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This is the site for 6.034 Artificial Intelligence, with Prof. Patrick Winston.

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September 5, 2006

Based on discussions with students from previous years, we are introducing several changes in the fall, 2006 version of 6.034, including the following:

Quizzes and evaluations

This year, we will have 4 quizzes instead of 2, so as to both reduce time pressure and test less material per quiz.

The final will be organized into parts corresponding to the quizzes. If you have a bad day on one of the quiz days, you can make up for it on the final, as we propose to give you the higher of the two grades.

All quizzes and the final are open book, open notes, open problem sets and solutions, open everything, except for computers.

Tutorials and recitations

As in previous years, we will have tutorials on Mondays and Tuesdays and recitations on Thursdays and Fridays. In addition, this year we are introducing the concept of a megarecitation, to be held 11–12 on Fridays. Roughly, the purpose of each element is as follows:

Element Purpose
Lectures: To introduce most of the material and provide the big picture
Tutorials: To provide help with the homework and assess understanding
Mega recitation: To demonstrate how to work problems of the kind that tend to show up on the quizzes
Regular recitations To introduce some of the material, answer questions, provide additional

perspective, and be a venue small enough for discussion

Times and places of recitations and tutorials

We will ask you to fill out a schedule form in the first lecture so that we can make assignments. Ignore the times listed by the registrar.

There will be no tutorials, regular recitations, or megarecitation during the first week of class, the week of September 4.

Textbook

There is no textbook to buy. Everything you need will be supplied on line.

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