Week 9: Spring Break and Exam 2

Dates: Mar 8-12  ·  Reading: (no reading)  ·  Exam 2 covers Weeks 5-8

Spring Break week. There are no lectures. Exam 2 is taken online (asynchronous) via Canvas during the week and covers Weeks 5-8 (unsupervised learning & clustering; anomaly detection; semi-supervised & reinforcement learning; how attackers use AI). Lab 7 is due Monday.

Exam 2 Prep

📄 Exam 2 Study Guide (PDF) 📝 Practice Exam (PDF) ✅ Practice Exam Answer Key (PDF)

Exam 2 is 90 minutes, 100 points, online (asynchronous) via Canvas with LockDown Browser, covering Weeks 5-8. It includes multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer, and applied-scenario questions. Try the practice exam closed-book and timed, then check the answer key (its questions differ from the real exam).

Monday Session

Spring Break - no class.

Wednesday Session

Exam 2 (online, asynchronous, non-cumulative, covers Weeks 5-8). Complete during the week via Canvas with LockDown Browser. Open-notes; no collaboration and no AI assistance.

This Week

• Lab 7 due Monday.
• Exam 2 online this week (90 minutes, 100 points; covers Weeks 5-8). Taken via Canvas with LockDown Browser during the exam window.
• Prep with the Exam 2 Study Guide, the Practice Exam (with answer key), and Handouts 5-7.
• After the break (Week 10): how AI systems themselves are attacked (adversarial examples & data poisoning).

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