Lecture and exam schedule
Note: The following presents the lecture, reading and exam
schedule for Spring 2005. Please note that, except for scheduled University
events and exam dates, the schedule of topics, readings, and
assignments is tentative. It may be necessary to change an
exam date: if that happens, I will give you at least a week's notice
and make alternate arrangements for students unable to take the exam
on the rescheduled date. Please inform me of any conflict between the
dates entered here and those in the catalog and course schedule. In
the event of any conflicts, the catalog and course schedule have the
final say.
This is very much a work in progress, and will be modified (except for the exam dates) as we proceed through the term.
Exam schedule:
- Exam 1: Friday, February 18
- Exam 2: Friday, March 25
- Exam 3: Friday, April 29
- Final Exam: 8:00 AM Friday, May 13. It will be a two-hour,
in-class final exam.
Term paper dates:
- Monday, February 28: Discussion of paper/project
- Friday, March 4: Paper/project proposals due. I will return
them by the following Monday. This is worth 5% of your term paper
grade.
- Monday, March 21: Annotated paper/project bibliography due.
Please note that this is Monday after Spring Break. Early submissions
cheerfully accepted. Please note also that this is 10% of your term
paper grade.
- Friday, April 15: First draft due (formal progress report
and completed code for projects). Please note that this is 25% of your
overall term paper grade.
- Wednesday, May 4. All materials due in class.
Weekly Schedule
Week 1: Monday, January 17
- Topics
- Introduction to the course
- Reading:
- Descartes handout
- Turing paper (pages 153 - 167 of the anthology)
- Chapter 1 of Dawson
- Other notes
- Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
(no classes or office hours)
Week 2: Monday, January 24
- Topics
- Algorithms and Computation
- The Turing Test
- Model for a computer
- Turing machines
- Reading:
- Turing paper (pages 153 - 167 of the anthology)
- Lisp handout
- Other notes
- There will be a "Read and Respond" exercise on the Turing paper due
this Monday.
Week 3: Monday, January 31
- Topics
- Algorithms and Computation
- Lisp
- Reading:
- Dawson chapter 2
- GPS paper (pages 34 - 50 in the anthology)
- Lisp handout
- Other notes
- Monday, January 31, is the last day to drop without
record.
Week 4: Monday, February 7
- Topics
- Turing and Marr
- An introduction to artificial intelligence (History, GOFAI, and Connectionism)
- Reading:
- Marr (pages 69 - 83 in the anthology)
- Other notes
- Exam 1 will be next Friday, February 18.
Week 5: Monday, February 14
- Topics
- Symbolic AI: Search, KR, and the Physical Symbol System Hypothesis
- Reading:
- Newell and Simon (pages 84-94 in the anthology and the Turing Award Lecture available on line from the library)
- Other notes
- The first hour exam will be on Friday, February 18.
- Monday, February 14, is the last day to drop with an
Automatic "W".
Week 6: Monday, February 21
- Topics
- Expertise and expert systems
- Reading:
- Other notes
Week 7: Monday, February 28
- Topics
- Expertise and expert systems
- Discussion of paper/project
- Reading:
- Other notes
- Term paper proposals due Friday, March 4
Week 8: Monday, March 7
- Topics
- Reading:
- Dawson, chapter 3
- Handouts
- Other notes
- Friday, March 11, is Mid-term (not an exam date for us)
- We may not have a class meeting Friday (History of Science conference)
- The second hour exam will be Friday after the break (March 25)
Week 9: Monday, March 14
- Topics **SPRING BREAK** No classes or office hours
- Reading
- Other notes
Week 10: Monday, March 21
- Topics
- Reading:
- Dawson, chapter 3
- Handouts
- Other notes
- Annotated Bibliography due Monday.
- The second hour exam will be Friday, March 25
Week 11: Monday, March 28
- Topics
- Commentary: is this a reasonable approach?
- Reading:
- Other notes
Week 12: Monday, April 4
- Topics
- Reading:
- Dawson, chapter 4
- Winograd (pages 95 - 113 in the anthology)
- Other notes
Week 13: Monday, April 11
- Topics
- Reading:
- Other notes
- Term paper draft due Friday.
Week 14: Monday, April 18
- Topics
- Natural Language Processing
- Reading:
- Other notes
Week 15: Monday, April 25
- Topics
- Current directions and issues
- Reading:
- Other notes
- Exam #3 will be Friday, April 29. Please note that this is in the
last full week of the term.
Week 16: Monday, May 2
- Topics
- Final discussion and wrap-up
- Reading:
- Other notes
- Last day of class is Wednesday, May 4.
Week 17: Monday, May 9
- Topics: Final Exams
- Reading
- Other notes
- The final exam for SCXT 350 will be at 8:00 AM on Friday, May 13. It will be a mandatory, in-class final exam.