CS540: Artificial Intelligence Spring 2013

Resources of Interest and to Supplement Course Materials

General AI Sites

• Proposal for the Dartmouth AI Conference a bit of history -- the official start of Artificial Intelligence as a field
• Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence has overviews of AI topics and information on conferences and publications

Agents

• Introduction to intelligent agents
• Links to intelligent agents sites

Genetic Algorithms

• Genitor GA home page (with links to other GA sites)
• Evolutionary Computation tool kit in Java

Planning

• Int'l Conf on Automated Planning and Scheduling site contains links to proceedings and competitions, which have links to software for planners
• Python Planner

Search

• SA Competitions web page
• Cross domain heuristic search challenge

Reading, Writing and Speaking Resources

• Check the Writing Center web site for tutorials and pointers on improving your writing.
• John W. Little and Roy Parke, University of Arizona, How to Read a Scientific Paper
• Ian Parberry's Referee's Guide
• "How to Review a Technical Paper", Alan Meier, University of California, Berkeley
• Latex article style for those who want more reasonable default margins
• Marie desJardins teaches a course in basic research skills at UMBC. Her class web site includes some excellent information.
• What not to do in talks