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Re-exam results and inspection

Written on 29.03.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

You can now see the results of the re-exam. The inspection will take place this Friday (31 March) at E1.1 SR3.06 from 11:00~12:00.
You don't need to register for the inspection this time.

Re-exam registration for Wirtschaftsinformatik students

Written on 20.03.23 by Frances Yung

To whom it may concern,
Due to some programming error, the re-exam date has not been input into the system, so students of Wirtschaftsinformatik would not be able to register for the re-exam on Flexnow, and as a result, would not see their registration status on the CMS. I believe most of you are already in touch with me and I have confirmed that you can take the re-exam. In case you have not, please contact me as soon as possible. The re-exam registration should have been closed on 17 March.

Frances

Re-exam registration status updated

Written on 17.03.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all

The registration status of the re-exam has been updated. Please contact Frances if there is any discrepancy.

The re-exam will be offered bilingually in English and German

Written on 08.03.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

We have decided to offer the re-exam bilingually in English and German. German translation of the English questions will be provided on the exam papers, although the English original will be the official version in case of ambiguity. As in the first exam, you can answer in either German or… Read more

Hi all,

LSF/ Hispos re-exam registration

Written on 08.03.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all

We noticed that the re-exam date and registration deadline on the LSF/Hispos platform have been wrong. Now the errors are fixed. The exam date is 23.3 and the registration deadline is 16.3.

Please register again if you couldn't because of the errors. Sorry for the confusion and… Read more

Hi all

We noticed that the re-exam date and registration deadline on the LSF/Hispos platform have been wrong. Now the errors are fixed. The exam date is 23.3 and the registration deadline is 16.3.

Please register again if you couldn't because of the errors. Sorry for the confusion and inconvenience.

Exam results, exam inspection, and re-exam registration

Written on 27.02.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

The exam results have been published on the CMS. The exam inspection will take place this Friday, 3 March, in E1.1 SR3.06 from 10:00 a.m. Please register for a time slot in the CMS to attend.

Registration for the re-exam is also open. Please make sure you register through the official… Read more

Hi all,

The exam results have been published on the CMS. The exam inspection will take place this Friday, 3 March, in E1.1 SR3.06 from 10:00 a.m. Please register for a time slot in the CMS to attend.

Registration for the re-exam is also open. Please make sure you register through the official system of your program. If it is not possible, please contact your examination office and register on the CMS.

The re-exam will take place on 23 March, 14:00, at Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal.

Please make sure you contact us by 16 March if you still cannot confirm your registration status. Students who are not registered are not allowed to sit for the re-exam.

Exam registration updated

Written on 17.02.23 by Frances Yung

Now you should be able to see your exam registration status. Please check and contact us if there is any discrepancy.

Reminder: exam registration

Written on 15.02.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

Please be reminded that the deadline to register for the final exam is tomorrow.
The registration status would only be displayed after the deadline. I will send another message when it is visible.

Next week's tutorials

Written on 10.02.23 by Frances Yung

Hi all

Just to clarify on the announcement yesterday, the "tutorials" next week will be run like "office hours",

which means you don't have to come exactly at the beginning of the time slots but can come to ask questions any time within the time slots.

Qualis Evaluation

Written on 09.02.23 by Frances Yung

Please take some time to fill in the Qualis survey for us.

Here is the link: https://qualis.uni-saarland.de/eva/?l=139469&p=g7v4u7

(The title of the survey includes Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg and Dr. Frances Yung as lecturers, which is not true. Please just ignore it)

The deadline to submit the… Read more

Please take some time to fill in the Qualis survey for us.

The deadline to submit the survey is 25.2.2023.

[Important] Exam info

Written on 09.02.23 by Frances Yung

Hi All

The exam of this course will take place on 23.2.2023 at 10:00. Location is Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal.
Please don't forget to register. The deadline is 16.2.2023. Note that your registration is displayed on the CMS with a time lag and is currently not yet displayed. Please contact me if you still… Read more

Hi All

An "Exam Info" file has been uploaded at the bottom of the material section. It contains important information and tips about the exam.
Please read it carefully.

The solutions to the last exercise sheet will also be uploaded after its deadline on Sunday. Therefore, you can fully use the time in the tutorials and the office hour next week to ask your tutors about all topics in the course in order to prepare for the exam.

Closing down the tutorial on Wednesday and the office hour on Tuesday.

Written on 23.01.23 by Frances Yung

Hi All,

Since the demand has become low, we are closing down the tutorials on Wednesday and the office hour on Tuesday.

Please attend the tutorials on Monday, Tuesday or Friday, and ask questions in the office hour on Thursday instead.

Missing Function Graph in Assignment 05

Written on 17.12.22 by Thorsten Klößner

Dear students,

we were notified that the function graph image for exercise 2 of the recent assignment has been missing. This has now been fixed, we apologize for this mistake. You can find the updated version in the materials section.

Additionally, the following sentence has been stripped from… Read more

Dear students,

Additionally, the following sentence has been stripped from exercise 1 a), which asks you do perform ordinary breadth-first search without duplicate checking:

~~"Draw and mark nodes representing duplicate states by crossing them out, but do not consider them for expansion."~~

Duplicate checking is only intended to be used in part b), where it is explicitly mentioned. Please be aware of this change.

Regards, Thorsten Klößner

Lectures, tutorials and office hours around the holidays

Written on 14.12.22 (last change on 14.12.22) by Frances Yung

Hi All

The following lectures, tutorials, and office hours before and after the Christmas break will be held online :

1) The last lecture before Christmas on Monday (19, Dec)

2) Lisa's tutorial on Monday (19, Dec)

3) Leonard's tutorial on Tuesday (20, Dec)

4) The last office hour… Read more

Hi All

The following lectures, tutorials, and office hours before and after the Christmas break will be held online :

1) The last lecture before Christmas on Monday (19, Dec)

2) Lisa's tutorial on Monday (19, Dec)

3) Leonard's tutorial on Tuesday (20, Dec)

4) The last office hour before Christmas (20, Dec)

5) Lena's tutorial on Wednesday AFTER Christmas (4.Jan)

6) The first lecture after Christmas (5.Jan)

* Michel's tutorials on Friday will not be held during the online-teaching period.

Zoom link to lecture: https://cs-uni-saarland-de.zoom.us/j/9425369212
Zoom link to tutorial and office hour: https://zoom.us/j/9958144657?pwd=RFJzQUtUeGdaanZDcUxyMzhwSWg3Zz09

The timetable has been updated with this information.

Mistake on Assignment 02

Written on 30.11.22 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

Unfortunately, we found a mistake in Exercise 4 of Assignment 2 : Entry 7 should be in Box 2 instead of Box 0. The revised version has been uploaded to the material section. Since it is close to the deadline for the submission, we will accept answers for both versions of the questions.
… Read more

Hi all,

Team creation deadline extended

Written on 21.11.22 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

For your convenience, the deadline to creat a team for the assignment sheets has been extended to this Wednesday, same as the deadline to submit assignment 01.

Assignment 01 - revised

Written on 21.11.22 by Frances Yung

Hi All,

As discussed on the Forum, there was an error in Assignment 01. The revised version has been uploaded.
Thank you for your attention.

No lecture today, Nov 21st

Written on 21.11.22 by Jens Dittrich

Dear students,

unfortunately, I have been sick since last Saturday. Therefore I won't be able to give the lecture today.

Please watch last year's recording:
https://youtu.be/rQ2svMdokEs
(auto-translate subtitles are enabled)

We will continue from there next Thursday.

Best… Read more

Dear students,

unfortunately, I have been sick since last Saturday. Therefore I won't be able to give the lecture today.

Please watch last year's recording:
https://youtu.be/rQ2svMdokEs
(auto-translate subtitles are enabled)

We will continue from there next Thursday.

Best regards,

Jenns Dittrich

Team grouping for assignment sheets

Written on 08.11.22 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

The deadline for team grouping is approaching and the first team assignment sheet will be released next week. Please post on the forum if you are still looking for teammates. Each team should have two to three members.

Tutorial cancelled today

Written on 08.11.22 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

In case you missed Leonard's email, he is sick today and cannot attend the tutorial today. If you have any problems with your VM installation, please make use of the office hour or post questions on the forum.

Office hour on Tuesday and Thursday

Written on 07.11.22 (last change on 08.11.22) by Frances Yung

Hi all,

We have now set up an additional office hour on Thursday (14:00-15:00 E1.3 SR015) in addition to the one on Tuesday (14:00-15:00 E1.3 SR016). If you have any problems setting up your virtual machines, you can ask the tutors during the office hours in addition to the tutorial sections.

Tutorials distributed

Written on 05.11.22 by Frances Yung

Hi all

The tutorial slots have just been distributed, taking into account your preference and the number of students per tutorial. If you really want to change to another tutorial, please post on the forum to look for someone who can exchange with you. The tutorials will start this week.

Tutorial Preference

Written on 26.10.22 by Frances Yung

Hi all,

The tutorial timeslots have been updated. Please set or update your tutorial preference on your personal status page in the CMS. The deadline is 5th November. You will be assigned a tutorial shortly afterward.

The assignment sheets will be handed in in groups of three students. Please… Read more

Hi all,

The assignment sheets will be handed in in groups of three students. Please also register your team grouping on the CMS. The deadline is 14th November.

The first lecture will be held tomorrow, 27th October, at 12:15 at E1.3 HS002. You can refer to here for organization matter.

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Elements of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

You will find all administrative information here: Organization

Artificial intelligence is a long-standing branch of computer science concerned with the design of algorithms and systems exhibiting intelligent behavior. Data science is a comparatively young area concerned with the extraction of knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. Increasingly, the real power of computer science applications lies in combining the two, exploiting insights from data to take intelligent decisions.

Both artificial intelligence (AI) and data science (DS) are complex multi-disciplinary scientific fields. This course provides an overview of central concepts and ideas, structured and motivated by prominent applications requiring elements from both DS and AI. We start with a brief introduction to machine learning (ML), which lies at the heart of the intersection between DS and AI. We then cover game playing, explaining the search and learning techniques essential to recent successes in Go and Chess. We cover autonomous driving as a prominent application of sensing, system design, control, and learning. We cover dialogue systems and the associated learning and reasoning techniques for natural language processing. We finally cover the data processing techniques required to enable big data.

The aim is for students to understand the scope of DSAI and to obtain intuitions about its central algorithmic elements. Detailed technical expositions and analyses of these elements are not covered; these are the subject of later more specialized courses.

The course is accompanied by exercises, covering technical concepts through examples, as well as posing simple programming exercises (suitable for first-term students) in the Python language. This course also contains a quick introduction to Python.