COL-333/COL-671: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Semester I, 2021-22
Description
The course covers the foundational principles of artificial intelligence and is centered around the following themes: intelligent agents and AI, problem solving by search, constraint satisfaction, adversarial search, planning, probabilistic reasoning, decision-making under uncertainty, deep learning, reinforcement learning and applications.
Course Information
- Instructor: Rohan Paul
- Classes: Slot F. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 11am
- Teaching Assistants: Namasivayam K, Shreya Sharma, Aditya Senthilnathan, Chintan Sanjaybhai Sheth, Aadish Jain, Siddharth Shrivastava, Prayushi Faldu, Sweta Mahajan and Mayank Gupta
Announcements
- The first class was held on Thursday, August 12, 2021 over MS Teams.
- The video for lectures will be recorded on MS Teams and subsequently made available on Impartus.
- Information regarding Minor Examination on Sunday, September 19, 2021 is available here.
- Assignment I released on September 21, 2021. Details are here.
- Assignment II released on October 11, 2021. Details are here.
- Assignment III released on November 02, 2021. Details are here.
- The Major Exam will be conducted on Thursday, November 18, 2021.
- The Re-Major Exam for I and E grades will be conducted as per institute guidelines in the first week of start of the next semester. Logistics information is provided below.
Topics (Tentative).
| Week | Topic | References | Lectures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Overview | -- | Slides |
| 2 | Introduction to AI | AIMA Ch-1 & Ch-2 | Slides |
| 3 | Uninformed Search | AIMA Ch-3 (Sec 3.1 - 3.4) | Slides |
| 4 | Informed Search | AIMA Ch-3 (Sec 3.5 - 3.6) | Slides |
| 5 | Constraint Satisfaction | AIMA Ch-6 (Sec 6.1 - 6.4) | Slides |
| 6 | Local Search | AIMA Ch-4 (Sec 4.1) | Slides |
| 7 | Adversarial Search | AIMA Ch-5 (Sec 5.1 - 5.5) | Slides |
| 8 | Markov Decision Processes | AIMA Ch-17 (Sec 17.1 - 17.2) | Slides |
| 9 | Reinforcement Learning | AIMA Ch 21 | Slides |
| 11 | Probabilistic Reasoning | AIMA Ch 13 and 14 | Slides |
| 12 | Probabilistic Reasoning over Time | AIMA Ch 14 | Slides |
| 13 | Learning-I: Foundations | AIMA Ch 21 | Slides |
| 14 | Learning-II: Neural Networks | AIMA Ch 18 and DL Ch 6. | Slides |
Examination
- Minor examination scheduled for Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9am. Information appears here.
- Major examination is scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2021. Logistics information appears here.
- Re-major examination is scheduled for Wednesday, January 05, 2022. Logistics information appears here.
Assignments
- Assignment I is released. Details are here.
- Assignment II is released. Details are here.
- Assignment III is released. Details are here.
References
- Primary Reference: Artificial intelligence: a modern approach. Russell, Stuart J., and Peter Norvig. Link [AIMA]