MCS6513 Adv Topics in IS

S03 MCS 6513 Advanced Topics in Intelligent Systems

Chan-Jin Chung

Lawrence Technological University

Math and Computer Science Department

Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite : MCS 5503 Introduction to Intelligent Systems
Lecture Room: S217 and CW21
Lab. : Robotics Lab (CW21) for Robotics Project;
Instructor: Chan-Jin Chung, Ph.D.

Office Room: Science 112
Phone: (248) 204-3504
Fax: (248) 204-3518 (this fax number is for the whole building and senders should be sure to place instructor's name on the fax)
Dept. Secretary: (248) 204-3560
Math/CS Drop Box: in front of S120 door.
Email: CHUNG at ltu.edu
LTU webpage at http://www3.ltu.edu/~chung (syllabus, announcements, lecture notes, etc.)
Blackboard at my.ltu.edu
Office Hours: check out www3.ltu.edu/~chung and click on Office Hours

Required Text

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent Systems, Michael Negnevitsky, S352 pages 1st edition (September 15, 2001) Addison Wesley Publishing; ISBN: 0201711591, downloads from book website

Recommended Text:

Artificial Intelligence: A New Synthesis, ISBN 1-55860-467-7, March 1998, Nils J. Nilsson
Artificial Intelligence, 3/e, 1992, 750 pp., ISBN, 0-201-53377-4, Patrick Henry Winston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Vision and Fuzzy Neural Systems, by Arun D. Kulkarni, Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0 - 13 - 570599 - 1

Course Objectives

This course provides methods and techniques to build adaptable intelligence systems in depth.
Applying advanced theories and techniques to the development of practical Intelligent Systems as class projects
To plan MSCS capstone project I and II
Publishing papers for CEC 2003

Class Projects

April 26, Robofest 2003 - "Laptop Robot Race" in the Field House
May 6, IGVC pilot competition on the LTU ground
Individual Projects
- 2D, 3D design optimization
- EANN
- Symbol Sequence Recognition
- Intelligent Web Applications
- Data Mining
- Digital Neuron and softcomputing
- Genetic Programming Framework
- etc.

Tentative Schedule (See also "Topics and Schedule")

Date	Event	Note
1-14	First Day of Class
3-11	No Class	Spring Break
3-25	Midterm	5:45-7:00pm
4-11	Last Day for W
4-25	Laptop Robot Race Practice in the gym	Friday 3:00pm-
4-26	Laptop Robot Race during Robofest 2003	Sat.
5-6	IGVC	on LTU ground
5-9	IGVC robot report due

Grading: Total 200 points

Midterm: 30 points
Individual Projects: 20 points
Homeworks: 30 points
Laptop Robot Race: 60 points
IGVC: 60 points

This score will be translated into a letter grade based upon the percentages given below.

A	90-100%	C+	75-78%
A-	89%	C	70-74%
B+	85-88%	C-	69%
B	80-84%
B-	79%

No I (incomplete) grade will be given.

Policy on late homework or project

Full credit at the beginning of class on the due date
10% deduction per day (24 hours)

Intellectual Property and Copyrights

All the deliverables may be reused/modified/upgraded by another students and/or instructor later on for educational purposes only. The instructor will make sure to give appropriate credits and acknowledgements to the previous students.