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This is the site for 6.034 Artificial Intelligence, with Professor Patrick Winston.
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== '''Welcome to the 2016 Edition of 6.034'''==
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* Use 6.034-staff@mit to contact us.
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* [[Calendar]]
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===Logistical stuff:===
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* [[Reference material and playlist]]
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* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
* [[Frequently Asked Questions | Frequently asked questions]]
* [[Grading and collaboration policy]]
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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* [[Staff | Staff email addresses]]
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* [[Labs]] (also known as "problem sets")
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* [[Recitations | Recitation assignments]]
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* [[Tutorials]]
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* [[Office Hours | Office Hours]]
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* Recitations: Thursdays 11,noon in 36-156; Thursdays 1,2,3pm in 24-407; and Fridays 1,2,3pm in 26-210.
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* [[Reference material and playlist | What material will be on the quiz?]]
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive] ([[Index]])
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* [http://goo.gl/forms/5Q6X53fNrE Suggestion Box]
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== News ==
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===Reference stuff:===
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=== Tuesday, November 10 ===
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* [[Calendar]]
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Since Monday tutorials were canceled due to the Quiz, Monday students should attend any of the regularly-scheduled Tuesday
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* [[Reference material and playlist]]
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tutorials. (If none of the usual times do, there will also be an extra tutorial in the evening, 8-9pm in 32-124.)
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The tutorial times and locations are posted on the website:
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* [[Labs]] (also known as "problem sets")
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http://ai6034.mit.edu/fall09/index.php?title=Tutorials
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=== Monday, November 9 ===
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* [http://piazza.com/mit/fall2016/6034 Piazza]
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Quizzes have been graded and will be returned in recitation, then tutorial, then only from PHW's office.
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* [[Demonstrations]]
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* [http://web.mit.edu/dxh/www/ Dylan's AI Demonstrations]
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* [http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/Examinations/ Quiz archive]
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Note that the corresponding portion of the final is likely to include a straightforward neural net question and a problem that requires an understanding of mutation and crossover.
 
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=== Wednesday, October 21 ===
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Note that the current staff mailing list is '''6.034-2016-staff''' at mit.edu.
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Quizzes have been graded and will be returned in recitation, then tutorial, then only from PHW's office.
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== News ==
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===27 September 2016: Quiz locations===
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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:
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*Family name A-L: Walker, 3rd floor
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It will cover Games and Constraint Satisfaction Problems.
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===21 September 2016: Final date announced===
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It will be from 8-9pm in 32-124.
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We have just learned that the 6.034 final will be Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 1:30 to 4:30.  Conflict exam schedule will not be set until just after drop date.
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Because of the confluence of a Monday holiday and family weekend in the same week, the schedule next week is highly unusual.  As indicated on the calendar, there will be lectures on Tuesday and Friday.  Also, there will be no megarecitation next week, because of insufficient accumulation of material to cover.
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===15 September 2016: Lab 2 released; Lab 0 solution + office hours posted===
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  http://ai6034.mit.edu/fall09/index.php?title=Lab_3
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Resubmit lab 2 if you did not download a new tests.py on Saturday and resubmit with it alreadyOlder submissions are invalid, and you're likely to have a zero on the lab, which you can check at https://ai6034.mit.edu:444/fall09/tester/
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1. [[Lab 2]], on basic search (yesterday's lecture) and optimal search (tomorrow's lecture), has been releasedLab 2 is due by Thusday, September 22 at 10:00pm.  Labs 1 and 2 are due in the same week, so we recommend working on them in parallel.  You can think of them as one longer lab, split into two separately graded sections.
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2. The solution to Lab 0 is now viewable (and downloadable) online:
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http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/labs/lab0_solution.py
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Although we generally will not post lab solutions, we are providing this one for Lab 0 to demonstrate some useful implementation techniques that may come in handy for future labs, as well as few fun Python tricks.
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Breakpoints for Quiz 1:
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3. The weekly [[Office Hours|office hour schedule]] for the semester is available.  Room numbers will be added to the page as we receive them from the scheduling office.  Throughout the semester, the page will be updated with any last-minute changes to office-hour times or locations.
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1. If you would like to get credit for it, please register on-line in
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6.S063.
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2. We will have 2 Friday sessions, 2pm and 3pm.  For people who came
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last time and filled in preference forms, it appears that we will have
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enough space so that you can attend the time you prefer, either 2 or 3
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come last week and want to sign up, you still can. Listeners are
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welcome.
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===12 September 2016: Lab 1 released===
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[[Lab 1]], on rule-based systems, has been releasedIt is due by next Tuesday, September 20, at 10:00pm.
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Thursdays 11am 36-156
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===10 September 2016: Recitation assignments===
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...are now available via the [https://ai6034.mit.edu:444/recitation/ Recitation Self-Service page] (certificates required). If you have not been assigned to a section, please use the page to join one.
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=== September 15th ===
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There is a new [http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/labs/lab0/tester.py tester.py] which lets you just run that module to do local tests, and if those succeed, to submit, all in one go.  If you're running up against the clock, remember to submit using either the command line or test_online() even if you don't pass the local tests though!  Partial credit is better than none.
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====New opportunity in 2016====
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A short conversation about [[Mutation]]
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The 2016 edition of 6.034 will offer an optional 3-unit add-on set of lectures given by Professor Robert C. Berwick. This addition will supplement the main lectures and recitations because it will focus on the science side of 6.034, addressing long-standing scientific questions and biological intelligence, rather than existing tools for building applications.  Evolution and  human language will be emphasized. 
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Note the addition of of a calendar, with locked down Quiz dates, along with a table of reference materials. These will be integrated, once we figure out how.
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Jessica Noss, the 2016 winner of the EECS Carlton E.  Tucker Award for outstanding
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teaching as a graduate-student teaching assistant.
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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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====About 6.034, Fall 2016 Edition====
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Wednesday.  On many, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the
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Monday and Wednesday lectures.
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[http://doodle.com/tptv9y2bu8qxt6hi Give us your tutorial availability] please.
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== '''What should I take after 6.034?'''==
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====Subjects associated with the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines====
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[http://cbmm.mit.edu/education/courses Many subjects] are taught, Spring and Fall, by faculty associated
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Revision as of 05:47, 27 September 2016

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Contents

Welcome to the 2016 Edition of 6.034

Logistical stuff:

Reference stuff:

  • Labs (also known as "problem sets")


Note that the current staff mailing list is 6.034-2016-staff at mit.edu.

News

27 September 2016: Quiz locations

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

21 September 2016: Final date announced

We have just learned that the 6.034 final will be Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 1:30 to 4:30. Conflict exam schedule will not be set until just after drop date.

15 September 2016: Lab 2 released; Lab 0 solution + office hours posted

Three announcements:

1. Lab 2, on basic search (yesterday's lecture) and optimal search (tomorrow's lecture), has been released. Lab 2 is due by Thusday, September 22 at 10:00pm. Labs 1 and 2 are due in the same week, so we recommend working on them in parallel. You can think of them as one longer lab, split into two separately graded sections.

2. The solution to Lab 0 is now viewable (and downloadable) online: http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/labs/lab0_solution.py

Although we generally will not post lab solutions, we are providing this one for Lab 0 to demonstrate some useful implementation techniques that may come in handy for future labs, as well as few fun Python tricks.

3. The weekly office hour schedule for the semester is available. Room numbers will be added to the page as we receive them from the scheduling office. Throughout the semester, the page will be updated with any last-minute changes to office-hour times or locations.

14 September 2016: 3-unit add-on subject - Important announcements

A couple of announcements regarding the 3-unit add-on section taught on Fridays.

1. If you would like to get credit for it, please register on-line in the usual way (using the Registrar's link) using the subject number 6.S063.

2. We will have 2 Friday sessions, 2pm and 3pm. For people who came last time and filled in preference forms, it appears that we will have enough space so that you can attend the time you prefer, either 2 or 3 pm, without having to re-assign anyone or run a lottery. If you didn't come last week and want to sign up, you still can. Listeners are welcome.

We're still waiting for the numbers to stabilize, so for this week we will hold both the 2pm and 3pm sections in 10-250. We will most likely move to more reasonably sized rooms after this week.

12 September 2016: Lab 1 released

Lab 1, on rule-based systems, has been released. It is due by next Tuesday, September 20, at 10:00pm.

10 September 2016: Recitation assignments

...are now available via the Recitation Self-Service page (certificates required). If you have not been assigned to a section, please use the page to join one.

Summer 2016

New opportunity in 2016

The 2016 edition of 6.034 will offer an optional 3-unit add-on set of lectures given by Professor Robert C. Berwick. This addition will supplement the main lectures and recitations because it will focus on the science side of 6.034, addressing long-standing scientific questions and biological intelligence, rather than existing tools for building applications. Evolution and human language will be emphasized.

The add on is scheduled to meet on Fridays, either 2-3pm or 3-4pm, in room 36-372.

We are pleased to note ...

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

What they meant to say is that 6.034 has had outstanding TAs. Among them is head-TA Jessica Noss, the 2016 winner of the EECS Carlton E. Tucker Award for outstanding teaching as a graduate-student teaching assistant.

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

About 6.034, Fall 2016 Edition

In the fall semester of 2016, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11 in 10-250. 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, 7 September 2016.

What should I take after 6.034?

For 6.034 alums looking for related subjects, we recommend the following, as of 31 January 2016. There may be additions through registration day.


Subjects of note, Fall

Instructor Number Title
Brian Williams 16.410J/16.413J Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making
Gerald Sussman 6.946 Classical mechanics: a computational approach

Subjects associated with the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines

Many subjects are taught, Spring and Fall, by faculty associated with the Center for Brains Minds and Machines.

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