LEARNING2017 Assignments
| # | Technical Topic | Communication assignment | Communication discussion |
| — | Winston reflects on the first 65 years | — | — |
| 1 | Turing suggests test for success | Paper decoding | Paper decoding, broken glass |
| 2 | Minsky provides a problem set | Tenure recommendation | Promises |
| — | Marr speaks to what constitutes good work | — | Talking points, Contributions |
| 3 | Brooks denies value of representations Davis and friends affirm value of representations |
Empowerment, contributions, glass | VSN–C |
| 4 | Tenenbaum and friends salute the Reverend Bayes Glymour salutes Kepler |
Panel preparation | How to run a panel |
| 5 | Jackendoff grounds out in trajectories | Trip report | How to run a conference |
| 6 | Borchardt focuses on transitions | Update letter | Details sell |
| 7 | Minsky predicts important role for perception | Review | Review, Opening moves, Winston's Star |
| 8 | Larson grounds symbols in perception | Press release | How to write a press release |
| 9 | Hinton launches third wave | White paper | Improvement through knowledge engineering |
| 10 | Berwick & Chomsky explain how we are different | Interview | Mimicry |
| — | Lettvin finds bug detector Tattersall finds symbolic species |
Amnesty assignment | How to do slides |
| 11 | Ullman explains visual routines | Slide show | How to run a study |
| 12 | Geiger argues that dyslexics see too much Sutherland calls for courage |
Letter to author(s) | How to change a decision How to threaten people |
| 13 | McIntyre builds contortionist | Nomination letter | How to write a nomination letter |
| 14 | Gergely learns from an infant | Quint chart | Selling it Product introductions |
| 15 | Minsky gets emotional | Op Ed | How to construct posters |
| 16 | Lenat builds machine accessible encyclopedia | Poster | Investment criteria |
| 17 | Spelke explains how to turn MIT students into rats Fedorenko tells us we don't need language to think |
Speaker evaluation | How to make decisions |
| 18 | Gentner thinks about analogy | Chapter openings | TeX Book deals Emulation |
| 18 | Review | Email dangers | Integrety How to speak |
| 19 | Winston tells yet another story | Getting the message to Garcia | How to follow How to lead |
| — | Assignment | Recommendation Presentation Suggestions |
How to applaud, Kabuki style |
| — | Assignment | Recommendation Presentation Suggestions |
A boyfriend in a box |