1. CS 380: Artificial Intelligence
William Regli

2. Overview Syllabus, Course, Procedures What is AI? Some history
Homework #1

3. Syllabus

4. What is AI?

5. Major Threads of AI Science Application
Logic & Knowledge Representation
Search
Planning
Learning
Pattern recognition
Etc…
Application
Robotics
Speech processing
Business & finance
Image processing
Human-computer interaction
Etc…

6. Alan Turing Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton in 1938
Established the theoretical mathematical formulation of computing
The Father of “AI”
Computing Machinery and Intelligence in MIND
Famous code-breaker
Broke the Nazi ENIGMA code, enabling the landing at Normandy and victory in WWII

7. Herbert A. Simon PhD in Econ. from U of Chicago 1943 Nobel Prize 1978
Pioneer in
Artificial Intelligence
Organizational Dynamics
Design
Human-Computer Interaction

9. Assignment #1 Make sure you are on the class email list
Read Chapters #1 & #2
Problems will be posted on website by tomorrow AM
Due Friday Oct 7