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 06: Organisation, What is AI? (Eiter)
- Thu Mar 15: Registration deadline (TISS)
- Tue Mar 13: Intelligent agents, Problem solving and search (Eiter)
- Tue Mar 20: Informed search algorithms, Local search (Eiter)
- Tue Mar 27: Easter break
- Tue Apr 3: Easter break
- Tue Apr 10: Learning from observations (Eiter)
- Tue Apr 17: Learning from observations, ctd, Neural networks (Eiter)
- Tue Apr 24: Constraint satisfaction problems (Tompits)
- Tue May 1: Public holiday (labor day)
- Tue May 8: Planning I (Tompits)
- Tue May 15: Planning II (Tompits)
- Tue May 22: Pentecost break
- Tue May 29: Decision theory I (Tompits)
- Tue Jun 5: Decision theory II (Tompits)
- Sun Jun 10, 23:55: Checkmark deadline for exercises (TUWEL)
- Tue Jun 12: Philosophical foundations of AI (Tompits)
- Fri Jun 15: 23:55: Registration deadline for solutions discussions (TUWEL)
- Mon Jun 18-Fri Jun 22: Exercise solution discussions
- Thu Jun 26, 16:00-18:00: Main exam in Informatik HS
Exercise Part
Mandatory registration until Mar 15.
Entry test
The mandatory TUWEL entry test will be available only from Fri Mar 15 to Sun Mar 18 (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
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.
Because of the criteria, exercise points are not needed for a positive grade, but the less points you earn in the exercise part, the harder it is to earn the required total number of points! Be aware that belated submission of the exercises (also after passing the exam and noticing that few additional points are needed for a positive overall grade) is not possible.
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)
Hint:
Since this course has an integrated exercise part (VU), there are no mandatory exams in front of committees. Instead, students have five regular attempts to take the course. However, for technical reasons (and to warn students) TISS does not allow students to register themselves for for fourth or fifth attempt to take the exam. Please send us a short message to register.
Exam reviewing:
There are no special dates for reviwing graded exams. Reviewing is possible whenever the secretariat is open (see website).
