BCS 268: Computer Models of Mind

Prerequisites: MTH 141 or 161
Offered: Spring

About this course:

This course is limited to 15 students

Cognitive scientists attempt to make theories of human perception, language, memory, learning, categorization, reasoning, and many other cognitive functions. A good way of making explicit all the details of a theory, of understanding the implications of a theory, and of comparing the theory with other theories is to implement the theory as a computer model. The course will teach students about current theories of human cognition, and their computer implementations. The course will focus on a class of computer models known as connectionist models or artificial neural networks.

Students will be required to perform several assignments in which they implement computer models of human cognition using software provided to the students. The course assumes knowledge of introductory calculus.