CS 188 Spring 2025
Instructors: John Canny, Oliver Grillmeyer
Lecture: TuTh, 12:30–2:00 PM, Dwinelle 155 and Zoom
Textbook: AIMD, 4th ed.
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Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture (Playlist) | Readings | Discussion | HW | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Jan 21 | 1. Intro Video / Slides / Recording | Ch. 1-2 Note 1.1 | No Discussion | HW0 [optional]
(due Wed, Jan 29) Part A | Project 0 [optional]
(due Fri Jan 24) |
| Thu Jan 23 | 2. Uninformed Search Video / Slides / Recording | Ch. 3.1-3.4 Note 1.2-1.3 | ||||
| 2 | Tue Jan 28 | 3. A* Search and Heuristics Video / Slides | Ch. 3.5-3.6 Note 1.4-1.5 | 1. Search |
Project 1
(due Fri Feb 07) | |
| Thu Jan 30 | 4. CSPs I Video / Slides | Ch. 6.1 Note 2.1-2.4 | ||||
| 3 | Tue Feb 04 | 5. CSPs II Video | Ch. 6.2-6.5 Note 2.4-2.7 | 2. CSPs | HW1
(due Wed, Feb 05) Part A Part B | |
| Thu Feb 06 | 6. Game Trees I Video | Ch. 5.2-5.5 Note 3.1-3.2 | ||||
| 4 | Tue Feb 11 | 7. Game Trees II Video | Ch. 5.2-5.5, 16.1-16.3 Note 3.3-3.6 | 3. Game Trees | HW2
(due Wed, Feb 12) | Project 2
(due Fri Feb 21) |
| Thu Feb 13 | 8. MDPs I Video | Ch. 17.1-17.2 Note 4.1-4.2 | ||||
| 5 | Tue Feb 18 | 9. MDPs II Video | Ch. 17.1-17.2 Note 4.3-4.5 | 4. MDPs | HW3
(due Wed, Feb 19) | |
| Thu Feb 20 | 10. RL I Video | Ch. 22 Note 5.1-5.3 | ||||
| 6 | Tue Feb 25 | 11. RL II Video | Ch. 22 Note 5.4-5.5 | 5. RL | HW4
(due Wed, Feb 26) | Project 3
(due Fri Mar 07) |
| Thu Feb 27 | 12. Probability Video | Ch. 12.1-12.5 Note 6.1-6.2 | ||||
| 7 | Tue Mar 04 | 13. Bayes Nets: Representation Video | Ch. 13.1-13.3 Note 6.3-6.4 | 6. Probability and Bayes Nets | HW5
(due Wed, Mar 05) | |
| Thu Mar 06 | 14. Bayes Nets: Independence Video | Ch. 13.2 Note 6.5 | ||||
| 8 | Tue Mar 11 | 15. Bayes Nets: Inference Video | Ch. 13.3 Note 6.6 | 7. BN Inference and Sampling | HW6
(due Wed, Mar 12) | |
| Thu Mar 13 | 16. Bayes Nets: Sampling Video | Ch. 13.3-13.4 Note 6.7-6.8 | ||||
| 9 | Tue Mar 18 | 17. Decision Networks and VPI Video | Ch. 16.5-16.6 Note 8.1-8.3 | 8. Midterm Review | ||
| Wed Mar 19 | Midterm (Wed Mar 19, 7–9pm PT) | |||||
| Thu Mar 20 | 18. HMMs Video | Ch. 14.3, 14.5 Note 8.1-8.3 | ||||
| 10 | Tue Mar 25 | Spring Break | ||||
| Thu Mar 27 | ||||||
| 11 | Tue Apr 01 | 19. Particle Filtering Video | Ch. 14.3 Note 8.4-8.5 | 9. VPI and HMMs | HW7
(due Wed, Apr 02) | Project 4
(due Fri Apr 11) |
| Thu Apr 03 | 20. ML I Video | Ch. 20.1-20.2 Note 9.1-9.2 | ||||
| 12 | Tue Apr 08 | 21. ML II Video | Ch. 19.6 Note 9.3-9.5, 9.7, 9.8 | 10. Particle Filtering and Naive Bayes | HW8
(due Wed, Apr 09) | |
| Thu Apr 10 | 22. ML III Video | Ch. 19.7 Note 9.6, 9.9 | ||||
| 13 | Tue Apr 15 | 23. ML IV Video | 11. ML | HW9
(due Wed, Apr 16) | Project 5
(due Fri Apr 25) | |
| Thu Apr 17 | 24. ML Special Topics | |||||
| 14 | Tue Apr 22 | 25. Guest Lecture II | 12. ML 2 | HW10
(due Wed, Apr 23) | ||
| Thu Apr 24 | 26. Buffer | |||||
| 15 | Tue Apr 29 | 27. Buffer | 13. Final Review | |||
| Thu May 01 | 28. Summary | |||||
| 16 | Tue May 06 | RRR Week | ||||
| Thu May 08 | ||||||
| 17 | Thu May 15 | Final Exam (Thu May 15, 3–6pm PT) |