Minor in Artificial Intelligence

This course is an introduction to object-oriented programming principles and techniques using Java. Topics include Java elementary programming, and Java object-oriented features such us methods, objects, classes, access modifiers, constructors, immutable objects & classes, abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, dynamic binding, object castings, abstract and interface classes, and exception handling.

This course introduces data structures and various fundamental computer science algorithms. The course covers abstract data-type concepts, stacks, queues, lists, and trees. Several sorting and searching algorithms are covered. Additional topics include an introduction to graphs and their implementation and running time and time complexity measurement.

Pre-requisite(s): CSCI 215 and STAT 346
This course provides an introduction to the different sub-areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In addition, students learn basic concepts, methods and algorithms of AI and how they can be used to solve practical AI problems. The topics include classical and adversarial search & heuristic, knowledge representation, probabilistic reasoning, convex optimization methods, Bayesian methods, reinforcement learning, and supervised and unsupervised learning techniques. Particular focus will be placed on real-world applications of the material.

This course provides an introduction to data science and highlights its importance in real world context. Topics include data science concepts, project lifecycle, tools & programming environment, fundamentals of Python programming, numerical processing, data visualization, exploratory data analysis, data preprocessing, parameter optimization, model performance evaluation, and applications of machine learning algorithms in Python (i.e., Naïve Bayes, k-Nearest Neighbors, Linear/Multiple/Logistic Regressions, Decision Trees, and Clustering Applications), natural language processing, and real-world data science case studies.

Co-requisite(s): CSAI 451
This course introduces fundamental concepts of machine learning, and provides students with knowledge and understanding of the methods, mathematics, and algorithms used in machine learning. Topics include statistical learning concepts, linear & quadratic discriminant analysis, resampling methods, model selection and regularization, regression & smoothing splines, generalized additive models, regression trees, bagging and boosting, support vector machines, principal components analysis, k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, and neural networks.

Data visualization is an essential skill required in today's data-driven world. This course presents principles and techniques to design and create data visualization based on gathered data and the goals of the task at hand. Topics include the value of visualization, data, tasks, validation, marks and channels, design guidelines, tables, networks and trees, spatial, temporal and textual data, interaction and navigation, and data reduction.