IT3708 - Subsymbolic Methods in AI, Fall 2007

Lectures

Slides from the lectures are found here. Since these slides are often modified (or created) during the semester, the complete set may not be available until the end of the semester. In any given lecture, several of the files below may be used. They are listed in the approximate order in which they will be presented for the first time.

The New AI (ppt)

Intro Compendium chapter on The New AI (pdf)

Intro to Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) (ppt)

Compendium chapter on EAs - quite large; used in many lectures (pdf)

Compendium chapter on EAs and search (pdf)

Compendium chapter on EA applications - useful for homework assignments 1 and 2

... Slides for artificial neural networks (ANNs) will be provided later.

The Backpropgation Algorithm: Gradient Descent Training of Neural Networks (pdf)

Neural Coding: What Kind of Information is Represented in a Neural Network and How (ppt)

Computational Models of Neural Systems (pdf)

Information Transmission and Learning in Neural Networks (pdf)

Compendium chapter on hybrid EA-ANN systems. Used toward the end of the course. (pdf)

Lecture dates etc are found in the "Schedules" section of the website.