T-93.850
Seminar on Knowledge Engineering
Spring 2003: AI Planning
The area of the seminar is AI planning: planning techniques as studied in the field of artificial intelligence. The focus is mostly on STRIPS-style planning. The goal is to get acquainted with the basic planning methods and their recent developments.
material
D. Weld: Recent Advances in AI Planning, AI Magazine, 1999
format
Each participant prepares a seminar report about one of the topics listed below. The topics are assigned in the beginning of the seminar. Each participant identifies the relevant material for the report, develops the report in successive stages during the seminar, and gives various presentations dealing with the area of the report.
The list of the topics for seminar reports.
There is a collection of useful links for preparing the seminar presentations and the report.
Seminar meetings will be held in the meeting room A232 in the CS-building. The schedule is the following:
| Thu 27.2.2003 from 9 to 12 |
First meeting The participants select topics. More detailed instructions are given. |
| Tue 25.3.2003 from 14 to 20 |
Second meeting The participants give a preliminary report on their efforts including a lecture about one basic algorithm associated with their topic, a list of articles their plan to read for the final report, an initial concept map of the area, and an initial table of contents of the report. |
| Tue 15.4.2003 from 14 to 20 |
Third meeting The participants give a second report on their efforts including an overview of the material, a detailed plan for the final report, and a concept map of the area. |
| Tue 13.5.2003 from 14 to 20 |
Final meeting The participants give their final reports (oral lecture and printed text). |
Seminar presentations can be made in Finnish or in English.
Course T-93.440 (or a similar course) and familiarity with the issues discussed in the background material.
to pass
Active participation in all the seminar meetings and the completion of the seminar report.
Seminar is worth 2 credit points. It is possible to get an extra point (3 in total) for additional work on planning software. Grading is pass or fail.
For registration, please send email to the instructors. (The number of participants is limited).
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