ai as function approximation
tools for function approximation (Wikka, matlab, netlib, alla's thing)
 decision trees
 neural nets, RBF
 memory-based approaches
 svm 
feature selection, cross validation

*) observing over time I Kalman filters, particle filters, HMMs ...
*) observing over time II
*) observing over time III
*) tracking human activity, vision

*) search, A*
*) robot path planning
*) dynamic planning I
*) dynamic planning II
*) pomdps
*) reinforcement learning
*) policy search
*) discrete planning I 
*) discrete planning II

*) games
*) game AI ?
*) game theory, auctions, negotiations

*) data mining

*) combinatorial optimization
 genetic algorithms
 constraint satisfaction
*) continuous optimization
 simulated annealing
 hill climbing
 stochastic optimization

*) probabilistic reasoning
*) Bayesian networks
*) Bayesian net inference

*) Radar case study?
*) what about symbols?
*) IR: Google, TREC