CS 188 Fall 2025
Instructors: Emma Pierson, Peyrin Kao / Lecture: TuTh, 5-6:30 PM, Wheeler 150 [Zoom, Playlist]
Announcements
Week 15 Announcements
- Course Evals
- Please fill out the CS188 course evaluations. If at least 80% of the course fills out the course evaluations, everyone will receive a bonus 0.5 points on the final exam!
- Final Exam
- Review sessions and past final exam threads are on Ed. Past final exams can be found here.
- The final exam logistics form has been released and is located here. Please read through and complete this ASAP if you need any alterations. It was due Thu, Dec 4 at 11:59 PM PT. If you are okay with taking the exam in-person at the normal time (Thu, Dec 18, 11:30AM-2:30PM) without any requests or accommodations, then you don’t need to fill out this form.
- Final exam logistics are now posted on the course website. Please read this page in its entirety, as it contains important information about the final exam. If you have questions about final logistics, please comment on Ed.
- Assignments
- The last day to turn in any assignments if you have extensions will be Friday, Dec 12 at 11:59 PM (Friday of RRR week). Please make a private Ed post or email cs188@berkeley.edu if you have extenuating circumstances.
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture (pptx) | Readings | Discussion | HW | Project |
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| 1 |
Thu Aug 28 | 1. Intro Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 1-2
1.1 |
No Discussion | HW0 [optional]
(due Tue Sep 02) Part A / No Part B |
Project 0 (optional)
(due Fri Aug 29) |
| 2 |
Tue Sep 02 | 2. Uninformed Search Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 3.1-3.4
1.2-1.3 |
No Discussion | HW1
(due Thu Sep 11) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
Project 1
(due Fri Sep 12) |
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Thu Sep 04 | 3. A* Search and Heuristics Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 3.5-3.6
1.4-1.5 |
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| 3 |
Tue Sep 09 | 4. CSPs I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 6.1
2.1-2.4 CSP Demo |
1. Search Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW2
(due Thu Sep 18) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
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Thu Sep 11 | 5. CSPs II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 6.2-6.5
2.4-2.6 |
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| 4 |
Tue Sep 16 | 6. Game Trees I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 5.2-5.5
3.1-3.2 |
2. CSPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW3
(due Thu Sep 25) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
Project 2
(due Fri Sep 26) |
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Thu Sep 18 | 7. Game Trees II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 5.2-5.5, 16.1-16.3
3.3-3.6 |
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| 5 |
Tue Sep 23 | 8. MDPs I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
4.1-4.2 |
3. Game Trees Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW4
(due Thu Oct 02) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
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Thu Sep 25 | 9. MDPs II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
4.3-4.5 |
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| 6 |
Tue Sep 30 | 10. RL I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 22
5.1-5.3 |
4. MDPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW5
(due Thu Oct 09) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
Project 3
(due Fri Oct 10) |
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Thu Oct 02 | 11. RL II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 22
5.4-5.5 |
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| 7 |
Tue Oct 07 | 12. Probability Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 12.1-12.5
6.1-6.2 |
5. RL Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW6
(due Thu Oct 16) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
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Thu Oct 09 | 13. Bayes Nets: Representation Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.1-13.3
6.3-6.4 |
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| 8 |
Tue Oct 14 | 14. Bayes Nets: Independence Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.2
6.5 |
6. Probability and Bayes Nets Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
Project 4
(due Fri Nov 07) |
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Thu Oct 16 | 15. Bayes Nets: Inference Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.3
6.6 |
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| 9 |
Tue Oct 21 | 16. Bayes Nets: Sampling Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.3-13.4
6.7-6.8 |
No Discussion | HW7
(due Thu Oct 30) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
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Wed Oct 22 | Midterm (Wed Oct 22, 7–9pm PT) |
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Thu Oct 23 | 17. Decision Networks and VPI Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 16.5-16.6
7.1-7.3 |
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| 10 |
Tue Oct 28 | 18. HMMs Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 14.3, 14.5
8.1-8.3 |
7. BN Inference and Sampling Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW8
(due Thu Nov 06) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
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Thu Oct 30 | 19. Particle Filtering Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 14.3
8.4-8.5 |
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| 11 |
Tue Nov 04 | 20. ML I: Naive Bayes Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 20.1-20.2
9.1-9.2 |
8. VPI and HMMs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW9
(due Thu Nov 13) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
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Thu Nov 06 | 21. ML II: Perceptrons Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 19.6
9.3-9.5, 9.7, 9.8 |
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| 12 |
Tue Nov 11 | No Lecture (Veterans Day) |
9. Particle Filtering and Naive Bayes Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW10
(due Thu Nov 20) Part A / Part B / Solutions |
Project 5
(due Fri Nov 21) |
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Thu Nov 13 | 22. ML III: Neural Networks Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 19.7
9.6, 9.9 |
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Tue Nov 18 | 23. ML IV: Applications & Decision Trees Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 19.3 | 10. ML Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
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Thu Nov 20 | 24. ML V: Transformers Slides / Recording |
AIMA 24.4-24.5 | ||||
| 14 |
Tue Nov 25 | 25. Applications: AI for Healthcare Slides / Recording |
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Thu Nov 27 | No Lecture (Thanksgiving Break) |
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| 15 |
Tue Dec 02 | 26. Applications: AI for Equality and Course Wrap-up Slides / Recording |
11. ML 2 Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
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Thu Dec 04 | No Lecture |
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| 16 |
Tue Dec 09 | RRR Week |
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Thu Dec 11 | ||||||
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Tue Dec 16 | |||||
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Thu Dec 18 | Final Exam (Thu Dec 18, 11:30am–2:30pm PT) |