Calendar

The calendar includes the following: lectures (L), recitations (R), discussion (D) and Quizzes (Q). Lectures, recitations and quizzes meet with course 6.034.

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES

D1

Organizational Meeting

L1

Introduction

R1

Scheme Review and Matching

L2

Search

Problem set 1 out

Problem set 2 out

D2

Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning

L3

Search (cont.)

R2

Searches

Problem set 1 due

L4

Constraint Satisfaction

Problem set 2 due

D3

Diagnosis by Pattern Matching and Search

L5

Games

R3

CSP and Games

Problem set 3 out

L6

Learning as Search

Problem set 3 due

D4

Causal Reasoning

L7

Formulating Search

R4

Design Project 1

Design project 1 out

L8

Decision Trees

D5

Receiver-Operator Characteristics Curves to Evaluate Systems

L9

Naïve Bayes

Design project 1 due

R5

Design Project 1 Presentation and Question-Answer

Q1

Quiz 1

D6

Prognostic Modeling

L10

Continuous Features

R6

Naïve Bayes and Nearest Neighbor

Problem set 4 out

L11

Linear Separators

Problem set 4 due

D7

Classification Methods for Gene Expression Data

L12

Neural Nets

R7

SVM

Problem set 5 out

L13

SVM

Problem set 5 due

D8

Predictive Models

L14

Feature and Model Selection

Problem set 6 out

R8

Problem Set 6

Problem set 6 due

Q2

Quiz 2

D9

Learning Medical Reasoning

L15

Formulating Learning

R9

Introduction to Logic

Design project 2 out

L16

Introduction to Logic and Representation

D10

Pragmatics

L17

Propositional Logic

Design project 2 due

R10

Design Project 2 Presentation and Question-Answer

D11

Medical Knowledge Representation

L18

Introduction to Natural Language Processing

R11

Logic and Proof

Problem set 7 out

L19

First Order Logic

Problem set 7 due

D12

Evaluation of Complex Decision Support Systems

L20

First Order Logic (cont.)

R12

Syntax and Semantics

Problem set 8 out

L21

Rules

Problem set 8 due

Problem set 9 out

D13

Rule-Based Expert Systems

L22

Language

R13

Problem Set 9

Problem set 9 due

L23

Language

D14

Student Presentations

L24

Conclusion

Final Exam