CSC200A: Computer Science Survey I

Salem State College

2008 Fall

Instructor: Beifang Yi (website, email)

Syllabus(pdf, html): for course office hours, rules, reports, grading policy...,

Course schedule (pdf, html).

Important Announcements:

Due dates for the following assignment and quiz:

100% + 15%bonus: 12/10/Wedensday, in class
100%: 12/17/Wednesday: email submission, or drop to my office/depart-mailbox
0%: after 12/17/Wednesday

Assignment#7 (NEW).
Take-home Quiz #4 (NEW).

Assignments:

Assignment#6 due in class on 12/5/2008/Friday In Class
Assignment#5 due in class on 11/19/2008/Wednesday In Class
Assignment#4 due in class on 11/7//2008/Friday In Class
Assignment 3 /due 10/17/2008, Friday
Assignment 2 /due 10/3/2008, Friday
Assignment 1 /due 9/24/2008, Wednesdy
Assignment 0/due 9/10/2008, Wednesday

Reading/Practice Assignments (No submissions):

Reading Guidelines for Chapter 1 available here (a PDF file).

Resources:

Check HERE for lecture slides/notes, solutions,....
LMC simulator webiste
About Artificial Intelligence (AI)

What is AI?---(a) McCarthy's AI; (b). Wiki's AI;

Turing Test: (a) 50 years later webiste; (b) at Wiki
Chinese Room: (a). at Wiki, (b) Chinese Room Summary
Strong AI at Wiki; Arguments for Strong AI; Philosophical Arguments against Strong AI (a PDF file)
Weak AI at Wiki
Strong vs Weak AI: (a) at Wiki; (b). (more)