Computer Science 6980:
Algorithmic Techniques for Artificial Intelligence
(Winter 2027)

http://www.cs.mun.ca/~harold/Courses/CS3200

Instructor	Office	Office Hours	Lectures
Todd Wareham harold@mun.ca	EN-2034 (709) 864-4601	TBA	TR, 2:00-3:15 pm, Room EN-2040

Lecture Outline (Tentative)

• Problem-solving and Search (agents and environments, single-agent search, two-agent search, constraint satisfaction problems) (8 lectures) [Chapters 2-6, Russell and Norvig (2010)]
• Knowledge and Reasoning (logical agents, reasoning in propositional and first-order logic, planning) (7 lectures) [Chapters 7, 8, and 10) Russell and Norvig (2010)]
• Machine Learning (evolutionary computing, reinforcement learning, neural networks and deep learning) (6 lectures) [Chapter 21, Russell and Norvig (2010); Chapter 21, Russell and Norvig (2022)]

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Evaluation Scheme

• There will be no supplementary exams. Marks for missed in-class exams (with appropriate documentation) will be averaged over the remaining exams at the instructor's discretion.
• Students must pass the final exam to pass the course.

Recommended Readings

• Russell, S. and Norvig (2010) Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition). Prentice-Hall.
• Russell, S. and Norvig (2022) Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (4rd Edition). Prentice-Hall.

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Created: October 22, 2026
Last Modified: October 22, 2026