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* [http://www.videojug.com/film/what-components-are-inside-my-computer Video] on PC
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0nbo1VOF4M Video] on Hard Drive
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqpxapCsNU Video] on CDRom
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGXFfFNQqNk Animation] on CDRom
 
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** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__can_machines_be_conscious.pdf Can Machine Be Conscious?], Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi.
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Revision as of 07:34, 24 January 2011

--D. Thiebaut 08:44, 7 January 2011 (EST)


Back to Main Page for CSC103


Prof

Dominique Thiébaut email
Dept. Computer Science
Ford Hall, 356.
Telephone: 3854
Office Hours: M:4-5, T3-4, W3-4, and my appointment


Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Reading
Week 1
1/24
  • Monday:

  • Introduction to the semester
  • Overview
  • History of Computers
  • Binary System
  • The Transistor
  • Logic Gates: Not, And, Or
  • George Bool, 1815-1864
  • Claude Shannon, 1916-2001
  • Applet page

  • Wednesday

  • Read Chapter 1 of the textbook. Skip Section 1.3 and up.
Week 2
1/31
  • Monday/Wednesday

  • Truth tables and verification of rules of addition
  • Logic Gates
  • Logic Design
  • Simulator
  • Creating a Wiki page


  • Read Chapters 2 and 3
Week 3
2/7
  • Monday/Wednesday

  • PC Lab: "Take apart a PC"


Week 4
2/14
  • Monday/Wednesday

  • assembly language


Week 5
2/21
  • Monday

  • javascript

  • Wednesday: Rally Day

  • Read Chapters 6 and 7
Week 6
2/28
  • Monday/Wednesday
Week 7
3/7
  • Monday/Wednesday

  • The singularity
  • Moore's Law



Week 8
3/14
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Wiki pages

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Additional Resources