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An introductory adaptive systems course for undergraduate computer science majors

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This paper describes the development and implementation of an introductory survey course spanning topics in automata theory, biological information processing, and artificial intelligence. The course, Computing Science 464, is designed (and required) for Undergraduate honors students in the university of Alberta Computing Science Department. Normally taken in the third year of undergraduate study, the course has the following catalog description:

CMPUT 464. Introduction to Adaptive Systems.3 Finite and infinite automata and their relation to formal languages; brain models and genetic systems: introduction to artificial intelligence. Prerequisite: Computing Science 314.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 6, Issue 1
        Proceedings of the 4th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
        February 1974
        195 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/953057
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          SIGCSE '74: Proceedings of the fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
          January 1974
          194 pages
          ISBN:9781450374835
          DOI:10.1145/800183

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