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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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== News ==
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=== December 19, 2006 ===
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It's over! You can examine your graded final and get your final grade in Patrick's office (32-251) after noon, Tuesday, December 19, and through IAP.
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By institute rule, you cannot take your final away from the office.  Alternatively, you can learn your grade in a few days via WEBSIS.
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You cannot get your grade any other way.  By institute rules, we cannot
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give out grades by email or by telephone, nor can we post grades.  In particular, if
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with rage</b>, which will be <b>viciously directed at the 6.034 staff</b>.
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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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The TAs have finally gotten around to writing the hidden tester for [[Problem set 5]]. You should receive grades shortly.
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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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=== December 14, 2006 ===
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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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* [http://goo.gl/forms/5Q6X53fNrE Suggestion Box] <!--jmn's 2015 edition-->
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Luis Ortiz will hold office hours in the student street near 32-123 at 11-1 tomorrow, Saturday.  Final review 32-123 at 1+.  Old quizes are like to be available in same area at 12-1.
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=== December 13, 2006 ===
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* [[Calendar]]
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There remains some confusion about how we are computing grades.  Read this to be sure you are not among the confused.
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* [[Reference material and playlist]]
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The maximizing operator we propose to use will recognize topic areas corresponding to the
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four quizes, not the problems that appeared on the quizzes.  Thus, for example, if you
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* [http://piazza.com/mit/fall2015/6034 Piazza]
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with where you are, it will do absolutely no harm to ignore the corresponding section
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The performance of other students does not matter as there is no curve.  If you elect to ignore part of the final, it does not matter how the people who work on that part perform; it does not matter if they all get 0 or all get 100 as far a your score is concerned (that is, the quiz threshholds, once set, are never adjusted).
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive]
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Note that the TA address is: 6.034-2013-staff@mit.edu
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Contents

Welcome to the 2015 Edition of 6.034


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

30 September 2015

Quiz 1 will be returned in recitations next Monday and Tuesday. After Tuesday, you may pick up your quiz from Prof. Winston's office when he is in. Thresholds are:

Thorough understanding (5) Acceptable understanding (4) Some understanding (3) / needs work
Problem 1: Rule-Based Systems ≥ 35 ≥ 31 ≥ 26
Problem 2: Search ≥ 26 ≥ 22 ≥ 18
Problem 3: Games ≥ 27 ≥ 23 ≥ 20
Total ≥ 88 ≥ 76 ≥ 64

29 September 2015

Quiz 1 is tomorrow during class time (10 AM). Half of you will take the quiz in Walker, half in 10-250, enabling less crowded conditions. Locations:

  • Family name A-L: Walker, 3rd floor
  • Family name M-Z: 10-250

24 September 2015

Final has been scheduled for Wednesday, 16 December, 9am-12pm, Johnson.

23 September 2015

Good news! If you have been unable to submit labs through Windows, we have found a solution. The source of the problem is Python versions 2.6.5 through 2.7.3. The recommended solution is to install a version of Python >= 2.7.4 or <= 2.6.4; we recommend the latest stable release, Python 2.7.10.

19 September 2015

The online tester for Lab 2 is now live! If you have already downloaded the files for Lab 2, you will need to add a patch to lab2.py. Simply copy all the lines from patch.txt and paste them at the bottom of your lab2.py file. (If you have not yet downloaded Lab 2, the files in lab2.zip and online are already up-to-date as of 4pm today, so no need to patch.)

Second, we are trying to understand our tester's incompatibility with certain combinations of Windows and Python versions. If you have successfully or unsuccessfully submitted a lab on Windows, you can help us by telling us your Windows and Python versions using this form, or by e-mail to jmn@.

16 September 2015

If you wish to try out the Genesis story understanding system, you can load it using Java's Webstart feature.

13 September 2015

We have finished assigning recitation sections based on your preferences and have sent welcome e-mails to each section. If you have not received an e-mail, or if you would like to view/switch your recitation at any time, you can visit http://ai6034.mit.edu/recitation (certificates required).

You are welcome to attend multiple recitations if you like; in any case, we'll use your official recitation to return quizzes to you.

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, 9 September 2014.

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