Knowledge-Based Application Systems
Randall Davis
Class	Lecturer*	Date	Topic^*	Reading Summary
intro & background
1	RD	Tu Feb 7	Course Organization; spirit of the undertaking
2	RD	Th Feb 9	Tell it what to know; search
the spirit and pragmatics of kbs
3	RD	Tu Feb 14	Origins of KBS: macsyma and dendral Problem Set 1 Out: Minesweeper
4	RD	Th Feb 16	Application Analysis Case Study: Case Introduction
		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
7	RD	Th Mar 2	Semantic Nets	Y
8	HES	Tu Mar 7	Logic	Y
9	RD	Th Mar 9	Frame-Based Systems	Y
10	RD	Tu Mar 14	Overview of Knowledge Representation Problem Set 2 Due	Y
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
problem solving paradigms
12	HES	Tu Mar 21	Uncertain Reasoning, Models of Rationality
13	KK	Th Mar 23	Blackboards Problem Set 3 Due	Y
		Mar 28, 30	Spring Vacation	Y^1
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
17	RD	Th Apr 13	Case-Based Reasoning	Y
		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

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^* Subject to change.

¹ OK, just kidding.