I will introduce search in AI, then genetic and evolutionary computing algorithms and their theory in the first four weeks of the course. Students will be presenting selected papers for the next four weeks. You may present an evolutionary computing paper that interests you, but need my prior approval. You can then work in teams on a mutually agreeable research problem or project and are welcome to work on areas that interest you. Again thought, you need my approval and a clear understanding of the scope.
This semester I am most interested in evolutionary computing approaches to
There are several ways to do well in this class.
Groups are encouraged but need my permission. Project presentations will be at the end of the semester. While working on your problem, you will be asked to find, read, and present papers pertaining to your problem, or that you find interesting. Become familiar with library and internet resources. In addition to your presentations, there may be research presentations from graduate students, faculty, and other speakers.
Finally, you will learn how to efficiently read technical papers, write technical reports, present technical work, and perform scientific research and development. I encourage and require enthusiastic class participation.
Please look in http://www.cse.unr.edu/~sushil for pointers to papers and other information useful for this course. I would like each of you to set up a web page and keep a pointer to your work (graphical and textual) there. Do not, DO NOT, email me your assignments. https://source2.cse.unr.edu/w/cse/resources/compute/ provides access to compute nodes you can use for some of your assignments, otherwise you may use resources in the ECC (https://www.unr.edu/engineering/student-resources/engineering-computing-center).
Your grade will depend on assignments, presentations, and project reports and we will use the +/- grading system. I will expect to see you after each presentation to discuss the presentation and assign you a grade. Any person or group producing publishable work gets an automatic A. Assignments are due every week for the first four weeks of the course. Late assignments are not accepted.
Your grade will be calculated from the following table.
| Item | Percentage |
| Assignments | 10% |
| Presentations | 20% |
| Project and Report | 70% |
If I need to communicate with the class as group I'll place a notice on the class web page. You are required to check the website and your UNR email every day. Make sure your email information in MyNevada is up to date and implement mail forwarding if you need to. Other Internet resources can be found on the class web page
This is a research oriented class. Research projects or research and development projects that you start in this class will usually constitute the bulk of a Master's or Ph.d. thesis or professional paper.
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