Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• MAS.630 (Spring 2008) 
• Course Title:
• Affective Computing 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Media Arts and Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Rosalind Picard 
• Course Introduction:
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  MAS.630 Affective Computing
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2008

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  MAS.630 Affective Computing
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2008

  
  
  

  

  With the ability to sense and respond to human emotions, robots will become more effective at many tasks. (Image courtesy of NASA.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  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.