| Course type: | Live Lectures + (optional) Exercises |
| Time: | Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00, Friday 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Location: | HS 00 036 (G.-Köhler-Allee 101) |
| Organizers: | Joschka Bödecker, Tim Welschehold, Steven Adriaensen, Maria Kalweit |
| Web page: | ILIAS |
Kickoff: The first lecture will take place on Tuesday 21.04. There is nothing you need to prepare. During this lecture, we will give you an overview of the course content, its organization, and the history of AI. The first exercise sheet will be released on Friday 24.04 and is due for submission before Monday 04.05, 23:59 (optional, to receive feedback).
Course Content: This course will introduce basic concepts and techniques used within the field of Artificial Intelligence. Among other topics, we will discuss:
- Introduction to and history of Artificial Intelligence
- Agents
- Problem-solving and search
- Board Games
- Logic and knowledge representation
- Planning
- Representation of and reasoning with uncertainty
- Machine learning
- Deep Learning
Lectures will roughly follow the book: Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach (3rd edition)
Organization: There are two lecture slots every week, on Tuesday and Friday (10:15 - 11:45). During these slots, there will be live (in-person) lectures. These will be in-person only (not hybrid), but recordings will be made available on ILIAS.
Every week, we will also release an exercise sheet (on Friday) to be submitted before Monday midnight (23:59), 10 days later. Your submissions will not be graded, but you will receive feedback from our tutors. On Friday, after the live lecture, one of our tutors will present the master solution and answer any questions you may have. Participation in these weekly sessions and exercises is optional. The only requirement for passing the course is passing the final exam (mode: written, in-person, open book) which will take place on 03.09.2026 at 9:00am.
If you have any questions, please post in the ILIAS forum or contact us ailect26@informatik.uni-freiburg.de