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COMP3650/6365 - System Architectural Understanding & the Human Brain
 Lecture Topics


Semester Week
Week Beginning
Monday 12 noon
Tuesday 12 noon
Wednesday 9 a.m.
Week 1
February 23rd
Nature of system understanding
Psychological phenomena
Psychological phenomena
Week 2
March 2nd
Brain physiology high level
Brain physiology detailed
Brain physiology major structures
Week 3
March 9th
No Lecture (Canberra Day)
Brain physiology major structures Brain physiology major structures
Week 4
March 16th
Approaches to Understanding Brain Architectural constraints
Architectural constraints
Week 5
March 23rd
No Lecture Architectural constraints Architectural constraints
Week 6
March 30th
Mapping constraints to the human brain Mapping constraints to the human brain No Lecture
Week 7
April 6th
Mid term exam
Description Levels for Human Brain Description Levels for Human Brain
Week 8
April 27th
No Lecture (Anzac Day)
Working memory Semantic memory
Week 9
May 4th
Episodic memory Episodic memory Procedural memory
Week 10
May 11th
Priming
Categorization; Speech processing I
Speech processing II; Emotion
Week 11
May 18th
Bootstrapping cognition Arithmetic processing Consciousness
Week 12
May 25th
Self awareness Review of Key Course Topics
No Lecture
Week 13
June 1st
No lecture
No lecture
No lecture