With the ability to sense and respond to human emotions, robots will become more effective at many tasks. (Image courtesy of NASA.)
Prof. Rosalind W. Picard
MAS.630
Spring 2008
Graduate
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.
Rosalind Picard. MAS.630 Affective Computing, Spring 2008. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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