===== Tutorial for Introduction to Computational Intelligence (2012/2013) =====


This tutorial accompanies the lecture [[http://ls11-www.cs.tu-dortmund.de/people/rudolph/teaching/lectures/CI/WS2012-13/lecture.jsp| Introduction to Computational Intelligence]] by [[staff:rudolph| Prof. Günter Rudolph]]. The tutorial is given by [[staff:wessing|Simon Wessing]].
Instruction language is English. 


| Organizer | **[[staff:wessing|Simon Wessing]]** |
| Number: | 040310 |
| Hours per week in term | 1                                        |
| Date and room | Wed, 08:30--10:00 h, MSW 16, Room E29 \\ Wed, 12:15--13:45 h, OH14, Room 304 \\ Wed, 16:15--17:45 h, MSW 16, Room E31  |

The tutorial will be held in three groups. The first meeting will take place on Wednesday, 24 October. From then on, we will meet every two weeks. Topic of the first meeting will be organizational stuff, the first exercise sheet, and an introduction to R. Attendance at the R introduction is optional.


=== Exercise sheets ===

^ Number ^ Block ^ Assigned ^ Due ^ Discussion ^ Comment ^
| Sheet 1| A | 24 Oct | 5 Nov | 7 Nov | |
| Sheet 2| A | 7 Nov | 19 Nov | 21 Nov | |
| Sheet 3| B | 21 Nov | 3 Dec | 5 Dec | |
| Sheet 4| B | 5 Dec | 17 Dec | 19 Dec | |
| Sheet 5| C | 20 Dec | 14 Jan | 16 Jan | |
| Sheet 6| C | 16 Jan | 28 Jan | 30 Jan | |

<wrap important>{{:rudolph:teaching:introci1213:guidelines.pdf|Guidelines for working on the exercises}}</wrap>

=== Programming Exercises ===

Programming exercises must be completed in the programming language **R**. R is an interpreted language with rich capabilities for visualization and statistical analysis, and is open source. Some links:

  * [[http://www.r-project.org/ | Download from R-project ]]
  * [[http://www.cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Short-refcard.pdf | R Reference Card ]]
  * Book (in german): [[http://www.springerlink.com/content/v17125/ | Programmieren mit R]], Uwe Ligges, Springer, 2007 (free access from campus)
  * Wikibooks: [[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/R_Programming | R Programming ]] (english), [[http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_R | GNU R ]] (german)



=== Passing the Tutorial ===

The sheets are classified into 3 blocks according to the 3 main topics of the lecture. You need to achieve at least 50% of each block. You are welcome to work together in teams of up to three persons. Each team member has to be able to present the solutions during the tutorial lessons. Your presence during these lessons is mandatory. You may be absent only one time without medical certificate.