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− | * [[CSC103 Lab #1 2012 | Lab #1]]: Logic Design | + | * [[CSC103 Lab #1 2012 | Lab #1]]: Logic Design [[Image:LabLogo.png|50px|right]] |
− | * [[CSC103 Homework #2 2012 | Homework #2]]: Logic Design | + | * [[CSC103 Homework #2 2012 | Homework #2]]: Logic Design, and [[CSC103 Homework 2 Solutions 2012| homework solution]]. |
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− | ** [[CSC103 PC Demolition Lab 2012| '''Let's Take-Apart a PC ''' lab]]. Ford Hall Foyer. Pictures can be found [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150543054626884.380818.264041891883&type=1 on the CS Facebook page] | + | **[[Image:LabLogo.png|50px|right]] [[CSC103 PC Demolition Lab 2012| '''Let's Take-Apart a PC ''' lab]]. Ford Hall Foyer. Pictures can be found [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150543054626884.380818.264041891883&type=1 on the CS Facebook page] |
** How hard disks work: | ** How hard disks work: | ||
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** Microprocessor and Assembly Language | ** Microprocessor and Assembly Language | ||
+ | ** [[CSC103 A Game of Numbers | Let's play a game]] | ||
** the [http://maven.smith.edu/~thiebaut/classes/103/applets.htm xComputer Simulator] | ** the [http://maven.smith.edu/~thiebaut/classes/103/applets.htm xComputer Simulator] | ||
** the [[CSC103 Basic Instructions| Instruction Set]] for our computer | ** the [[CSC103 Basic Instructions| Instruction Set]] for our computer | ||
** [[CSC103 Assembly Program 1 | A first program]] | ** [[CSC103 Assembly Program 1 | A first program]] | ||
** [[CSC103 Assembly Program 2 | A second program]] | ** [[CSC103 Assembly Program 2 | A second program]] | ||
− | ** Execution of | + | ** Execution of selected instructions ([[Media:CSC103InstructionsBeforeAfter.pdf|pdf]]) |
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− | * | + | * [[CSC103 Homework 3 2012 | Homework #3]] and [[CSC103 Homework3 Solutions, 2012| Solution]] |
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* '''Monday''' | * '''Monday''' | ||
− | * '''Wednesday''' | + | ** Execution of selected instructions ([[Media:CSC103InstructionsBeforeAfter.pdf|pdf]]) |
+ | ** [http://www.pcguide.com/res/tablesASCII-c.html ASCII Table]: even characters are stored in computers as numbers! | ||
+ | ** [[CSC231 Homework 9 Solution 2010 | Example of a real assembly language program]][[CSC103 Assembly Language Exercises and Solutions|.]] | ||
+ | ** Von Neuman | ||
+ | ** using [http://www.wolframalpha.com/ wolfram alpha] for calculations | ||
+ | ** [[CSC103 Assembly Language Exercises| Exercises]] | ||
+ | ** [[CSC103 Assembly Language Lab | Lab]] on Assembly Language | ||
+ | * '''Wednesday''' | ||
+ | ** Hot off the presses: [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145747.htm DNA computing] back in the news | ||
+ | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture von Neumann's bottleneck] | ||
+ | ** John von Neumann | ||
+ | *** First video: history of computers, Part 2, narrated by Gordon Bell. Advance to 37 min 50 sec, on the IAS "chapter". | ||
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+ | ** the von Neumann bottleneck | ||
+ | *** Memory vs. processor. What do fingernails and football fields have in common? | ||
+ | *** Attempts to circumvent the bottleneck | ||
+ | **** cache memory | ||
+ | **** multicore architectures | ||
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− | * | + | * [[CSC103 Assembly Language Lab | Assembly Language Lab]] [[Image:LabLogo.png|50px|right]] |
+ | * [[CSC103 Homework 4 2012 | Homework 4]] and [[CSC103 Homework 4 solution 2012| Solution program]] | ||
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+ | ** Primary | ||
+ | *** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann Jon von Neumann], who first defined the architecture of modern computers. We are still building computers according to his original unpublished ''draft'' | ||
+ | ** Secondary | ||
+ | *** von Neumann's [http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/f/f8/VonNewmannEdvac.pdf ''draft''] | ||
+ | *** [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145747.htm new research in DNA computing]: we are trying hard to find new ways to perform computation and leave the von Neumann architecture. | ||
+ | *** [[CSC103 Notes on von Neumann's architecture | DT's Notes]] | ||
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* '''Monday''' | * '''Monday''' | ||
+ | ** Moore's Law | ||
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+ | ** [[Linear vs Log Scale for MIPS | Difference between linear and log scales]] | ||
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+ | ** [[Introduction_to_Processing | Introduction to Processing]] | ||
* '''Wednesday''' | * '''Wednesday''' | ||
+ | **[[CSC103 Processing Lab| Processing Lab]] in FH 241 | ||
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− | * | + | * [[CSC103 Processing Lab| Processing Lab]] and [[CSC103_Processing_Lab#Solutions | Solution sketches]][[CSC103_Processing_Lab | lab]] |
+ | * [[CSC103 Homework 5 2012| Homework #5 ]] and [[CSC103 Homework 5 Solution 2012| solution program]] | ||
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− | * | + | '''Primary:''' |
− | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law Moore's Law] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wikipedia] | |
+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language What is a programming language?] on [http://en.wikipedia.org wikipedia] | ||
+ | * [http://hlt.media.mit.edu/dfe_readings/processing.pdf C. Reas, B. Fry, Processing: programming for the media arts, AI & Soc (2006) 20: 526–538] | ||
+ | * [http://processing.org/learning/ The ''Learning'' Processing] page on [http://processing.org processing.org] | ||
+ | <!--* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Use_in_web_pages Javascript page] on Wikipedia. The sections to concentrate on are '''Syntax and Sementics''', and '''Use in Web pages'''.--> | ||
+ | '''Secondary''' | ||
+ | * [http://io9.com/5829403/moores-law-may-soon-be-broken Moore's Law may soon be broken] | ||
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* '''Monday''' | * '''Monday''' | ||
− | * '''Wednesday''' | + | ** Projects in Processing: Review of the [[CSC103_Processing_Lab#Solutions | solution sketches]] for the last [[CSC103_Processing_Lab | lab]]. |
+ | ** Review of past homework assignment solutions: | ||
+ | *** [[CSC103 Homework 4 solution 2012| Homework #4]] | ||
+ | *** [[CSC103 Homework3 Solutions, 2012| Solution]] | ||
+ | ** The Singularity: Introduction ([http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/SingularityCSC103_2012.pdf pdf]) | ||
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+ | * '''Wednesday''' | ||
+ | ** [[CSC103 Quiz 2011 | Quiz]] on two papers | ||
+ | ** Class discussion: The singularity[[CSC103 Questions for Discussion on Singularity|.]] | ||
+ | ** Hod Lipson | ||
+ | ** ''Hard'' Computer Problems | ||
+ | ** ''Hard'' Computer Problems. Example "Towers of Hanoi" and [http://www.animatedrecursion.com/intermediate/towersofhanoi.html applet] (this [http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ stop-watch] can be useful to time the execution of the program). | ||
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+ | * Food for thought... | ||
+ | ** [[Information_about_the_Singularity | Additional articles]] on the issue of the Singularity (including IEEE Spectrum issue on the subject). | ||
+ | ** [http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes.html Susan Blackmore's] TED talk on Memes and Temes. | ||
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− | || | + | * [[CSC103 Take-Home Final Exam 2012| Final Exam]] |
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+ | * '''Primary''' | ||
+ | * [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__signs_of_the_singularity.pdf Signs of the Singularity] by Vernor Vinge. | ||
+ | * [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__can_machines_be_conscious.pdf Can Machine Be Conscious?], Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi. | ||
+ | * '''Secondary''' | ||
+ | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-hard NP-Hard] Computer-Science Problems | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 23 September 2013
Office Hours: M 1:10-3:00 p.m., W 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Weekly Schedule
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