Artificial Intelligence

Vincenzo DEUFEMIA Artificial Intelligence

0522500093
DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA
EQF7
COMPUTER SCIENCE
2016/2017



YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
972LESSONS
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE BASIC SKILLS ON
•INTELLIGENT AGENTS,
•SEARCH STRATEGIES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING,
•KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THOSE BASED ON FIRST ORDER LOGIC AND RELATED INFERENCE METHODS,
•REPRESENTATION OF UNCERTAIN KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE METHODS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON BAYESIAN NETWORKS,
•MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIVE SKILLS:
- ANALYSIS OF PRACTICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROBLEMS;
- DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS TO SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS.
Prerequisites
BACHELOR LEVEL FOUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY, PROGRAMMING, DATABASE, AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.
Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
INTELLIGENT AGENTS

PART II: PROBLEM SOLVING
SOLVING PROBLEMS BY SEARCHING
BEYOND CLASSICAL SEARCH
ADVERSARIAL SEARCH

PART III: KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
LOGICAL AGENTS
FIRST-ORDER LOGIC
INFERENCE IN FIRST-ORDER LOGIC
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION

PART IV: UNCERTAIN KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
QUANTIFYING UNCERTAINTY
PROBABILISTIC REASONING

PART V: LEARNING
LEARNING FROM EXAMPLES
KNOWLEDGE IN LEARNING
NEURAL NETWORKS
KERNEL MACHINES
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND EXERCISES TO INTRODUCE CONCEPTS AND TO DEVELOP PROBLEM SOLVING CAPABILITIES USING AI TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS.
Verification of learning
STUDENTS MUST DEVELOP A PROJECT ON A COURSE TOPIC THEY CHOOSE. MOREOVER, THEY MUST UNDERGO A WRITTEN EXAMINATION, WHICH ASSESSES THE CAPABILITY OF SOLVING EXERCISES BY MEANS OF THE TECHNIQUES INTRODUCED DURING THE COURSE, AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW, WHICH ASSESSES THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSE TOPICS AND THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEM CLEARLY.
Texts
S.J.RUSSELL, P. NORVIG, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, A MODERN APPROACH, (3D/ED, 2009), PEARSON EDUCATION.

R.A. ELMASRI, S.B. NAVATHE, “FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS”, 7TH ED., ADDISON WESLEY, 2016.

OTHER BOOKS

C.M. BISHOP: “PATTERN RECOGNITION AND MACHINE LEARNING”, SPRINGER SCIENCE, NEW YORK, 2006.

GOLFARELLI M., RIZZI S., “DATA WAREHOUSE - TEORIA E PRATICA DELLA PROGETTAZIONE”, THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, 2006.
More Information
COURSE ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. STUDENTS MUST BE PREPARED TO SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE STUDY OUTSIDE OF LESSONS. FOR A SATISFACTORY PREPARATION STUDENTS NEED TO SPEND AN AVERAGE OF TWO HOURS OF STUDY TIME FOR EACH HOUR SPENT IN CLASS. HALF OF THIS TIME IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE AN ADEQUATE FAMILIARITY WITH SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS.

COURSE MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE DEPARTMENTAL E-LEARNING PLATFORM HTTP://ELEARNING.INFORMATICA.UNISA.IT/EL-PLATFORM/

CONTACTS
PROF. VINCENZO DEUFEMIA
DEUFEMIA@UNISA.IT
PROF. GIUSEPPE POLESE
GPOLESE@UNISA.IT
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