Tentative Course Calendar for AI and Expert Systems--Fall 1996

DATE TOPIC READINGS/ASSIGNMENTS
September 9 Intro to AI: Historical Background and Definitions Wright, Robert. "Can Machines Think" Time March 25, 1996, pp. 50-58.
Dutta, Chap. 1: Knowledge Processing & Applied AI
September 15 Expert Systems: Knowledge Acquisition & Representation Dutta, Chaps. 2-3
Kelly, Chaps. 1-5 (IN PREPARATION FOR MEETING OUR "EXPERT")
September 23 More ES: Creating a Rules-based Application
Introduction to CLIPS (our Expert System Shell)
Dutta, Chaps. 4-5
Kelly, Chaps. 6-7
September 30 More Work With Clips .
October 7 Natural Language Processing Dutta, Chap. 6
October 14 More Natural Language Processing .
October 21 Quiz Over Course Readings Through Oct. 7th .
October 28 Special Topics: Image and Speech Processing Dutta, Chap. 7
November 4 Special Topics: Fuzzy Logic Dutta, Chap. 8
Due: Critical Book Review
November 11 Special Topics: Neural Nets and Connectionist Modeling, and Data Mining w/ Neural Nets Dutta, Chap. 9
November 18 Special Topics: Machine Learning: Genetic Algorithms .
November 25 Special Topics: Artificial Life, AI in Science Fiction .
December 2 Intelligent Tutoring Systems? .
December 9 No Class Due: Final Web Page Demonstration of a Special Topic

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