Week

Topic Section

Date

Topic Details

1

Introduction

14-Jan

Lecture

Organizational Class

15-Jan

Lab

Software Issues

16-Jan

Lecture

Game Graphics

2

GOFAI

21-Jan

Lecture

Game AI

22-Jan

Lab

Testbed Issues

23-Jan

Lecture

Brooks: Behavior-Based Approaches

3

Agent Formalism

28-Jan

Lecture

UML & Behavior-Based Agents

29-Jan

Lab

Agent-01

30-Jan

Lecture

Predicates & Patterns

4

Introduction to Agents

4-Feb

Lecture

Agent Descriptions

5-Feb

Lab

Agent-02 & Agent-03

6-Feb

Lecture

Agent Definitions

5

Agent Actions & Behaviors

11-Feb

Lecture

Expressing Agent Actions

12-Feb

Lab

Discussion of HW2

13-Feb

Lecture

Tropistic & Hysteretic Agents

6

Agent Organization

18-Feb

Lecture

Individual Agent Organizations

19-Feb

Lab

Agent-04

20-Feb

Lecture

Quiz 1

7

Spatial Representation

25-Feb

Lecture

Klatzky: Representation Basics

26-Feb

Lab

TBA

27-Feb

Lecture

Forbus: Benefits of QSR

8

Representing Movement

4-Mar

Lecture

Musto: Qualitative Representations of Movement

5-Mar

Lab

Agent-05

6-Mar

No Class

Mid Semester Break

9

Representing Orientation

11-Mar

Lecture

Freksa: Qualitative Representations of Orientation

12-Mar

Lab

Agent-06

13-Mar

Lecture

Qualitative Spatial Reasoning

10

Navigation & Wayfinding

18-Mar

Lecture

Discussion: Final Projects

19-Mar

Lab

HW4

20-Mar

Lecture

Mallot: Discussion of Research

11

Spring Break

25-Mar

No Class

26-Mar

No Class

27-Mar

No Class

12

Multi-Agent Systems

1-Apr

Lecture

Embodied Agent Conversation

2-Apr

Lab

Agent-07

3-Apr

Lecture

Transition Class

13

Project Activity

8-Apr

9-Apr

10-Apr

14

Project Activity

15-Apr

16-Apr

17-Apr

15

Project Activity

22-Apr

23-Apr

24-Apr

16

Project Presentations

29-Apr

Lecture

Presentations

30-Apr

Lab

Presentations

1-May

Lecture

Presentations