Requirements

1. Objectives

• The purpose of this lecture is to realize an introduction to the study of functional and logic programming as an alternative to imperative programming, through the languages Lisp and Prolog, useful to those working in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
  • To introduce two new programming paradigms (functional programming and logic programming).
  • To introduce a programming language for each paradigm (Common Lisp and Prolog) and to familiarize the students with the principles of functional and logic programming.
  • To introduce the idea of using these paradigms based on applications necessities.
  • To provide the necessary basis to allow learning advanced lectures.
• The Common Lisp interpreters recommended in this class are SBCL or CLisp.
• The Prolog interpreter recommended in this class is SWI Prolog.

2. Final grade

• 60% - Written graded paper
• 15% - Practical test in Prolog
• 15% - Practical test in Lisp
• 10% - Programs documentation and delivery
• 5% - BONUS - Evaluation of seminaries activity

Minimal passing criteria

1. minimum grade of 5 at the written graded paper
2. minimum final grade of 5

If the final grade is less than 5 while at least one of the activities (written evaluations, practical tests) was absented, the final mark will be absent, and not failed. The final grade will be determined during the retake session.

3. Written test paper

The written test paper will take place during the last two weeks of school. Specific details on how the written test will take place will be communicated later.

4. Class activities

All activities require physical class participation. This is a full attendance, not a distance learning program.

According to the National Education Act (1/2011), the recording of didactical activity by any means is only possible by explicit agreement of the teaching person. Consequently, no recording of any didactical activity, by any means and on any support, is allowed.

The Teams class access code is cgeotu0.

The seminars and labs attendance sheet is available here. The identification code is the unique code from Academic Info.

5. Seminar activity

(1) Attendance at seminar activities is compulsory in proportion of 75% (minimum 5 seminars out of 7). The seminar attendance may be redone with another group inside the two weeks allocated to that seminar, with the explicit agreement of the seminar instructor.

(2) The students without minimum 5 attendances at seminar activities CANNOT participate to the written paper (during weeks 13-14 and during the resit session) and CANNOT get a passing grade.

6. Lab papers and grading

(1) The lab problem will be presented to the lab instructor through shared screen when required by the instructor. At that moment an extra request to change the code will be solved on the spot.

(2) Each lab paper is evaluated with a grade from 1 to 10 in the following way:

• 2 points: formal descriptions and explanations of recursive models
  • PROLOG - recursive models and flow models of all predicates used, meaning of all predicate parameters;
  • LISP - mathematical models (recursive formulas describing functions), meaning of all function parameters;
• 0.50 points: source code in Prolog/Lisp for all predicates / functions
• 0.50 points: testing examples covering as many testing cases as possible, for the essential predicates / functions
• 1 points: execution verification of the written program
• 6 points: explanations of the written algorithm, recursive models, source code
  • extra requirement to change the code, solved on the spot, with shared screen

(3) A copied lab paper means cheating and will be graded with 0 (zero).

(4) If a lab paper is submitted with another lab subgroup inside the same two weeks frame, the lab grade is multiplied by 0.8; if the submission is delayed one lab, the lab grade is multiplied by 0.6; if the delay is larger than one lab, the final grade is 0 (zero).

7. Lab attendance and delivery rules

(1) Attendance at lab activities is compulsory in proportion of 90% (minimum 6 seminars out of 7).

(2) The lab attendance may be redone for at most one lab, during the two weeks allocated to that lab, with the explicit agreement of the lab instructor, but the lab doc is graded in the usual way, considering the delay penalty. In case of illness, the absence is justified to the lab instructor based on medical evidence only. Medical documentation will be provided with a maximum delay of one week after the missed event.

(3) The students without minimum 6 attendances at laboratory activities CANNOT participate to the written paper (during weeks 13-14 and during the resit session) and CANNOT get a passing grade.

(4) At most two lab themes may be delivered during one lab class. As well, the Prolog labs may be delivered until no later than ween 7/8.

(5) The lab grade will be determined as the average of the grades of all the lab works. If a lab doc is not delivered, its grade is 0.

8. Resit session

In the resit session the same grading algorithm will apply.

• students with an attendance of less than 5 seminars and 6 labs CANNOT participate in the resit session.
• the labs cannot be submitted during the resit session;
• only the written test paper can be taken during the resit session;
• for grade increases only the written test paper can be taken.

© Prof.dr. Horia F. Pop