CS 448 Lecture - Introduction, Perceptrons

1. Introductions/administrivia
   • First day quiz
   • Survey
   • Intro page
   • *another* first day quiz!
   • Education and accreditation
2. Machine learning; why? how?
   1. Is this artificial intelligence?
   2. "A system that will make the same mistake forever is by definition not intelligent" -- JHH
   3. Two reasons to model natural learning systems
      1. Leveraging the only learning systems we know
      2. A means to understand cognition and learning
3. Some Quick Java comments
   1. Simplify the code by writing classes/building class hierarchies
   2. Habit is powerful. Simplify your life by making every class similar. Every (well, almost every) class should have:
      1. accessors ("why?")
      2. public String toString()
      3. an initializing constructor
      And here is a simple way to get those...
4. Lab 0 for Thursday