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Paper

You need read only the following from Coen's thesis:

Multimodal Dyamics: Self-Supervised Learning in Perceptual and Motor Systems, by Michae Coen.

Assignment

If you discuss the paper or the assignment with another student—which we encourage—indicate whom you have talked with in your submitted composition. Of course your submitted composition must be written entirely by you.

On a total of one side of one sheet of paper, using 10 pt type or larger, with standard interline spacing and margins, respond to all the following:

If you want more, you will find the entire thesis on line.

Assignment

You have decided you are so thrilled by 6.xxx, you will write a textbook covering the material. You arrange an appointment with Professor Winston, during which you go into such matters as dealing with publishers, handling reviewers, structuring royalty rates, and handling international sales. Winston mutters something about maybe talking about the same sort of stuff in class at some point.

Then, you turn to the writing of the book itself and Winston explains that it is extremely important to do a good job on the chapter openings. Unfortunately, your time is up just when he is about to explain the standard components in his chapter-opening template.

• Reverse engineer the sample chapter openings and exhibit the slots that seem to constitute Winston's chapter-opening frame, where "slot" and "frame" are used in the 6.034 sense, whatever that means. Consult with a colleague who has taken 6.034 if you are clueless. Add any other slots that seem especially important to you.
• Write an introduction to a chapter on Coen's work, as reported in his paper, demonstrating use of whatever frame slots seem appropriate for the material.
• Then, detaching yourself from the Coen assignment, identify your favorite textbook, look at a few chapter openings and then, with details:
  • Identify which slots are present
  • Identify which are not
  • Identify and additional slots that seem beneficial