Emergence

Emergence, Spring, 2006

Course Schedule

DB, PG

Mon, 16 Jan	Course organization and Modelling as Inquiry DB, PG
Wed, 18	Emergence: A Computational/Cognitive Perspective DB

Mon, 23	Emergence: A Biological/Evolution Perspective PG	From the Head to the Heart
Wed, 25	Cellular Automata - Wolfram DB	NKS Ch 1 and 2 and Python 1D CA

Mon, 30	Cellular Automata - Wolfram DB
Wed, 1 Feb	Cellular Automata - Possibilities and Limitations

Mon, 6	Agent Based Modelling I. Agents and Environments PG	The World of Langton's Ant
Wed, 8	Agent Based Modelling II. Deterministic vs non-deterministic systems PG

Mon, 13	Agent Based Modelling III. Interacting Agents, Sandpiles PG
Wed, 15	Agent Based Modelling IV. Variation in the agents PG

Mon, 20	Agent Based Modelling V. The consciousness problem PG
Wed, 22	Agent Based Modelling VI. The levels of organization problem PG

Mon, 27	Evolutionary Algorithms I DB	Introduction to Evolutionary Systems
Wed, 1 March	Evolutionary Algorithms II DB

Mon, 6	Spring Break
Wed, 8	Spring Break

Mon, 13	Additional Perspectives on Emergence, student book reviews
Wed, 15	Additional Perspectives on Emergence, student book reviews

Mon, 20	Neural Networks I DB	Connectionism Foundations, Building Neural Models
Wed, 22	Neural Networks II DB

Mon, 27	Project Development
Wed, 29	Project Development

Mon, 3 April	More complex examples PG
Wed, 5	More complex examples PG

Mon, 10	Project Development
Wed, 12	Project Development

Mon, 17	Emergence in AI DB
Wed, 19	Emergence in AI DB

Mon, 24	Project Presentations
Wed, 26	Project Presentations

Mon, 1 May	Evening Project Presentations and Dinner, 6 - 9pm

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