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Date Lecture Topic Activity Academic Papers Supplemental Media Homework Due
Thu, Jan 18, 2024 Intro to the class, Interactive Fiction, and Automated Story Generation
(Module 0) [slides] [video]
Play a text adventure game
Tue, Jan 23, 2024 Conversation with Game Designer Jared Sorensen
(Module 0) [video] by Jared A. Sorensen
Start on HW1
Thu, Jan 25, 2024 Guest lecture by Peter Jansen
(Module 0) [slides] [video] by Peter Jansen
Tue, Jan 30, 2024
HW1: Build a Text-Adventure Game (5%)
Tue, Jan 30, 2024 Intro to Large Language Models
Wed, Jan 31, 2024 Course Selection Period ends
Thu, Feb 1, 2024
Tue, Feb 6, 2024
Thu, Feb 8, 2024
Tue, Feb 13, 2024
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
Tue, Feb 20, 2024
Planning and PDDL
Thu, Feb 22, 2024
Paper Summaries 1
Thu, Feb 22, 2024
Tue, Feb 27, 2024
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 Drop Period ends
Thu, Feb 29, 2024
Tue, Mar 5, 2024 No Class (Spring Break)
Thu, Mar 7, 2024 No Class (Spring Break)
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Tue, Mar 19, 2024
HW3: Interactive Fiction
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
Fri, Mar 22, 2024 Grade Type Change Deadline
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
Project Milestone 1
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Tue, Apr 2, 2024 Last day to withdraw from a course
Tue, Apr 2, 2024
HW4: Building an AI Game Master
Thu, Apr 4, 2024
Tue, Apr 9, 2024
Project Milestone 2
Thu, Apr 11, 2024
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
Project Milestone 3
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
Project Milestone 4
Tue, May 7, 2024 Final Presentations
Project Milestone 5