Welcome to Symbolic Systems 205. Feel free to post comments about yourself or the course as responses to this posting, to get used to using the course blog. Commenting is not required for week 1, however.
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April 6th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Hello. I’m Siobhan. I’m a junior in the decision making and rationality concentration. I’m also majoring in CSRE, and doing my honors thesis in social psychology. I’m really intrigued by the similarity between the two majors, and even though they look at cognition and social interaction somewhat differently, the tend to come to similar conclusions. I’m interested in this class, as some of the topics usually discussed in CSRE (e.g., inequality, stereotype threat, politics) will be examined from the vantage point of SymSys, which I find fascinating.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:52 am
Hey,
I’m David, Junior concentrating in Natural Language. I’m taking this class to get out of my usual “SymSys is just CS with Linguistics instead of Engineering” mindset, and an integrated class like this should be a neat way to step back.
– David
April 10th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Hi! I am Burak. I am in the business school, coming from engineering background, but I took several algorithms and programming courses during my undergrad. The relationship between knowing and living interests me, and I expect this course to give an insight about it.
Burak
April 11th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Hello all,
I’m AJ, a junior concentrating in (most likely) HCI. A little background: I was originally HumBio and spent a few years doing research in labs at Stanford and the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. The latter was my first exposure to positive feedback loops–by defining oncogene pathways–so that’s the context in which I know the concept best. I’m looking forward to exploring new perspectives, though. I’m also intrigued by systems science in general, since it seems interdisciplinary discoveries are becoming increasingly important. I therefore really like the idea of taking one idea and examining its application to a variety of issues, from social to psychological to technological.
aj.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Hi. My name is Jessica and I am a sophomore with an eventual concentration in AI. I took this class because I’m fascinated by the idea that small effects have the power to build on themselves rapidly. I’m interested in this both from a philosophical perspective and in order to validate my own ideas about what is necessary to create change within the various communities and environments we inhabit.
April 11th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Hello, My name is Rotimi. I am a sophomore with interests in General Systems Theory/Cybernetics, Neuroscience, and Electrical Engineering(Circuits and Signals). My interest in this class in influenced by my desire to develop my ability to think, and solve “wicked hard” problems (like those in AI) systematically.