| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction Course Overview |
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| 2 | Issues in the History of Computing | Reading response assignment due |
| 3 | Computers in Nuclear Physics: ENIAC and the Hydrogen Bomb | Reading response assignment due |
| 4 | Computers in Meteorology: Simulating the World | Reading response assignment due |
| 5 | Computers in Mathematics: The Logic Theorist and the Automation of Proof | Reading response assignment due |
| 6 | Computers in Cognitive Psychology: GPS and Psychological Theory | Reading response assignment due |
| 7 | Computers in Biochemistry: DENDRAL and Knowledge Engineering |
Reading response assignment due |
| 8 | Computers in Aerospace: The Apollo Guidance Computer | Reading response assignment due |
| 9 | Computers in the Laboratory: The LINC Between the Designer and the User | Proposal for final paper due |
| 10 | Computers in Medicine: MYCIN and the Formalization of Expertise | Reading response assignment due |
| 11 | Supercomputing at Home: A Social Experiment in Distributed Computing | Reading response assignment due |
| 12 | Computers in Linguistics: Lost in Machine Translation | Reading response assignment due |
| 13 | Computers in the Humanities: Hype, Text, and Hypertext | Reading response assignment due |
| 14 | Final Paper Presentations | Final paper due |