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Why Is It That Computers Still Can't Do What Our Brains Can?, Marvin Minsky

IMSA Great Minds Program ®

Why is it that computers still cannot do what our brains can? Marvin Minsky has been studying this problem for over 20 years, and he believes it is because computers are shackled by constraints we place on them. He believes, by changing the instructions we give them, computers will be able to have motivations and feelings ... and consciousness! What are these constraints, and how will removing them release the power of computers?

Learning Opportunities 2001/2002, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Course Catalogs

Students must enroll in a "core" mathematics course each semester, advancing to the highest level possible during their six semesters at IMSA.

2001 Convocation, Danny Yagan '02, Stephanie Pace Marshall, Eric Mclaren, B. Scott Gaudi '91

Convocation

• Prelude: Kathleen King, 2001 IMSA Graduate
• Pledge of Allegiance: Danny Yagan, Student Council President
  
• Welcome: Danny Yagan, Student Council President; Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall, President; Eric McLaren, Principal
  
• Music Selection: Kathleen King, 2001 IMSA Graduate
  
• Keynote Speaker: B. Scott Gaudi, 1991 Graduate
  

Commencement Of The Class Of 2001, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Ceremony

No abstract provided.

2001 Thirteenth Annual Imsa Presentation Day, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

IMSAloquium Event Booklets

"Professional associations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Association of Biology Teachers, the American Society of Microbiology ... have all featured the research work of MSA students through presentations and publications."

Illinois Virtual High School: Information Packet, Illinois State Board Of Education

Documents

The Illinois Virtual High School is being planned as an educational service managed by the Illinois State Board of Education to expand student access to challenging high school curricula aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards. Through the IVHS, Illinois school districts, non-publics and parents of home schooled students can provide students with access to a wider range of course offerings, with the opportunity to develop their capacities as independent learners, and with increased time and opportunity to achieve because learning on-line is neither time nor place dependent.

2000-01 Annual Report, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Annual Reports

This has been IMSA's work since we opened in 1986. Now, in our 15th Anniversary year, we are ready to further expand our statewide programming and to more proactively share what we have learned about what works in the field of mathematics, science and technology teaching and learning. The time is right, the needs are great, and the stakes for public education have never been higher.

Reaching For The Stars: Examples Of African American And Latino Imsa Graduates, Marti Guarin

Examples of Student Diversity

Searching for the secrets in the heart of the atom, or in the genetic code that makes each of us unique, IMSA's African-American and Hispanic alumni are extending the frontiers of science. They are achieving and contributing in many fields, engineering Illinois products, researching disease, teaching Illinois students, and improving Illinois technology.

The vignettes give an extended look at several alumni, and the snapshots give a glimpse of more. Here our underrepresented alumni tell how IMSA prepared them for academic and personal life, and gave them opportunities to develop tools for success.

Series Editor Cathy Veal, Vice President for Advancement, …

Annual Report 2000-2001, Imsa Fund

IMSA Fund Reports

How will the state, nation and world we know change in this new century? How will we produce our food, travel from place to place, care for our fellow human beings and sustain the energy to power it all? How will nations communicate and citizens receive news? What medical, ecological or informational challenges are on the horizon? Who will initiate life-changing innovations, and how will the next generation learn to do the same? The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy asks these questions of its students and teachers, other Illinois students and teachers, and the public at large - and in …

Imsa 2001 Profile, Office Of College And Academic Counseling

IMSA Profile

No abstract provided.