STS 350
Spring 2007 Schedule
Please see The Official
Schedule for details of the schedule for University events. Please
note that if any date in the following conflicts with the official schedule and
final
exam schedules, the official schedules apply.
Exams:
- Hour Exam 1 will be Friday, February 16
- Hour Exam 2 will be Friday, March 23
- Hour Exam 3 will be Friday, April 27. Please note that this is in the last full week of class.
- The final exam for STS 350 (MWF 3:00) is scheduled for Wednesday, May
9, 4:00 - 6:00. It will be a two hour, in-class, comprehensive final.
University regulations require that all students in this class take the
final at this time.
Lecture/Reading Schedule:
Please note: This schedule is tentative. We
will probably alter it as the semester progresses. Each offering of this
course is different from the last. Exam dates should
remain fixed. If I do need to change an exam date, it will be with plenty
of warning and accommodations made for students who can not make the revised
exam date (except for the final exam, which is fixed by the University
calendar). I will try to keep this schedule up to date, but you should
always check the web pages for This Week and
Next Week for more up-to-date information.
Week 1: Monday, January 15
- Topics
- Introduction to the course
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Monday is Martin Luther King day: no classes or office hours.
- Office hours begin next week.
Week 2: Monday, January 22
- Topics
- Turing
- Basic model of a computer
- Algorithms
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Office hours resume this week
Week 3: Monday, January 29
- Topics
- A gentle introduction to Lisp
- Reading
- Lisp handout
- Textbook chapter 2
- Readings: Johnson-Laird (reading 2)
- Marr (to be handed out this week)
- Other Notes
Week 4 : Monday, February 5
- Topics
- Lisp
- The tri-level hypothesis
- Reading
- Lisp handout
- Textbook chapter 3
- Readings: Anderson (reading 3)
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam 1 will be Friday, February 16 (next week)
- Discussion of term paper Monday
- We will go into the lab for a lisp session Friday
Week 5: Monday, February 12
- Topics
- An introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam 1 will be Friday, February 16
Week 6: Monday, February 19
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
Week 7 : Monday, February 26
- Topics
- Search and representation
- Term paper/project proposals due
- Reading
- Other Notes
- No class on Friday (travel to the Columbia History of Science
conference.
- Please note that the last day to withdraw with an automatic 'W' is
Monday, February 26. The rules for withdrawing from a class have
changed. Please review the revised policy on course withdrawals in the
Student Handbook
Week 8: Monday, March 5
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Mid-term is Friday, March 9 (not an exam date for us)
- Annotated bibliography due Monday after Spring Break
- Hour Exam 2 will be Friday, March 23 (Friday after Spring Break)
Week 9: Monday, March 12
- Topics: Spring Break! (No classes or office hours)
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam 2 will be Friday, March 23 (Friday after Spring Break)
Week 10: Monday, March 19
- Topics
- The Physical Symbol System Hypothesis
- Reading
- Textbook chapter 6
- Readings chapter 7
- Read-and-respond on the Newell and Simon paper probably Wednesday.
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam 2 will be Friday, March 23
- Annotated paper/project bibliography due this Monday
Week 11: Monday, March 26
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
Week 12: Monday, April 2
- Topics
- Grammars, computation, and language
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Paper/project draft due next Friday
Week 13: Monday, April 9
- Topics
- Grammars, computation, and language
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Paper/project draft due Friday
Week 14: Monday, April 16
- Topics
- Grammars, computation, and language
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam 3 will be Friday, April 27 (next week). Please note that this is in the last full week of class..
Week 15: Monday, April 23
- Topics
- Grammars, computation, and language
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam 3 will be Friday, April 27. Please note that this is in the last full week of class.
Week 16: Monday, April 30
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Wednesday, May 2, is the last day of classes. Final paper/project
due in class. No class work accepted after 5:00 (including late work).
Final Exams
- The final exam for STS 350 (MWF 3:00) is scheduled for Wednesday, May
9, 4:00 - 6:00.