CS 5970 Schedule (subject to change):

Week
Date
Topic
Reading
Out
Due
1
Jan
14
Class Policies & Course Overview
Intro to Computational Intelligence
Syllabus
Ch 1
Large Project & Tech Papers

Jan
16
Artificial Neurons
Ch 2
Hagen et al. Ch 4

Topic ¶*
(on Friday)
2
Jan
21
Supervised Learning Neural Networks
Ch 3
HW1

Jan
23
Performance Issues in Supervised Learning
Ch 7
PR1

3
Jan
28
Unsupervised Learning Neural Networks
Ch 4

References*
Jan
30
Radial Basis Function Networks
Ch 5

HW1
4
Feb
4
Reinforcement Learning in Neural Networks
Ch 6
HW2

Feb
6
Fundamentals of Evolution and Evolutionary Computation
Hougen et al. Slides

Proposal
5
Feb
11
Intro to Evolutionary Computation
Ch 8
HW3
PR1
Feb
13
Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Basics
Ch 9, §9.1—9.4

HW2
6
Feb
18
GAs, Variants & Advanced Topics
or Genetic Programming
Ch 9, §9.5—9.7
or Ch 10
PR2
HW3
Feb
20
Evolutionary Programming
or Evolution Strategies
Ch 11
or Ch 12


7
Feb
25
Grammatical Evolution
or Cultural Evolution
TBD
or Ch 14
HW4
Draft Tech Review
Feb
27
Neuroevolution of Weights
and Neuroevolution of Topology
TBD


8
Mar
4
Neuroevolution of Learning Rules
TBD

HW4
Mar
6
Combined Neuroevolution (Weights, Topology, and/or Learning Rules)
TBD
HW5
PR2
9
Mar
11
ANNs in Artificial Life (ALife)
or Evolutionary Robotics
TBD
HW6
Draft Tech Slides
Mar
13
Exam Review &/or
Project Work Day
Above &/or
TBD

HW5
10
Mar
18
No Class (Spring Break)



Mar
20
No Class (Spring Break)



11
Mar
25
Exam
Above

HW6
Mar
27
Tech Presentations 1—4
TBD

Final Tech Slides
12
Apr
1
Tech Presentations 5—8
TBD


Apr
3
Tech Presentations 9—12
TBD

Final Tech Review
13
Apr
8
Tech Presentations 13—16
TBD

Project Status Report
Apr
10
Tech Presentations 17—18
TBD


14
Apr
15
Project Work Day
TBD

Draft Project Report
Apr
17
Project Work Day
TBD

Draft Project Slides
15
Apr
22
Project Work Day
TBD


Apr
24
Project Work Day
TBD


16
Apr
29
Final Project Presentations 1—5
TBD

Final Project Slides
May
1
Final Project Presentations 6—10
TBD

Final Project Report
Finals
May 9, 1:30pm to 3:30pm
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.