CS 188 Summer 2026
Instructors: Marwa Abdulhai, Ezinne Nwankwo / Lecture: MoTuWeTh, 2:00–3:29 PM, Li Ka Shing 245 Gradescope: Entry code ZJE4E5 [Playlist]
Announcements
Welcome
Hi everyone, and welcome to CS 188 Summer 2026!
First Lecture: Our first lecture will be on Monday, June 22, 2:00–3:29pm in Li Ka Shing 245.
- All lectures this semester will be recorded and posted on the course website.
Course Communication: We will be using Ed and the course website as the main forms of communication for this class.
Extensions: If you need more time on assignments or have DSP accommodations, please fill out the extension request form.
Office Hours and Discussions: See the course calendar for the office hours and discussion schedule.
Exams:
- The midterm is on Wednesday, July 22, 7–9 pm PT.
- The final exam date will be announced.
Questions: If you have any questions or comments, please first check out the course policies page and the SU26 FAQs page. If your question is not answered after reading those two pages, feel free to post a follow up on Ed.
We look forward to a great semester with you!
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Readings | Discussion | HW | Project |
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| 1 | Mon Jun 22 | 1. Intro, Agents, and Environments (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 1-2
Note 1.1 |
No Discussion | Project 0 [optional]
(due Fri Jun 26) |
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| Tue Jun 23 | 2. Uninformed Search (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 3.1-3.4
Note 1.2-1.3 |
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| Wed Jun 24 | 3. A* Search and Heuristics (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 3.5-3.6
Note 1.4-1.5 |
1. Search Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW0 [optional] | ||
| Thu Jun 25 | 4. CSPs I (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 6.1
Note 2.1-2.4 |
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| 2 | Mon Jun 29 | 5. CSPs II (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 6.2-6.5
Note 2.4-2.6 |
2. CSPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW1
(due Tue Jun 30) |
Project 1
(due Mon Jul 06) |
| Tue Jun 30 | 6. Game Trees I (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 5.2-5.5
Note 3.1-3.2 |
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| Wed Jul 01 | 7. Game Trees II (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 5.2-5.5, 16.1-16.3
Note 3.3-3.6 |
3. Game Trees Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW2
(due Thu Jul 02) |
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| Thu Jul 02 | 8. MDPs I (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
Note 4.1-4.2 |
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| 3 | Mon Jul 06 | 9. MDPs II (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 17.1-17.2
Note 4.3-4.5 |
4. MDPs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW3
(due Tue Jul 07) |
Project 2
(due Fri Jul 10) |
| Tue Jul 07 | 10. RL I (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 22
Note 5.1-5.3 |
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| Wed Jul 08 | 11. RL II (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 22
Note 5.4-5.5 |
5. RL Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW4
(due Thu Jul 09) |
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| Thu Jul 09 | 12. Probability (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 12.1-12.5
Note 6.1-6.2 |
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| 4 | Mon Jul 13 | 13. Bayes Nets: Representation (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.1-13.3
Note 6.3-6.4 |
6. Probability and BN Representation Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW5
(due Tue Jul 14) |
Project 3
(due Fri Jul 17) |
| Tue Jul 14 | 14. Bayes Nets: Independence (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.2
Note 6.5 |
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| Wed Jul 15 | 15. Bayes Nets: Inference (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.3
Note 6.6 |
7. BN Independence and Inference Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW6
(due Thu Jul 16) |
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| Thu Jul 16 | 16. Bayes Nets: Sampling (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 13.3-13.4
Note 6.7-6.8 |
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| 5 | Mon Jul 20 | 17. Midterm Review (Marwa) Slides |
8. BN Sampling | |||
| Tue Jul 21 | 18. Decision Networks and VPI (Marwa) Slides / Video |
AIMA 16.5-16.6
Note 7.1-7.3 |
Midterm Review | |||
| Wed Jul 22 | Midterm (Wed. July 22nd, 7-9pm PT) |
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| Thu Jul 23 | 19. HMMs (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 14.3, 14.5
Note 8.1-8.3 |
No Discussion | |||
| 6 | Mon Jul 27 | 20. Particle Filtering (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 14.3
Note 8.4-8.5 |
9. Decision Networks, VPI, and HMMs Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW7
(due Tue Jul 28) |
Project 4
(due Fri Jul 31) |
| Tue Jul 28 | 21. ML I: Naive Bayes (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 20.1-20.2
Note 9.1-9.2 |
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| Wed Jul 29 | 22. ML II: Perceptrons (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 19.6
Note 9.3-9.5, 9.7, 9.8 |
10. Particle Filtering and Naive Bayes Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW8
(due Thu Jul 30) |
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| Thu Jul 30 | 23. ML III: Neural Networks & Applications (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 19.7
Note 9.6, 9.9 |
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| 7 | Mon Aug 03 | 24. ML IV: Decision Trees (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 19.3 | 11. Perceptrons and Neural Networks Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW9
(due Tue Aug 04) |
Project 5
(due Fri Aug 07) |
| Tue Aug 04 | 25. ML V: Transformers (Ezinne) Slides / Video |
AIMA 24.4-24.5 | ||||
| Wed Aug 05 | 26. Guest Lecture (Vongani) Slides |
12. Decision Trees and Transformers Discussion: Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep: Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW10
(due Thu Aug 06) |
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| Thu Aug 06 | 27. Guest Lecture (Jess) Slides |
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| 8 | Mon Aug 10 | 28. Final Summary (Ezinne) Slides |
Final Review | |||
| Tue Aug 11 | 29. TBD / Guest Lecture (Ezinne) Slides |
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| Wed Aug 12 | Final Exam (date and time TBA) |
No Discussion | ||||
| Thu Aug 13 |