The Course Chatbot
Applied Optimization with Julia
Before We Start
Start-of-Course Survey
5–8 minutes, voluntary and without names
The Course Chatbot
What Is It?
- An AI chatbot that knows the materials of this course
- You find it on every page of the course website
- Open it with the red button at the bottom right
How Does It Answer?
- It gives hints rather than complete solutions
- So that you work out the next step yourself
- Below each answer you see the passages from the course materials it is based on
A Question on Lecture 1
Question: How many truckloads should go from Dresden to Hamburg?
- The answer is a hint: a question back, not the number
- Below it are the sources: here lecture 1 and a tutorial
What Happens to Your Chats?
- Conversations are stored without names
- They are analysed to improve teaching and for scientific research
- Please do not enter personal data!
The details are on the privacy page.
Do You Have to Use It?
- No: using the course chatbot is voluntary
- Studying: You may use external AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral, Gemini)
- Bonus assignments: Every submission that used AI says so, in one honest line
- Exam: AI tools are not permitted
The full AI policy is on the welcome page.
A Complement, Not a Replacement
The course chatbot complements the lectures and the tutorials.
It does not replace them!
Bring your questions to the lectures and the tutorials, just as before!