CS580-Fall2022

• 12/11/2022: Final grades are out! WEIGHTED TOTAL on Blackboard are your final grades without the extra credits for course evaluation. We have added the extra 5 points if you finished the course evaluation and assigned the letter grades on PatriotWeb. Please reach out to the Instructor and TA if you have any question regarding grades.
• 11/21/2022: All previous homework have been regraded to give partial credits. Please check the updated grades on Blackboard and reach out to the TA if you have any questions.
• 11/21/2022: Student course evaluation is open till December 4 2022! Please take some time fill in the evaluation so that the course can be improved to benefit future students! Anyone who has submitted an evaluation will get 5 bonus points! Please send the instructor a screenshot of the confirmation page of the evaluation.
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• 11/16/2022: HW10 and PJ6 are out! HW10 is due in two weeks before class (7pm, November 30, 2022). PJ6 (team of two allowed) is due in three weeks (7pm, December 7, 2022). Happy Thanksgiving!
• 11/09/2022: HW9 is out, which is due next week before class (7pm, November 16, 2022).
• 11/02/2022: PJ5 (team of two allowed) is out, which is due in two weeks before class (7pm, November 16, 2022).
• 10/26/2022: HW8 is out, which is due in two weeks before class (7pm, November 9, 2022).
• 10/20/2022: We will have a shorter class next week (October 26, 2022) due to an invited talk I need to give remotely in Japan time zone. Some of you asked about attending robotics conferences/workshops. For those who are interested, check out my tweet for more details.
• 10/20/2022: HW7 and PJ4 are out! HW7 is due next week before class (7pm, October 26, 2022). PJ4 (team of two allowed) is due in two weeks before class (7pm, November 2, 2022).
• 10/20/2022: PJ2 grades are posted on Blackboard!
• 10/05/2022: HW3, HW2 and PJ1 grades are posted on Blackboard!
• 09/21/2022: HW4 is out, which is due next week before class (7pm, September 28, 2022), the same time PJ2 (team of two allowed) is due.
• 09/14/2022: HW3 and PJ2 are out! HW3 is due next week before class (7pm, September 21, 2022). PJ3 (team of two allowed) is due in two weeks before class (7pm, September 28, 2022)!
• 09/14/2022: HW1 grades are posted on Blackboard!
• 09/08/2022: Everyone should see the answers and questions to HW1 on Gradescope. If you do not see them properly, please contact the instructor.
• 09/08/2022: HW2 is out, which is due next week before class (7pm, September 15, 2022), the same time PJ1 (team of two allowed) is due.
• 09/02/2022: HW0 and PJ0 grades are posted on Blackboard! Good job everyone on PJ0! If you have answered some of the questions wrong for HW0, please make sure you brush up on your probability knowledge since it will be useful later on in the class!
• 08/31/2022: HW1 and PJ1 are out! HW1 is due next week before class (7pm, September 7, 2022). PJ1 (team of two allowed) is due in two weeks before class (7pm, September 14, 2022)!
• 08/24/2022: HW0 and PJ0 are out! Both are due next week before class (7pm, August 31, 2022). Note you don't need to find a peer to finish PR0 (really, it's very easy), but you should start looking for PR1!
• 08/22/2022: Welcome to GMU CS580 Fall 2022 Section 004! First class 7:20pm - 10:00pm, Wednesday, August 24 2022, Innovation Hall 132.

Instructor

Xuesu Xiao
Office: ENGR 4436 or Online
Office Hour: by Appointment
Email: xiao@gmu.edu

Teaching Assistant

Jin Zhou
Office: Online
Office Hour: by Appointment
Email: jzhou23@gmu.edu

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, by Russell and Norvig, published by Pearson

Note: You need the 3rd Edition (Blue cover) published by Pearson