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6.803, undergraduate version

6.833, graduate version

Past

Assignment number	Day	Date	Topic	Communication assignment	Communication discussion
.	Monday	2/4	Registration day	.	.
1	Wednesday	2/6	Winston reflects on the first 50 years	.	.
2	Monday	2/11	Turing suggests test for success	Paper decoding	Broken glass diagrams
3	Wednesday	2/13	Minsky lays out steps toward creating AI	Conclusion Broken glass diagram	Purpose of abstract and conclusion
.	Monday	2/18	No class—Presidents Day	.	.
4	Tuesday	2/19	Brooks denies value of representations Davis and friends affirm value of representations	Contributions	Vision, Steps, News
5	Wednesday	2/20	Marr speaks to what constitutes good work	Talking points	How to write a press release
6	Monday	2/25	Ullman explains visual routines	Press release	10 to inform, 10 to watch
7	Wednesday	2/27	Ullman introduces Goldilocks theory	Introduction/contributions	How to get famous: Winston's star
8	Monday	3/3	Jackendoff grounds out in trajectories	Tenure letter	How to write recommendation letters
9	Wednesday	3/5	Borchardt focuses on transitions	Update letter	Slide shows
10	Monday	3/10	Vaina and Greenblatt condemn trees	Slide show	Discovery through knowledge engineering
11	Wednesday	3/12	Rao's visual-routines vision	Cover letter	Interviews
12	Monday	3/17	Minsky predicts important role for perception	Email critique	Spider web evaluations
13	Wednesday	3/19	Spelke demonstrates role of language in reorientation	Dialog	Emulation (Galileo, Plato, Mao, Watson, McPherson)
.	Monday	3/24	No class—Spring Break	.	.
.	Wednesday	3/26	No class—Spring Break	.	.
14	Monday	3/31	Yuret calls for boostrapping Sutherland calls for courage	Trip report	How to run a conference
15	Wednesday	4/2	Larson grounds symbols in perception	Joural Review	How to run a panel discussion How to write a journal review Ethics
16	Monday	4/7	Coen perceives work together—win together theme	Endorsements	Endorsements
17	Wednesday	4/9	Geiger argues that dyslexics see too much	Letter to author(s)	How to change a decision How to threaten somebody
18	Monday	4/14	Gentner recalls the importance of analogy	Study report	How to run a study and write the Terms of Reference
19	Wednesday	4/16	Finlayson annouces the Goldilocks Principle	Textbook chapter opening	How to write a book
.	Monday	4/21	No class—Patriots day	.	.
20	Wednesday	4/23	Review	Research motivators	Selling your research idea to NSF Selling your research idea to DARPA
21	Monday	4/28	Sur rewires brains	Getting the message to Garcia	Getting the message to Garcia
22	Wednesday	4/30	Lenat builds machine accessible encyclopedia	Business motivators	Selling your business idea to a VC
23	Monday	5/5	Chater and Manning cast dice	Quarter chart	Motivation and leadership
24	Wednesday	5/7	Winston lays out BICA vision	Talking points	How to Speak
—	Monday	5/12	Assignment	Recommendation / Presentation / Suggestions	How to applaud, Kabuki style
—	Wednesday	5/14	Assignment	Recommendation / Presentation / Suggestions	A boyfriend in a box

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