# HG changeset patch # User rlm # Date 1401823879 14400 # Node ID 8ba1eed9411e49e2bddcbc1548b54ef378393495 # Parent 10d7a41a896e1c1d0387876b2acfe236fe7326c1 reorganize. diff -r 10d7a41a896e -r 8ba1eed9411e org/sussman-reading-list.org --- a/org/sussman-reading-list.org Tue Jun 03 15:30:18 2014 -0400 +++ b/org/sussman-reading-list.org Tue Jun 03 15:31:19 2014 -0400 @@ -22,6 +22,135 @@ that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]). +* Some /Real/ High school Reading + + - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/cosmology-relativity-and-gravitation/first-course-general-relativity][A First Course in General Relativity]], by Bernard F Schultz + - ISBN: 9780521277037 + - Readable, not too heavy. + - Minimal dependencies + - You can just go through it slowly and understand at each step. + + - [[http://www.amazon.com/Space-Special-Relativity-David-Mermin/dp/0881334200][Space and Time in Special Relativity]], by [[http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/mermin/][David Mermin]] + - ISBN: 0881334200 + - HIGHLY accessible. + - This will change your life. + - You will understand special relativity! + + - [[http://www.feynmanlectures.info/][The Feynman Lectures on Physics]] + - Highly understandable + - Just go there and learn something already! + + - [[http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/][Society of Mind]], by [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/][Marvin Minsky]] + - A trove of wonderful ideas! + + - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/discountpromotion/?site_locale=en_US&code=L3QCSD][Quantum Computing since Democritus]], by [[http://www.scottaaronson.com/][Scott Aaronson]] + - Everything you might want to know about computing with QM, with + a philosophical outlook. + + - Bible, Talmud, Koran + - Read them whether or not you believe them! + - Be sure to read between the lines, and you can discover what + people were actually thinking back then. + - Very interesting documents! + - [[http://jhom.com/topics/voice/bat_kol_bab.htm][Bava Metzia 59b]] is an interesting story! + +* Representative Student Theses + + These are students where I played a large role in their + education. Many of them represent compelling research directions + that desperately need to be extended by the next generation of + researchers! As Minsky says, if you want to do something really new, + go back to points in the past where there was a neat idea that never + really caught on, and follow the path of that idea to see where it + leads. A comprehensive list of all my student's works can be found + at my [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/gjs.html][homepage]]. If you want to cite any of these papers, you can + find bibtex citations here: [[./sussman-recs.bib]]. + + In particular, here's two great ideas that seem extremely promising + and have NOT been properly explored! You could be the first person + to get them working! + + - Using Chaotic Systems to get unlimited measurement precision! + - Two papers: + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5953][A Global Approach to Parameter Estimation of Chaotic Dynamical + Systems]], by [[http://eas.caltech.edu/people/3209/profile][Athanassios G. Siapas]], 1992. + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7060][Parameter Estimation in Chaotic Systems]], by Elmer Hung, 1995. + - No one put enough effort into seeing if it really worked. + - Seems to allow for almost unlimited precision in measurement. + - Initial results look very promising, with a =13 order of + magnitude= improvement in measurement precision in a simple + experiment. + - You will win the Nobel Prize if you can get it to work, because + you will revolutionize the way we do measurements. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12007][Towards Intelligent Structures: Active Control of Buckling]] + - By [[http://www.berlinplace.com/][Andrew A. Berlin]], 1994 + - Achieves a 10 fold increase in strength by actively eliminating + vibrational modes. + - Such a good idea; It's cool, short -- great! + - No one's followed up on it! + + In historical order: + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6888][A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledge]] + - By [[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/][Scott Elliot Fahlman]], 1977 + - Basically the reason that the Connection Machine was later + invented. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5679][The Connection Machine]] + - By [[http://longnow.org/people/board/danny0/][Danny Hillis]], 1981 + - Beautiful thesis, though it doesn't tell you anything you can + really /do/ today. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6948][A Circuit Grammar For Operational Amplifier Design]] + - By Andrew Ressler, 1984 + - If you're an Electrical Engineering person. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6959][ONTIC: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics]] + - By [[http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~dmcallester/][David A. McAllester]], 1987 + - Very hard, very deep. + - You will need to know a lot of Math. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7025][KAM: Automatic Planning and Interpretation of Numerical + Experiments Using Geometrical Methods]] + - By Kenneth Man-Kam Yip, 1989 + - Coolest PhD thesis ever! + - Solve problems using graphs. + - So cool! + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80483][Botanical Computing: A Developmental Approach to Generating + Interconnect Topologies on an Amorphous Computer]] + - By [[http://sta.uwi.edu/pelican/60under60/dcoore.asp][Daniel Coore]], 1999 + - Interesting to programmers especially. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86667][Programmable Self-Assembly: Constructing Global Shape using + Biologically-inspired Local Interactions and Origami Mathematics]] + By [[http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~rad/][Radhika Nagpal]], 2001 + - Also Interesting to programmers. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8228][Cellular Computation and Communications using Engineered Genetic + Regulatory Networks]] + - By [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rweiss/][Ron Weiss]], 2001 + - Third in a line of bio / amorphous computing papers which should + be highly interesting to programmers. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6082][An Algorithm for Bootstrapping Communications]] + - By Jake Beal, 2001 + - Seems like it could be "the right thing" for how modules in the + brain learn to talk to each other. + - Someone should expand on this work! + - Also a PhD thesis from Beal on this: [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38483][Learning by Learning to + Communicate]], 2007 + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37913][Games, Puzzles, and Computation]] + - By [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/bob/][Robert Aubrey Hearn]], 2006. + + - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49525][Propagation Networks: A Flexible and Expressive Substrate for + Computation]] + - By [[http://web.mit.edu/~axch/www/][Alexey Andreyevich Radul]], 2009 + - Is a completely new way to program computers. + - Under active development. You can get the latest code [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/propagators/propagator.tar][here]]. + * From Sussman's Bookshelf: - [[http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Network-Theory-Amar-Bose/dp/B0000CMXS1][Introductory Network Theory]], by A.G. Bose and K.N. Stevens @@ -157,136 +286,24 @@ it only shows the limitations of certain simple kinds of Neural Nets. -* Representative Student Theses - - These are students where I played a large role in their - education. Many of them represent compelling research directions - that desperately need to be extended by the next generation of - researchers! As Minsky says, if you want to do something really new, - go back to points in the past where there was a neat idea that never - really caught on, and follow the path of that idea to see where it - leads. A comprehensive list of all my student's works can be found - at my [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/gjs.html][homepage]]. If you want to cite any of these papers, you can - find bibtex citations here: [[./sussman-recs.bib]]. +* For Fun + - [[http://prce.hu/w/TAAP.html][Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point]], by Huw Price + - ISBN: 0195117980 + - A reasonable philosopher! - In particular, here's two great ideas that seem extremely promising - and have NOT been properly explored! You could be the first person - to get them working! + - [[http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/wer.html][Was Einstein Right? : Putting General Relativity To The Test]], by + Clifford M. Will + - ISBN: 0465090869 - - Using Chaotic Systems to get unlimited measurement precision! - - Two papers: - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5953][A Global Approach to Parameter Estimation of Chaotic Dynamical - Systems]], by [[http://eas.caltech.edu/people/3209/profile][Athanassios G. Siapas]], 1992. - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7060][Parameter Estimation in Chaotic Systems]], by Elmer Hung, 1995. - - No one put enough effort into seeing if it really worked. - - Seems to allow for almost unlimited precision in measurement. - - Initial results look very promising, with a =13 order of - magnitude= improvement in measurement precision in a simple - experiment. - - You will win the Nobel Prize if you can get it to work, because - you will revolutionize the way we do measurements. + - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land][Stranger in a Strange Land]], by Robert A. Heinlein + - ISBN: 0441790348 - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12007][Towards Intelligent Structures: Active Control of Buckling]] - - By [[http://www.berlinplace.com/][Andrew A. Berlin]], 1994 - - Achieves a 10 fold increase in strength by actively eliminating - vibrational modes. - - Such a good idea; It's cool, short -- great! - - No one's followed up on it! - - In historical order: - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6888][A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledge]] - - By [[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/][Scott Elliot Fahlman]], 1977 - - Basically the reason that the Connection Machine was later - invented. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5679][The Connection Machine]] - - By [[http://longnow.org/people/board/danny0/][Danny Hillis]], 1981 - - Beautiful thesis, though it doesn't tell you anything you can - really /do/ today. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6948][A Circuit Grammar For Operational Amplifier Design]] - - By Andrew Ressler, 1984 - - If you're an Electrical Engineering person. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6959][ONTIC: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics]] - - By [[http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~dmcallester/][David A. McAllester]], 1987 - - Very hard, very deep. - - You will need to know a lot of Math. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7025][KAM: Automatic Planning and Interpretation of Numerical - Experiments Using Geometrical Methods]] - - By Kenneth Man-Kam Yip, 1989 - - Coolest PhD thesis ever! - - Solve problems using graphs. - - So cool! - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80483][Botanical Computing: A Developmental Approach to Generating - Interconnect Topologies on an Amorphous Computer]] - - By [[http://sta.uwi.edu/pelican/60under60/dcoore.asp][Daniel Coore]], 1999 - - Interesting to programmers especially. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86667][Programmable Self-Assembly: Constructing Global Shape using - Biologically-inspired Local Interactions and Origami Mathematics]] - By [[http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~rad/][Radhika Nagpal]], 2001 - - Also Interesting to programmers. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8228][Cellular Computation and Communications using Engineered Genetic - Regulatory Networks]] - - By [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rweiss/][Ron Weiss]], 2001 - - Third in a line of bio / amorphous computing papers which should - be highly interesting to programmers. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6082][An Algorithm for Bootstrapping Communications]] - - By Jake Beal, 2001 - - Seems like it could be "the right thing" for how modules in the - brain learn to talk to each other. - - Someone should expand on this work! - - Also a PhD thesis from Beal on this: [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38483][Learning by Learning to - Communicate]], 2007 - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37913][Games, Puzzles, and Computation]] - - By [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/bob/][Robert Aubrey Hearn]], 2006. - - - [[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49525][Propagation Networks: A Flexible and Expressive Substrate for - Computation]] - - By [[http://web.mit.edu/~axch/www/][Alexey Andreyevich Radul]], 2009 - - Is a completely new way to program computers. - - Under active development. You can get the latest code [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/propagators/propagator.tar][here]]. - -* Some /Real/ High school Reading - - - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/cosmology-relativity-and-gravitation/first-course-general-relativity][A First Course in General Relativity]], by Bernard F Schultz - - ISBN: 9780521277037 - - Readable, not too heavy. - - Minimal dependencies - - You can just go through it slowly and understand at each step. - - - [[http://www.amazon.com/Space-Special-Relativity-David-Mermin/dp/0881334200][Space and Time in Special Relativity]], by [[http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/mermin/][David Mermin]] - - ISBN: 0881334200 - - HIGHLY accessible. - - This will change your life. - - You will understand special relativity! - - - [[http://www.feynmanlectures.info/][The Feynman Lectures on Physics]] - - Highly understandable - - Just go there and learn something already! - - - [[http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/][Society of Mind]], by [[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/][Marvin Minsky]] - - A trove of wonderful ideas! - - - [[http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/discountpromotion/?site_locale=en_US&code=L3QCSD][Quantum Computing since Democritus]], by [[http://www.scottaaronson.com/][Scott Aaronson]] - - Everything you might want to know about computing with QM, with - a philosophical outlook. - - - Bible, Talmud, Koran - - Read them whether or not you believe them! - - Be sure to read between the lines, and you can discover what - people were actually thinking back then. - - Very interesting documents! - - [[http://jhom.com/topics/voice/bat_kol_bab.htm][Bava Metzia 59b]] is an interesting story! - - + - [[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/729][Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution]], by Steven Levy + - ISBN: 1449388396 + - Accuracy is not too good - people's names are spelled wrong, for + example. + - But the /feelings/ are exactly right! This book really captures + what it was like to be in the AI lab back in the good old days. * Selected works by Sussman - [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/sicm-html/book.html][SICM (Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics)]] This is @@ -309,21 +326,4 @@ - [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/calculus-indexed.pdf][Functional Differential Geometry]] Treatment of functional differential geometry in the classic SIC[M/P] style. -* For Fun - - [[http://prce.hu/w/TAAP.html][Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point]], by Huw Price - - ISBN: 0195117980 - - A reasonable philosopher! - - [[http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/wer.html][Was Einstein Right? : Putting General Relativity To The Test]], by - Clifford M. Will - - ISBN: 0465090869 - - - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land][Stranger in a Strange Land]], by Robert A. Heinlein - - ISBN: 0441790348 - - - [[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/729][Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution]], by Steven Levy - - ISBN: 1449388396 - - Accuracy is not too good - people's names are spelled wrong, for - example. - - But the /feelings/ are exactly right! This book really captures - what it was like to be in the AI lab back in the good old days.