CS 329 Class Schedule, Autumn 1998

(Revised 9/22/98)

Week 1:
Thu, 9/24:
Course Overview, Introduction, Data interpretation and control tasks, Real-world problems
[Zhao, Chapter 1; Papers]
Week 2:
Tue, 9/29:
Overview of Spatial Aggregation, Imagistic Reasoning, Spatial aggregation tasks and constraints
[Paper; Zhao, Section 2.0]
Thu, 10/1:
Qualitative Physics ontologies,  Field ontology
[Paper; Zhao, Section 2.1]
Week 3:
Tue, 10/6:
No class
Thu, 10/8
No class
Week 4:
Tue, 10/13:
Spatial aggregation operators, programming language
[Zhao, Sections 2.2 and 2.3]
Thu, 10/15:
Imagistic reasoning problem solvers, Introduction to phase-space analysis, KAM
[Zhao, Section 3.1; Papers]
Week 5:
Tue, 10/20:
MAPS and HIPAIR
[Zhao, Sections 3.2 and 3.3; Papers]
Thu, 10/22:
Visiometrics, Fluid Dynamicist Workbench
[Zhao, Section 3.4; Papers]
Homework assignment due at beginning of Class 10/22
Week 6:
Tue, 10/27:
Cognitive foundation, Object perception
[Zhao, Section 4.2; Paper]
Thu, 10/29:
Visual routines, visual and spatial reasoning
[Zhao, Sections 4.1 and 4.3; Papers]
Project Proposal due at beginning of Class 10/29
Week 7:
Tue, 11/3:
SAL programming language, Data types, Abstractions, Operators
[Zhao, Section 5.1]
Thu, 11/5:
SAL example programs, libraries
[Zhao, Sections 5.2 and 5.3]
Week 8:
Tue, 11/10:
SA case study: Weather data analysis
[Zhao, Chapter 9; Paper]
Thu, 11/12
SA case study: Distributed optimization
[Zhao, Chapter 6; Paper]
Week 9:
Tue, 11/17
SA case study: Pattern formation; Diffusion-reaction morphogenesis
[Zhao, Chapter 8; Paper]
Thu, 11/19:
SA case study: Nonlinear maglev control
[Zhao, Chapter 7; Paper]
Week 10:
Tue, 11/24:
SA programming methodology, Problem representation, Abstraction, Domain knowledge
Use of SAL building blocks
[Handout]
Thu, 11/26
University Holiday
Week 11:
Tue, 12/1:
Project presentations, Overflow
Turn in term project report at beginning of Class 12/1!!
Thu, 12/3 (last class):
Project presentations