20.06.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture
Tue27.06.201711:00 - 13:00HS 8 Heinz Parkus - CEE Lecture

Examination modalities

Exercise part

  • The entry test is totalling 5 pts.
  • The 3 exercise sheets with the according discusion are totalling 15 pts.
  • Total pts: 20

Lecture part

  • Written closed book exam
  • Total pts: 80

Total sum of points for lecture and exercise part: 100

Zero tolerance for unfair practice (e.g., plagiarism, copied solutions, ...). All involved persons will be fined with 0 pts. (You may get a negative certificate).

Grading

Requirements for a positive certificate:

  • at least 3 points for the entry test; and
  • at least 40 points for the written final exam; and
  • at least 51 points in total.

The course will be graded as follows:

  • < 51 pts: N5 (Nicht Genügend)
  • >= 51 pts: G4 (Genügend)
  • >= 63 pts: B3 (Befriedigend)
  • >= 75 pts: U2 (Gut)
  • >= 88 pts: S1 (Sehr Gut)

Hinweis:
Es gibt in dieser Lehrveranstaltung (da es sich als VU um eine mit prüfungsimmanentem Charakter handelt) keine verpflichtenden kommissionellen Prüfungen. Stattdessen stehen fünf reguläre Antritte zur Verfügung. TISS wertet den vierten und fünften Antritt systembedingt (und als Warnung) dennoch als kommissionell und lässt eine Anmeldung durch Studierende nicht mehr zu. Bitte senden Sie zur Anmeldung in diesem Fall eine Nachricht an die LVA-Leitung.

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
01.03.2017 00:00 10.03.2017 23:55 10.03.2017 23:55

Registration modalities

Please register first for the course.

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
033 533 Medical Informatics Mandatory electiveSTEOP
Course requires the completion of the introductory and orientation phase
033 534 Software & Information Engineering Mandatory4. SemesterSTEOP
Course requires the completion of the introductory and orientation phase
033 535 Computer Engineering Mandatory electiveSTEOP
Course requires the completion of the introductory and orientation phase

Literature

  • Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, 2010 (http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/)
  • Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig: Künstliche Intelligenz: Ein moderner Ansatz. 3., überarbeitete Auflage, Pearson Deutschland, 2012.
  • ...

Miscellaneous

  • Attendance Required!

Language

if required in English