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IE 426 Affective Engineering

Course Description

Emotions in interactive systems; physical and cognitive aspects of emotions; affective computers: computers that express emotions, computer emotional intelligence; applications: affective mirror, emotions in learning, agents that learn users preferences, sensitive toys, etc.; building affective computing: affective signals and systems, signal representation for emotions and moods, physiological signals, characterizing and modeling affective patterns, emotions synthesis via cognitive and multiple mechanisms; emotional software agents, intelligent systems with emotional components, affective wearable computers; Kansei engineering.

Instructor: Dr. Alexander Nikov
Room:
EA-103, Phone:1038, Office Hours:
Tuesdays 15-16, Wednesdays 13-14; Thursdays 15-16

Teaching assistant: Hatice Uçar

Textbooks
Rosalind Picard. Affective Computing, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000.

Exam Dates
Midterm-exam: April 22

Lecture Hours
Wednesdays 13-14 E-217, Thursdays 9-11 E-216

Course Evaluation
Class attendance and participation 10%, Seminars (1 presentation) 30%, Midterm-exam 20 %, Final exam 40%

Alexander Nikov                              IE 426 Affective Engineering

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Revised: 25 March 2004


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