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Study Schedule — AIOS Resit

Exam: Friday, June 26, 2026 (late morning — confirm time) Format: 9 essay questions, 2 hours, laptops provided Window: today (Sun 7 Jun) → Thu 25 Jun

This is a passing-focused plan built around your real availability. Heavy reading and all timed writing happen on your 7 free days. Work days are ≤1h (you'll be tired after a full day of tech-lead work — that's expected and planned for). The festival (12–14 Jun) is rest, by design.

The single most important shift from last time: you pass by writing answers, not by reading. Every study block ends with you producing something from memory.

Exam technique (read this first, re-read the night before)

It's 9 essay questions in 2 hours → ~13 minutes per question. You can't afford to overrun on a favourite question and starve the rest.

  1. Read all 9 questions first. Note which you know cold, which are workable, which are weak.
  2. Answer easy ones first — bank the certain points before time pressure hits.
  3. Watch the clock. At ~13 min, move on even if unfinished; a half-answer to Q7 beats a perfect Q1 and a blank Q7.
  4. Use the answer skeleton for every question:

Claim (1 sentence: your direct answer) → Mechanism (2–3 sentences: why/how it works) → Name the paper or example (Elliott, Palada, Rahwan, Douven & Hegselmann, …) → One critical note (a limitation, trade-off, or counter-point)

Examiners reward the mechanism and the named evidence, not volume.

The daily loop

On every study block, however short:

  1. Read the must-know core for the topic (see Minimum to Pass).
  2. Close notes. Write the core argument from memory (full timed answer on heavy days, a short outline on ≤1h days).
  3. Drill that topic's flashcards.

Day 1 — Sunday, June 7 (light / planning day)

Today is deliberately light — it's a planning + orientation day, not a grind.

  • Skim this whole schedule, the Exam technique section above, and the Minimum to Pass page so you know the shape of the next three weeks
  • Read lecture_08_synthesis.md — it's the map: what the exam looks like (includes Van Rooij's in-class mock). Strategic reading, not memorisation.
  • Skim lecture_01_intro_and_ios.md to prime tomorrow — don't grind it
  • Flashcards: L8

Checkpoint: you know what the exam is and what the plan is. That's enough for today.

Day 2 — Monday, June 8 (work ≤1h)

  • L1 must-know core: Open Society (4 elements), institutions (formal/informal), IOS (3 pillars / 15 platforms), Elliott 2021 (TRUST + CDR)
  • Write a 1-paragraph outline: "Spell out TRUST and apply it to an algorithmic hiring tool — which components are most at risk?"
  • Flashcards: L1

Day 3 — Tuesday, June 9 (work ≤1h)

  • L2 must-know core: Newell time scales, three levels of integration, LBA (4 params), Palada 2016
  • Write a 1-paragraph outline: "How does the LBA explain the speed–accuracy trade-off?"
  • Flashcards: L2

Day 4 — Wednesday, June 10 (work ≤1h)

  • L3 must-know core: Rahwan 2019 (3 scales × 4 domains), digital traces, Kosinski 2013, Matz 2017, Kramer 2014
  • Write a 1-paragraph outline: "What is the Machine Behaviour framework and why is it needed?"
  • Flashcards: L3

Day 5 — Thursday, June 11 (free / heavy)

  • Consolidate L1–L3 from memory: TRUST, the LBA accumulators, Rahwan's 3 scales × 4 domains
  • Read lecture_04_collective_patterns.md: emergence, Coleman's bathtub, five analytic concepts, Hegselmann-Krause, Douven & Hegselmann 2021
  • Read lecture_05_linguistic_models.md: NLP basics, Perspective API, dictionary NLP, van der Vegt 2023, Baele 2024, CTAP-25
  • Two timed 13-min answers (pick from the mock) — write fully, then check against the outline
  • Flashcards: L2 + L3 + L4 + L5

Checkpoint: you can sketch Coleman's bathtub and write a structured L2/L3 answer in 13 minutes without notes.

Festival — Friday 12 → Sunday 14 June 🎉

  • No study. Go enjoy it. Rest is part of the plan — you come back sharper.

Day 6 — Monday, June 15 (free / heavy)

  • Read lecture_06_medical_ai_digital_twins.md: classification vs stratification, Van Rooij's three topics, Bontje SWOT, Wang 2023
  • Read lecture_07_trust_in_ai.md (paper-only, no slides): trust components, algorithm aversion vs appreciation, Grimmelikhuijsen & Meijer 2022 (six threats + calibrated response), toeslagenaffaire
  • One timed 13-min answer each for L6 and L7
  • Flashcards: L6 + L7

Checkpoint: you can list Grimmelikhuijsen & Meijer's six threats and the calibrated-response idea.

Day 7 — Tuesday, June 16 (work ≤1h)

  • Re-read the L6 + L7 must-know cores; fix anything that felt shaky yesterday
  • Flashcards: L6 + L7

Day 8 — Wednesday, June 17 (work ≤1h)

  • Full flashcard sweep — all ~90, no notes
  • Write down every card you missed → that's tomorrow's reading list

Day 9 — Thursday, June 18 (work ≤1h)

  • Re-read only the summary sections behind the cards you missed
  • Second flashcard pass on the missed cards only

Day 10 — Friday, June 19 (free / heavy) — MOCK EXAM

  • Sit the mock exam: 2-hour timer, no notes, laptop only (mirror exam conditions)
  • Self-grade against the answer outlines and marking hints
  • List the 2–3 weakest questions for tomorrow

Checkpoint: you finished all 9 within 2 hours and have a clear weak-spot list.

Day 11 — Saturday, June 20 (free / heavy)

  • Targeted re-read of yesterday's weak spots only (re-read the source for those)
  • Rewrite the 2–3 weakest answers in full, from memory
  • Re-read lecture_08_synthesis.md — Van Rooij's in-class mock is the closest preview you have

Day 12 — Sunday, June 21 (free / heavy)

  • Second timed essay set — pick 4–5 questions on your weakest topics, 13 min each
  • Full flashcard pass; note any remaining gaps

Checkpoint: no question type still scares you.

Day 13 — Monday, June 22 (work ≤1h)

  • Flashcard pass
  • One timed 13-min answer on whatever still feels weakest

Day 14 — Tuesday, June 23 (work ≤1h)

Day 15 — Wednesday, June 24 (work ≤1h)

  • Light flashcard pass — confidence, not cramming
  • Stop early, sleep well

Day 16 — Thursday, June 25 (free / heavy) — Final consolidation

  • Final read of lecture_08_synthesis.md and the Minimum to Pass cores
  • One last clean timed answer to confirm the rhythm
  • Pack laptop + charger + ID. Set the alarm.
  • Stop studying by ~20:00. Trust the prep. Sleep early.

Checkpoint: bag packed, alarm set, studying done for the day.

Exam Day — Friday, June 26

  • Arrive 15 min early
  • Read all 9 questions first before writing — plan ~13 min/question
  • Start with the questions you know best — bank easy points first
  • If stuck, move on and come back
  • Keep one eye on the clock — never let one essay eat another's time