This is a research course. The majority of the course work will be concerned with reading and presenting research papers and scientific books from CS, Biology, Physics, and other areas which study systems which fall under the general category of swarm intelligence or complex systems.
There will be a course project in which teams of students apply swarm intelligence to a problem of their choosing. This application should advance the state of knowledge in swarm intelligence. You will be asked to research, design and build a swarm system.
| Participation (such as participation and preparedness for in-class discussions, participation in newsgroup discussions, willingness to scour for information, effort you put into the course, as evidenced by your journal and reading summaries) | 10% |
| Presentations (about 6, together with a partner) | 25% |
| Project/Experiments | 60% |
| Final Exam | 5% |
Please come to class prepared and do things that contribute to your learning and that of others.
Please avoid behavior that is distracting to your learning and that of others. Examples of unaccaptable behavior are: reading newspapers in class, using your computer for things unrelated to the course, sleeping in class. If I see such behavior I will ask you to explain yourself. If you do not have a reasonable explanation, I will ask you to drop the course and may give you a 0 for your participation score.