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Syllabus
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General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Spring
Course prefix:
CS
Course number:
7638
Section:
O01
CRN
26532
29949
Instructor first name:
Jay
Instructor last name:
Summet
Catalog Description

In this course, you will learn how to program all the major systems of a robotic car based on lectures
from the former leader of Google’s and Stanford's autonomous driving teams, Sebastian Thrun. You
will learn some of the basic techniques in artificial intelligence, including probabilistic inference,
planning and search algorithms, localization, tracking, and PID control, all with a focus on robotics.
Extensive programming examples and assignments in Python will apply these methods in the context
of autonomous vehicles.