AINS graduate course

AINS5001 · A Modern Approach to AI

AIMA certificate · 2026–27

Description

Certificate-style coverage of classical AI aligned with Russell and Norvig’s Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach: intelligent agents, search, knowledge, learning, and planning. Offered as the Castalia AIMA certificate track on Moodle so learners earn a recognizable AIMA-aligned credential and institutions can bridge into the graduate AINS core.

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Syllabus outline

  1. Modules 1–2 · Agents & search

    • PEAS and problem-solving agents
    • Uninformed and informed search; A* and heuristics
    • Games, CSPs, and adversarial search (intro)

  2. Modules 3–4 · Knowledge & learning

    • Logic and inference (intro); knowledge graphs touchpoints
    • Machine learning framing: loss, generalization, evaluation
    • Neural networks and deep learning (survey)

  3. Modules 5–6 · Planning, language & responsibility

    • Classical planning representations
    • NLP pipeline overview
    • Fairness, safety, and deployment hygiene