CSC103 Weekly Schedule 2013

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Syllabus | PIAZZA


Week Topics Reading
Week 1
9/3
  • Tuesday
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester schedule
    • Organization of the class
    • a short movie to get the discussion started...
    • some examples of computers:


AbacusWolfram.png


DifferenceEngine.jpg


DifferenceEngineDetail.jpg


DNAComputer.png


Antikythera.jpg
Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer


(start at 1min 47sec)

DoubleHelix.jpg
Harvard research: 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA


    • 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.


  • Thursday

Week 2
9/10
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

 


Week 3
9/17
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

Week 4
9/24
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

 

Week 5
10/1
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

Week 6
10/8
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

 

Week 7
10/15
  • Tuesday: Fall Break
  • Thursday