CS 791 Multisensory Computing
Syllabus
Fall Semester, 2002
21 August 2002 version
Class meetings
4:00-7:00 Tuesdays
room 302 CERC/CRRB Building
Some sources of reading materials
Some reading assignments will be made from ICAD and PUG proceedings and from Joseph Kaye's thesis and related bibliography.
http://www.icad.org/ http://www.sensable.com/haptics/community/events.html http://web.media.mit.edu/~jofish/thesis/reflist.htmlOther papers may be assigned as well.
Instructor
Frances L. Van Scoy
fvanscoy@wvu.edu304-293-LANEx4181
G11B CERC/CRRB (Concurrent Engineering Research Center / Chestnut Ridge Research Building 886 Chestnut Ridge Road)
Office hours: 7th floor student lounge ESB 1:00-1:45 Tuesdays and Thursdays
lobby of MER building 3:15-3:45 Thursdays
or by appointment
Grading
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description |
due date |
grade % |
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one page "reflections" |
each class August 27-November 19 |
24 |
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annotated bibliography |
September 24 |
6 |
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term project/paper |
November 19 |
25 |
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oral presentation |
December 3 |
5 |
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midterm exam (take home) |
October 22 |
20 |
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final exam |
December 11 |
20 |
Class Meetings
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Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Assignment Due |
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1. |
August 20 |
Introduction to Multi-Sensory Computing |
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2. |
August 27 |
Mathematics of Shapes; Physics of Colors |
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3. |
September 3 |
Physiology and Psychology of Sight |
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4. |
September 10 |
Vision-Based Modeling |
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5. |
September 17 |
Music Theory; Physics of Sound |
selected ICAD proceedings papers |
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6. |
September 24 |
Physiology and Psychology of Sound |
annotated bibliography |
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7. |
October 1 |
Sound-Based Modeling |
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8. |
October 8 |
Touch |
selected PUG proceedings papers |
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9. |
October 15 |
Physiology and Psychology of Touch |
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10. |
October 22 |
Touch-Based Modeling |
midterm exam (take home) |
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11. |
October 29 |
Smell |
Joseph Kaye's thesis |
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12. |
November 5 |
Taste |
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November 12 |
no class - Election Day |
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13. |
November 19 |
Immersive Environments |
term project |
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November 26 |
no class - Thanksgiving Week |
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14. |
December 3 |
Student presentations |
oral presenetation |
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8am, Wednesday, December 11 |
Final Exam |
final exam |
Course Objectives
be able to build computer systems which provide multisensory stimuli
be able to design and evaluate a human factors experiment
know some open research questions in multisensory computing