Week | Dates | Topics | Readings and Important Dates |
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1 | Jan. 18-20 | NO CLASS THIS WEEK | |
2 | Jan. 23-27 | Python: introduction Formal systems |
PP chapters 1-3, MD chapter 1 Handout: The MU-puzzle (Hofstadter) |
3 | Jan. 30-Feb. 3 | Python: strings, lists, files Eliza, SHRDLU, and the Turing Test |
PP chapter 4, MD chapter 2 Last day to add: Monday, Jan. 30 |
4 | Feb. 6-10 | Python: objects, graphics, functions Symbolic AI |
PP chapters 5-6 |
5 | Feb. 13-17 | Python: decisions, loops, random numbers | PP chapters 7-8, 9.2 |
6 | Feb. 20-24 | Turing machines and computability | |
EXAM 1: Friday, February 24 | |||
7 | Feb. 27-March 3 | Universal Turing machines | PP 13.4.2, SR articles 2 and 3 |
8 | March 6-8 | Physical symbol system hypothesis The Chinese Room |
MD chapters 4 and 7 Last day to drop: Thursday, March 9 |
S P R I N G B R E A K | |||
9 | March 20-24 | Object-oriented programming | PP chapter 10, SR articles 4 and 5 |
10 | March 27-31 | Object-oriented programming PDP models of memory |
SR article 6, MD chapter 9 NO CLASS FRIDAY, MARCH 31 (Chavez holiday) |
11 | April 3-7 | PDP models of learning Neural networks in Conx |
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EXAM 2: Friday, April 7 | |||
12 | April 10-14 | Neural networks in Conx PDP models of language |
SR article 8 |
13 | April 17-21 | Embodied cognition and robots | SR articles 7 and 9 |
14 | April 24-28 | Embodied cognition and robots | |
15 | May 1-3 | Review | |
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, May 10, 9:00 AM |