Any necessary schedule updates will be posted here.
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DATE |
WK |
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TOPICS |
Due |
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25-Aug |
1 |
1 |
Course intro and informal discussion |
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27-Aug |
1 |
2 |
Discussion Topic: AI and Education |
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1-Sep |
2 |
3 |
Labor Day – No Class |
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4-Sep |
2 |
4 |
Discussion Topic: Techno Optimism Lecture 01: Definitions of AI, ML, and Deep Learning Quiz 1 – Terminology |
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8-Sep |
3 |
5 |
Lecture 02: Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning |
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10-Sep |
3 |
6 |
Lecture 03: Reinforcement Learning & Interpretability |
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15-Sep |
4 |
7 |
Activity 1 – ML Models |
Assignment 1 (Excel) |
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17-Sep |
4 |
8 |
Activity 1B – ML Models |
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22-Sep |
5 |
9 |
Activity 2 – Correlation Matrices and Dimension Reduction |
Assignment 2 (Prompting Literacy) |
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24-Sep |
5 |
10 |
Lecture 04: Managing Bias Discussion TBD |
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29-Sep |
6 |
11 |
Activity 3 – Recommender Systems |
Assignment 3 (Python / Anaconda Literacy) |
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1-Oct |
6 |
12 |
Lecture 05: Topic TBD |
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6-Oct |
7 |
13 |
Activity 4 – Topic TBD |
Assignment 4 (Break the Chatbot) |
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8-Oct |
7 |
14 |
Activity 4B |
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13-Oct |
8 |
15 |
Lecture 6 – LLMS |
Assignment 5 (Excel) |
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15-Oct |
8 |
16 |
Lecture 07 – When AI Hallucinates |
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20-Oct |
9 |
17 |
Discussion TBD |
Assignment 6 (Excel part 2) |
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22-Oct |
9 |
18 |
Mid-term |
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27-Oct |
10 |
19 |
Lecture 8 – AI and Cybersecurity |
Assignment 7 (Detecting Bias) |
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29-Oct |
10 |
20 |
Activity 5 – Predictive text generation |
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3-Nov |
11 |
21 |
Activity 6 – LLM and Content Generation |
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5-Nov |
11 |
22 |
Activity 7 – LLM and Code Generation Quiz 8 – AI + Cybersecurity |
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10-Nov |
12 |
23 |
Activity 8 – Excel and AI |
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12-Nov |
12 |
24 |
Lecture 9 – LLMS revisited |
Assignment 8 (AICyber) |
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17-Nov |
13 |
25 |
Lecture/Discussion 10 – Ethics and AI with Guest Leora Eisenstadt |
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19-Nov |
13 |
26 |
Open Lab (Assistance on assignment 10) |
Assignment 9 (SecureAI) |
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24-Nov |
14 |
27 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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26-Nov |
14 |
28 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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1-Dec |
15 |
29 |
Project Presentations |
Assignment 10 (AI-Assisted Coding) |
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3-Dec |
15 |
30 |
Project Presentations |
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7-Dec |
16 |
31 |
Last Day of class / Exam Prep Quiz 10 – Ethics and AI |
FINAL EXAM – TENTATIVE – Mon 12/15 – 1 to 3pm – TENTATIVE