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| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Aug 31 | Intro to Neural Nets | |
| Brain Organization | ||
| Sep 07 | Neurons and Synapses | |
| Biological Modeling: The Visual Cortex | ||
| Sep 14 | Competitive Learning | Personal ads due. |
| Self-Organizing Maps | Homework 1 (Self-Organizing Maps) assigned. | |
| Sep 21 | Perceptrons | Homework 1 (Self-Organizing Maps) due. |
| Backpropagation | Homework 2 (Backpropagation) assigned. | |
| Sep 28 | Reinforcement Learning | Homework 2 (Backpropagation) due. |
| Neuro-Evolution | ||
| Oct 05 | Game Playing | Topic talk proposals due. |
| Subsymbolic Artificial Intelligence | Homework 3 (Game Agents) assigned. | |
| Oct 12 | Exam | Practice questions |
| Oct 19 | Karthik and Vijay: Deep learning | Homework 3 (Game Agents) due. |
| Peggy and Jianyong: Robot control | ||
| Oct 26 | Kim and Sean: Modular Neural Networks | |
| Kumar and Satheesh: Pattern Recognition | ||
| Nov 02 | Hemanth and Makarand: System Performance Optimization | Project proposals due |
| Riddhi and Soumava: Fraud Detection | ||
| Nov 09 | Mayank and Zihao: Advanced Neuroevolution | . |
| Parul and Silu: Understanding Biological Evolution | ||
| Nov 16 | Hassaan and Joseph: Casino and Board Games | |
| Jake and Vineet: Video Games | ||
| Nov 30 | Dishant and Tisha: Parallel and Hardware Implementation | |
| Navid: Fault Detection and Diagnosis | ||
| Dec 07 | Project talks | |
| 8:00 Karthik & Vinay: Text Classification | ||
| 8:12 Kumar & Satheesh: Music recommendation | ||
| 8:24 Hemanth & Makarand: File Access Prediction | ||
| 8:36 Navid: Fault Detection | ||
| 8:48 Riddhi & Soumava: Intrusion Detection | ||
| 9:00 Dishant & Tisha: Parallel Implementation | ||
| 9:12 Coffee Break | ||
| 9:22 Peggy & Jianyong: Robotic Grasping | ||
| 9:34 Kim & Sean: Multisensory Integration for Balance | ||
| 9:46 Parul & Silu: Evolution of Courtship Behaviors | ||
| 9:58 Hassaan & Joseph: NE & RL in Resistance | ||
| 10:10 Mayank & Zihao: Evolving Teams for Unreal | ||
| 10:22 Jake & Vineet: Evolving Starcraft Combat Units | ||
| 10:34 Class Evaluation | ||
| Dec 17 | Project papers due. | |