INF1-CG: Week 2
Tasks
Your major tasks and deadlines this week are:
- Finish Assignment 0, which is due next week. This assignment is for practising Python, and is not for credit.
- Attend lectures 4 and 5.
- Attend your tutorial group. Make sure to first attempt the Questions for Tutorial 1 on your own.
- Attend one of the drop-in labs.
- Read the readings for this week.
- Start preparing for Tutorial 2, which will happen next week.
Lectures
| No | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | 21 Jan | Language Acquisition |
| 05 | 23 Jan | The Perceptron |
| 24 Jan | Lecture cancelled due to adverse weather |
All lectures will be livestreamed and recorded on Echo Video. You may have to log on through Learn before this link works.
Readings
The links below direct you to the University Library or to Piazza. You will need to log on to access the full text.
Readings come in two flavours: required and recommended.
| Pinker 1999 | Words and Rules, Chapters 1 and 4 | Required |
| Gurney 1997 | Introduction to Neural Networks, Chapters 2 and 4 to 6.5 | Required |
Assignments
Assignment 0 is a programming assignment that teaches some basic Python. Python is the programming language that we will use the the other assignments in this course. Assignment 0 is not for credit.
To access the assignments, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Notable LTI 1.2”.
Quizzes
To access the quizzes, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Gradescope”.
Tutorials
Please attempt to answer the Questions for Tutorial 1. These will be discussed in the tutorial sessions this week.
Labs
Please attend one of the drop-in lab sessions this week. The first few labs cover Python programming.
To access the lab notebooks, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Notable LTI 1.2”.