Text

Rolf Pfeifer, Christian Scheier, "Understanding Intelligence", The MIT Press, ISBN: 026266125X, Sept. 1, 2001.

References

Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee, "On Intelligence"  ISBN: 0805074562, Times Books (October 3, 2004).

Rodney Brooks Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, ISBN: 0375420797, Pantheon Books © February 2002.

Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach The Intelligent Agent Book by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig.
ISBN: 0-13-790395-2,  Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~russell/aima.html

Course outline

Concept of Embodied Intelligence

Structural and Functional Elements of Intelligence

Bio Inspired Computing and Bio Inspired Architectures

Spiking Neuron Models

Correlation, Competition and Self-organization

Auto Associative and Hetero Associative Memories

Spatio-temporal Sequence Learning

Goal Creation and Associative Learning

Sensory-Motor and Goal Creation Pathways
Building an Artificial Brain

Grading

Grades will be based on the following;

Learning Software Project (40%)  
Please send email with your presentation slides and Matlab code.  
Modify name of the main program in Matlab to include main
    for instance UFO_main.m

Research Paper presentation (30%)
Submit your presentation slides via email

Matlab simulation (30%)
Return description of results and comparison to a benchmark database from literature.  Use given Matlab simulators for classification or function approximation.

Examination

Final project due- Tuesday May 29, 2007.
All examinations are take home project based tests.

Withdrawal

A student may withdraw from class at his discretion up to and including the first 21 days of the quarter.

Laboratory Work

Students will complete the programming exercises using Matlab. These do not need to require extensive programming; the focus will be on trying out various learning algorithms, not on elaborate programs.  I will allow time for students to present the results of these exercises in class as appropriate. 

Students with Disabilities

If you have a documented disability that requires an accommodation, please notify me within the first two weeks of the quarter.  Please contact the Office of Institutional Equity for guide and assistance with disability issues.  Their web page is

http://www.ohio.edu/equity/disabilityservices/

Withdrawal

A student may withdraw from class at his discretion up to and including the first 21 days of the quarter.

Academic Conduct

Cheating on examinations, submitting work of other students as your own, or plagiarism in any form will result in penalties ranging from an F on the assignment or exam to expulsion from the university, depending on the seriousness of the offense.  

Classroom Privacy

The lectures, classroom activities, and all materials associated with this class and developed by the instructor are copyrighted in the name of Dr. Janusz Starzyk.  Recording of classroom activities by any electronic  means, by students, other faculty,  university administrators, or others, requires permission of the instructor.  Under no circumstances may verbatim recording of copyrighted classroom lectures and materials by electronic or any other means (including note taking) be conducted for 1) sale, whether or not it is for educational benefit, or 2) for the educational benefit of those not enrolled in the class.  This does not apply to non-verbatim notes taken by students.