ELEC 557 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Long Title: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): COMP 310 AND (STAT 310 OR ECON 307 OR STAT 312 OR STAT 331 OR ELEC 303) AND (MATH 354 OR MATH 355 OR CAAM 335 OR CMOR 302)
Description: This is a foundational course in artificial intelligence, the discipline of designing intelligent agents. The course will cover the design and analysis of agents that do the right thing in the face of limited information and computational resources. The course revolves around two main questions: how agents decide what to do, and how they learn from experience. Tools from computer science, probability theory, and game theory will be used. Interesting examples of intelligent agents will be covered, including poker playing programs, bots for various games (e.g. WoW), DS1 -- the spacecraft that performed an autonomous flyby of Comet Borrely in 2001, Stanley -- the Stanford robot car that won the Darpa Grand Challenge, Google Maps and how it calculates driving directions, face and handwriting recognizers, Fedex package delivery planners, airline fare prediction sites, and fraud detectors in financial transactions. Additional coursework required beyond the undergraduate course requirements. Cross-list: COMP 557, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ELEC 440. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ELEC 557 if student has credit for ELEC 440.