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The Department of Computer Science & Engineering
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STUART C. SHAPIRO: CSE
575
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MWF 4:00 - 4:50, 115 Talbert Hall
| Course | Registration Number |
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| APY 526 | 104663 |
| CSE 575 | 369537 |
| LIN 575 | 473681 |
| PHI 575 | 341820 |
| PSY 575 | 232680 |
This course will also abide by the University's principles and procedures regarding students with disabilities. See the Office of Disability Services' statement on UB's Commitment to Disability Access. Notify the professor if you need any accommodations under these policies.
Each paper is due at the start of class, one week after it is first part of the course material. The calendar below will list definitive due dates. A late paper will loose 0.5 points per class period.
3 Fine. Keep up the good work. 2 Acceptable, but please do better. 1 Needs improvement; do better in the future. 0 Not turned in, or otherwise not acceptable.
The two lowest scoring papers will be ignored, and the rest averaged. The mapping from average score to letter grades will be:
The average grade on the review papers will count as 90% of the final course grade.
2.5 - 3.0 A 2.0 - 2.5 B 1.5 - 2.0 C 1.0 - 1.5 D 0.0 - 1.0 F
| Week | Day | Date | Comments |
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| 1 | Mon | 8/29 | First Class Mind, Chap. 1: Representation and Computation Companion, Part I: The Life of Cognitive Science |
| Wed | 8/31 | ||
| Fri | 9/2 | Last day to drop without financial penalty | |
| 2 | Mon | 9/5 | No Class: Labor Day |
| Wed | 9/7 | Mind, Chap. 2: Logic Companion, Chap. 21: Reasoning Shapiro, Propositional, First-Order And Higher-Order Logics: Basic Definitions, Rules of Inference, and Examples or Shapiro, SNePS: A Logic for Natural Language Understanding and Commonsense Reasoning. Paper 1 due on Mind, Chap. 1 Paper 2 due on Companion, Part I |
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| Fri | 9/9 | Drop/Add deadline | |
| 3 | Mon | 9/12 |
Mind, Chap. 3: Rules Companion, Chap. 42: Production systems |
| Wed | 9/14 | Paper 3 due on Mind, Chap. 2 Paper 4 due on Companion, Chap 21 Paper 5 due on Shapiro, "... Logics: Basic Definitions ..." or "... SNePS: A Logic for ..." Example proofs Notes on Jess |
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| Fri | 9/16 |
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| 4 | Mon | 9/19 | Mind, Chap. 4: Concepts Companion, Chap. 8: Conceptual organization |
| Wed | 9/21 | Paper 6 due on Mind, Chap. 3 Paper 7 due on Companion, Chap 42 |
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| Fri | 9/23 | ||
| 5 | Mon | 9/26 | Mind, Chap. 5: Analogies Companion, Chap. 1: Analogy |
| Wed | 9/28 | Paper 8 due on Mind, Chap. 4: Concepts Paper 9 due on Companion, Chap 8: Conceptual organization |
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| Fri | 9/30 | ||
| 6 | Mon | 10/3 | Mind, Chap. 6: Images Companion, Chap. 12: Imagery and spatial representation Companion, Chap. 18: Perception |
| Wed | 10/5 | Guest lecture by Prof. James R. Sawusch | |
| Fri | 10/7 | Paper 10 due on Mind, Chap. 5: Analogies Paper 11 due on Companion, Chap 1: Analogy |
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| 7 | Mon | 10/10 | Mind, Chap. 7:
Connections Companion, Chap. 38: Connectionism, artificial life, and dynamical systems. |
| Wed | 10/12 | Paper 12 due on Mind, Chap. 6: Images Paper 13 due on Companion, Chap 12: Imagery and spatial representation |
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| Fri | 10/14 |
Paper 14 due on Companion, Chap 18:
Perception Paper 15 due on talk by Prof. Sawusch |
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| 8 | Mon | 10/17 | Mind, Chap. 8: Review and Evaluation Companion, Chap. 48: Levels of explanation and cognitive architectures |
| Wed | 10/19 | Paper 16 due on Mind, Chap. 7:
Connections Paper 17 due on Companion, Chap. 38: Connectionism, artificial life, and dynamical systems |
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| Fri | 10/21 | R deadline | |
| 9 | Mon | 10/24 | Mind, Chap. 9: Brains Companion, Chap. 4: Brain mapping Companion, Chap. 32: Neuroimaging See also Midsagittal Structures Study Module from University of Alberta |
| Wed | 10/26 | Paper 18 due on Mind, Chap. 8:
Review and Evaluation Paper 19 due on Companion, Chap. 48: Levels of explanation and cognitive architectures |
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| Fri | 10/28 | ||
| 10 | Mon | 10/31 | Mind, Chap. 10: Emotions Companion, Chap. 11: Emotions |
| Wed | 11/2 | Paper 20 due on Mind, Chap. 9: Brains Paper 21 due on Companion, Chap. 4: Brain mapping Paper 22 due on Companion, Chap. 32: Neuroimaging |
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| Fri | 11/4 | ||
| 11 | Mon | 11/7 | Mind, Chap. 11: Consciousness Companion, Chap. 9: Consciousness Companion, Chap. 3: Attention |
| Wed | 11/9 | Paper 23 due on Mind, Chap. 10: Emotions Paper 24 due on Companion, Chap. 11: Emotions |
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| Fri | 11/11 | ||
| 12 | Mon | 11/14 | Mind, Chap. 12: Bodies, the World, and Dynamic Systems Companion, Chap. 39: Embodied, situated, and distributed cognition For the logistic difference equation, see Richard Dallaway's Chaos in the Pond and /projects/shapiro/CSE575/chaos.py |
| Wed | 11/16 | Paper 25 due on Mind, Chap. 11:
Consciousness Paper 26 due on Companion, Chap. 9: Consciousness Paper 27 due on Companion, Chap. 3: Attention |
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| Fri | 11/18 | ||
| 13 | Mon | 11/21 |
Mind, Chap. 13: Societies Companion, Your choice: any chapter we haven't already read |
| Wed | 11/23 | Fall Recess | |
| Fri | 11/25 | Fall Recess | |
| 14 | Mon | 11/28 | |
| Wed | 11/30 | Paper 28 due on Mind, Chap. 12:
Bodies, the World, and Dynamic Systems Paper 29 due on Companion, Chap. 39: Embodied, situated, and distributed cognition |
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| Fri | 12/2 | ||
| 15 | Mon | 12/5 | Mind, Chap. 14: The Future of Cognitive Science |
| Wed | 12/7 |
Paper 30 due on Mind, Chap. 13: Societies Paper 31 due on Companion, Your choice |
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| Fri | 12/9 | Last Class |