CIS 410/510 Modeling Cognitive Agents
Spring, 2004

Topics

This is an outline of the topics that will be covered from week to week. It will evolve as the term progresses.

Week One

• Course overview
• Software configurations
• What is AI?

Week Two

• PLASTIC
• Gamebots
• UT system architecture
• Unit task
• ACT-R

Week Three

• GOFAI (good old fashioned A.I.)
• Search
• World State
• Planning
• STRIPS
• Rodney Brooks
• Subsumption architecture
• Intelligence without representation
• Subsumption in Brooks' robots
• Subsumption in PLASTIC
• Predicates and Patterns
• FOPL (first order predicate logic)

Week Four

• Subsumption in PLASTIC
• Lisp
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Week Five

To be determined.
Prof. Hornof will attend the CHI conference this week.

Week Six

To be determined.
Prof. Hornof will attend an ONR workshop this week.

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

To be determined.
Prof. Hornof will attend the NIME 2004 conference this week.

Finals Week