Class Schedule

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Date Topic Assignment
Aug 26Intro to Neural Nets
Brain Organization
Sep 02Neurons and Synapses
Biological Modeling: The Visual Cortex
Sep 09No class.
Sep 16Competitive Learning
Self-Organizing Maps Homework 1 (Self-Organizing Maps) assigned.
Sep 23Perceptrons Homework 1 (Self-Organizing Maps) due.
Backpropagation Homework 2 (Backpropagation) assigned.
Sep 30Reinforcement LearningHomework 2 (Backpropagation) due.
Neuro-Evolution Personal ads due.
Oct 06Cascade Correlation, Radial Basis Functions
 6-9pmHopfield Networks, Boltzmann Machines
Oct 07Subsymbolic Artificial Intelligence
Game Playing
Oct 14ExamPractice questions
Topic talk proposals due
Oct 21No Class.
Oct 27Anush & Vito: Deep Belief Networks
  6-7:30pm
  RLM 6.114
Oct 28Patrick & Sarah: Particle Swarm Optimization
Aditya & Padmini: Cooperative and Competitive Coevolution
Nov 04Bishal & Luis: Advanced Reinforcement Learning
Akanksha & Suyog: Applications of Reinforcement Learning
Nov 11Martin & Yuan: Combinatorial and Dynamic Optimization Project proposals due.
Ann & Jason: Card and Board Games Project talks scheduled.
Nov 18Nurhan & Yinon: Natural Language Processing
Eshwaran & Jerremy: Embodied Cognition
Nov 25No 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 RobosoccerProject 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.


risto@cs.utexas.edu
Wed Sep 30 15:53:40 CDT 2009