Instructor: Patrick Winston

Course Numbers: 6.803, 6.833

Course Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Prerequisites: (MIT) 6.034 or permission of instructor

Course Website: http://cbmm.mit.edu/lh-6-803

Course Description:

Analyzes seminal work directed at the development of a computational understanding of human intelligence, such as work on learning, language, vision, event representation, commonsense reasoning, self reflection, story understanding, and analogy. Reviews visionary ideas of Turing, Minsky, and other influential thinkers. Examines the implications of work on brain scanning, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. Emphasis on discussion and analysis of original papers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.