Polytechnique Montréal

Mila - Quebec AI Institute

Autumn 2026

All course details are subject to change until August 24. After then, any large changes will be announced.

When and When

Lecture: Mondays, 8:30 - 11:30 at Mila, Auditorium 2 (building 6650, 2nd floor)

Instructor Office Hours: Mondays, 11:30 - 12:30 at Mila C.08 (building 6666, near kitchen)

Lab: Wednesdays, 11:30 - 1:00 on {Sept 9, Sept 23, Oct 7, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 18, Dec 2} at Mila, Auditorium 1 (building 6650, 2nd floor)

Teaching Staff

• Instructor: Matt Kusner
• Teaching Assistant: Farzaneh Heidari

Slack

We’ll use Slack (join link) for all communications.

Assignments and Grading

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

• 20% In-class/In-lab quizzes (2 created per person, everyone takes)
• 40% In-class/In-lab participation and presentations
  • 30 minute paper presentations (2 per person)
  • 5 minute role presentations (8 per person)
• 40% Final project
  • 5% Project proposal
  • 35% Final project report

More details on the above assignments:

In-Class Presentations + Quizzes

Final Project

Sign up for presentations here.