M366: Course Material

Last night I received the course materials for M366.  The package contained:

• Block 1 – Intelligent machines
• Block 2 – Symbolic intelligence
• Block 3 – Natural intelligence
• Block 4 – Neural networks
• Block 5 – Evolutionary computation
• Block 6 - Reflections
• Course Guide
• Software Guide
• Using the Electronic TMA System – A Student Guide
• Course News
• Course Software (DVD)
• Online Applications (CD-ROM)

The course software disc contains:

• multimedia material, such as videos, audio presentations and animations
• case studies and other supporting printed texts
• activities
• computer exercises
• web links to various topics and advice on further research
• proprietary software packages (NetLogo, JavaNNS, SB-MASE)

NetLogo:  An implementation of the Logo programming language, written in Java.
JavaNNS:  Java Neural Network Simulator, a package for producing computer models of neural networks.
SB-MASE:  No description given in the software guide.  A search of the web described SB-MASE as being aimed at students and researchers in AI, for simulation and control of agents and robots (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbmase).