changeset 149:a5d107180b16

prepare sussman reading list for inclusion on hompage.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:10:02 -0700
parents 42b447a048aa
children 7bb8ee5a52e8
files org/sussman-reading-list.org
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     1.4  --Robert McIntyre
     1.5  #+END_QUOTE
     1.6  
     1.7 -If you want to cite any of these papers, [[./sussman-recs.bib][here]] is a bibtex format file
     1.8 -that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the
     1.9 -page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]).
    1.10 +# If you want to cite any of these papers, [[./sussman-recs.bib][here]] is a bibtex format file
    1.11 +# that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the
    1.12 +# page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]). (In Progress!)
    1.13  
    1.14  * Some /Real/ High school Reading
    1.15  
    1.16 @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
    1.17  
    1.18  * Representative Student Theses
    1.19    
    1.20 +#+BEGIN_QUOTE
    1.21    These are students where I played a large role in their
    1.22    education. Many of them represent compelling research directions
    1.23    that desperately need to be extended by the next generation of
    1.24 @@ -67,8 +68,10 @@
    1.25    go back to points in the past where there was a neat idea that never
    1.26    really caught on, and follow the path of that idea to see where it
    1.27    leads. A comprehensive list of all my student's works can be found
    1.28 -  at my [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/gjs.html][homepage]]. If you want to cite any of these papers, you can
    1.29 -  find bibtex citations here: [[./sussman-recs.bib]].
    1.30 +  at my [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/gjs.html][homepage]]. 
    1.31 +
    1.32 +  --Prof. Sussman
    1.33 +#+END_QUOTE
    1.34  
    1.35    In particular, here's two great ideas that seem extremely promising
    1.36    and have NOT been properly explored! You could be the first person
    1.37 @@ -231,7 +234,7 @@
    1.38    - [[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/configuration-space-method-kinematic-design-mechanisms][The Configuration Space Method for Kinematic Design of Mechanisms]],
    1.39      by Elisha Sacks and Leo Joskowicz
    1.40      - ISBN: 9780262013895
    1.41 -    - I learned a lot reading this. (RLM should read this!)
    1.42 +    - I learned a lot reading this.
    1.43  
    1.44    - [[http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199549078.do][Principles of Development]], by Wolpert
    1.45      - ISBN: 0199554285
    1.46 @@ -265,6 +268,8 @@
    1.47      - I'm very interested in hi-fi.
    1.48  
    1.49  * Marvin Minsky 
    1.50 +
    1.51 +#+BEGIN_QUOTE
    1.52    Minsky really made me as a person. He was my adviser when I was a
    1.53    student at MIT, and he got me my first job. He had the "magnetism"
    1.54    to attract the most talented people to MIT to work on AI, and the
    1.55 @@ -275,6 +280,9 @@
    1.56    Physics, Math, Computer Science, and teach the class well without
    1.57    preparation!
    1.58  
    1.59 +  --Prof. Sussman
    1.60 +#+END_QUOTE
    1.61 +
    1.62    - http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Much of Minsky's work is here,
    1.63      including his book, /The Emotion Machine/, and several essays and
    1.64      papers. Check it out!
    1.65 @@ -316,8 +324,8 @@
    1.66      - ISBN: 1449388396
    1.67      - Accuracy is not too good - people's names are spelled wrong, for
    1.68        example.
    1.69 -    - But the /feelings/ are exactly right! This book really captures
    1.70 -      what it was like to be in the AI lab back in the good old days.
    1.71 +    - But the /feelings/ are exactly right! "This book really captures
    1.72 +      what it was like to be in the AI lab back in the good old days."
    1.73  
    1.74  * Selected works by Sussman
    1.75