CPS 680 - Graduate Artificial Intelligence

Course Syllabus

CPS 680 prepares graduate students to search, knowledge representation, machine learning, neural networks, evolutionary and bio inspired computation techniques, intelligent agents, and expert systems.

Lecture Slides:

• Week 1 - Introduction

  • Introductions

  • Lecture 2 - AI vs ML - Whiteboard Notes

    • Video: Types of AI (5 min)

    • Video: TicTacToe 1950s AI

• Week 2 - Rationality

  • Lecture 3 - Turing Test - Whiteboard Notes

  • Lecture 4 - Rationality

• Week 3 - Agents

  • Lecture 5 - Agents - Whiteboard Notes

• Week 4 - Research Paper Intro

  • Lecture 6 - How to Write A Paper

    • Detailed Paper Writing Tips (from Eamonn Keogh)

  • Lecture 7 - How to Read A Paper

• Week 5 - Search & Bayes Theorem

  • Lecture 11 - Reflex and Planning Agents

  • Lecture - Search

• Week 6 - Search

  • Lecture 17 - Search

• Week 7 - Search (Cont.)

• Week 8 - Bayes Theorem & Exam Review

  • Lecture 18 - Dijstra’s Algorithm

  • Lecture 19 - Midterm Review & Study Guide Answers

  • More study guide answers (legible)

• Week 9 - No class (Spring Break)

• Week 10 - Exam

• Week 11 - Open AI Introduction

  • Github Repo for CartPole and MountainCar

• Week 12 - No class (CMU Gentle Break)

• Week 13 - Open AI (Cont).

  • OpenAI Cartpole Dimensionality Analysis

• Week 14 - Exam II & Paper Review

  • [T] - T2 (9:30am) / T10 (9:45am) / T1 (10:00am) / T6 (10:15am) / T7 (10:30 am)

  • [Th] - T3 (9:30am) / T5 (9:45am) / T8 (10:00am) / T4 (10:15am) / T9 (10:30 am)

• Week 15 - Review and Exam II

  • [T] - Review

  • [Th] - Exam II (April 28th)

Assignments:

• Assignment 1 - Proposal (due Mar 24th)

• Assignment 2 - Background (due Apr 5th)

• Assignment 3 - Introduction (due Apr 9th)

• Assignment 4 - Methods (due Apr 14th)

• Assignment 5 - Results (due Apr 28th)

• Assignment 6 - Abstract, Conclusions, and Term Paper Complete (May 3rd)

Handouts

• Getting started with Open AI Gym

• How to read a research paper

• Hints for writing research paper (#2)

• New Venture Competition

• AITP Meeting

• MSU Supercomputer Details

Number of students: 30

CPS 498 - Senior Design

Course Syllabus

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Project Videos

Team 1 - Into the Abyss

Team 2 - Students Unite

Team 3 - SIGMA

Team 4 - Bot Battler

Team 5 - Homecoming Simulator

Team 6 - Sightless Resonate

CPS 498 is our capstone course in computer science. Students work in teams of three or four, following the software development lifecycle and best practices to develop software for real-world applications. Projects are showcased at the CMU Engineering Expo on April 29th

To join the class webex, click on this link: https://cmich.webex.com/meet/redei1a

Projects this Semester:
Click on the links to access each team’s website

1. A deep-sea thriller game: Into the Abyss

2. Students-Unite Student Resource Organizer

3. SIGMA - Super Intricate Gamified Market Analysis

4. A bot builder and battler game

5. Central Michigan Homecoming Simulator

6. Sightless Resonate Historic Game

Lecture Slides:
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• Week 1 - Introduction

  • Assembly of teams

• Week 2 - Project Check-Up 1

  • [M] Holiday

  • [W] Team 03 & 05

  • [F] Team 01 & 02

• Week 3 - Team Meetings (Cont.)

  • [M] Team 04 & 06

  • [W] Testing Introduction

• Week 4 - Test Driven Development

  • Test Driven Development

  • 3 Laws of TDD

• Week 5 - Test Driven Development (Cont.)

• Week 6 - Design Patterns

  • Architectural Views

  • Example: Pipe and Filter

• Week 7 - Software Metrics & Intellectual Property

  • Software Metrics

• Week 8 - Review & Midterm

  • [M] Intellectual Property

  • [W] Midterm Review

  • [F] Midterm

• Week 9 - Spring Break

• Week 10 - Software as a Service

  • Midterm Review

• Week 11 - Project Check-Up 2

  • [M] - Team 03 / Team 06

  • [W] - Team 05 / Team 01

• Week 12 - Project Check-Up 2 (Continued).

  • [M] No class - conference

  • [W] - Team 04 / Team 02

• Week 13 - Software Metrics (Cont)

  • Project Planning (COCOMO)

• Week 14 - Team Presentations

  • End of Semester Schedule

  • Commencement Discussion and Project Expectations

  • [M] Rubric for Project Demo

  • [W] T2 / T1

• Week 15 - Team Presentations

  • [M] T5 / T3

  • [W] T4 / T6

  • [F] In-Person EXPO - April 29th

• Week 16 - No class

Assignments:

• Assignment 1 - Testing & Deadline Management (due May 4)

Project Parts:

• Part 1 - Website (due Feb 18)

• Part 2 - Poster (due Apr 4)

  • Poster Template (.pptx)

  • Example #1 - Wood Gassifier

  • Example #2 - 2 column template with center images. NOTE: template is from a different school, so make sure you use CMU’s themed template.

  • Example #3 - Gratuitous game

• Part 3 - Abstract (due Apr 4)

  • Example #1 - Nexteer Data Acquision

• Part 4 - Video (due Apr 18)

  • Example #1 - Drone Zone

  • Example #2 - Nevada Research Data Center

  • Example #3 - VR Together

• Part 6 - Final Project Report (due May 4)

• Part 7 - Final Website (due May 2)

Handouts

• New Venture Resource Fair (Feb 4)

• Isabella Bank Entrepreneurship Spring Schedule

• How to write a good resume

Midterm

• Format and Study Guide

• Detailed Study Guide

EXPO (Friday, April 29th)

• EXPO Layout

• Parking Pass

• Parking Directions

Number of students: 30