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Artificial Intelligence

344.014, VO, 2 hrs. (3 ECTS), WS 2016/17

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Widmer

This class will be taught in English.

TIME: Monday, 12:00 - 13:30
START: Monday, Oct. 3, 2016
PLACE: HS 18 (Informatics Building - Science Park III)

Goals and Contents of this Class:

The lecture gives an introduction to basic models and techniques in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Specific topics to be covered include:

Definitions of AI, history of AI, current state of the field
Motivating scenario: autonomous intelligent "agents"
Problem solving as a search process:
- uninformed search algorithms
- heuristic search algorithms
- heuristic search in game playing
Knowledge representation and logical inference:
- Propositional logic
- First-order (predicate) logic
- Logic as a programming language: PROLOG
Representing and reasoning with uncertain knowledge:
- Basics of Bayesian probability theory
- Knowledge representation and inference in Bayesian networks
Basic notions of machine learning:
- Learning logical definitions: inductive concept learning
- Learning strategies for intelligent action: reinforcement learning
Basic notions of computer perception

Teaching materials:

Pdf versions of the Powerpoint slides used in the lecture will be made available via KUSSS (weekly).

Recommended reading (will not be needed if the lectures are attended on a regular basis):
Russell, S.J. and Norvig, P. (2000). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd. Edition). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Exercise track (Übung):

The class is accompanied by an exercise track (344.021, 344.022, 344.023), in which the students will improve their understanding of the material by solving a series of theoretical and practical examples.

Be sure to also register for one of 344.021, 344.022, 344.023! (It doesn't matter which one - they will all be organised jointly.)

Questions, suggestions, complaints, etc. to:

Gerhard Widmer
Tel. 2468-4701
gerhard dot widmer at jku dot at

last edited by gw on Aug 2, 2016