For each discussion day, you are to read the assigned chapter and/or online resource and email your instructor (davereed@creighton.edu) with answers to the specified review questions. Email must be sent by 8:30 am on the discussion day. Please send your responses as text within the email, as opposed to a separate attachment.

9/2: Computer Basics

Chapter 1 review questions: 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19.

9/4: History of Science & Computing

1. Chapter 6 review questions: 15, 16, 17, 22.
2. List three ways in which science has a profound effect on everyday life.
3. Describe two advantages of using computer simulations or models to study real-world objects.
4. What was the Age of Enlightenment and how did the approach to solving problems during this period differ from those previously used? Describe one key scientific advance during this period.

9/18: The Internet and the Web

Chapter 3 review questions: 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23.

10/29: Algorithms and Programming Languages

Chapter 8 review questions: 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23.

11/6: Computer Science as a Discipline

Chapter 10 review questions: 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20.

12/4: Applications in Artificial Intelligence

1. Briefly describe two different applications where artificial neural networks have been used to solve complex problems. Be sure to reference your sources.
2. Briefly describe two different applications where genetic algorithms have been used to solve complex problems. Be sure to reference your sources.

12/9: Computers in Society

Chapter 18 review questions: 9, 10, 11, 12.