CPSC 689-603 Read-Only Bulletin Board

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This page will have all relevant email transactions with the students regarding the AI course, so that everyone has equal information regarding the course material.

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Article List

Date: 3/24 Title: Paper presentation topics
Date: 3/11 Title: Assignments


Articles

Date: 3/24 Title: Paper presentation topics
The following is the paper presentation topic for each student.
  • Jyh-Ming Lien

    J. Weng. Developmental robotics: Theory and experiments. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 1:199-236, 2004. [pdf]

  • Takao Yamanaka

    Marc O. Ernst and Martin S. Banks. Humans integrate visual and haptic information in a statistically optimal fashion. Nature, 415:429-433, 2002. [pdf] (Optional: K. P. Kording and D. M. Wolpert, "Bayesian integration in sensorimotor learning," Nature, Vol. 427, 2004, pp. 244-247. [pdf])

  • Hari Shankar Muddana

    David Pierce and Benjamin Kuipers. Map learning with uninterpreted sensors and effectors. Artificial Intelligence, 92:169-227, 1997. [Link] (Optinal: David Mark Pierce. Map Learning with Uninterpreted Sensors and Effectors. PhD thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1995. [pdf])

  • Marco Morales

    M. Steyvers and J. B. Tenenbaum The Large-Scale Structure of Semantic Networks [Link]

  • David Mayerich

    Sen Song, Kenneth D. Miller, and L. F. Abbott. Competitive hebbian learning through spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity, Nature Neuroscience, 3:919-926, 2000. [pdf].

  • Ji Ryang Chung

    1. "The Psychology of Attention", Harold E. Pashler
    2. "Visual Attention and Cortical Circuit" (chapter 7. Neural Mechanisms of Attentional Selection), John H. Reynolds, Robert Desimone
    3. "Visual Attention: Insights from Brain Imaging", Nancy Kanwisher, Ewa Wojciulik
    4. "Selective Attention Gates Visual Processing in the Extrastriate Cortex", Jeffery Moran, Robert Desimone
    5. "Competitive Mechanisms Subserve Attention in Macaque Areas V2 and V4", John H. Reynolds, Leonardo Chelazzi, Robert Desimone
Date: 3/11 Title: Assignments
  1. For the programming assignment, choose one of the four mini projects in http://courses.cs.tamu.edu/choe/689-src (read the README file). Think about what your project will be, and choose the one that would be most beneficial in getting you started.

    The deadline is Friday 3/25 in class.

  2. Start thinking about your term project. You can either do it on your own or as a team of two. Read the proposal for ideas. Suggested topics are (in no particular order):
    • Sensorimotor learning: Platforms include Khepera, Braitenberg vehicles, SIDA, ESP, etc.
    • Imitation
    • Extending the thalamocortical model
    • Time--memory relationship in neural systems
    • Analysis of dynamical behavior in neural-controller agents
    • ---- the following topics have not been covered yet ----
    • Self-organization in the visual system
    • Network connectivity analysis and visualization: parameter estimation and generation of circuitry
  3. You will need to present one or two paper(s) after the spring break. Please let me know which paper you will like to present by Monday 3/21.
  4. Midterm: a brief essay-type exam will be given in the last week of March, in class. It will test if you have the proper conceptual grasp of the material presented in the class so far (about 5 essay questions).

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