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Úvod do umělé inteligence / Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
NAIL120, 2/2 Zk, summer semester

Roman Barták, KTIML

Literature  |  Lectures |  Exam  |  Contact

Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men.

Marvin Minsky, 1967
Literature:

The course is based on textbook S. Russell, P. Norvig: Artificial Intelligence. A Modern Approach, Prentice Hall, 2003 (third edition). Resources for the book are available online.

Z literatury dostupné v českém jazyce je možné čerpat například ze série knih V. Mařík, O. Štěpánková, J. Lažanský (eds.): Umělá inteligence 1-6, vycházející v nakladatelství Academia.

Lectures (2025/2026):
Pondělí 14:00 - 15:30, posluchárna S5 (Malá Strana, 2. patro), lekce v češtině
Monday 15:40 - 17:10, lecture hall S4 (Malá Strana, 3rd floor), English lectures

The course will be given in Czech and in English.

A preliminary schedule.

    lecture quiz
16. 02. 2026 History of AI and its context
(Chapter 1.2, 1.3, 2.1-2.3)
23. 02. 2026 Problem solving and search
(Chapter 2.4, 3)
02. 03. 2026 Constraint satisfaction
(Chapter 6.1-6.3)
09. 03. 2026 (Propositional) Logical reasoning
(Chapter 7.1-7.6)
16. 03. 2026 Automated planning
(Chapter 7.7, 10.1 -10.2)

23. 03. 2026

 Probabilistic reasoning
(Chapter 13, 14.1-14.2, 14.4-14.5)
30. 03. 2026 Probabilistic reasoning over time
(Chapter 15.1-15.3, 15.5)
06. 04. 2026 Easter holidays    
13. 04. 2026

Decision making
(Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.5, 16.7, 17.1-17.4)

20. 04. 2026

Games and multi-agent systems
(Chapter 5.1-5.5, 17.5-17.6)
27. 04. 2026

Machine learning (decision trees, regression, SVM)
(Chapter 18.1-18.3, 18.6-18.9, 19.1)

04. 05. 2026 Learning probabilistic models and reinforcement learning
(Chapter 20, 21.1-21.3)
11. 05. 2026

Philosophical and ethical issues
(Chapter 16.3, 26)
 
18. 04. 2026 Cancelled    
Exam:

The exam is oral with time for written preparation. The requirements correspond to the syllabus in the extent presented during the lectures. A part of the exam may be the design of an algorithm for a given problem.

Students register to exams (select the examination date) via Student Information System. Exams will be in person. Each student will be given one question/topic based on what has been covered by lectures. The student will have 15 minutes to write the answer/solution and then 15 minutes to (orally) defend the answer. Be at the assigned location 10-15 minutes before your start time indicated in SIS. Students can answer in Czech/Slovak or English depending on their own choice.

Exam Requirements
Contact
 

prof. RNDr. Roman Barták, Ph.D.

Katedra teoretické informatiky a matematické logiky
Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta Univerzity Karlovy
Malostranské nám. 2/25, 118 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic

e-mail: bartak (AT) ktiml.mff.cuni.cz
tel: +420 951 554 242

It is possible to arrange appointments for individual consultancy and also to discuss topics of bachelor thesis and projects in the area of AI.

Any comments regarding the course, error reports, and further suggestions are welcome.