Artificial Intelligence (MECE441) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Artificial Intelligence MECE441 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 6
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Zühal Erden
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The primary objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic principles, techniques, and applications of Artificial Intelligence. Throughout this course, besides the techniques to develop intelligence, the difficulties encountered in design of intelligent mechatronic products and proposed solution strategies are also studied.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Upon successful completion of the course, students will have an understanding of the basic areas of artificial intelligence, search, knowledge representation, learning and their applications in the design and implementation of intelligent robotic systems for accomplishing variety of problem-solving tasks.
Course Content Introduction to artificial intelligence, state-space search; uninformed (Blind) search techniques, informed (heuristic) search techniques, logical reasoning: propositional logic, predicate calculus, probabilistic reasoning, Bayes rule, reasoning under uncertainty, knowledge-based systems: rule-based expert systems, introduction to machine learning,

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to artificial intelligence N/A
2 State Space Search; Uninformed (Blind) Search Techniques N/A
3 State Space Search; Informed (Heuristic) Search Techniques N/A
4 Logical Reasoning: Propositional Logic, Predicate Calculus N/A
5 Probabilistic reasoning, Bayes Rule N/A
6 Reasoning under uncertainty N/A
7 Knowledge-Based Systems: Rule-based Expert Systems N/A
8 Introduction to Machine Learning N/A
9 Belief networks N/A
10 Supervised learning methods N/A
11 Semantic Nets, Reinforcement learning N/A
12 Genetic Algorithms N/A
13 Genetic Algorithms (continued) N/A
14 Case Studies N/A
15 Case Studies N/A
16 Final Examination N/A

Sources

Course Book 1. Russell, S. and Norvig, P., Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Pearson Education, 2010.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 3 15
Presentation - -
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 25
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 6 100
Percentage of Semester Work 70
Percentage of Final Work 30
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply knowledge in mathematics and basic sciences and computational skills to solve manufacturing engineering problems
2 An ability to define and analyze issues related with manufacturing technologies
3 An ability to develop a solution based approach and a model for an engineering problem and design and manage an experiment
4 An ability to design a comprehensive manufacturing system based on creative utilization of fundamental engineering principles while fulfilling sustainability in environment and manufacturability and economic constraints
5 An ability to chose and use modern technologies and engineering tools for manufacturing engineering applications
6 An ability to utilize information technologies efficiently to acquire datum and analyze critically, articulate the outcome and make decision accordingly
7 An ability to attain self-confidence and necessary organizational work skills to participate in multi-diciplinary and interdiciplinary teams as well as act individually
8 An ability to attain efficient communication skills in Turkish and English both verbally and orally
9 An ability to reach knowledge and to attain life-long learning and self-improvement skills, to follow recent advances in science and technology
10 An awareness and responsibility about professional, legal, ethical and social issues in manufacturing engineering
11 An awareness about solution focused project and risk management, enterpreneurship, innovative and sustainable development
12 An understanding on the effects of engineering applications on health, social and legal aspects at universal and local level during decision making process

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 34 34
Report
Homework Assignments 3 2 6
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 5 5
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 5 5
Total Workload 120