Instructor: Dana H. Ballard
Office Hours: Wednesday 10-12 or by appointment
Office: 406
Extension:
e-mail: dana@ee.usyd.edu.au
One of our major scientific challenges of the century is to understand the functioning of the human brain. Computational models play a vital role in a complete picture of brain function, particularly at modeling more macroscopic structures that more directly relate to our everyday behavior. The goal of this course is to describe computational models of intelligent behavior and how they relate to structures in the brain.
| Week | Date | Read | Topic | Assignment | MATLAB | Lec Mtl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Mar | Introduction | Rev:Ch1 | TM Simulation | None | |
| 2 | 17 Mar | Brain Overview | Rev:Ch2;Optional: Penrose critique | 'Whiten' Image | PPT | |
| 3 | 24 Mar | Neurons | Rev:Ch3 | Receptive Fields | PPT | |
| 4 | 31 Mar | Cortex | Rev:Ch4 | CAM P1 P3 P2 P4 | PPT | |
| 5 | 7 Apr | Basal Ganglia | Rev:Ch5 | RL | Andrew's Tape | |
| 6 | 28 Apr | Embodiment | Rev:Ch6 | Embodiment | Walter1 PPT Xue PPT | |
| 7 | 5 May | OS | Rev:Ch7 | Yi Paper | Walter 2 PPT | |
| 8 | 12 May | Emotions | Rev:Ch8 | Damasio , Rolls | PPT Brazeal movies | |
| 9 | May 19 | Hominids | Rev:Ch10 | Hominids | GP tapes | |
| 10 | May 26 | Altruism | Rev:Ch11 | Hauert | Game Thy | |
| 10 | Jun 2 | Consciousness | Rev:Ch12 | None |