A rough schedule of topics is given below, but note that this is subject to change.
| Week | Beginning | Lecture | Reading | Lab sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 February | Introduction and Review | Chs. 2-3, CLRS | N/A |
| 2 | 7 March | String algorithms | Chs. 32 & 15, CLRS | Lab 1 |
| 3 | 14 March | Optimisation | Chs. 34-35, CLRS | Lab 2 |
| 4 | 21 March | Agents and uninformed search algorithms | Chs. 1-3, AIMA | Lab 3 |
| 5 | 28 March | Easter Monday | ---- | Lab 4 |
| 6 | 4 April | Informed search algorithms | Ch. 3, AIMA | Lab 5 |
| 7 | 11 April | Game-playing | Ch. 5, AIMA | Lab 6 |
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18 April | Non-teaching Study Period | ||
| 8 | 25 April | ANZAC Day | ---- | Project |
| 9 | 2 May | Sequential decision problems | Ch. 17, AIMA | |
| 10 | 9 May | Learning agents | Ch. 18, AIMA | |
| 11 | 16 May | Reinforcement learning | Ch. 21, AIMA | |
| 12 | 23 May | Logical agents | Chs. 7-9, AIMA | |
| 13 | 30 May | Planning and acting | Chs. 10-11, AIMA | |
Lectures take place in GPLT2 and they start in Week 1. Students are expected to attend all lectures.
Tutes take place in GPLT2 and they start in Week 2.
Labs take place in 2.01 and they start in Week 2.
Recordings of the lectures are available through LMS. Nothing else in CITS3001 will be distributed through LMS. The notes presented in the lectures are available using the links above. No unit reader is available.
If you find any errors in the notes, or if you feel that something could be explained more fully in the notes, please email me.