15-486/782: Artificial Neural Networks

• Instructor: Dave Touretzky (mail to: dst@cs.cmu.edu), Wean Hall 8128, x8-7561.

• Office hours: Tuesday 6:30 in Wean Hall 8128.

• Administrative assistant: Jennifer Landefeld (mail to: jennsbl@cs.cmu.edu), Wean Hall 8120, x8-4740.

• Class location: Newell Simon 3002 (but first two weeks are in Wean Hall 4623)
• Time: Mon/Wed 3:00 - 4:20
• Starts: Monday, August 28, 2006
• Credit: 12 units (CMU), 4 credits (Pitt), 1 core unit (CS), "advanced AI" (Robotics)
• Grading: for 15-496, homeworks, midterm, and final exams count 33% each.
  15-782 requires a project; homeworks, midterm, final, and project count 25% each.

• Class web page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15782-f06

  Textbook: Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation by Hertz, Krogh, and Palmer. Addison-Wesley, 1991. Link to Amazon.com