EE690 Cognitive Architectures
 

Course Schedule, Spring 2011

Updated 04/26/2011

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Date 

Subject 

Additional Reading 

Lab and Homework

April 4

Class and lab organization

Introduction to Embodied Intelligence

Tutorial on Embodiment

Chapter 1

Lecture 1 Human Machine Interaction

Assignment Guidelines

chose topics to study and the student number

Research Papers Assignments (chose a student number from the list)

download and unzip software

Motivated Learning Software

Chose chapter from the text to present

    2

April 11

Cognitive Systems

Chapter 2

Lecture 2 Perception

Perception Tracking Learning

Please write your choices here

Motivated Learning Software Project

1 page summary of "Episodic memory in nonhumans: what, and where, is when?" due

3

April 18

Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

Functional Framework for Cognition

Chapter 3

Lecture 3 Memory and Attention

Read “What constitutes plagiarism”

2 pages summary of

"Evolutionary Supervision of a Dynamical

Neural Network" due

4

April 25

Imaging the Living Brain

Chapter 3

Lecture 4 Reasoning and Interacting

 

5

May 2

Brain Functional Organization

Chapter 4

Lecture 5 Interaction Style and Technology

 

2 pages summary of "Primate Culture and Social Learning" due

    6

May 9

Perception - Vision

Perception and Attention

Chapter 5

Lecture 6 Usable System Design

2 pages summary of "Learning like baby" due

7

May 16

Attention and Consciousness

Memory and Learning

Chapter 6

Lecture 7 Usability Evaluation

 

8

May 23

Hearing and Speech

 

Language

Chapter 7

Lecture 8 Model Based Evaluation

 3 pages synopsis of your Research Papers Assignments talk due

 

    9

May 30

Research Papers Presentations

Chapter 8

Lecture 9 Spoken Language Interaction

Research Papers Presentations

Classroom Presentations Evaluation Form

Final Reports of Motivated Learning Software Project due

Final Project Report Requirements

   

 

 

Lecture notes based on Bernard J. Baars and Nicole M. Gage Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness, Academic Press, 2007.

Prepare presentations based on Joscha Bach, “Principles of Synthetic Intelligence”, Oxford University press, 2009.