NSC309 CI in Game Design: Class Schedule

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Date	Lead	Topic	Assignment
8/29	Risto, Igor	Introduction (5pm ACES 2.402)
8/31-9/4	Igor, John	Interviews	Schedule & prepare
9/5	Risto	Computational Intelligence in Games	Homework 1: Running NERO
9/11	Risto	Neural Networks	Homework 2: Backprop networks
9/18	Igor	Getting Started with OpenNERO	Homework 3: Add walls to OpenNERO
9/25	Igor	Python	Homework 4: Create a "Roomba" agent using Python
10/2	Igor, John	C++	Homework 5: Create a C++ class hierarchy
10/9	Risto	Neuroevolution	Homework 6: rtNEAT XOR in OpenNERO
10/16	Igor, John	OpenNERO code	Homework 7: Create a Really Good NERO Team
10/23	Igor, John	NERO tournament
10/30	Risto	Search	Homework 8: Navigation in a maze using A* search
11/6	Risto et al.	Sample research projects
11/13	Igor	Experimental evaluation	Homework 9: Navigation with egocentric sensors and GPS
11/20		no class: thanksgiving	Homework 10: rtNEAT in the maze
11/27	Risto, Igor	Research project ideas	Final Report: Project proposal
12/4	John	Working in the game industry	hw 10 due
12/9		Project proposal due (11:59pm)