CS 5970 Schedule

(Subject to Change)

Week
Date
Topic
Reading
Out
Due
1

Aug
21

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
23

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

Aug
28

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


Aug
30

Performance Issues in Supervised Learning

E 7

PR1
HW1
3

Sep
4

No Class (Labor Day)




Sep
6

Unsupervised Learning Neural Networks
E 4
F&M 3.7

References*
4

Sep
11

Radial Basis Function Networks
E 5
Z 4

HW2

Sep
13

Reinforcement Learning in Neural Networks
E 6
F&M 3.9


5

Sep
18

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


Proposal


Sep
20

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

Sep
25

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


Sep
27

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

Oct
2

Evolving Programs
E 10–11
Canvas Evolving Programs

HW4

Oct
4

Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Computation
E 15
F&M 1.24–1.25
Canvas EC Advanced

Draft Tech Reviews
(on Friday)
8

Oct
9

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
Canvas Neuroevo Surveys
Canvas TWEANNS
HW5


Oct
11

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

9

Oct
16

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

PR2
HW5

Oct
18

Advanced Topics in Neuroevolution
Canvas Pavlov, Hebb, Bees, and Risk

Draft Tech Slides
HW6
10

Oct
23

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



Oct
25

Exam
Above


11

Oct
30

Tech Presentations 1–4
TBD
Z 14

Final Tech Slides

Nov
1

Tech Presentations 5–8
TBD
Z 15


12

Nov
6

Tech Presentations 9–12
TBD
Z 6

Final Tech Reviews

Nov
8

Tech Presentations 13–16
TBD
Z 7

Project Status Report
13

Nov
13

Tech Presentations 17–18
TBD
Z 8



Nov
15

Project Work Day
TBD
Z 9

Draft Project Report
14

Nov
20

Project Work Day
TBD
Z 10

Draft Project Slides

Nov
22

No Class (Thanksgiving Vacation)



15

Nov
27

Project Work Day
TBD
Z 11



Nov
29

Project Work Day
TBD
Z 13


16

Dec
4

Final Project Presentations 1–5

TBD


Final Project Slides

Dec
6

Final Project Presentations 6–10

TBD


Final Project Report
Finals
Dec 14
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.