CSE 240Artificial Intelligence
Prepares students for doing research in artificial intelligence. Major topics covered are search and heuristics, knowledge representation, planning, deduction and inference, reinforcement learning, associative pattern retrieval, and adaptive search. Discussion includes current research issues in AI problem-solving methods. Individualized projects. (Formerly Computer Science 240.)
Enrollment is restricted to graduate students; undergraduates may enroll by permission of the instructor.
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When it runs
Winter 2026Open Winter 2026
| Section | Type | When | Where | Instructor | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lecture | Tue Thu 3:20pm–4:55pm | Oakes Acad 105 | L. H. Gilpin | Open 115/142 |
Who teaches it
| Instructor | Rating | Difficulty | Would take again | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leilani Gilpin | 4.2 / 5 | 3.0 / 5 | 82% | 10 |
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