MAS.630 Affective Computing (MIT)

MIT OpenCourseWare: New Courses in Media Arts and Sciences 2013-03-28

Summary:

This class explores computing that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences emotion. Topics include the interaction of emotion with cognition and perception; the role of emotion in human-computer interaction; the communication of human emotion via face, voice, physiology, and behavior; construction of computers that have skills of emotional intelligence; the development of computers that "have" emotion; affective technologies for autism; and other areas of current research interest. Weekly reading, discussion, and a term project are required.

Authors:

Picard, Rosalind W.

Copyright info:

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Date tagged:

03/28/2013, 16:16

Date published:

12/15/2008, 05:34