What are the relevants of automata theory to a computer science student or graduate?
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Automata are abstract mathematical models of machines that perform computations on an input by moving through a series of states or configurations - a finite state machine.\n\nAutomata theory has close ties to formal language theory, since there is a correspondence between certain families of automata and classes of languages generated by grammar formalisms.\n\nIn addition, automata or a finite state machine is also used in modelling workflow systems.
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The Brown University pattern theory group is working with the belief that the world is complex, and to understand it, or a part of it, requires realistic representations of knowledge about it. We create such representations using a mathematical formalism, pattern theory, that is compositional in that the representations are built from simple primitives, combined into (often) complicated structures according to rules that can be deterministic or random. This is similar to the formation of molecules from atoms connected by various forms of bonds. \n\nPattern theory is transformational in that groups or semigroups of transformations operate on the primitives. These transformations express the invariances of the worlds we are looking at. \n\nPattern theory is variational in that it describes the variability of the phenomena observed in different applications in terms of probability measures that are used with a Bayesian interpretation. This leads to inferences that will be realized by computer algorithms. Our aim is to realize them through codes that can be executed on currently available hardware.
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Most people get jobs after they get Bachelor's, but there are master's degrees and PHDs in computer science.  Check www.uiuc.edu, or www.carnegiemellon.edu.  THey're suppose to be the best schools for that type of shite.
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you should visit some of the following links:\nhttp://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/computer.html\nhttp://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/Articles/Debate9-97.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer (this one is very good)\n\nhope that helps you.
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would this be acceptable: \n\nhttp://www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/newtoncradle.htm
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Michael Sipser's "Introduction to the Theory of Computation", 2nd edition, ISBN 0534950973 will tell you all you ever wanted to know about the limitations of computers.  It is pretty much the standard text for all Formal Language and Automata Theory classes in Universities across the country.
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No ethical programmer or programming student is going to help you cheat your way into a degree so that you can put 'Java' as a skill on a resume to get a job where you will then be incompetent in a basic language so your co-workers will have to carry you.  I did mine, now you do *YOURS*!
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Yes:  theory of computational systems.
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here in IIT kharagpur ... theory of computaion by  "michel sipser" is folllowing ..and i think it is the best book ..written by  a MIT prof ...
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computer science\nThe field of computer hardware and software. It includes systems analysis & design, application and system software design and programming and datacenter operations. For young students, the emphasis is typically on learning a programming language or running a computer with little attention to information science, the study of information and its uses.\n\nIf students were introduced to data administration, DBMS concepts and transaction and master files, they would have a better grasp of an organization's typical information requirements.
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just think in terms of 0's and 1's, programming logic, and error-correcting codes.  add to that cryptography and cryptanalysis, as well as algorithms and -- well -- flowcharts!  all of these had their roots in one mathematical idea or another, and they can be seen in almost every computer science discipline.
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First of all I would like to say that, for all the looking that I have done, I have yet to find a creation of a truly artificially intelligent machine in a general form, that is to say not a dedicated system. If someone has, please somehow let me know. I would be interested in studying it.\n\nWhat I have seen is limited forms of adaptive programming in dedicated systems. These are probably done in whatever language the designers wished to use, and then compiled into the machine code for the processor in the dedicated system.\n\nAnother thing that I have seen is systems that use random number generators to mimic the relatively unpredictable nature of intelligent beings. Intelligent minds do not use random behavior, to do so would require too much effort, which is fine for a computer but is not going to happen with the lazy mind of the biological brain. This is not intelligence. It is merely a simulation.\n\nThe software that is used depends on the approach that you wish to take. For a dedicated system, I would use the assembly language for the processor in the system. It is the language that has the most control.\n\nFor general purpose AI on a PC type of platform, I would use a higher level language to save programming time, such as Visual Basic or ProLog. The language that is used is a matter of preference of the programmer, though different languages are structured to make different processes easier or more difficult.\n\nBut to answer to your question, true artificial intelligence has not been created yet. I am pretty sure we would have heard about it if it had been.
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Computer science is research and development into new algorithms, and research into the capabilities of Turing machines.  This is to be distinguished from software engineering, which is the application of existing algorithms to real-world problems.
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I am a computer science student. It is a very very hard course..I still couldn't believe I have survived for the past three years. I have classmates in some minors and majors who are IT and have dealt with them and had an overview of their course subjects. For me IT is easier and what I should've taken because I love to learn more on animations and other technologies than conceptual theories on programming or software development, even systems analysis and design. If you are on those - you should get computer science. Yes, I think fashion technology is a very worthwhile course. But get an overview first and ask yourself a thousand times.
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I can provide you complete programs of data structures (linked list, array handling, stacks, queues, tress, graphs, and other algorithms). for this you have to provide me your information and details for what purpose you have to use this? and what your are doing currently. you can communicate me on my email address. abhi_patni@yahoo.com.
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Someone once noted that "necessity is the mother of invention".  If there is no necessity with regards to your programming (i.e. nobody is paying you to do it or you are doing it for your own personal satisfaction) then perhaps there is something else you could do instead.\n\nWhile I have a background in programming, I still find situations in normal life each day that would benefit from some form of "automation".  Especially when it comes to repetetive tasks.  Programming is an art of finding algorithms to solve those problems.
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You can find the information that you need on a clickable map here:\n\nhttp://www.gradschools.com/programs/computer_science.html