Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Instructed by Pantelis Monogioudis, Ph.D and staff.

What this course is all about

Artificial Intelligence (AI) addresses one of the ultimate puzzles humans are trying to solve: How is it possible for a brain, whether biological or electronic, to perceive, understand, predict and manipulate a world far larger and more complicated than itself? And how do people create a machine (or computer) with those properties? To that end, AI researchers try to understand how seeing, learning, remembering and reasoning can, or should, be done. This course introduces students to the many AI concepts and techniques including perception, probabilistic reasoning over time, logical reasoning, planning with and without interactions with the environment, reinforcement learning and natural language understanding.

Logistics

NJIT CS370: Fall 2024 - Newark campus.

NJIT CS370 Honors: Fall 2024 - Newark campus.

NYU CS-GY-6613: Fall 2024 - Tandon School of Engineering (Brooklyn Metrotech).

Communication

We use Discord for all communication and questions related to lectures and projects. Info has already been sent to you via Canvas and Brightspace. Please install Discord in your smartphones as well.

Office Hours Professor Office hours will be coordinated via Discord - the process is simple: direct message the professor and make arrangements for a 30min slot. After we agree on the slot, please send a Google calendar invitation to me and include Gmeet conference info (no Webex or Zoom). Please include in your invitation the questions / issues you face so that we can have a productive meeting.

Grading

Midterm (20%)

Final (30%)

Project (20%)

Assignments (30%)

Staff (TAs)

NJIT CS370 and CS370H: Zhenduo Wang and Ryan Lee (Fall 2024)

NYU CS-GY-6613: Aditya Kumar and Deepak Chaurasiya (Fall 2024)

Support Discord ticketing system. Open a ticket to address a grading issue and other issues that require a staff or professor response. All tickets are private between student and staff/professor.