CSci 8551: Intelligent Agents
Fall 2009
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Class Announcements
- November 11
Do not forget that the second part of your project
is due November 16.
- September 20 The IMA Public Lecture on Tuesday September 22 focuses on the mathematics of elections. Very relevant to this class!
Chaotic elections: why don't we elect who voters really want?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
7:00 pm, 125 Willey Hall, West Bank
Donald G. Saari, distinguished professor, mathematics and economics, University of California-Irvine
http://math.uci.edu/~dsaari/
Minnesota voters can appreciate the many troubling events associated with elections. Far more serious things can go wrong in the voting process, but most of us do not know how to look for them. The speaker exposes the many surprising problems that can occur in elections and explains how they are uncovered through the power of mathematics. Expect to leave this lecture troubled about whether the "right person" won in a recent election of importance to you.- September 20 If you have problems in reading the paper for Monday Sept 21 (it is a postscript file) I have found a pdf version. I have linked it in from the reading list page.
- September 17 The list of papers we will read is complete, and some students have already signed up for the paper they want to present. Please let me know what you want to present.
I have also completed the dates/requirements for the project.- September 9 We start class today. The reading list will be completed in the next couple of days.
- June 3 Initial web page set up.
- September 20 The IMA Public Lecture on Tuesday September 22 focuses on the mathematics of elections. Very relevant to this class!
Lectures
- Time:
- Monday and Wednesday, 4:00-5:15
- Room:
- ME 102
- Instructor:
- Dr. Maria Gini
(gini@cs.umn.edu)
office hours: office hours: Monday 10:00-11:00 and Wednesday 3:00-4:00 and by appointment