Artificial Intelligence: Foundations and Algorithms

ABOUT THE COURSE : The course introduces the variety of concepts in the field of artificial intelligence. It discusses the philosophy of AI, and how to model a new problem as an AI problem. It describes a variety of models such as search, logic, Bayes nets, and MDPs, which can be used to model a new problem. It also teaches many first algorithms to solve each formulation. The course prepares a student to take a variety of focused, advanced courses in various subfields of AI. INTENDED AUDIENCE : Undergraduate students in computer science PREREQUISITES : Data Structures, Probability INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Most software companies