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| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Aug 26 | Intro to Neural Nets | |
| Brain Organization | ||
| Sep 02 | Neurons and Synapses | |
| Biological Modeling: The Visual Cortex | ||
| Sep 09 | No class. | |
| Sep 16 | Competitive Learning | |
| Self-Organizing Maps | Homework 1 (Self-Organizing Maps) assigned. | |
| Sep 23 | Perceptrons | Homework 1 (Self-Organizing Maps) due. |
| Backpropagation | Homework 2 (Backpropagation) assigned. | |
| Sep 30 | Reinforcement Learning | Homework 2 (Backpropagation) due. |
| Neuro-Evolution | Personal ads due. | |
| Oct 06 | Cascade Correlation, Radial Basis Functions | |
| 6-9pm | Hopfield Networks, Boltzmann Machines | |
| Oct 07 | Subsymbolic Artificial Intelligence | |
| Game Playing | ||
| Oct 14 | Exam | Practice questions |
| Topic talk proposals due | ||
| Oct 21 | No Class. | |
| Oct 27 | Anush & Vito: Deep Belief Networks | |
| 6-7:30pm RLM 6.114 | ||
| Oct 28 | Patrick & Sarah: Particle Swarm Optimization | |
| Aditya & Padmini: Cooperative and Competitive Coevolution | ||
| Nov 04 | Bishal & Luis: Advanced Reinforcement Learning | |
| Akanksha & Suyog: Applications of Reinforcement Learning | ||
| Nov 11 | Martin & Yuan: Combinatorial and Dynamic Optimization | Project proposals due. |
| Ann & Jason: Card and Board Games | Project talks scheduled. | |
| Nov 18 | Nurhan & Yinon: Natural Language Processing | |
| Eshwaran & Jerremy: Embodied Cognition | ||
| Nov 25 | No Class. | |
Dec 01 | Project talks 1: Vision and Robotics | |
| 5:30-7pm | 5:30 Vito & Anush: Deep learning model of the visual system | |
| RLM 5.104 | 5:50 Patrick & Sarah: ASL comprehension | |
| 6:10 Martin: Generalization in sensorimotor control | ||
| 6:30 Suyog & Yinon: Skill Optimization in 3D Robosoccer | Project papers assigned. | |
Dec 02 | Project talks 2: Intelligent Agents | |
| 4:00 Ann & Jason: Learning to play Carcassonne / Dominion | ||
| 4:20 Eshwaran & Jerremy: Active learning in the EEA method | ||
| 4:40 Padmini & Aditya: Coevolution in pursuit-evasion tasks | ||
| 5:00 Bishal & Luis: Communication in multiagent systems | ||
| Coffee(?) break | ||
Project talks 3: Real-world applications | ||
| 5:35 Yuan: Tabu search in delivery problems | ||
| 5:55 Akanksha: On-Chip Packet Routing | ||
| 6:15 Nurhan: Visualizing language families | ||
| Class evaluation | ||
| Dec 12 9am CST | Project papers due. | |