Computer Science 383 - Artificial Intelligence
Fall
2025
01
3.00
Scott Niekum
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
61453
Goessmann Laboratory room 20
sniekum@umass.edu
The course explores key concepts of artificial intelligence, including state-space and heuristic search techniques, game playing, knowledge representation, automated planning, reasoning under uncertainty, decision theory and machine learning. We will examine how these concepts are applied in the context of several applications.
Open to junior and senior Computer Science and Informatics majors. COMPSCI 383 pre-req SOME KNOWLEDGE OF PYTHON IS ASSUMED FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS TO USE COMPSCI 187 IN PLACE OF THE CICS 210 PREREQUISITE. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/course-overrides