Emergence
Biology 361 = Computer Science 361
Bryn Mawr College
Spring 2007
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EmergenceBiology 361 = Computer Science 361
Bryn Mawr College
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| Mon, 22 Jan | Intro to course organization and emergence | |
| Wed, 25 | Intro to computer modelling as inquiry | |
| Mon, 29 | Intro to NetLogo as a modelling environment | From the Head to the Heart |
| Wed, 31 | Emergence: a biological/evolutionary perspective and prospectus | |
| Mon, 5 Feb | Cellular Automata | Wolfram's New Kind of Science, Ch 1 and 2 |
| Wed, 7 | Lab | |
| Mon, 12 | Cellular Automata - The Wolfram Challenge | |
| Wed, 14 | Lab | |
| Mon, 19 | Agent Based Modelling I. Agents, Environments, Observers/Manipulators/Designers | |
| Wed, 21 | Lab | |
| Mon, 26 | Agent Based Modelling II. Deterministic vs non-deterministic systems | |
| Wed, 28 | Agent Based Modelling III. Interacting Agents | |
| Mon, 5 March | Agent Based Modelling IV. Variation in the agents | |
| Wed, 7 | Agent Based Modelling V. The problems of levels of organzation, life, consciousness | |
| Mon, 12 | Spring Break | |
| Wed, 14 | Spring Break | |
| Mon, 19 | Additional perspectives on emergence, student book commentaries | |
| Wed, 21 | Additional perspectives on emergence, student book commentaries | |
| Mon, 26 | Neural networks I | |
| Wed, 28 | Neural networks II | |
| Mon, 27 | Network Dynamics I | |
| Wed, 29 | Network Dynamics II | |
| Mon, 2 April | More complex examples I | |
| Wed, 4 | More complex examples II | |
| Mon, 9 | Project Development | |
| Wed, 11 | Project Development | |
| Mon, 16 | Project Development | |
| Wed, 18 | Project Development | |
| Mon, 23 | Project Presentations | |
| Wed, 25 | Project Presentations | |
| Mon, 30 | Project Presentations | |
| Wed, 2 May | Project Presentations | |
| Fri, 11 May | Senior work due | |
| Fri, 18 May | All work due |
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