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BILB3001Introduction to Artificial Intelligence4+0+0ECTS:6
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentCOMPUTER SCIENCE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Orhan KESEMEN
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To teach students different approaches to problem solving, to give basic knowledge in the field of machine learning, to research and apply different approaches in the fields of computer vision and natural language processing.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : will be able to learn and apply different approaches to problem solving10,111,3,
LO - 2 : They take basic knowledge and apply it in the field of machine learning10,111,3,
LO - 3 : investigate and apply different approaches in the fields of computer vision and natural language processing10,111,3,
LO - 4 : They can solve problems and write programs with an intuitive approach10,111,3,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Learning basic AI techniques, applicable examples and examining their limitations; State Space Searches: Definition of problem space, operators, state space searches, objective state; Blind Arams: learning basic search strategies; Heuristic Searches: Learning the heuristic evaluation function; Techniques for climbing the hill; Best First Search: Learning the best search and A* searches; comparison of different search algorithms; Intuitive functions; Minimax Calls: Learning two-player games; learning the game evaluation function; learning minimax searches; Learning depth limits; learning Alpha beta, acceptable heuristic searches for MiniMax; Expert Mechanisms: Learning Expert Mechanisms; Natural Language Processing: Problems in Natural Language processing; Grammar, Extraction, Definition of grammatical sentence; Creation of the weeding tree; Computational Learning: The purpose of learning programs; Evaluation of learning programs; conjunction rules; Classification with decision tree; Learning the decision tree.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Learning basic AI techniques, applicable examples and examining their limitations;
 Week 2State Space Searches: Defining the problem space, operators, state space searches, intent state;
 Week 3Blind Searches: learning basic search strategies;
 Week 4Week 4 Heuristic Searches: Learning the heuristic evaluation function;
 Week 5Techniques for climbing the hill;
 Week 6Best First Search: Learning the best search and A* searches;
 Week 7Comparison of different search algorithms;
 Week 8Intuitive functions; Minimax Calls: Learning two-player games;
 Week 9Midterm Exam
 Week 10Learning the game evaluation function; learning minimax calls
 Week 11Learning depth limits; learning Alpha beta, acceptable heuristic searches for MiniMax;
 Week 12Expert Mechanisms: Learning Expert Mechanisms;
 Week 13Natural Language Processing: Problems in Natural Language processing;
 Week 14Grammar, Extraction, Definition of grammatical sentence; Creation of the weeding tree;
 Week 15Computer Learning: The purpose of learning programs; Evaluation of learning programs;
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach, Prentice-Hall (2003 - 2nd Edition)
 
Recommended Reading
1Vasif V. NABİYEV, 2003, Artificial Intelligence, problems, methods, algorithms, Seçkin Publishing House, Ankara
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 1 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 4 14 56
Sınıf dışı çalışma 1 14 14
Arasınav için hazırlık 1 8 8
Arasınav 1 1 1
Ödev 1 14 14
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 1 6 6
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load100