MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

EECS Spring 2000 Catalogue Supplement

6.911 Unusual Computing Techniques

T 7-9PM, NE43-813
Dr. Thomas Knight, NE43-818, x7807
Prerequisite: permission of instructor
2-0-4
PASS/FAIL

NOTE: Students should be sure to register for the proper number of units. Please also note that this subject is Pass/Fail.

This is a reading course intended for advanced undergraduate students centered around non-standard computing techniques. The narrowing of computational approaches in today's industrially important architectures and programming environments leaves a wide variety of historically important and newly emerging alternatives poorly analyzed and discussed. We will examine some of these techniques through reading, presentation and discussion of two topics each week. Enrollment will be limited.