SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentFreshman Class of BA in Global Governance
Course NameIntroduction to AI
InstructorPien Chung-pei
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Week 1 (2/21): Introduction of the Course



Week 2 (2/28): 228 Peace Memorial Day



Week 3 (3/7): AI’s Development



Required Reading:



Agrawal, A., Gans, J. and Goldfarb, A., 2018. Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Harvard Business Press. Chapter 1 & 2



Week 4 (3/14): Data and Basic Deep Learning



Required Reading:



Krohn, J., Beyleveld, G. & Bassens, A,. 2019. Deep Learning Illustrated: A Visual, Interactive Guide to Artificial Intelligence. Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition. Chapter 5-7



Week 5 (3/21): Convolution Neural Network



Required Reading:



Krohn, J., Beyleveld, G. & Bassens, A,. 2019. Deep Learning Illustrated: A Visual, Interactive Guide to Artificial Intelligence. Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition. Chapter 10



Week 6 (3/28): Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)



Required Reading:



Leifer, L., Lewrick, M., & Link P. (2018). The Design Thinking Playbook. New York: Wiley. Chapter 11 : NETWORKS DESIGNED FOR SEQUENTIAL DATA



Week 7 (4/4): Spring Break



Week 8 (4/11): Round Table 1



Week 9 (4/18): RNN for Natural Language Processing



Required Reading:



Leifer, L., Lewrick, M., & Link P. (2018). The Design Thinking Playbook. New York: Wiley. Chapter 11-13



Week 10 (4/25): Transformer and BERT: The Game-changing NLP Models



Week 11 (5/2): Introduction AIGC and ChatGPT’s Application



Week 12 (5/9): Round Table 2: AI Project Proposal



Week 13 (5/16): Advanced AIGC and ChatGPT’s Application I



Week 14(5/23): Advanced AIGC and ChatGPT’s Application II



Week 15(5/30): Round Table 3



Week 16 (6/7):  Final Presentation



Week 17 (6/14): Final Paper Workshop



Week 18 (6/21): Final Paper Writing


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

  1. Attendance (10%)

  2. Assignments (20%)

  3. Midterm exam (25%)

  4. Project Proposal (10%)

  5. Final Paper (35%)



Generative AI Utility Policy



Conditional Acceptance:




  1. Use ChatGPT as a teaching assistant.

  2. Work independently on assignments, particularly in coding.

  3. Seek help when facing challenges or in need of inspiration.


Textbook & Reference

Agrawal, A., Gans, J. and Goldfarb, A., 2018. Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Harvard Business Press.



Krohn, J., Beyleveld, G. & Bassens, A,. 2019. Deep Learning Illustrated: A Visual, Interactive Guide to Artificial Intelligence. Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition



Leifer, L., Lewrick, M., & Link P. (2018). The Design Thinking Playbook. New York: Wiley.


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