Polytechnique Montréal

Mila - Quebec AI Institute

Winter 2026

All course details are subject to change until January 12. After then, any large changes will be announced.

When and Where

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: TBA

Teaching Staff

• Instructor: Matt Kusner
• Teaching Assistant: TBA

Moodle + Slack

We’ll use Moodle (TBA) for assignments & submission. We’ll use Slack (TBA) for all communications.

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: