CS 188 Fall 2026
Instructors: Emma Pierson, Peyrin Kao / Lecture: MoWe, 2:00–3:30 PM, The Gateway Building 1210 [Zoom, Recordings Playlist, Recordings Media Gallery (accessible to enrolled students only)]
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Announcements
Week 10 Announcements
- Guest Lecture!
- This Wednesday, the 4th, we have a guest lecture from Josh Blumenstock!
- Josh is a Professor at the School of Information and Public Policy, who uses AI to fight poverty. You can learn more about their research at: https://jblumenstock.com/
- Students who come in-person for this lecture will receive 0.5 bonus points on the final exam.
- DUE Sessions
- If you received an email about doing a Project 3 DUE you are required to complete one.
- If there are no more DUE slots open, staff will reach out later this week with instructions for signing up for additional slots.
- If you have not completed a Project 1 DUE, and have not been assigned a Project 3 DUE please contact course staff.
- The full DUE guidelines can be found at: https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs188/fa26/dues/
- Direct any questions about DUEs to the dedicated ED post.
- Assignments
- Homework 8 [Required] is due Wed, Nov 11 at 11:59 PM PT.
- Project 4 [Required] is due Fri, Nov 13 at 11:59 PM PT.
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture (pptx) | Readings | Discussion | HW | Project |
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| 1 |
Wed Aug 26 | 1. Intro, Agents, and Environments Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 1-2
1.1 |
No Discussion | HW0 [optional]
(due Wed Sep 02) |
Project 0 (optional)
(due Wed Sep 02) |
| 2 |
Mon Aug 31 | 2. Uninformed Search Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 3.1-3.4
1.2-1.3 |
No Discussion | HW1
(due Wed Sep 09) |
Project 1
(due Fri Sep 18) |
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Wed Sep 02 | 3. A* Search and Heuristics Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 3.5-3.6
1.4 |
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| 3 |
Mon Sep 07 | No Lecture (Labor Day) |
1. Search Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW2
(due Wed Sep 16) |
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Wed Sep 09 | 4. CSPs I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 6.1
2.1-2.4 CSP Demo |
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| 4 |
Mon Sep 14 | 5. CSPs II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 6.2-6.5
2.4-2.6 |
2. CSPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW3
(due Wed Sep 23) |
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Wed Sep 16 | 6. Game Trees I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 5.2-5.5
3.1-3.2 |
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| 5 |
Mon Sep 21 | 7. Game Trees II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 5.2-5.5, 16.1-16.3
3.3-3.6 |
3. Game Trees Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW4
(due Wed Sep 30) |
Project 2
(due Fri Oct 02) |
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Wed Sep 23 | 8. MDPs I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
4.1-4.2 |
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| 6 |
Mon Sep 28 | 9. MDPs II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
4.3-4.5 |
4. MDPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW5
(due Wed Oct 07) |
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Wed Sep 30 | 10. RL I Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 22
5.1-5.3 |
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| 7 |
Mon Oct 05 | 11. RL II Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 22
5.4-5.5 |
5. RL Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW6
(due Wed Oct 14) |
Project 3
(due Fri Oct 23) |
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Wed Oct 07 | 12. Probability Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 12.1-12.5
6.1-6.2 |
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| 8 |
Mon Oct 12 | 13. Bayes Nets: Representation Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.1-13.3
6.3-6.4 |
6. Probability and Bayes Nets Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions |
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Wed Oct 14 | 14. Bayes Nets: Independence Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.2
6.5 |
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| 9 |
Mon Oct 19 | Midterm (Mon Oct 19, 7–9pm PT) |
No Discussion | |||
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Mon Oct 19 | 15. Bayes Nets: Inference Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.3
6.6 |
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Wed Oct 21 | 16. Bayes Nets: Sampling Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 13.3-13.4
6.7-6.8 |
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| 10 |
Mon Oct 26 | 17. Decision Networks and VPI Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 16.5-16.6
7.1-7.3 |
7. BN Inference and Sampling Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW7
(due Wed Nov 04) |
Project 4
(due Fri Nov 13) |
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Wed Oct 28 | 18. HMMs Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 14.3, 14.5
8.1-8.3 |
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| 11 |
Mon Nov 02 | 19. Particle Filtering Slides / Video / Recording |
AIMA 14.3
8.4-8.5 |
8. VPI and HMMs Discussion: Worksheet Exam Prep: Worksheet |
HW8
(due Wed Nov 11) |
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Wed Nov 04 | 20. Guest Lecture: Josh Blumenstock | |||||
| 12 |
Mon Nov 09 | 21. ML I: Naive Bayes Video |
AIMA 20.1-20.2
9.1-9.2 |
9. Particle Filtering and Naive Bayes | HW9
(due Wed Nov 18) |
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Wed Nov 11 | No Lecture (Veterans Day) |
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| 13 |
Mon Nov 16 | 22. ML II: Perceptrons Video |
AIMA 19.6
9.3-9.5, 9.7, 9.8 |
10. ML | HW10
(due Mon Nov 30) |
Project 5
(due Fri Dec 04) |
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Wed Nov 18 | 23. ML III: Neural Networks Video |
AIMA 19.7
9.6, 9.9 |
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| 14 |
Mon Nov 23 | 24. ML IV: Applications & Decision Trees Video |
AIMA 19.3 | No Discussion | ||
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Wed Nov 25 | No Lecture (Thanksgiving) |
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| 15 |
Mon Nov 30 | 25. ML V: Transformers | AIMA 24.4-24.5 | 11. ML 2 | ||
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Wed Dec 02 | 26. Course Wrap Up | |||||
| 16 |
Mon Dec 07 | RRR Week |
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Wed Dec 09 | ||||||
| 17 |
Thu Dec 17 | Final Exam (Thu Dec 17, 3-6pm PT) |