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」

• http://tomek.bci-lab.info/teaching/te

Class #1

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

• Short reading for discussion "I am the machine," IEEE Spectrum, April 2014.

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