English in Technologies II「技術英語 II」

Course details 「コースの詳細」

  • Course number「科目番号」 GB13222
  • Term: Spring AB「学期 春AB」
  • Classroom「教室」3A214
  • Hours: Wednesdays, class period 5 「時限 水5」15:15 → 16:30
  • Lecture language: English「言語 英語」

Lecturer for the group B「グループBの担当教員」

  • Tomasz (Tomek) M. Rutkowski ● PhD 「トマシュ「トメク」ルトコフスキ ● 講師」

Keywords「キーワード」

  • Brain-computer interface; brain style computing; computational neuroscience; brain-style intelligent systems.
  • ブレインコンピュータインタフェース・ヒューマンコンピュータインタフ ェース。

Scope 「授業概要」

  • The lecture course introduces neurotechnology applications connecting directly our brains with machines.
  • Computational neuroscience is an approach to understanding the development and function of our brains.
  • The lecture course will introduce the computational neuroscience basics and the brain-computer interface (BCI) solutions will serve as examples of neurotechnology applications.
  • Basic level of computational engineering mathematics and understanding of the technical English will be necessary to follow the content of the course.

Course content「授業内容」

  • Examples of topics discussed last year:
    • Human–computer and brain–computer interfaces;
    • Computational aspects of the future direct brain–to–brain interfacing;
    • Neuro–robotics and human augmentation;
    • Smart and adaptive multimedia environments;

Readings and lecture notes 「教科書」

Class #1

  • Teacher's self and research introduction.
  • Short self introductions of the students.
  • Movie materials for discussion:

Class #2

  • "Planing your project - From topics to questions" based on “The Craft of Research” by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, University of Chicago Press; Third Edition edition (April 15, 2008)
  • Lecture presentation available under this link

Class #3

  • "Making a claim and supporting it" based on “The Craft of Research” by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, University of Chicago Press; Third Edition edition (April 15, 2008)
  • Lecture presentation available under this link

Class #4

  • "Building a complex argument" based on “The Craft of Research” by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, University of Chicago Press; Third Edition edition (April 15, 2008)
  • Lecture presentation available under this link