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* [[CSC103 Processing Lab| Processing Lab]] and [[CSC103_Processing_Lab#Solutions | Solution sketches]][[CSC103_Processing_Lab | lab]]
 
* [[CSC103 Processing Lab| Processing Lab]] and [[CSC103_Processing_Lab#Solutions | Solution sketches]][[CSC103_Processing_Lab | lab]]
* [[CSC103 Homework 5 2012| Homework #5 ]]
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'''Primary:'''
 
'''Primary:'''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law Moore's Law] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wikipedia]
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* [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://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://hlt.media.mit.edu/dfe_readings/processing.pdf C. Reas, B. Fry, Processing: programming for the media arts, AI & Soc (2006) 20: 526–538]
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*** [[CSC103 Homework 4 solution 2012| Homework #4]]
 
*** [[CSC103 Homework 4 solution 2012| Homework #4]]
 
*** [[CSC103 Homework3 Solutions, 2012| Solution]]
 
*** [[CSC103 Homework3 Solutions, 2012| Solution]]
** ''Hard'' Computer Problems. Example "Towers of Hanoi" and [http://www.animatedrecursion.com/intermediate/towersofhanoi.html applet]
 
 
** The Singularity: Introduction ([http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/SingularityCSC103_2012.pdf pdf])
 
** The Singularity: Introduction ([http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/SingularityCSC103_2012.pdf pdf])
 
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* '''Wednesday'''
 
* '''Wednesday'''
 
** [[CSC103 Quiz 2011 | Quiz]] on two papers
 
** [[CSC103 Quiz 2011 | Quiz]] on two papers
** Class discussion: The singularity
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** Class discussion: The singularity[[CSC103 Questions for Discussion on Singularity|.]]
 
** Hod Lipson
 
** Hod Lipson
 
** ''Hard'' Computer Problems
 
** ''Hard'' Computer Problems
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** ''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).
 
[[Image:FoodForThought.jpg|right|130px]]
 
[[Image:FoodForThought.jpg|right|130px]]
* Food for thought:
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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).
 
** [[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.
 
** [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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Office Hours: M 1:10-3:00 p.m., W 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Reading
Week 1
1/30
  • Monday
    • Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester
    • Organization of the class
    • a short movie to get the discussion started...
    • some examples of computers:


AbacusWolfram.png


DifferenceEngine.jpg


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(start at 1min 47sec)

    • Keywords:
      • code: Translating from one system of values to another system.
    • Electricity
    • The Binary System: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary.
    • The Transistor: A switch controlled by electricity.
    • Two giants for computer science:
      • George Boole (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are boolean variables, the operators are logic operators. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: AND, OR, and NOT.
      • Claude Shannon (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators.


  • Wednesday
    • Review of the binary system
    • Exercises on binary (and other) systems and Logic
    • George Boole (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are boolean variables, the operators are logic operators. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: AND, OR, and NOT.
    • Claude Shannon (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators.

Week 2
2/6
  • Monday
    • we stopped last week at Shannon's Master's Thesis (MIT).
    • building a 2-bit adder with logic gates.
    • Two-bit adder (verify the equations with this exercise
    • Logic Gates
    • Data sheet for the AND gate.
    • Data sheet for the NOT gate.
    • Data sheet for the OR gate.
    • Logic Design
    • Simulator
    • Lab #1



  • Wednesday

    • Schematics from NASA
    • Exercise on Logic Design: a review of the process of going from a description of the function to a circuit.
    • Identifying various parts inside a computer. We want to be able to recognize:
      • The processor
      • The Crystal
      • The Random Access Memory (RAM)
      • The power supply
      • The mother board
      • The hard disk
      • The optical disk (DVD/CD player/burner)
      • The Wiring
      • Various Ports
    • Creating a wiki page on the ClassWiki system (owned by the Smith CS Department)
      • headers
      • paragraphs
      • boxes
      • lists (numbered or not)
      • images
      • links to other wiki pages in classwiki
      • links to Web pages
    • Warning: Two wikis!

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Reading:

Week 3
2/13
    • Disassembling a PC:

Reading:

Week 4
2/20


    • 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
MultiCorePerformance.jpg

  • Reading
    • Primary
      • Jon von Neumann, who first defined the architecture of modern computers. We are still building computers according to his original unpublished draft
    • Secondary
Week 5
2/27
  • Monday
    • Moore's Law

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Primary:

Secondary

Week 6
3/5

























  • Wednesday
    • Quiz on two papers
    • Class discussion: The singularity.
    • Hod Lipson
    • Hard Computer Problems
    • Hard Computer Problems. Example "Towers of Hanoi" and applet (this stop-watch can be useful to time the execution of the program).
FoodForThought.jpg













Week 7
3/12


Take Home Exam Week


Week 7
3/19


Spring Break











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