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This is the site for 6.034 Artificial Intelligence, with Professor Patrick Winston.
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== '''Welcome to the 2015 Edition of 6.034'''==
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* [[Calendar]]
 
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
 
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* [[Grading and collaboration policy]]
 
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* [[Demonstrations]]
 
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* [[Labs]] (also known as "problem sets")
 
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* [[Tutorials]] and [[Recitations]]
 
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive]
 
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* [[Staff]]
 
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== News ==
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===We are pleased to note ...===
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=== Monday, December 15 ===
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...that Bloomberg has listed 6.034 as among [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-11/five-of-the-best-computer-science-classes-in-the-country "Five of the Best Computer Science Classes in the U.S."]
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<b>End Game</b>
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===Road map:===
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To see how 6.034 outcomes relate to the outcomes of other subjects in the Course 6 curriculum, see the graphical display in the [http://6004.mit.edu/gmap/public.html?focus=6.034 6.034 Curricular Goals Map]
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<li> You may learn your grade and look at your final at Professor Winston's office after Wednesday, noon, December 17. By institute rule, we cannot let you keep your final as we are required to retain them for a year.
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<li> Alternatively, you can learn your grade via WEBSIS soon after December 17.
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<li> You cannot get your grade any other way. By institute rules, we cannot give out grades by telephone, nor can we post grades. In particular, if you go to the Undergraduate Office, and ask for your grade, you will drive the normally kind, courteous, and helpful Anne Hunter crazy with rage, which will be viciously directed at the 6.034 staff.  
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We of the staff wish you good hunting on your other finals, and a rejuvenating holiday. Get some sleep.
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===Logistical stuff:===
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
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* [[Grading and collaboration policy]]
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* [[Staff | Staff email addresses]]
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* [[Recitations | Recitation assignments]]
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* [[Office Hours | Office Hours]]
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* [[Reference material and playlist | What material will be on the quiz?]]
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* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGU5NkkzdGdsLWpITnZxQlJ6UHdDUUE6MQ Suggestion Box] (old)
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=== Wednesday, December 10 ===
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===Reference stuff:===
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Now that the instruction part of 6.034 is over, please fill out the 6.034 section at <http://sixweb.mit.edu/>.  Your participation is very important to us as well as to students thinking of taking the subject.
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* [[Calendar]]
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=== Wednesday, December 3 ===
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* [[Reference material and playlist]]
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Quizzes to be returned in recitation, then tutorial, the PHW's office.
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* [[Labs]] (also known as "problem sets")
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Breakpoints for Quiz 4:
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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* [http://web.mit.edu/dxh/www/ Dylan's AI Demonstrations]
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=== Monday, November 24 ===
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive]
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[[Lab 5]] is out, and it's due December 5.
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=== Tuesday, November 18 ===
 
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Breakpoints for Quiz 3:
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Note that the current TA mailing list is 6.034-2015-support at mit.edu.
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[[Lab 4]] is out. It's due on Friday, November 7.
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* [http://web.mit.edu/dxh/www/sigmoid/ Dylan's Grade Calculator]
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* [http://logical.ai/6.034/ Quiz archive]
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=== Saturday, October 18 ===
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===2014 Surveys:===
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Here's a page that explains the terminology for [[constraint propagation]].
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=== Wednesday, October 15 ===
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/2014polls/Workload.pdf End of term workload survey] 
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The final examination is scheduled for 9-12, Monday, December 15, duPont.
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/2014polls/FrancisChen.pdf Francis Chen's confidence survey, Executive Summary] 
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[[Lab 3]] is finally out. It will be due on Friday, October 17.
 
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=== Friday, October 3 ===
 
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You can see a modern demonstration of the use of constraints in drawings via the Demonstrations link.  You can see the original
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* [[TA Notes | Notes]] on most of the primary topics
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[http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/movies/waltz_high.avi Waltz program] in action as well, in a video that is much deteriorated, having started out on 16mm film, then becoming VCR, and finally an avi file with some sort of standard video encoding.
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* [[Recitation Handouts]]
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* [[Objectives and desired outcomes | Statement of objectives and desired outcomes]]
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=== Sunday, September 28 ===
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([[Index]])
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We forgot to specify a due date for [[Lab 2]] so far. It will be due on Friday, October 3.
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Note that the TA address is: 6.034-2013-staff@mit.edu
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Quiz one is graded.  You can get it back from your recitation instructor on Thursday or Friday, or failing that, from your TA Monday and Tuesday, or failing that, from Professor Winston, 32-251, catch as catch can. Answers will be discussed in recitation. Breakpoints follow:
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This address, used a year ago, is now a black hole: fa13-6.034-staff@mit.edu
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Per grading policy, your quiz one grade will be compared with Part 1 of the final, and you will get the higher grade.  See [[Grading and collaboration policy]] for details.
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=== Tuesday, September 23 ===
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Students in Monday tutorials this week should attend a Tuesday tutorial of their choice.
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Due to problems with the tester, we've extended the due date of [[Lab 1]] until Friday, September 19.
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[[Lab 1]] is released.
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Tutorials have been assigned. Recitations haven't yet. You should have received your section number by e-mail. Times and places are on the [[Tutorials]] page.
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If you didn't fill out a tutorial sheet, just go to a section that you can make it to, and ask the TA when you get there.
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The notes from the mega-recitation [[Python for Schemers]] are up.
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We were unclear about the time of mega-recitations. Mega-recitations occur on Fridays at 11 AM, the same time slot that is occupied by lectures on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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The first mega-recitation, on Friday, September 5, will teach "Python for Schemers".
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==== Times and places of recitations and tutorials ====
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If you have not yet filled out recitation and tutorial scheduling forms, please pick up spare copies and leave them at 32-251 as soon as possible.  You will learn which tutorial and recitation you are in by email.
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In the fall of 2008, the official language of 6.034 will be Python for a variety of reasons having little to do with the strengths and weaknesses of the language.    Relative to past years, homework will ramp up somewhat more gently to give Scheme speakers an opportunity to adaptWe expect a weekend with any of the many Python books would be adequate preparationSee, for example, the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/285856/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last Amazon list].
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In the fall semester of 2015, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11.   
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Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and Wednesday.   
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On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the Monday and Wednesday lectures.
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Alternatively, you can follow one of the suggestions of Rob Speer, head 6.034 TA:
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Examinations will cover material from the traditional lectures as well as the right-now lectures.  It will be extremely difficult to field questions on the right-now material if you do not attend the right-now lectures because the material is not yet in textbooks or, in many cases, published papers.
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* [http://diveintopython.org Dive into Python] is a well-recommended book that is available online. It's written for experienced programmers who just don't know Python yet. It's meant to quickly take what you already know about other languages and explain how Python does them.
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Recitations (previously known as "tutorials") will meet weekly on Monday and Tuesday. On the first day of class, you will fill out a form that will enable us to assign you to a recitation.
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* At the other end of the spectrum, the text that was used in 6.00 has been expanded into one called ''Think Python''. It's [http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ online]. It is targeted at people who have not programmed much or at all.
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6.034 is no longer offered in the spring term.
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* In the middle is the O'Reilly book ''Learning Python''. MIT has a subscription to O'Reilly, so anyone with an MIT IP address can read the book [http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/9780596513986/ online].
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Contents

Welcome to the 2015 Edition of 6.034

We are pleased to note ...

...that Bloomberg has listed 6.034 as among "Five of the Best Computer Science Classes in the U.S."

Road map:

To see how 6.034 outcomes relate to the outcomes of other subjects in the Course 6 curriculum, see the graphical display in the 6.034 Curricular Goals Map

Logistical stuff:


Reference stuff:

  • Labs (also known as "problem sets")


Note that the current TA mailing list is 6.034-2015-support at mit.edu.


News

June 2015

In the fall semester of 2015, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11. Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and Wednesday. On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the Monday and Wednesday lectures.

Examinations will cover material from the traditional lectures as well as the right-now lectures. It will be extremely difficult to field questions on the right-now material if you do not attend the right-now lectures because the material is not yet in textbooks or, in many cases, published papers.

Recitations (previously known as "tutorials") will meet weekly on Monday and Tuesday. On the first day of class, you will fill out a form that will enable us to assign you to a recitation.

6.034 is no longer offered in the spring term.

More details will emerge during the first lecture on Wednesday, 3 September 2014.

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