11/5/19 Course Staff Artificial Intelligence Class 1: Course Overview • Professor: Cynthia Matuszek (Dr. M) • cmat@umbc.edu, ITE 331 • Office hours: M 11 - 12 , F 1:30 - 2:30 , or by appointment • Concepts from lectures, general concerns, projects … • TA: Pat Jenkins • pjenk1@umbc.edu, ITE 334 • Office hours: Tu 2:30 - 3:30 , W 12 - 1 Dr Cynthia Matuszek (Dr M) cmat@umbc.edu • Homework assistance, coding assistance, general concerns… • Most homework help Slides adapted with thanks from: Dr. Marie desJardin; Dr. Tim Finin; Drs. Paula & David Matuszek 2 1 2 My Research Today: Intro & Overview • Robotics • Review of syllabus and schedule • How can we go from industrial robots to useful robots in • Academic honesty human environments? (Schools, cars, homes…) 🙅 but • Expectations and conduct important • Natural Language Processing • Policies, grading, etc. • How can computers learn to understand and speak human languages (English)? • Brief history of AI • Artificial intelligence • What is AI? (and why is it so cool?) • How to get computers to behave in ways that we would • What’s the state of AI now? consider to be “intelligent” • What is ‘intelligence’? • Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3 4 3 4 Resources Classroom Policies • Be courteous to classmates and instructors. • The syllabus is longish, but important: • http://tiny.cc/ai-class • No devices in use except when specified. • Lecture topics and reading on the schedule: • You don’t learn as much. • You’ll want to check this every single class. • People around you don’t • http://tiny.cc/ai-schedule learn as much. • We will use Piazza extensively: • http://tiny.cc/devices-in-class • So get your account sorted right away! • No food in this classroom. • http://tiny.cc/ai-piazza 5 6 vectorstock.com, KSPprints.com 5 6 1
11/5/19 Harassment and Inclusivity Grading Class participation* 15% • Grades in Blackboard All students are entitled to a safe, respectful, Midterm 15% and inclusive learning environment both • Know your grades Homework 30% inside and outside the classroom. but also Project 20% • Keep track of what’s left Final exam 20% • No discrimination, exclusion, or harassment • Grade questions: • Respectful, inclusive discussion • 24-hour “cooling” period before any discussion • Use one another’s preferred names, pronouns, etc. • Grade changes/regrades: • If there are problems • Requests to professor and TA • Talk to me, the TA, or someone else • TA cannot change grades! • There are resources on the syllabus 8 7 8 Participation 5-6 Homework Assignments • Attend class. • Written text, problem sets, and programming • The program (and I) expect you • Due at 11:59 PM the day before class to be here for the entire semester. • Late: 25% off /day • Speak up. • Ask & answer questions • Assignments will be turned in electronically • Tell us your thoughts • Assignment will specify Blackboard, forms, or email • Sometimes 10% penalty for not following instructions • Be active on Piazza. • Ask and answer questions. • Example: Wrong file type • Post links to interesting material. • Questions? Piazza, then TA • Do any take-home quizzes and/or surveys. 9 10 9 10 5-6 Homework Assignments Time Management • Written text, problem sets, and programming • Some things can be rescheduled Th These se policies s ar are firm. • Due at 11:59 PM the day before class • E.g., overlapping exams • Don’t ask for exceptions after the fact. • Late: 25% off /day • If enough people have them • Don’t tell us it’s “just a little bit” late. • Assignments will be turned in electronically • You have multiple turnins. Use them! • Individual extensions may be given: • Assignment will specify Blackboard, forms, or email 1. With reasonable cause • Sometimes 10% penalty for not following instructions 2. When made in advance • Example: Wrong file type • Talk to me! • Questions? Piazza, then TA 11 12 11 12 2
11/5/19 A Word About This Class And Some Advice • The biggest complaint people have had: • Grad School is a hard transition I needed an easy class to go with OS and • Everyone around you is smart now! algorithms and this class was supposed to be easy • New expectations about writing, time management, and behavior • This is not an easy class • I know you don’t believe me right now; that’s cool • OS, AI, and algorithms? Not wise. • Moving to a new place/field is hard • We cover a lot of ground – you must keep up • There’s a lot we can do to help – if we know • Time-consuming and theory-heavy • Difficulty depends on your background 13 14 13 14 Reading Academic Integrity LK ABOUT the whole thing where CS is fundamentally about resources • Pre-readings: Do these before that class • Instructor’s responsibilities: and not reinventing wheels, but why they need to do some stuff to learn • Be respectful • First ~10 minutes will be Q&A about them how, because it’s not always out there • Be fair • Be available • Tell the students what they need to know and how they will be graded • Students’ responsibilities: • Be respectful • Readings: Do these after class • Do not cheat, plagiarize, or lie, or help anyone else do so • More detail on concepts • Do not interfere with other students’ academic activities 16 15 16 Academic Integrity Policy Integrity: Plagiarism • “By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the • Representing someone else’s work as responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC’s your own is plagiarism. scholarly community, in which everyone’s academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards • What ‘counts’ is cultural. It is probably of honesty. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and different now from what you are used to. helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong. • This means you must be very careful! Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include, but is not limited to, • We use research and publication suspension or dismissal.” standards. [Statement adopted by UMBC’s Undergraduate Council and Provost’s Office] 17 18 17 18 3
11/5/19 Integrity: Plagiarism Integrity: Plagiarism • Representing someone else’s work as • Examples We are about to talk about your own is plagiarism. • What if the reference is in the bibliography? plagiarism a whole lot, • If you didn’t explicitly quote the text you used and • What ‘counts’ is cultural. It is probably because I want you to cite the source where you used the text, it is different now from what you are used to. plagiarism. succeed. Don’t tune out. • What if I only use some of the words? • This means you must be very careful! • Scattering some of your own words and rephrasing • We use research and publication isn’t enough. If the ideas are not restated entirely in standards. your own words, it is plagiarism. 19 20 19 20 Integrity: Plagiarism Integrity: Plagiarism • More Examples • Any time you find yourself copy-pasting— even a • The introduction and background material are sentence —you are plagiarizing. borrowed; all of the research is original. • Copying code from any source without citations is • If somebody else’s words appear in any document that plagiarizing. you claim is written by you, it is plagiarism. • It was a draft or not an official assignment • The 1 st time, you must redo the assignment for 0 credit. • If you represented somebody else’s words as your own, • You may also: even in an informal context, it is plagiarism. • “But the professor told me to use that source!” • Get a full grade reduction in the class • Unless you are explicitly told to copy a quote from a • Fail the class without possibility of dropping it source, you must write your answers in your own words. • Be suspended or expelled from university 21 22 21 22 Integrity: Abetting Integrity: What To Do • You can always bring it to me. • This includes putting someone’s name on something when they didn’t work on it. • Cheating by others / in your group / etc.: • “This is just everyone on our team” is wrong. • You may talk to them about it first • Unless it’s too late (it’s been turned in, the test is over) • Know what your project partners are doing. • Then you are abetting unless you report • Their cheating can hurt you. • This is not the preferred option • Helping another student to cheat, falsify, or • You do not have to talk to anyone but me plagiarize will result in you receiving the same • If you think you made a mistake, bring it to me. penalty . 23 24 23 24 4
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