Cs488-2009
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Contents
Research Topics
- Aaron - Developing computer games for education
- Brad (project page) - Coevolution of combinatorial game theory evaluation functions using self modifying cartesian genetic programming
- Dylan -
- Nate (project page) - Algorithmic Cut-Up Poetry Generation Using Large Internet-Based Corpuses
- Sam L-M - Computational English language recognition and synthesis in database interfacing
- Sam W - The use of Monte Carlo methods in simulations
Using Github as a work log
Here are some directions on getting up and running with git and github.
Initial Setup
- Get a user account at github.com
- Click on the New Repository button
- Fill out the info (note that you'll be using the project name to set up git on your machine)
- Click next (or continue or whatever)
- You'll be given directions similar to these. FOLLOW THESE! Especially if you're working on an ACL. When finished, click 'continue' and rejoice.
Global setup: Download and install Git (Or ssh into an ACL--they should have git installed soon) git config user.name '<YOUR NAME>' git config user.email <YOUR EMAIL>
Next steps: mkdir <PROJECT NAME> cd <PROJECT NAME> git init touch README git add README git commit -m 'first commit' git remote add origin git@github.com:<GITHUB USERNAME>/<PROJECT NAME>.git git push origin master
Workflow
- When you add a new file to the directory, add it to git tracking using
git add <filename>
- When you've made changes you're happy with and want to save (both edits and file adds), use
git commit
- If you've made LOTS of changes and you only want to record some of them, do
git add -P git commit -m '<LOG MESSAGE>'
- When your committed work is in a state you're happy with, 'push' (it's like uploading) it to github using
git push origin master
- When you've made a bunch of changes, but you realize they suck, and you want to wipe the slate clean, use
git reset --hard
Support
I am by no means a git master (I just use it because I like github) I have been using it for personal projects for some time. Feel free to ask questions of me about git if you run into trouble. you can email nate@cs.earlham.edu. There is also good documentation here: [1]
Topic Allocation
- SIMULATION The Monte Carlo Method - Samuel
- GAME TRESS The Minimax Method - Brad
- MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH The Mandelbrot Set - Nate
- GENETIC ALGORITHMS Solutions That Evolve - Brad
- COMPUTER VISION Polyhedral Scenes - Brad
- PERCEPTIONS A Lack of Vision - Nate
- ANALOG COMPUTATION Spaghetti Computers - Sam Leeman-Munk
- NEURAL NETWORKS THAT LEARN Converting Coordinates - Samuel
- PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY Intractable Secrets - Samuel
- NUMBER SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING Chinese Arithmetic - Aaron
- CELLULAR AUTOMATA The Game of Life - Sam Leeman-Munk
- COOK'S THEOREM Nuts and Bolts - Aaron
- SELF-REPLICATING COMPUTERS Codd's Machine - Sam Leeman-Munk
- STORING IMAGES A Cat in a Quad Tree - Nate
- THE SCRAM A Simplified Computer - Dylan
- SHANNON'S THEORY The Elusive Codes - Aaron
- NP-COMPLETE PROBLEMS The Tree of Intractability - Aaron
- ITERATION AND RECURSION The Towers of Hanoi - Dylan
- VLSI COMPUTERS Circuits in Silicon - Dylan
- THE HALTING PROBLEM The Uncomputable - Sam Leeman-Munk
- COMPUTER VIRUSES A Software Invasion - Brad
- LOGIC PROGRAMMING Prologue to Expertise - Nate
- RELATIONAL DATABASES Do-It-Yourself Queries - Samuel
Class Presentation Schedule
September 9
- Brad - Ch. 60: Computer Viruses
- Aaron - Ch. 42: Number Systems for Computing
September 16
- Sam L-M - Ch. 33: Analog Computation
- Dylan - Ch. 56: VLSI
September 23
- Sara Penhale - Where to find academically sound research materials (meet in Science Library)
September 30
- Sam W - Ch. 4: Simulation, The Monte Carlo Method (p.22)
- Nate - Ch 64: Logic Programming (p. 420)
October 7
- Brad - Ch. 6: Game Trees
- Aaron - Ch. 54: NP Complete Problems
October 14
- Sam L-M - Ch. 44: Cellular Automata
- Dylan -
October 21
- Sam W - Neural networks
- Nate -
October 28
- Brad - Ch. 16: Genetic Algorithms (p.103)
- Aaron - Ch. 45: Cook's Theorem (p.301)
November 4
- Sam L-M -
- Dylan -
November 11
- Sam W -
- Nate -