information
web page:
http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~sklar/alife
lectures:
thursdays, 10.00am-12.00noon, in room 4421
textbook:
Artificial Life: An Overview.
edited by Christopher G. Langton.
publisher: MIT Press (1995/1997).
Here it is on
Amazon
and at
MIT press.
Order from the GC Virtual Bookshop!
"Using the links throughout the Virtual Bookshop, students can order
their course books online via Amazon or Powell, and The Graduate
Center's library will get 5 percent of the total sales."
There will also be handouts given in class most weeks.
course description:
This course will cover the basic topics in the field of Artificial
Life from an historical, philosophical and (primarily) technical
perspective. The course will involve weekly readings, presentations
and a term project. For the project, students will create ALife
applications, either in simulation or using robots. The main
topic areas include:
prerequisites:
Advanced understanding of an object-oriented program language (like
C++ or Java) and an introductory course in Artificial Intelligence.
assessment:
Your course grade will be made up of the following components, out of 100 points: