Course Introduction & Logistics

Syllabus

  • Week 01 (09.09): Introduction, Logistics, and Academic Integrity
  • Week 02 (09.16): Topic Discussion and Reading Q&A
  • Week 03 (09.23): Group Presentation Round 1, Part I
  • Week 04 (09.30): Group Presentation Round 1, Part II
  • Week 05 (10.07): National Day Holiday, No Class
  • Week 06 (10.14): Group Presentation Round 2, Part I
  • Week 07 (10.21): Group Presentation Round 2, Part II
  • Week 08 (10.28): NVIDIA EBC Beijing Site Visit
  • Week 09 (11.04): Midterm Project Review
  • Week 10 (11.11): Group Presentation Round 3, Part I
  • Week 11 (11.18): Group Presentation Round 3, Part II
  • Week 12 (11.25): Experiment Execution and Preliminary Results
  • Week 13 (12.02): Extended Experiments and Cross-Model Comparison
  • Week 14 (12.09): Writing Workshop I
  • Week 15 (12.16): Writing Workshop II
  • Week 16 (12.23): Capstone Project Presentation and Submission Preparation

Grading

  • Participation and attendance: 10%
  • Group presentations: 20%
  • Midterm assessment: 20%
  • Capstone project: 50%

Group Presentations

  • Round 1: cognitive dimension definition and literature review.
  • Round 2: existing benchmarks, open-source datasets, and replication plan.
  • Round 3: original test-suite design.
  • Format: group presentation, preferably in English for technical content.

Midterm Project Review

  • Content: research question, cognitive motivation, evaluation plan, literature review progress, and paper outline.
  • Paper outline: 1-2 pages in English.
  • Format: 15-minute group presentation.

Capstone Project

  • Team: 1-2 students.

  • Topic: choose one listed on the Research Topics page.

  • Duration: the entire semester.

  • Goal: develop the project into a research paper for submission to CogSci.

  • Template: Cognitive_Boundaries_Template.

  • Submission: course submissions will use PKU Netdisk.

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