6.871: Knowledge Based Application Systems (original) (raw)

Class Lecturer* Date Topic* Reading Summary Slides
intro & background
1 RD �Tu Feb 7 Course Organization; spirit of the undertaking Slides
2 RD �Th Feb 9 Tell it what to know; search Slides
the spirit and pragmatics of kbs
3 RD �Tu Feb 14 Origins of KBS: macsyma and dendral Problem Set 1 Out: Minesweeper Slides
4 RD �Th Feb 16 Application Analysis Case Study: Case Introduction Slides
�Tu Feb 21 No class (virtual Monday)
5 RD �Th Feb 23 Application Analysis Case Study: Class Discussion Problem Set 1 Due Case study write up due; reading summaries start Y
knowledge representations and reasoning paradigms
6 RD �Tu Feb 28 Rule-Based Systems Problem Set 2 Out: Rule based systems (simulated) Y Slides
7 RD �Th Mar 2 Semantic Nets Y Slides
8 HES �Tu Mar 7 Logic Y Slides
9 RD �Th Mar 9 Frame-Based Systems Y Slides
10 RD �Tu Mar 14 Overview of Knowledge Representation Problem Set 2 Due Y Slides
11 RD �Th Mar 16 Pragmatic Issues in Knowledge Acquisition Project Report 1 (Proposal) Due Problem Set 3 Out: Rules based systems in Joshua Y Slides
problem solving paradigms
12 HES �Tu Mar 21 Uncertain Reasoning, Models of Rationality Slides
13 KK �Th Mar 23 Blackboards Problem Set 3 Due Y
�� �Mar 28, 30 Spring Vacation����������������������������� Y1
14 HES �Tu Apr 4 Problem Solving Paradigms No reading!
15 HES �Th Apr 6 Causal Reasoning Project Report 2 (Progress) Due Y
16 RD �Tu Apr 11 Model-Based Reasoning Y Slides
17 RD �Th Apr 13 Case-Based Reasoning Y Slides
�Tu Apr 18 Patriots' Day Vacation
18 HES �Th Apr 20 Reasoning with Constraints
19 HES �Tu Apr 25 Reasoning about Physical Systems Project Report 3 (Progress) Due Y
research issues
20 tbd �Th Apr 27 Guest lecture: Patrick Winston on the Human Intelligence Enterprise.
21 LPK �Tu May 2 Learning
22 RD �Th May 4 Ontologies and Data Mining���������������������
23 You �Tu May 9 Project Presentations and Discussion
project presentations
24 You �Th May 11 Project Presentations and Discussion
25 You �Tu May 16 Project Presentations and Discussion
26 You �Th May 18 Project Presentations and Discussion Term Project Report Due