Polytechnique Montréal

Mila - Quebec AI Institute

Autumn 2025

All course details are subject to change until August 25. After then, any large changes will be announced.

When and When

Lecture: Mondays, 12:45 - 15:30 at Mila, Auditorium 2 (building 6650, 2nd floor)

Instructor Office Hours: Mondays, 15:30 - 16:30 at Mila C.08 (building 6666, near kitchen)

Lab: Tuesday, 14:45 - 17:45 on {Sept 9, Sept 23, Oct 7, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 18, Dec 2} at Polytechnique Montréal, Lassonde Pavilion, M-2004

Teaching Staff

• Instructor: Matt Kusner
• Teaching Assistant: Bashar Abdallah

Moodle

We’ll use Moodle (course link) for announcements, questions, further discussion, and assignment materials & submission.

Assignments and Grading

Assignments for the course include a paper presentation, two paper critiques, and a final project. The grading is as follows:

• 50% Role-playing discussion
• Final project
  • 10% Project proposal
  • 40% Final project report

More details on the above assignments:

Role-Playing Discussion

Final Project

For more specifics on lateness, AI chatbots, etc., see: