Intelligent Interactive Systems

Course manual 2018/2019

Course content

This course provides a historical, technical and application overview on intelligent interactive information systems and related application domains, with an emphasis on systems and technologies in interaction with their human and social context. Topics to be addressed are:

• Sensory information processing (speech, vision, biometrics, biofeedback)
• Intelligent Search
• Intelligent Visualisation
• Interactive TV and theater
• Affective computing
• Interactive knowledge systems
• Wearable technologies for context-aware systems
• Public ambient environments
• Mobile environments

Study materials

Other

• Digital resource of articles and excerpts on specific topics (through Canvas)

Objectives

• Gain knowledge of and insight into historical research landmarks, current issues, and future research directions in intelligent interactive systems (IIS)
• Analyze and distinguish conceptual, technical, and application principles of IIS
• Differentiate and model the role of modalities in the context of IIS
• Critique, analyze, and reflect on peer-reviewed research articles that describe real-world systems, with respect to how well they complement human ability in daily life
• Assess how IIS design practice can work in the face of real-world constraints
• Combine previous work to generate novel research ideas
• Systematically carry out and present the own research project as a poster in a public forum and as a research report meeting academic standards

Teaching methods

• Lecture
• Presentation/symposium
• Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis
• Supervision/feedback meeting
• Self-study

There will be 2 lectures per week where students will learn the fundamentals of the field as well as be introduced to current research directions. Students are expected to look at the material provided on Canvas before the lecture, as topics will be discussed in an interactive manner.

In addition, students are requested to design and critically assess a novel IIS that covers at least two of the topics addressed during the lectures. The work is performed in small groups of not more than 5 members. The supervision will be provided during the 2 practical sessions per week. Each group presents its work twice. The first time is end of September (Mid-Term presentation), covering the problem (literature) and the current development of the project (type of presentation: elevator pitch). The second presentation is a public poster presentation in the last week of the course..

Though the project is a group effort, each course participant has to provide an individual end report of the  project. Students have to provide individual reports of their project  of max 12 pages that describe the problem, the interaction and system design of the IIS, a critical discussion of the approach and achievements, a conclusion and potential future work. Supervision of the writing process will be provided for each student individually per week on parts of the document.

Learning activities

Attendance

In OER-B of the programme no requirements regarding attendance are mentioned.

Assessment

Assignments

Written report part per week

• Individual assignment that is receives individual feedback

Final report

• Individual Assignment 

Mid-term Project Pitch

• Group Assignment and group feedback

End Poster Presentation

• Group Assignment and group feedback

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Contact information

Coordinator

• dr. Frank Nack