Friday: Data Science Overview, w/ Prof. Dave Wilkins, CIS
Class will start at 12:05pm. Learn about Data Science, and how to add it to your skillset at the UO.
Logic is the foundation of reasoning and the foundation of computing. By associating true with presence & false with absence, we can use the physical world (signals) to model the logical world (symbols), and vice-versa. This is the fundamental principle of Information Technology.
Required Reading
- Ch. 2, Bits, Bytes, & Representation, UDW
- From Analog to Digital
=> from Signals to Symbols
=> from Rungs 1-4 to Rungs 5-9 - Bits, Bytes, Words
- Ch. 5, LWD5ed
Presentation Slides
Available in Canvas.
Optional Web Field Trips
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- UO’s new quantum scientist aims to get qubits talking. The UO Center for Quantum Science.
- Install VS Code. Packages are called extensions in VS Code: htmlhint, open-in-browser, prettier.
- A Top Roboticist Says A.I. Will Not Conquer Humanity
- PI Seconds is a Nano-Century
- Finger Binary— turn your digits into bits, but be careful with the number 4
Ignoring the thumb, what number is represented by the Vulcan Salute?
Including the thumb, what number is represented by the Vulcan Salute?
