Artificial Intelligence, LP4, VT 2014

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The course consists of two parts: a written examination (2.5 hp/hecr) and a course project (5.0 hp/hecr). Both CTH and GU students will recieve an individudal grade 3, 4 or 5 for each part. The final grade for the course will then be calculated like this, in Pythonic notation:

def final_grade(school, project_grade, examination_grade):
    if school == "GU":
        project_grade = "VG" if project_grade >= 5 else "G"
        examination_grade = "VG" if examination_grade >= 4 else "G"
    return min(project_grade, examination_grade)

Note that CTH grade 4 corresponds to VG for the written exam, but only to G for the project.

Written examination

The written examination will be about the course literature, not about the project. Here are the exam dates:

• Examination: Tuesday 27 May, 14:00–18:00
• Re-examination: Tuesday 19 August, 14:00–18:00 (prel.)

There is a list of example examination questions, including some extra information.

Project submissions

You will work in teams of four students each, and submit all your work as a team. The project has two deadlines:

• The first is 13 April, just before the Easter break. This will not be graded, but you have to submit something so that your supervisor can see that you are on track!

• The final submission is 18 May, and this deadline is strict! This is the version that will be graded, and that you will present during the oral examination the week after.

Each submission must include the written report (as PDF) and the complete source code (as a ZIP archive). Furthermore, each group participant should write one page where they describe their own contributions to the project work. These pages should be included as appendices to the project report.

Project grading

Given that all group members contributed equally, the grade for all group member equals the grade of the group. If it turns out that one or more group members contributed substantially more, or less, than the rest of the group, we will adjust the grade accordingly. A group or individual may fail the course (get “underkänt”) if the contribution is too low.

To assess your individual contribution we will look at:

• The quality and extent of the submitted work.
• Your contribution as recorded in the diary.
• Your attendance and participation during the supervision sessions and the oral exam.

Read the project description for information about different grade levels.

Oral examination

The oral examination is during week 21, the following times and locations. The groups present in numeric order, unless something special happens. Note that you only have to attend your own session!

Tue 20 May

9:00–11:45 in EL41: Groups 4, 7, 11, 17, 21, 23

13:15–16:00 in EL41: Groups 1, 8, 10, 18, 19 Wed 21 May

9:00–11:45 in EL42: Groups 0, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12

13:15–16:00 in EL42: Groups 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20

Please sign up for the project presentation in the following Doodle (now closed):

http://doodle.com/i9ycpyysny79kqkq

Each group selects one of these time slots, which means that each presentation time will consist of 5–6 groups. Each group will give a 10–15 minutes presentation of their project, and then there is 5–10 minutes for questions.

It is pretty much up to you what you present, but please think about the audience:

• All your listeners have done the same basic stuff, so you don’t have to explain the A* algorithm or show how your system solves “put the white ball on the floor”.
• Instead focus on the things where you probably differ from other groups: how is your heuristics, how does your states and goals look like, what are your extensions and how do they work.
• Show some examples, both good and bad! No group solves everything perfect, so please show some cases where your system doesn’t work as well as it should.