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Spring 2026
| Week | Lectures, Readings | Homework | Miniproject | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 02/02 - 02/06 | M: Lec 1: Course Intro, CSP Readings: AIMA 6.1,6.2, 1(opt), 2(opt) W: Lec 2: Constraint Satisfaction Problems Readings: AIMA 6.2--6.4 | HW 0: Background | MP 1: | |
| Week 2 02/09 - 02/13 | M: Lec 3: Probabilistic Graphical Models W: Lec 4: Belief Propagation | HW 1: | ||
| Week 3 02/16 - 02/20 | M: Lec 5: Discrete temporal models W: Lec 6: Continuous temporal models | HW 2: | MP 2: | Monday is a holiday! Lecture on Tuesday |
| Week 4 02/23 - 02/27 | M: Lec 7: Sampling W: Quiz 1 | HW 3: | ||
| Week 5 03/02 - 03/06 | M: Lec 8: Search: Intro and A* W: Lec 9: Path cost problems and MCTS | HW 4: | MP 3: | |
| Week 6 03/09 - 03/13 | M: Lec 10: Symbolic planning W: Lec 11: Continuous-space planning | HW 5: | ||
| Week 7 03/16 - 03/20 | M: Lec 12: MDP Introduction and Search Methods W: Quiz 2 | HW 6: | Monday lecture will be recorded on Friday 3/13! | |
| Week 8 03/23 - 03/27 | M: No Lecture W: No Lecture | SPRING BREAK | ||
| Week 9 03/30 - 04/03 | M: Lec 13: MDP Dynamic Programming W: Lec 14: Approximate Dynamic Programming | HW 7: | MP 4: | |
| Week 10 04/06 - 04/10 | M: Lec 15: POMDP Search Methods W: Lec 16: POMDP Dynamic Programming | HW 8: | ||
| Week 11 04/13 - 04/17 | M: Lec 17: Bandit Problems W: Lec 18: Basic Game Theory | HW 9: | MP 5: | |
| Week 12 04/20 - 04/24 | M: No Lecture W: Lec 19: Game Theory | HW 10: | M 4/20 is a Holiday | |
| Week 13 04/27 - 05/01 | M: Quiz 3 W: Lec 20: Propositional Logic | HW 11: | ||
| Week 14 05/04 - 05/08 | M: Lec 21: First Order Logic 1 W: Lec 22: First Order Logic 2 | HW 12: | ||
| Week 15 05/11 - 05/15 | M: Lec 23: Connections to Machine Learning W: No Lecture | |||
| Finals 5/15 - 5/20 |