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Project summaries for 2013 are online.
| Note that everyone is expected to attend both presentation classes. |
| Assignment number | Day | Date | Technical Topic | Communication assignment | Communication discussion |
| 20 | Mon | 5/13 | Assignment | Recommendation / Presentation / Suggestions | How to applaud, Kabuki style |
| 21 | Wed | 5/15 | Assignment | Recommendation / Presentation / Suggestions | A boyfriend in a box |
| Assignment number | Day | Date | Technical Topic | Communication assignment | Communication discussion |
| — | Mon | 2/4 | Registration day | — | — |
| — | Wed | 2/6 | Winston reflects on the first 50 years | — | — |
| 1 | Mon | 2/11 | Turing suggests test for success | Paper decoding | Paper decoding Broken glass diagrams |
| 2 | Wed | 2/13 | Minsky lays out steps toward creating AI | Tenure recommendation Broken glass diagram | Purpose of beginning and end, contributions |
| 3 | Tue | 2/19 | Brooks denies value of representations Davis and friends affirm value of representations | Contributions | Vision, Steps, News |
| — | Wed | 2/20 | Marr speaks to what constitutes good work | — | Talking points, V–S–N...C mantra |
| 4 | Mon | 2/25 | Borchardt focuses on transitions | Update letter | Details sell |
| 5 | Wed | 2/27 | Jackendoff grounds out in trajectories | Abstract | Improvement through knowledge engineering |
| 6 | Mon | 3/4 | Ullman explains visual routines | Trip report | How to run a conference |
| 7 | Wed | 3/6 | Rao's visual-routines vision | Journal review | How to get famous |
| 8 | Mon | 3/11 | Minsky predicts important role for perception | V-S-N–C + Winston's star | Opening tool box |
| 9 | Wed | 3/13 | Larson grounds symbols in perception | Press release | How to write a press release |
| 10 | Mon | 3/18 | Gentner recalls the importance of analogy | Interview | Emulation |
| 11 | Wed | 3/20 | Spelke explains how to turn MIT students into rats | White paper | How to compose a slide show |
| — | Mon | 3/25 | No class—Spring Break | — | — |
| — | Wed | 3/27 | No class—Spring Break | — | — |
| — | Mon | 4/1 | Lettvin finds bug detector Tattersall finds symbolic species | — | How to make decisions |
| 12 | Wed | 4/3 | 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 | Mon | 4/8 | Understanding Intelligence | Call to arms | Evolution of a proposal Applied ethics |
| 14 | Wed | 4/10 | Tenenbaum and friends cast dice | Study report | Terms of Reference How to run a study |
| — | Mon | 4/15 | No class—Patriot's day | — | — |
| 15 | Wed | 4/17 | Coen perceives work together—win together theme | Endorsement letter | Endorsement letters |
| — | Mon | 4/22 | Review | — | How to run a panel discussion |
| Wed | 4/24 | Classes cancelled | — | — | |
| 16 | Mon | 4/29 | Sur rewires brains | Panel talking points | How to be boring Quad/Quint chart |
| 17 | Wed | 5/1 | Gergely learns from an infant | Quad/Quint chart | How to interview and be interviewed |
| 18 | Mon | 5/6 | Lenat builds machine accessible encyclopedia | Business evaluation | Getting the message to Garcia How to lead |
| 19 | Wed | 5/8 | Saxe lowers your moral standards Winston criticizes Turing | Chapter openings | How to speak |
Ian Jacobi
Hrishikesh Joshi
Arun Saigal
Fidel Sosa
Cheng Fang
Michalis Rossides
Hamid Salim
Mitchell Kates
Heejung Kim
Wolfgang Yarlott
Nhu Huynh
Marina Morozova
Pedram Razavi
Sresht Rengesh
Ekaterina Ob'yedkova
Athena Papadopoulou
Rodanthi Vardouli
Cagri Zaman
Katia Zolotovsky