| 1 |
Setting the Stage - Incomes, Occupations and Wages |
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| 2-3 |
Two Early Views of Computers' Impacts |
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| 4-5 |
Does Technology Complement "Skill"? |
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| 6-7 |
Cognition I - Perceiving What Task is to be Done |
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| 8 |
IT and Tasks I: Rules Based Applications Including Expert Systems |
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| 9-10 |
IT and Tasks II: Pattern Recognition and Computer Learning |
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| 11 |
Computer Vision
Guest Lecture - Prof. Todd Zickler, Harvard University |
Two-person paper proposal due |
| 12 |
Computer Speech Recognition
Guest Lecture - Dr. T. J. Hazen, CSAIL, MIT |
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| 13 |
Implementing Computers and the Reorganization of Work |
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| 14 |
Radiology Imaging
Guest Lecture - Dr. Polina Golland, CSAIL, MIT (Subject to Change) |
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| 15 |
Implementing Computers and the Reorganization of Work (cont.) |
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| 16 |
Midterm Exam |
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| 17-19 |
Cognition II - What People Get Paid For: Expert Thinking and Complex Communication |
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| 20-21 |
IT and Markets |
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| 22 |
IT and Outsourcing |
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| 23 |
How Can Computers Substitute for/Complement Classroom Teachers?
Guest Lecture - Dr. Jill Burstein, Educational Testing Service |
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| 24-25 |
IT and Productivity |
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| 26 |
Wrap-up |
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