Previous Weeks in SCXT 350

 Week 1

Monday, Aug. 28

Reading: Copeland, Chapters 1, 2

• Introduction to the course

Wednesday

• Setting the stage: Descartes

Friday

• A basic model for a computer
• What a computer can do
• Algorithms

Monday, Sept. 4

Reading: Notes

Monday

• Labor Day (no classes)

Wednesday

• A gentle introduction to LISP

Friday

• More on Lisp

Monday, Sept. 11

Reading:

• Turing (coursepack)
• Copeland Chapters 1 - 3

• Lab session (Thompson 120)

Wednesday

• The Turing Test

Friday

• A Survey and History of AI

Monday, Sept. 18

Reading:

• Marr (coursepack)

• Survey and History of AI (video)

Wednesday

• Survey and History of AI (video)

Friday

• First Hour Exam

Week 5

Monday, Sept. 25

Reading:

• Marr

• An Introduction to AI

Wednesday

• No class - instructor ill

Friday

• Marr
• Exam returned

 Week 6

Monday, Oct. 2

Reading:

• Notes (part02.ppt and part03.ppt)

• An introduction to knowledge representation

Wednesday

• More on knowledge representation

Friday

• Search: an introduction

Monday, Oct. 9

Reading:

• Notes (part02.ppt and part03.ppt)
• Paper on expertise

• Uninformed search

Wednesday

• Search: some details
• Heuristic search

Friday

• Means-ends analysis, GPS, and the Logic Theorist

 Other Notes:

• The next hour Exam will be Friday, Oct. 20

Professor Mark Reinitz will be a guest lecturer on Monday, Oct. 23.

Monday, Oct. 16

Reading:

• Paper on expertise
• Introductory notes on CLIPS
• Paper on memory

• Fall Break Day (no classes!)

Wednesday

• Expertise (class exercise)

Friday

• Hour Exam #2

Other Notes:

• Professor Mark Reinitz will be a guest lecturer on Monday, Oct. 23.
• We will continue with our discussion on expertise and expert systems following that guest lecture.

Week 9

Monday, Oct. 23

Reading:

• Introductory notes on CLIPS
• Paper on memory
• Copeland, chapters 4, 5
• Newell and Simon paper (reading packet)

• Professor Mark Reinitz will be a guest lecturer on Monday, Oct. 23.

Wednesday

• Expertise: A bit of CLIPS

Friday

• A bit more on CLIPS.
• Beginning discussions on the Physical Symbol System Hypothesis

Other Notes:

Monday, Oct. 30

Reading:

• Introductory notes on CLIPS
• Paper on memory
• Copeland, chapters 4, 5
• Newell and Simon paper (reading packet)

• Informal discussion of expert systems
• A class exercise:  Choosing a course.

Wednesday

• Introduction to CLIPS

Friday

• Fuzzy Clips

Other Notes:

Monday, Nov. 6

Reading:

• Introductory notes on CLIPS
• Paper on memory
• Copeland, chapters 4, 5
• Newell and Simon paper (reading packet)

• Introduction to Grammars.

Wednesday

• More on grammars
• Finite State Automata

Friday

• Table description of finite state automata
• Augmented Transition Networks

Other Notes:

Monday, Nov. 13

Reading:

• Course Notes
• Turing paper (coursepack)
• Newell and Simon paper (coursepack)
• Marr paper (coursepack)
• Copeland, chapters 4, 5
• Copeland, pages 134 - 139

• Context Free Languages
• The Chomsky Hierarchy

Wednesday

• Turing Machines

Friday

• An introduction to connectionist models (or)
• The Physical Symbol System Hypothesis

Monday, Nov. 20

Reading:

• Introductory notes on CLIPS
• Paper on memory
• Copeland, chapters 4, 5
• Copeland, pages 134 - 139
• Newell and Simon paper (reading packet)

• Newell and Simon Paper (read and respond due)
• First draft due Monday (but will be accepted through Wednesday).

Wednesday

• Searle (read and respond)

Friday

• Thanksgiving break - no class

Other Notes:

• Our next topic of discussion will be artificial neural networks. Please read the final chapter in Copeland.
• Cathy Hale will be giving a guest lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Please have read the Pinker article (in the reading packet) before then. There may possibly be a read-and-respond exercise associated with this paper, but I have not yet decided.