ECE 457Applied Artificial Intelligence
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1990–91 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Artificial intelligence concepts and techniques, including search, inference, knowledge representation and planning. Knowledge-based systems. Applications in electrical and computer engineering, with emphasis on design and maintenance. 1Project
As printed in the 1990–91 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: E&CE 251
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
15 posts and comments in 15 threads mention ECE 457, June 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2024
Has anyone taken ECE457 on 24 Winter 2 points, 4 comments
u/PersonalitySenior872: “It looks like the new course outline has been changed recently by Prof. Amir-Hossein Karimi, adding some new contents. I want to take his course but am a little bit afraid of the workload. So I'M doing some survey here. How do you like the new contents? …”
Winter 2024
UW Post doc lecturer Benyamin Ghojogh was fired today after students found this paper of his from 3 months ago. He taught eng/ML 560 points, 134 comments
u/theinternet_wanderer: “… https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2932475 https://uwflow.com/course/ece457a (most recent reviews)”
Best Intro to ML/AI course? 15 points, 14 comments
u/bomankleinn01: “… 452: Introduction to Machine Learning ECE 457B: Fundamentals of Computational Intelligence ECE 457: Applied Artificial Intelligence &x200B; What's the best for industry Intro ML course from this list and the difference between MSCI 452 and CS 480 and the differences between the …”
Winter 2022
ECE transfer to Math advise 0 points, 2 comments
“I just finished my 2b term in ECE(CE) and I also applied to BMath, as I feel ECE courses are not very useful or interesting. …”
u/amxnday: “… i’m currently arranging my upcoming terms so that i’m only taking software related courses in 3B 4A 4B which is doable because there are a lot of software TEs like ECE 351, 356, 358, 452, 455, 457, 406, 451 etc.”
Winter 2020
is ece 457a waste? 3 points, 0 comments
Winter 2019
ECE 457b 5 points, 0 comments
u/WildRecommendation4: “Q3 gg”
Fall 2018
Help with choosing some 4th year ECE coursea 5 points, 3 comments
u/als26: “I'm currently looking at ECE406, however upon looking at the course outline I found it had some overlapping concepts with ECE457a which I took last term. Here is the course outline OF ECE406 . Does anyone know if the courses are very different and if it's worth taking ECE406? …”
Spring 2018
4 ECE TEs in 4b? 5 points, 12 comments
u/als26: “… The problem is I am only interested in 1 TE offered in 4a (ECE457a). The other TE I would take would serve no purpose toward my career or even interest me. The other option is just to take ECE457a for 4a, and then take 4 TEs in 4b. …”
Winter 2018
Any ECE graduates that took ECE413/417/493 1 point, 14 comments
u/als26: “… Also would like to hear opinions on ECE457a/457b Thanks!”
Hi I am a sad ECE 1B student :'( 6 points, 18 comments
“I want to take AI and ML courses but they aren't being offered by the ECE faculty.Also, I code a lot and I am into competitive programming. I have a 94avg in 1A, should I transfer to CS/SE? …”
u/ElectroMagnetron: “There is ECE 457 - Applied Artificial Intelligence. If you are really passionate about AI and ML, I suggest either sticking with ECE or transfer into CS. Soft Eng does not even have any AI/ML (although students may have some ML projects in their classes). …”
Fall 2017
What is the ECE 457A equivalent for CS program. 2 points, 2 comments
“What is the ECE 457A equivalent for CS program.”
u/waterwhoo: “… Here were the similar topics covered, compared to this outline: https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/ahilal/classes/ece-457a-cooperative-and-adaptive-algorithms Graph-search Algorithms, Game Playing as Search, Metaheuristics (briefly), Simulated Annealing, Evolutionary Computation, …”
Winter 2017
Trading/Investing Advice: How to manage all the moneyzzz from co-op? 0 points, 66 comments
“Motivation: Too many students in Uwaterloo who made money during co-op (especially people who Cali'd) do not know how they can invest their own money. …”
u/RuiQ: “Great, can't wait to lose money on the ego of students who took 2 fourth year eng courses. If you actually want to learn how to manage your money and not spend too much time worrying, passive …”
u/AllEggsInOneBasket: “… I used ECE 457a knowledge because it has exponential time complexity. Also, index-ing doesn't mean you won't leverage... so if the market goes down 10 percent and you are 10x leverage... …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1990–91 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1990–91 to 1994–95 5 calendars
Artificial intelligence concepts and techniques, including search, inference, knowledge representation and planning. Knowledge-based systems. Applications in electrical and computer engineering, with emphasis on design and maintenance.
1Project
Prereq: E&CE 251