Course Announcements for CSCI 485, Fall 2023

Important announcements will be posted here. Please check regularly.


16 November 2023:

Assignment 5 is posted. The submit deadline of Assignment 5 is noon, 7 December 2023.

31 October 2023:

Each student is asked to write a term paper and make a short presentation on an AI topic. For more information, visit Term Paper Information.

26 October 2023:

I've decided to delay the Lab 7 to November 2nd. There is no new lab tasks this week (October 26/27).

However, Lab 7 and the related Assignment 4 are still posted. The submit deadline of Assignment 4 is noon, 16 November 2023. (The due date falls in the reading week. But you can always submit early.)

12 October 2023:

Lab 5, Lab 6 and Assignment 3 have been posted. The submit deadline of Assignment 3 is noon, 26 October 2023.

28 September 2023:

Midterm is tentatively scheduled to take place in class on 24 October 2023, Tuesday.

Please check out the Exam Preparation page to get more information. This page reflects my best estimate so far, and may be edited if things don't go according to my estimation.

26 September 2023:

Lab 3, Lab 4 and Assignment 2 have been posted. The submit deadline of Assignment 2 is noon, 12 October 2023.

14 September 2023:

Lab 1, Lab 2 and Assignment 1 have been posted. The submit deadline of Assignment 1 is noon, 28 September 2023.

1 September 2023:

Welcome to CSCI 485, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. Our first lecture starts at 8:30, Tuesday, 5 September 2023, in Building 210/Room 240. The first lab will be held in Building 315/Room 115 on
15:30 - 16:30, Thursday, 14 September 2023 for Section F23N01,
14:30 - 15:30, Friday, 15 September 2023 for Section F23N02.

It is important for everyone to attend the first lecture due to VIU's No-Show policy. It is important for everyone to attend all lectures and labs anyway. If, for any reason, you can not attend the first lecture session, please notify the instructor (Huizhu.Liu@viu.ca) ASAP.

Here is the draft of the course outline for CSCI 485. If you can not find the information you need for the course from the course outline, please contact your instructor.