You will get familiar with the course, the instructor, your classmates, and the learning environment. The overview of the course will also be covered during the same session.

Activities

• Reading: Syllabus
• Join NTHU eLearn System
• Join Microsoft Teams

How can we communicate? Through languages. How can our brain understand the language signals we received? Do we communicate effectively? Can it be improved? In this session, we will learn the "attentions" of languages in an unexpected way.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 1, or 2

Related Videos

• How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky in TED
• CARTA: Imagination: Lera Boroditsky - Building Complex Knowledge with Language and Imagination
• Divide and Conquer Tutorial Divide and Conquer Tutorial by edutechional

In this session, the brief of Python instruction will be given. Students will have hands-on experience of Python Installation and hello-world waves.

Activities

• Bring your labtop to the classroom
• Lab assignment 1 is given
• Reading: Reference 8

Related Videos

• Python Tutorial for Beginners 1: Install and Setup for Mac and Windows
• Python Tutorial for Absolute Beginners #1 - What Are Variables? by CS Dojo

This session will introduce a brief history of informatics. We will discover how our society forms/formed the modern technology.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 1, or 2

Related Videos

• Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1 by CrashCourse
• Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #2 by CrashCourse
• Boolean Logic & Logic Gates: Crash Course Computer Science #3 by CrashCourse

In this session, we will learn the basic data types of Pythons. They are Strings, Integers, Floats, Lists, Tuples, Sets, and key value pairs.

Activities

• Bring your labtop to the classroom
• Lab assignment 2 is given
• Reading: Reference 8

Related Videos

• Python Tutorial for Beginners 2: Strings - Working with Textual Data by Corey Schafer
• Python Tutorial for Beginners 3: Integers and Floats - Working with Numeric Data by Corey Schafer
• Python Tutorial for Beginners 4: Lists, Tuples, and Sets by Corey Schafer
• Python Tutorial for Beginners 5: Dictionaries - Working with Key-Value Pairs

In this session, the concept and discussion about scientific laws will be presented. Important topics include: Observation, Scientific Methods, Paradoxes, Causality, and Fallacies.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 6, or 7

Related Videos

• Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law
• The Scientific Method: Steps, Examples, Tips and Exercise
• The paradox of choice, by Barry Schwartz in TED
• CRITICAL THINKING - Fallacies: Formal and Informal Fallacies by Paul Henne
• Randomness is Random - Numberphile

Computer Science explores processes, and solving problems involves different ways of thinking. This session introduces key concepts in logical reasoning and connects these ideas to the basic elements of skill.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 1 (or 2) and 8
• Homework 1 is given

Related Videos

• Intro to Algorithms: Crash Course Computer Science #13 by CrashCourse

In this session, the concepts of loops and conditional selection will be introduced.

Activities

• Bring your labtop to the classroom
• Lab assignment 3 is given

Related Videos

• Python Tutorial for Beginners 6: Conditionals and Booleans - If, Else, and Elif Statements by Corey Schafer
• Python Tutorial for Beginners 7: Loops and Iterations - For/While Loops by Corey Schafer

This session explores "Rationality and Humanity in Decision Making" alongside "Strategies in Decision Making." It questions how decisions are made: Are they more rational or irrational? The focus is on the balance between logical thinking and human factors in decision-making processes. By examining theories and examples, the session highlights the crucial interplay between rationality and emotional, ethical, and social influences in shaping decisions.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 4
• Homework 2 and 3 are given

Related Videos

• The Computer Science of Human Decision Making | Tom Griffiths | TEDxSydney
• Are Humans Emotional Creatures or Are We Rational? | Yale Psychologist Paul Bloom

Time to evaluate. Different from other examination in our life, we do not want to assess how much we remember. It is more important to know how much we understand. Enjoy.

Notes

• Online judge exam is offered in Teams

In this session, we will learn how to structure the programs. The advantages and disadvatanges will be discussed.

Activities

• Bring your labtop to the classroom
• Lab assignment 4 is given
• Reading: Reference 8

Related Videos

• Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12 by CrashCourse
• Python Tutorial for Beginners 8: Functions by Corey Schafer
• Python Tutorial for Beginners 9: Import Modules and Exploring The Standard Library by Corey Schafer

This session will introduce the coding in Computers and the varios ways of sorting.

Activities

• Bring your labtop to the classroom
• Lab assignment 5 is given
• Reading: Reference 1 (or 2) and 8

Related Videos

• Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary: Crash Course Computer Science #4 by CrashCourse
• Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10 by CrashCourse
• The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Science #11 by CrashCourse
• Files and File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20 by CrashCourse
• Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21 by CrashCourse

In this session, we will briefly introduce ways to plot and the ways to call some existing APIs.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 1 (or 2) and 8
• Bring your labtop to the classroom

Related Videos

• Data Structures: Crash Course Computer Science #14 by CrashCourse

Time to evaluate. Different from other examination in our life, we do not want to assess how much we remember. It is more important to know how much we understand. Enjoy.

Notes

• Online judge exam is offered in Teams

This session will cover problem-solving methods and how these approaches are used to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that mimics human thinking. It will look at the basic strategies people use to solve problems and how these strategies guide the creation of AI systems. Conclusions for the course will be given as well.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 1, or 2

Related Videos

• Claude Shannon - Father of the Information Age, by University of California Television (UCTV)
• What is information theory? | Journey into information theory | Computer Science | Khan Academy
• Information entropy | Journey into information theory | Computer Science | Khan Academy
• Intro to Algorithms: Crash Course Computer Science #13 by CrashCourse