CS 5970 Schedule

(Subject to Change)

Week
Date
Topic
Reading
Out
Due
1

Aug
24
Class Policies & Course Overview
and
Intro to Computational Intelligence
Syllabus
E 1
F&M Preface, 6–6.2
Z 1
Large Project Tech Papers


Aug
26
Artificial Neurons
E 2
F&M 3–3.6
Hagen et al. Ch 4
Z 2
HW1
Topic ¶*
(on Friday)
2

Aug
31
Supervised Learning Neural Networks
Hagen et al. Ch 4
E 3
F&M 3.8
Z 3
HW2


Sep
2
Performance Issues in Supervised Learning

E 7
PR1
HW1
3

Sep
7
No Class (Labor Day)




Sep
9
Unsupervised Learning Neural Networks
E 4
F&M 3.7

References*
4

Sep
14
Radial Basis Function Networks
E 5
Z 4

HW2

Sep
16
Reinforcement Learning in Neural Networks
E 6
F&M 3.9


5

Sep
21
Fundamentals of Evolution and Evolutionary Computation
Hougen et al. Slides
F&M 1, 1.12


Proposal


Sep
23
Intro to Evolutionary Computation
E 8
F&M 1.1–1.10
Z 5
HW3
PR1
6

Sep
28
Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Basics
E 9.1–9.4
F&M 1.11†
HW4


Sep
30
GAs, Variants & Advanced Topics
E 9.5–9.7
F&M 1.22
Z 17
PR2
HW3
7

Oct
5
Evolving Programs
E 10–11
D2L Evolving Programs

HW4

Oct
7
Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Computation
E 15
F&M 1.24–1.25
D2L EC Advanced

Draft Tech Review
8

Oct
12
Neuroevolution of Weights, Topology, or Both
F&M 3.10, 4–4.1, 4.3–4.5, 4.6 intro, 4.6.3, 4.7, 4.8.1
D2L Neuroevo Surveys
D2L TWEANNS
HW5


Oct
14
Neuroevolution of Weights and Topology
and
Neuroevolution of Learning Rules
D2L SANE, … DSE
F&M 3.10.1
D2L Evolution of Learning
Z 16
HW6

9

Oct
19
Neuroevolutionary Robotics
F&M 6.7–6.14, 7.5–7.9

PR2
HW5

Oct
21
Advanced Topics in Neuroevolution
D2L Pavlov, Hebb, Bees, and Risk

Draft Tech Slides
HW6
10

Oct
26
Exam Review
and/or
Project Work Day
Above
and/or
TBD



Oct
28
Exam
Above


11

Nov
2
Tech Presentations 1–4
TBD
Z 14

Final Tech Slides

Nov
4
Tech Presentations 5–8
TBD
Z 15


12

Nov
9
Tech Presentations 9–12
TBD
Z 6

Final Tech Review

Nov
11
Tech Presentations 13–16
TBD
Z 7

Project Status Report
13

Nov
16
Tech Presentations 17–18
TBD
Z 8



Nov
18
Project Work Day
TBD
Z 9

Draft Project Report
14

Nov
23
Project Work Day
TBD
Z 10

Draft Project Slides

Nov
25
No Class (Thanksgiving Vacation)



15

Nov
30
Project Work Day
TBD
Z 11



Dec
2
Project Work Day
TBD
Z 13


16

Dec
7
Final Project Presentations 1–5

TBD


Final Project Slides

Dec
9
Final Project Presentations 6–10

TBD


Final Project Report
Finals
Dec 18
8:00am
to
10:00am
Final Project Presentations 11–18
TBD


* If you choose a different topic for your Large Project and your Tech Paper Assignments, then you will need to turn in two separate topic paragraphs and two lists of references (one for your Large Project and one for your Tech Paper Assignments). Otherwise, a single topic paragraph and a single list of references will suffice.

† Note that we will not cover the F&M material on evolutionary electronics (F&M 1.13–1.21, 1.23) in class. However, this material does present a nice case study in using evolutionary computation and you should read it on your own. It may be on the exam.