Calendar

1Jan 12-16Overview and motivation
Tu
Topics:
Coursework
What the course is not about
Th
Topics:
Some basic neural network concepts
2Jan 19-23Evolutionary computation
Tu
Topics:
Representational issues
An intelligent agent
Search and the design of an intelligent agent
Th
Topics:
Basic evolutionary computation 1
Reading:
Whitley 2001
3Jan 26-30Evolutionary computation
Tu
Topics:
Basic evolutionary computation 2
Th
Topics:
Variations on GAs
4Feb 2-6Evolutionary computation
Tu
Topics:
Examples of genetic algorithms
Reading:
Genetic Programming tutorial
Th
Topics:
Introduction to RL
5Feb 9-13Reinforcement learning
M
Assignment:
Homework 1
Tu
Topics:
Q-learning examples
Q-learning implementation
Reading:
Reinforcement learning tutorial (Harmon & Harmon)
Assignment:
Project topics due (Wed.)
Th
Topics:
Delta rule learning
Reinforcement learning variations
6Feb 16-20Classification and re-representation
Tu
Topics:
Simple competitive learning
Th
Topics:
Competitive learning variations
7Feb 23-27Classification and re-representation
M
Assignment:
Homework 2
Tu
Topics:
Feature maps 1
Th
Topics:
Feature maps 2
Reading:
Scholarpedia: Kohonen network, Raúl Rojas' chapter
8Mar 2-6Classification and re-representation
Tu
Topics:
Dimensionality reduction 1
Th
Topics:
Dimensionality reduction 2
9Mar 9-13Content-addressable memories and supervision
Tu
Topics:
Hopfield nets
Perceptrons
W Last day to drop the class
Th
Topics:
Back-propagation
Back-propagation variations
Assignment:
Homework 3
Mar 16-20Spring Break
10Mar 23-27Content-addressable memories and supervision
Tu
Topics:
Sparse distributed memory
Radial basis function networks
Th
Topics:
Generative models
Guest lecture (Geoff Hinton)
Assignment:
Project progress report
11Mar 30-Apr 3Time, control, binding, etc.
Tu
Topics:
Time and neural networks
Th
Topics:
Time and neural networks
12Apr 6-10Time, control, binding, etc.
M
Assignment:
Homework 4
Tu
Topics:
Hopfield networks with delays
Kinematics
Th
Topics:
The binding problem
13Apr 13-17Modularity and constructivism
Tu
Topics:
Evolution and learning
Th
Topics:
Modularity
14Apr 20-24Modularity and constructivism
Tu
Topics:
Modularity
Th
Topics:
Constructivist networks
15Apr 27-May 1Wrap-up
Tu
Topics:
Recurrent networks and automata (Rodriguez et al.)
Th
Topics:
Designing an intelligent agent: a problem
Assignment:
Oral project reports: Thilina/Yuheng; Xin/Ikhyun
F
Assignment:
Homework 5
Fin May 4-8
Th
Assignment:
Oral project reports (10:15-12:15pm)
Written project reports due at midnight

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