Cognitive Science 170 (260)
Natural and Artificial Symbol-Using Systems

UPDATE (and book!) IN PROGRESS

Professor:
Marty Sereno -- sereno -AT- cogsci ucsd edu
class: MWF 2:00-2:50 PM, Warren Lecture Hall 2113
class make-ups: Th 6-8 Oct26, Nov2 (class room: CogSci 180 conf room)
grad student meeting: F 1:00-1:50 PM, Warren Lecture Hall 2112 (facing 2113)
office hours: Mon 12:00-2:00 PM, CSB 171, by email appt

Readings and Tests:
http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/170/readings/   (num links below download PDF's)
4 short papers (3-6 pages) on assigned topics -- paper1, paper2, paper3, paper4
papers due on days with asterisks (*)
new readings: #32b

Lecture Topics and Readings: Fall 2006 -- this page: http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/170/
09/22 -- Intro, Levels of organization -- #1, #7
09/25 -- Computational models of cognition I -- #2
09/27 -- Computational models of cognition II -- #3
09/29 -- Connectionist models of cognition I -- #4
10/02 -- Connectionist models of cognition II -- #5
10/04 -- Connectionist models of cognition III -- #6
10/06 -- Computational symbols vs. network symbols -- lecture only
-- [Wed, Fri -- to be re-scheduled] --
10/09 -- 3 analogies between biological & cultural/linguistic evolution -- first half #8
[10/11] -- The 4th analogy: basic similarities and differences -- second half #8
[10/13] -- Origin of life -- #10
-- [Mon, Wed -- to be re-scheduled] --
[10/16] -- Bonds, rocks, biomolecules -- #9
[10/18] -- Metabolism--cellular intentionality -- #11
10/20 -- DNA and speech sound sequences -- #12
10/23 -- *Protein 'translation' and word recognition -- #13
10/25 -- Implications of catalytic RNA and the RNA world -- #14, #15, #16, #16a, #17
10/27 -- Protein folding and catalysis -- #18, #19
10/30 -- Cells and Computers -- #20
11/01 -- Origins of language I -- #21, #22, #32
11/03 -- Origins of language II -- #35, #40, #41, #42
11/06 -- Vision and language -- #23, #24, #25, #38
11/08 -- Visual areas in monkeys and humans -- #26, #27, #33
11/10 -- [HOLIDAY]
11/13 -- *Aphasia I -- #28
11/15 -- Aphasia II -- #29, #36
11/17 -- Imaging experiments on language I -- #30, #31
11/20 -- Imaging experiments on language II -- lecture only
11/22 -- Imaging experiments on language III -- lecture only
11/24 -- [HOLIDAY]
11/27 -- Preliminary model of language in the brain I -- #37, #39
11/29 -- Preliminary model of language in the brain II -- #34, #43, #44, #45
12/01 -- Preliminary model of language in the brain III -- lecture only
12/08 -- **3rd paper + final paper