HCC 746 - Affective Human Computer Interaction

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This is a graduate course that will serve as an introduction to the field of Affective Computing, which is computing that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences emotions. Affective Computing falls under the broader field of Human Computer Interaction. No prior knowledge on the topic is required. This course targets students who are interested in emotion and human behavior from a human-centered computing perspective. This course will overview different theories of human emotion, underlying cognitive/perceptual principles to affective human computer interaction, how emotions are expressed and recognized in humans and techniques for how human emotion can be recognized and synthesized in computing systems, and strategies in designing and evaluating affectively aware technologies.
Course ID: 102730
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: Regular