CIS 5590.004 — Topics in Computer Science

CIS 4360.004 — Seminar on Topics in Computer Science

Artificial General Intelligence

Syllabus (Spring 2025)

Instructor

Dr. Pei Wang
Email: pei.wang@temple.edu
Office: Room 347, Science Education and Research Center (SERC)
Office Hours: Thursday 3:45 - 5:00 pm, and by appointment (in person or on Zoom)

Time and Location

Lecture time: Thursday 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Classroom: Wachman Hall 407

Course Description

In recent years, an emerging field of "Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)" has been formed by researchers who believe the necessity and possibility of treating Artificial Intelligence (AI) as one problem, rather than as a collection of loosely related problems. This CIS Special Topic Course on AGI will cover the major topics in this field, such as Given the current diversity in opinion and practice in the field, the course will be organized around the instructor’s own AGI project, NARS (Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System). While the aspects of NARS are introduced, the related AGI problems will be analyzed, as well as the alternative solutions proposed by other researchers. The lectures will be accompanied by reading, discussion, and projects. With the help of the instructor, each student will select a topic for a course project, which can be This is a graduate-level special topic course (CIS 5590) that is cross-listed as a seminar for undergraduate students (CIS 4360).

Course Objective

Schedule

See course website at http://www.cis.temple.edu/~pwang/5590-AGI/5590-index.htm

Prerequisites for CIS 5590

Students who do not fully satisfy the above requirements need the permission of the instructor to enroll.

Prerequisites for CIS 4360

Reference Materials [This course has no required course materials that must be purchased]

Grading

The problems and grading creteria are different for students enrolled in CIS 5590 and CIS 4360.

Policies and Rules