SOW-BKI135
Introduction Artificial Intelligence
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleSOW-BKI135
Credits (ECTS)3
CategoryB1 (First year bachelor)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Social Sciences; Artificial Intelligence;
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer
prof. dr. T. Bosse
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Examiner
N. Donselaar, MSc
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Coordinator
N. Donselaar, MSc
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Contactperson for the course
N. Donselaar, MSc
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Lecturer
prof. dr. T.M. Heskes
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Academic year2021
Period
PER1  (06/09/2021 to 05/11/2021)
Starting block
PER1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims

The overall learning aims of the course are that students will be able to:

  • Recognise typical AI problems, explain typical features of AI problems and think up examples of AI problems.
  • Explain the relationship between a problem space and a search tree, explain fundamental search methods and their differences, produce an algorithm in pseudo code for elementary search techniques and select and apply search techniques in basic examples.
  • Explain the essence of different AI methods and elaborate on the details of these methods in basic examples.
Content

The aim of the course is to give students a first impression of the field of Artificial Intelligence, without going into too much technical detail. The course will cover:

  • What Artificial Intelligence is and an example of how AI techniques can be applied to an existing software system.
  • Fundamental search techniques and their application.
  • Types of knowledge representation, the main languages which are used and an example of their application in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
  • Learning through computers, the main techniques which are used and an example of their application.
  • Implications of AI
Level
AI-B1
Presumed foreknowledge
Some knowledge of mathematics, programming and formal logic is beneficial.
Test information
Multiple-choice exam: 90%, minimum passing grade 5.5.
Assignments (honest effort): 10% (only if higher than exam), no resit possible.
Specifics
Please sign up for any course at (https://portal.ru.nl/home), it is obligatory.

Students who are enrolled for a course are also provisionally registered for the exam. Please note that participation in the exam is only possible if all relevant conditions laid down in the EER are met. Students who, after being checked, are found not to meet these conditions shall be excluded from the exam. In that case participation is possible on special grounds and with a permit written by the student counselor. 

Re-examination: register at (https://portal.ru.nl/home) until five days prior to the date of the exam.

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Required materials
Book
Poole, D.I.R. & Mackworth, A.K.P. Artificial Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2017. (The entire book is legitimately available via http://artint.info/2e/html/ArtInt2e.html).
ISBN:9781107195394

Instructional modes
Lecture

Practice sessions

Question-and-answer seminars

Tests
Final grade
Test weight1
Test typeDigital exam with CIRRUS
OpportunitiesBlock PER1, Block PER2