CSSE-453: Transformers and Cognitive Architectures: Schedule

WeekDatesDayTopicHomework
1 Mar. 9-13 1 Introduction to course
Course Objectives
2 Human vs. Machine Intelligence
Initial review of transformers
3 Strengths and weakness of current, agentic systems BC: Strengths and weaknesses of LLMs/Agentic systems
4 Transformer architectures and information processing in LLMs.
2Mar. 16-20 5 Towards requirements for an AGI system BC: Towards requirements for an AGI system
6 Concepts in LLMs
7 Overview of agentic systems
8 Thinking and plotting
3Mar. 23-27 9 Agents of Chaos
10 Multi-agent LLM architectures
11 LLMs and cognitive architectures
12 Memory and LLMs
LeCun on plans forward
4Mar. 30-
Apr. 3
13 Definition of AGI
14 Revised and improved requirements for an AGI system
15 V-JEPA
16 Memory and LLMs
5Apr. 6-10 17 Memory and planning in LLMs
18 Atlas, LLMs to Planning
19 Planning
20 Work day
6Apr. 20-24 21 Gaps between current and general AI
22 Gaps between current and general AI
23 Gaps between current and general AI
24 Gaps between current and general AI
7Apr. 27-
May 1
25 Paper presentations
26 Paper presentations
27 Project proposal presentations
28 Project proposal presentations
8May 4-8 29 Work day
30 Work day
31 Project updates
32 Work day
9May 11-15 33 Work day
34 Work day
35 Metacognition
36 Moral Fibre
10May 18-22 37 Assessment of our accomplishments
38 Ways forward
39 Project presentations
40 Project presentations