CSC103 Weekly Schedule Fall 2012

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Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Reading
Week 1
9/6
  • Thursday
    • 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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DNAComputer.png


(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.



Week 2
9/11
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

  • Reading
Week 3
9/18
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

  • Reading:
Week 4
9/25
  • Tuesday
    • PC Demolition Lab (Ford Hall Foyer)
  • Thursday

  • Reading
Week 5
10/2
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

  • Reading
Week 6
10/9
  • Tuesday: Fall Break
  • Thursday

  • Reading
Week 7
10/16
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday: Take-home Final Exam

  • Reading
Week 8
10/23
  • Tuesday: Final Exam Q&A

  • Reading










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