Course Overview
Prerequisites
6.036 and (9.40 or 18.06), or permission of the instructor
Important dates (tentative):
September 22 Project Proposal Draft, Project Proposal Review/Peer Review
September 29 Project Proposal Final Draft
October 20, 27 Project Progress Presentation
December 3 Final project presentations
December 10 Final report write-up due
Class Meetings
Lectures W 130-330 (Room 46-3189)
Recitation: M 2-3 (Room 46-3189)
Office Hours:
Dan Mitropolsky – TBD
Tommy Poggio – TBD
All classes are held in person unless otherwise instructed
The first class meets on Wednesday, September 3th, 2025.
Grading
Lecture component (30% total)
10%: Attendance
10%: Participation (discussion, asking questions)
10%: Weekly quizzes
Research project component (70% total)
5%: Proposal draft
15%: Project proposal final version
10%: Progress Report
15%: Final Report
25%: Final Presentation Assignment
Use of LLMs — such as Chat-GPT — is allowed, but we ask students
- to report if they use it
- to write the prompts employed and
- to provide feedback on the usefulness of the tool..