CSC103 Schedule 2011

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

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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 Wednesday Quick review George Boole (1779-1848) Logic, logic expression = boolean expression Any complicated logic expression can be expressed with only 3 operators: AND, OR, and NOT Shannon (1916-2001), in 1948 writes a Master's thesis at MIT: Any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expression, and logic operators Verify that we can add in binary. Therefore we should be able to add using AND, OR, and NOT. This creates a need for electrical circuits that implement the 3 boolean operators Logic Gates: NOT, AND, OR Homework #1	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 Homework #2	Read Chapters 2 and 3
Week 3 2/7	Monday/Wednesday PC Lab: "Take apart a PC" Homework #3	Video on PC Video on Hard Drive Video on CDRom Animation on CDRom
Week 4 2/14	Monday/Wednesday assembly language Lab #2	Concentrate on Sections 3.2 and 3.4 in the textbook. 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 2/21	Monday javascript Wednesday: Rally Day	Read Chapters 6 and 7
Week 6 2/28	Monday/Wednesday	Take-Home Final Exam
Week 7 3/7	Monday/Wednesday The singularity Moore's Law
Week 8 3/14

Wiki pages

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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.