| Day of class
| Topic
| Speaker
| Note
|
| Sept 20
| Introduction
| None
|
|
| Sept 27
| Artificial Life (Part I)
| Karl Sims (on tape)
| This is a video taped presentation
|
| Oct 4
| Artificial Life (Part II)
| Karl Sims (on tape)
| This is a video taped presentation
|
| Oct 11
| Agent-based Web Spaces
| Bogar
| Sample conference paper & presentation
|
| Oct 18
| What's It Like to Be a Programmer
| Dennis Frey
|
|
| Oct 25
| Review for Midterm
| Bogar
|
|
| Nov 1
| How chips are made
| Dr. Jim Plusquellic
|
|
| Nov 8
| Math in Computer Science
| Dr. Brooke Stephens
| Return of the midterm
|
| Nov 15
| What kinds of Problems Can Computers Solve ?
| Dr. Richard Chang
|
|
| Nov 22
| THANKSGIVING
| No Class
|
|
| Nov 29
| Controlling Computers ?
| Dr. Tim Finin
| Read
Bill Joy's article from "Wired" before class and also the
reactions to that article.
|
| Dec 6
| Information Retrieval
| Dr. Ian Soboroff
|
|
| Dec 13
| Review for Final Exam
| Bogar
| Term Paper Due
|