Computer Science 683 - Artificial Intelligence

Spring
2026
01
3.00
Yair Zick

M W 2:30PM 3:45PM

UMass Amherst
77015
Goessmann Lab. Add rm 64
yzick@umass.edu
In-depth introduction to Artificial Intelligence focusing on techniques that allow intelligent systems to reason effectively with uncertain information and cope limited computational resources. Topics include: problem-solving using search, heuristic search techniques, constraint satisfaction, local search, abstraction and hierarchical search, resource-bounded search techniques, principles of knowledge representation and reasoning, logical inference, reasoning under uncertainty, belief networks, decision theoretic reasoning, representing and reasoning about preferences, planning under uncertainty using Markov decision processes, multi-agent systems, and computational models of bounded rationality.

Open to graduate Computer Science students only. STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN AN UNDERGRADUATE AI COURSE PREFERRED. SEATS HELD FOR INCOMING GRAD STUDENT REGISTRATION. C1 LEC 01 FOR ONLINE MS-CMPSCI PROGRAM STUDENTS ONLY. PHDS OR ANY STUDENT WITH A TUITION WAIVER CANNOT ENROLL IN A U+ SECTION. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/course-overrides.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.