Course 03-05-H-711.02

Cognitive Systems 2

Thomas Barkowsky, Sven Bertel, Denise Peters & Christian Freksa

Winter 2008/09
Mondays 8:45 - 10:00h & 10:15 - 11:45h Cartesium Rotunde
4 SWS (ECTS: 6)

Syllabus

Attention:
0. 20 Oct 08: No class due to the Hauptstudiumseinführung on the morning and afternoon of Oct 20th. However, as a special service, we will be in front of the Rotunde at 10 c.t. and will be happy to give all those who would like to find out more about the course beforehand or who like to preregister the chance to do so.

A Introduction
1. 27 Oct 08: Introduction to cognitive modeling / Organizational issues (overview of all articles)  
2. 03 Nov 08 (8:45 - 11:45):  

B Soar
3. 10 Nov 08 (8:45 - 11:45):

C ACT-R
 4. 17 Nov 08 (10:00 - 11:45):


5. 24 Nov 08 (8:45 - 11:45):

6. 01 Dec 08 (10:00 - 11:45):

7. 08 Dec 08 ( 10:00 - 11:45): 

D Connectionist models and model validation
8.   15 Dec 08 ( 8:45 - 11:45): 

[Xmas holidays]

9.   05 Jan 09 (10:00 - 11:45):  

10. 12 Jan 09 ( 8:45 - 11:45): 

E Evaluation, Motivation, and Summary
11.  19 Jan 09 (08:45 - 11:45):
12.  26 Jan 09: no planary session

 13.  02 Feb 09 ( 8:45 - 11:45):


Reading / Presentation Material, Tutorials, and Exercises

1 Soar
The Soar home page
A gentle introduction to Soar

The Soar tutorial part 1
The Soar tutorial part 2
 

2 ACT-R
The ACT-R home page
(There are several options for installing the ACT-R system on your computer given on the ACT-R software site. Please install ACT-R 6!)
Introduction: An integrated theory of the mind

3 JavaNNS
The JavaNNS home page
(there exist installable JavaNNS versions for diverse platforms)
Introduction to the JavaNNS  Environment


Assignments / Credits

Here are a few notes on grading and other formal aspects of the course.

To receive credits for the course you will need to actively and
continually participate throughout the semester; this includes thorough
work on a number of reading assignments and self-paced tutorials.

In addition, you will need to give a well-prepared and well-informed presentation in class on a specific topic (which can be either an
introduction to, demonstration, or application of a cognitive architecture or modeling approach, or a more theoretical paper). This
presentation should above all serve to help your classmates learn about and understand the facts and issues connected with your topic and it
should enable them to enter into a qualified discussion about it. Ideally, plan on a 90 min duration for both your presentation and the
subsequent discussion (which you will also moderate). Your presentation will be graded and its grade will account for 40% of your final grade in
the course.

You will also need to complete five exercises in small groups, ideally with 2-3 members per group. A successful completion of an exercise should include a detailed written documentation (to be handed in before a deadline; see below for submission dates) and a presentation of the solution in class. Each group member should present at least once. In the five exercises, you will need to reach an average score of at least 60%. At the end of the winter term, there will be a technical discussion of 20-30 minutes with every group to check whether the marks achieved by a group in the exercises are equally applicable to all individual group members, and to decide on individual marks. Your individual exercise mark will account for 60% of your final grade in the course.

Return dates for your completed exercises:
No. 1:  10.11.2008 ; No. 2:  23.11.2008 ; No. 3:  07.12.2008 ; No. 4:  11.01.2009 ; No. 5:  01.02.2009

Please email your solutions in time to cosy-exercises@informatik.uni-bremen.de

Collaboration vs. Cheating

We much encourage collaboration and collaborative work will be especially required when completing your exercises. However, collaboration is to be sharply distinguished from cheating. No forms of cheating (including plagiarism) will be tolerated, so don't! If you do, rest assured that we will find out about it. Should you be caught cheating, this may result in your automatic failure in the course.

Exam

The technical discussions ("Fachgespräche") as well as the oral exams ("Modulprüfungen") in Cognitive Systems 2 are scheduled for Monday, 09 Feb 09 (and Monday, 30 Mar 09, for repeaters). To take an oral exam or to participate in a technical discussion, please register by 26 Jan 09 (or by 16 Mar 09, for repeaters) by sending an email to cosy@informatik.uni-bremen.de. If you register for a technical discussion, the email should list the names of all participants of the group (one email per group is enough). Please note that the successful completion of the exercises is a precondition for registering for a technical discussion or an oral exam.

  Sven Bertel, Denise Peters, Thomas Barkowsky / 20 Oct 08