Course Schedule

This page lists the topics for each class and has links to all assigned work. Lab and assignment handouts are linked to Google docs. If you cannot access the Google docs, the handouts can be accessed through the "pdf" links. If you do not have an account on the CS file server, code and data files can be accessed through the "files" links.

Tuesday Wednesday Friday

1/24   Class 1

  • course administration
  • overview of topics
  • slides

1/25   Lab 1

1/27   Class 2

1/31   Class 3

2/1   Lab 2

2/3   Class 4

  • early visual processing from
    the retina to cortical area V1
  • slides
  • video

2/7   Class 5

2/8   Lab 3

2/10   Class 6
Tuesday Wednesday Friday

2/14   Class 7

  • face processing in the brain
    (cont'd)
  • artificial neural networks
  • slides

2/15   Lab 4

2/17   Class 8

2/21   No Class

    ** Monday schedule **

2/22   Lab 5

2/24   Class 9

2/28   Class 10

3/1   Lab 6

3/3   Class 11
Tuesday Wednesday Friday

3/7   Class 12

3/8   Lab 7

  • Journal Club: growing the
    hippocampus with experience
  • continuation of Lab 6 work

3/10   Class 13

3/14   Class 14

    ** snow — no class **

3/15   Lab 8

3/17   Class 15

  • human spatial cognition and
    navigation (cont'd)
  • Journal Club: robot navigation
    with learned spatial affordances
  • navigation slides
  • podcast

3/21   Class 16

  • language understanding systems
  • commonsense knowledge for
    language understanding
  • slides
  • reading

3/22   Lab 9

3/24   Class 17

  • language processing in the brain
  • continuation of Lab 9 work
  • Assignment 4 due
  • slides
*** Spring Break *** *** Spring Break *** *** Spring Break ***
Tuesday Wednesday Friday

4/4   Class 18

4/5   Lab 10

4/7   Class 19

  • introduction to consciousness
  • class discussion: can machines
    be conscious?
  • slides
  • reading

4/11   Class 20

4/12   Lab 11

4/14   Class 21

  • attention
  • neural correlates of consciousness
  • binocular rivalry
  • slides

4/18   Class 22

  • neural correlates of consciousness
    (cont'd)
  • detection vs. attention
  • split-brain phenomena
  • Assignment 5 due Tuesday
    at 9pm
  • slides

4/19   Lab 12

  • Journal Club: attention to
    faces and places
  • continuation of Lab 10 work

4/21   Class 23

  • split-brain phenomena
  • modelling a perceptual decision
  • Lab 10 due
  • slides
Tuesday Wednesday Friday

4/25   Class 24

4/26   No Class

    ** Ruhlman Conference**

4/28   Class 25

5/2   Class 26

  • preparation for student
    presentations

5/3   Lab 13

  • student presentations
  • wrap-up discussion

5/5   Reading Period

final papers due Monday, May 15