XXXX2020 FUNDAMENTALS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE L T PC: 2 0 02

Course Objective: To introduce the basic principles, techniques, and applications of Artificial
Intelligence.

Pre-requisites: None

Module I: Introduction to AI Contact Hours: 4

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Foundations of AI, History of AI, AI Games, Agents and
Environment, Risk and Benefits of AI

Module II: Principles of AI Contact Hours: 6

Knowledge Representation, Problem Solving, Searching and its Strategies, Heuristic Search, AI
Project Cycle, Problem Scoping, Data Acquisition, Data Exploration, Modeling

Module III: Data Analysis Contact Hours: 6

Sort, Filter, Conditional Formatting, Charts, Pivot Tables, Tables, What if Analysis, Solver,
Descriptive Statistics, Correlation, Regression, Introduction to Programming Languages for AI

Module IV: Introduction to Machine Learning Contact Hours: 5

Introduction to Machine Learning, Types of Learning, Use of Probability and Statistics in AI,
Data Mining and Analysis Techniques

Module V: Applications in AI Contact Hours: 5

AI applications in Agriculture, Climate, Healthcare, Transport, Automotive Industry, Civil
Engineering, Education, Robotics, Finance, Law and Legal practice, Media and Entertainment,
Data Security, Tourism

Module VI: AI in Practice Contact Hours: 4

The advances and the latest trends in AI, Discussion on State of the Art in AI, Limits of AI,
Ethics of AI, Case studies

Course outcome:

CO 1. Demonstrate fundamental understanding of the foundations of artificial intelligence (AI)

CO 2. Understand the basic principles of AI and its lifecycle
CO 3. Apply the concepts of data analysis in real world scenario
CO 4. Identify the characteristics of machine learning that makes it useful to solve real-world
problems
CO 5. Identify applications of AI in relevant disciplines
CO 6. Understand cutting edge technologies, design and develop machine learning in a range of
real-world applications