Fundamentals Of Artificial Intelligence

By Prof. Shyamanta M. Hazarika | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 12113

What does automatic scheduling or autonomous driving have in common with web search, speech recognition, and machine translation? These are complex real-world problems that span across various practices of engineering! Aim of artificial intelligence (AI) is to tackle these problems with rigorous mathematical tools. The objective of this course is to present an overview of the principles and practices of AI to address such complex real-world problems. The course is designed to develop a basic understanding of problem solving, knowledge representation, reasoning and learning methods of AI.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Final Year B.Tech; M.Tech and PhD
PREREQUISITES: Basic Course in Probability and Linear Algebra

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering Multidisciplinary Robotics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	26 Jul 2021
End Date :	15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	09 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	23 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: AI and Problem Solving by Search

Week 2: Problem Solving by Search

Week 3: Problem Solving by Search

Week 4: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Week 5: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Week 6: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Week 7: Reasoning under Uncertainty

Week 8: Planning

Week 9: Planning and Decision Making

Week 10: Machine Learning

Week 11: Machine Learning

Week 12: Machine Learning

Books and references

Patrick Henry Winston, Artificial Intelligence, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2004.
Nils J Nilsson, Principles of Artificial Intelligence, Illustrated Reprint Edition, Springer Heidelberg, 2014.
Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3rd Edition, PHI 2009.
Nils J. Nilsson, Quest for Artificial Intelligence, First Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Instructor bio

Prof. Shyamanta M. Hazarika

IIT Guwahati

Shyamanta M Hazarika is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Guwahati and leads the Biomimetic Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab. His research interest is in Rehabilitation Robotics. This translates into interest in Artificial Intelligence, Biomimetic Robotics and Robotic Neurorehabilitation. Prior to joining IIT Guwahati, he was with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tezpur University. He has been a Vertretungsprofessur of Cognitive Systems and NeuroInformatics, University of Bremen, Germany. Prof. Hazarika holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India; M.Tech. in Robotics from Center for Robotics, IIT Kanpur, India. He completed his PhD in Artificial Intelligence (Knowledge Representation and Reasoning) from School of Computing, University of Leeds, England.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 23 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

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