| Professor |
Stephanie Forrest |
| Office |
Farris Engineering Center 355E |
| Phone |
277.7104 (during office hours only) |
| Email |
forrest@cs.unm.edu
(anytime) |
| Office
Hours |
Mon: 12:30 - 2:30, Thurs: 1:00 - 3:00 (or by appointment) |
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| Textbook |
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| Recommended |
How the Immune System Works by Lauren Sompayrac. Blackwell
Science, 1999. |
| An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms by M. Mitchell.
MIT Press, 1996. |
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| Selected
Readings |
The required readings that are not available online* can be
purchased at the
Engineering Copy Center, Farris Engineering Center - Room 126 |
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| Course
Description |
A graduate level introduction to selected topics in the field
of complex adaptive systems, including: Definitions of complexity, cellular
automata, genetic algorithms, computer immune systems and artificial life.
Regular programming projects are required. |
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| Course
Assignments & Grading |
The course will consist of lectures and class discussions based on assigned
readings. There will be a significant amount of reading (plan on one or
two scientific papers per week), and three or four programming assignments.
A significant fraction of the course will involve reading research papers,
asking critical questions about the readings and summarizing and discussing
them in class. 40% of the course grade will be based on class participation.
Programming maturity is expected as a pre-requisite. This means that you
can choose your favorite programming language in which to complete your
assignments and you are responsible for debugging your own computer programs.
60% of the course grade will be based on the projects.
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* To view which selected readings are available online click
here |
