CSC103 Weekly Schedule 2008

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Weekly Schedule

Week	Topics	Reading
Week 1 9/08	George Bool Introduction to the class. Overview Binary system. The transistor. Logic gates: Not, And, Or George Bool, 1815-1864 Claude Shannon, 1916-2001 Applets Page Homework #1 and its Solution	Chapter 1. Skip Sections 1.3 and up.
Week 2 9/15	Monday Review Truth tables and verification of addition equations carry = bit1 AND bit2 sum = (bit1 AND NOT bit2) OR (NOT bit1 AND bit2) Logic gates A bit of history Logic design. Simulator Wednesday (class in usual place) Lab: logic design Creating a Wiki page Homework #2	Chapters 2 and 3.
Week 3 9/22	Monday meeting in McConnel Foyer for PC Lab. bring cameras (or camera-equipped phones)! Pictures of the event! Diagram of the motherboard Pictures of various parts The bit Homework #3	Video on PC Video on Hard Drive Video on CDRom Animation on CDRom
Week 4 9/29	A game of numbers Computer Simulator Basic processor instructions A first program A second program A good introduction to the xComputer Applet. Lab #2: Assembly Language	Concentrate on Sections 3.2 and 3.4 in the book. Start reading the papers on the Singularity which we will discuss the last day of class: Signs of the Singularity by Vernor Vinge. Can Machine Be Conscious?, Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi.
Week 5 10/06	Monday: Javascript Skeleton program Output Comment String variable Number variable Arithmetic Loops A string to binary converter Wednesday: More javascript + take-home Final Exam Lab #3: Javascript Take-Home Exam	Chapters 6 and 7 Daily Hampshire Gazette article
Week 7 10/13	Fall Break--No class on Monday Class discussion on the issue of the Singularity. The class will start with a 10-minute graded quiz on the two papers. Signs of the Singularity by Vernor Vinge. Can Machine Be Conscious?, Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi.

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Additional Resources

• IEEE Special Issue on Singularity
• Stock pictures
• Javascript Resources
  • Tutorials and examples of Javascript code. Type in the code and see its effect directly on the same page.