CS360-Fall2019

webmaster: Sven Koenig

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Important Announcements

  • Nov 13: An error on one of the policy iteration slides has been corrected (a min that did not belong there, reported by one of you).
  • Nov 5: The Markov Decision Processes and Reinforcement Learning slides have been updated substantially.
  • Oct 24: The MAPF slides have been updated.
  • Sep 09: Please sign up with Piazza (our discussion forum) using piazza.com/usc/fall2019/cs360. We will use blackboard to post grades and announcements.
  • Sep 09: Office hours for the TAs have been posted. Sven has changed his office hours to Wednesdays 4:50pm-5:20pm and 6:50pm-7:20pm (directly after class) in the classroom to make it more convenient for everyone to speak with him.
  • Sep 03: The room for the exercises on Tuesday has changed to GFS106.
  • Aug 27: There will be no exercises in Week 1.
  • Jul 09: The midterm will be written on October 15 from 6:00pm to 7:50pm in GFS106 (for both sections simultaneously).
  • Jul 09: The final will be written on December 13 from 8:00am to 9:50am in SGM124 (for both sections simultaneously).

Class Information

CS360 ("Introduction to Artificial Intelligence") covers concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, machine learning. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L and CSCI 170. (Duplicates credit in CSCI 460.)

The lectures will be held during the following times:

  • Section 1 (30031D)
    • Mon/Wed 3:30pm-4:50pm in ZHS252
  • Section 2 (30043D)
    • Mon/Wed 5:30pm-6:50pm in ZHS252

Exercise sessions (for both sessions) will be held in GFS106 every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 6:50pm.

You will also need to be available during the following times:

  • Section 1 (30031D)
    • Mon/Wed 4:50pm-5:20pm in ZHS252
    • Tue 6:00pm-7:50pm in GFS106
  • Section 2 (30043D)
    • Mon/Wed 6:50pm-7:20pm in ZHS252
    • Tue 6:00pm-7:50pm in GFS106

since we will use some of these times for exercises and exams. We will be experimenting during the first weeks with how to make best use of these times.

Instructor

  • Name: Sven Koenig
  • Email: skoenig(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Phone: (213) 740-6491 (voicemail, which asks you to send an email instead)
  • Room: SAL 312
  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:50pm-5:20pm and 6:50pm-7:20pm (directly after class) in the classroom. If the time does not work for you, Sven is also happy to meet at other times and on other days by appointment.

Teaching Assistants

  • Name: Liron Cohen
  • Email: lironcoh(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Tuesdays 6:50pm-8:00pm (directly after class) in the classroom (GFS106).
  • Name: Jiaoyang Li
  • Email: jiaoyanl(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: no office hours
  • Name: Chi Zhang
  • Email: zhan527(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Thursday 11:00am - 12:00pm

Course Producers

  • Name: Bhushan Pai
  • Email: bpai(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Monday 9:00am - 2:00pm
  • Name: Minxuan Song
  • Email: minxuans(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Monday 9:00am - 11:00am, Tuesday 11:00am - 12:00pm, Wednesday 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Name: Hanqi Ni
  • Email: hni(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Monday 12:00pm - 3:00pm, Tuesday 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Wednesday 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Name: Christian Glover
  • Email: cjglover(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00am - 12:00pm and 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Thursday 10:00am - 12:00pm and 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Name: Mengwei Zhang
  • Email: zhan803(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00am - 1:00pm, Wednesday 10:00am - 12:00pm
  • Name: Wei Luo
  • Email: luow(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Thursday 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Name: Fenil Patel 
  • Email: fenilpat(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Friday 11:00am - 1:00pm
  • Name: Pooja Mahadev Soundalgekar
  • Email: mahadevs(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00pm - 5:00pm, Friday 9:00am - 10:00am and 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Name: Lihsing Lin 
  • Email: lihsing(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Friday 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Name: Kuiren Su
  • Email: kuirensu(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Thursday 1:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Name: Dhanashri Prashant Tidke
  • Email: dtidke(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Thursday 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Name: Xavier Negron
  • Email: xnegron(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Thursday 2:00pm - 6:00pm, Friday 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Name: Mu Li
  • Email: muli(at)usc(dot)edu
  • Room: SAL 100 (main lobby)
  • Office Hours: Friday 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Viterbi Academic Resource Center (VARC)

VARC offers peer tutoring for CS360 during *some* semesters. In those semesters, students can make a VARC tutoring appointment through myviterbi.usc.edu and the VARC Tutoring Appointment Manager. Students should make an appointment with a tutor in advance. Please find more information here: http://viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/varc/.

Students with Disabilities

Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of veri fication for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to the instructor as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday. The phone number for DSP is (213) 740-0776.

Academic Integrity

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Course Continuity in a Crisis

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Academic Conduct and Support Systems

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