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

In this session, the concept and the discussion about scientific laws will be given. Important concepts including: Observation, Scientific Methods, and Paradoxes.

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

How can we communicate? Through lanaguges. How can our brain understand the language signals we receieved? Do we communicate effecively? Can it be improved? In this session, we will learn to use "divide and conquer" approach to make communication more easily.

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

• Homework 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

Causality and fallacies are two important considerations in the processes of finding correlations.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 6, or 7
• Homework 2 is given

Related Videos

• CRITICAL THINKING - Fallacies: Formal and Informal Fallacies by Paul Henne
• Randomness is Random - Numberphile

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

• Homework 3 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 concepts of loops and conditional selection will be introduced.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 8

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

How does human make decisions? Is it rational or irrational? This session will discuss the relationality and humanity in decision making.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 4
• Homework 4 is 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

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

Activities

• Homework 5 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

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. Hence, each student can bring one A4-page paper with all kinds of notes into the classroom. Enjoy.

Notes

• Students can take one A4 page with them
• quiz is given in Computer Rooms

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

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

This session will breifly introduce the concept of information theory, particularlly information entropy.

Activities

• Reading: Reference 1, or 2
• Homework 6 is given

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

This session will introduce the coding in Computers and the random generators.

Activities

• Homework 7 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

Computer Science can be viewed as the study of algorithms (and data structures). In this session, we will briefly introduce several improtant algorithms and the concept of data stuctures.

Activities

• 2020/6/2 Classes are given in Computer Rooms in EECS
• Homework 8 is given
• Reading: Reference 1 (or 2) and 8

Related Videos

• Intro to Algorithms: Crash Course Computer Science #13 by CrashCourse
• 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. Hence, each student can bring one A4-page paper with all kinds of notes into the classroom. Enjoy.

Notes

• Students can take one A4 page with them
• quiz is given in Computer Rooms in EECS

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. Hence, each student can bring one A4-page paper with all kinds of notes into the classroom. Enjoy.

Notes

• Students can take one A4 page with them

Realizing by learning, thinking, and doing. This is the final realizing step, to develop a fine application for this course. Through this practice, we not only polish our programming skills but also experience team works. With team mates, we dare to dream.

Requirements

• Students should work with 3 or less people for their project.
• Each group should generate 3 minute youtube clips to show in the class
• Each group should have a poster and a working system