This schedule is subject to change. Lecture slides will generally be posted before class each day. See the readings for full paper references.
Except where noted, the readings for the lectures do not require paper responses, but are suggested for you to better understand the lectures and related material.
After the lectures (excluding the final overview lecture), there will be student presentations, with topics
given below once they have been selected and assigned.
Typed responses to the readings should be turned in during class. See the readings for the readings related to each topic.
Week | No. | Date | Class type | Topic | Slides | Reading |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 12/01/16 | Lecture | Introduction | 1-up, 6-up | None |
1 | 2 | 15/01/16 | Lecture | Nativism, Empiricism, Representation | 1-up, 6-up | Spelke (1994), Elman et al. (1996) |
2 | 3 | 19/01/16 | Lecture | Neural Networks | 1-up, 6-up | Jain et al. (1996) |
2 | 3 | 22/01/16 | Lecture | About student presentations;Bayesian Modelling | 1-up, 6-up;1-up, 6-up | Griffiths and Yuille (2006), Lecture notes from CCS |
3 | 4 | 26/01/16 | Lecture | Example paper presentation (requires response!) | 1-up, 6-up | Segmentation |
3 | 5 | 29/01/16 | Lecture | Comparing models | 1-up,6-up | |
4 | 6 | 2/2/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
4 | 7 | 5/2/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
5 | 8 | 9/2/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
5 | 9 | 12/2/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
-- | -- | 16/2/16 | Innovative learning week -- no class | None | None | |
-- | -- | 19/2/16 | Innovative learning week -- no class | None | None | |
6 | 10 | 23/2/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
6 | 11 | 26/2/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
7 | 12 | 1/3/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
7 | 13 | 4/3/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
8 | 14 | 8/3/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
8 | 15 | 11/3/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
9 | 16 | 15/3/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
9 | 17 | 18/3/16 | Student presentation | -- | ||
10 | 18 | 22/03/16 | Lecture | Synthetic overview of the course | 1-up, 6-up |
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