CMSC 421: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Undergraduate introduction to AI — search, planning, games, statistical inference, reinforcement learning, deep neural networks, large language models and robotics.
Instructor: Tianyi Zhou
Term: Fall
Location: University of Maryland, College Park
CMSC 421 is an introductory course in Artificial Intelligence for senior undergraduate students. It introduces a range of ideas and methods in AI — automated heuristic search, planning, games, statistical inference, reinforcement learning, deep neural networks, large language models, and robotics. Programming projects and optional research projects give students hands-on practice. I updated the curriculum to add deep neural networks, large language models, and optional research projects.