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Thu 16 Mar 2023 13:45 - 13:58 at 803 - EngageCSEdu Chair(s): Michelle Craig, Briana B. Morrison

This assignment allows students to gain experience with AI game-playing algorithms, implementing minimax and alpha-beta pruning and designing a utility function for measuring game states. The assignment uses Connect Four, a relatively simple fully-observable and deterministic game that students are likely to have seen before. Students are responsible only for developing an agent to play the game; the game itself is already implemented and given as part of the student-facing materials. The assignment breaks down the requirements for the two algorithms into smaller chunks in order to make the whole assignment more approachable. We also provide code for Tic-Tac-Toe so that students can apply their code for minimax and alpha-beta pruning to a simpler game where sub-optimal moves will be more obvious, indicating potential bugs in their implementation. The assignment allows for a tournament to be played among all student submissions, potentially awarding extra credit to the winner of the class tournament.

Thu 16 Mar

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13:45 - 15:00
EngageCSEduSister Sessions at 803
Chair(s): Michelle Craig University of Toronto, Briana B. Morrison University of Virginia
13:45
13m
Talk
AI: Connect Four Agent
Sister Sessions
Brian O'Neill Western New England University
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13:58
12m
Talk
AI: Informed Search to Navigate the Subway
Sister Sessions
Brian O'Neill Western New England University
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14:10
15m
Talk
Usability Observations of Everyday Things
Sister Sessions
Michelle Dowling Grand Valley State University, Scott Grissom Grand Valley State University
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14:25
10m
Talk
Using Affect-Aware Computing as a Theme for a User-Centered Design Course
Sister Sessions
Annuska Zolyomi University of Washington
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14:35
10m
Talk
Using Citizen Science as a Theme for a User-Centered Design Course
Sister Sessions
Annuska Zolyomi University of Washington
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14:45
15m
Talk
Interaction Metrics Projects for Human Computer Interaction
Sister Sessions
Isabel Almaguer Iowa State University, Stephen Gilbert Iowa State University
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