Intelligent Autonomous Agents

ICS 606 / EE 606 -- Fall 2011
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Instructor: Prof. Nancy Reed, 314E POST, nreed@hawaii.edu, (808) 956-8498.

Lectures: Mon and Wed 10:30 - 11:45, Hamilton Library 3F or 3G.

Office hours Mon & Wed 11:45 am - 12:30 pm (in Hamilton) or by appointment.

Overview: Intelligent autonomous agents are now being used in a broad range of areas from telecommunications, to education, defense and manufacturing. This course focuses on the conceptual basis of intelligent agents, including the theory, implementation, and practical applications of agent systems. ICS 606 is co-listed in Electrical Engineering as EE 606, meaning that the two courses are equivalent. 3 credits.
A detailed schedule of topics is available here.

Required Texts: Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach, 3rd Edition, by Stuart Russell & Peter Norvig, Prentice Hall, 2009.
An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems, Second Edition by Michael Wooldridge, Published May 2009 by John Wiley & Sons. ISBN-13: 978-0470519462.

Optional Texts: Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Edited by Gerhard Weiss. The MIT Press, Hardcover March 1999, ISBN: 0262731312, or Paperback July 2000, ISBN: 0262731312.

Other material:Selected papers from journals (e.g. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, ACM/IEEE journals) and conferences (e.g. Autonomous Agents, IJCAI, ECAI, AAAI) will be covered during the term. Available online or will be provided as handouts.

Course Requirements: There are three components to your grade in this course: one written examination (30%), completion of a term research project (50%), and participation in class discussions and presentations of research papers (20%).
Programming assignments are optional and may be done for extra credit.
Grading Criteria are here.

Academic Conduct Exams are to be done individually. Refer to the student conduct code (http://www.studentaffairs.manoa.hawaii.edu/policies/conduct_code/) for policy details. It is every student's responsibility to report possible cheating. Anyone caught cheating is subject to disciplinary action.

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