Provides a broad foundation in the history, theory, and contemporary practice of computational media, examining its roots in a variety of fields and current structures of participation. Also covers a selection of key critical lenses for understanding computational media.
Instructor
Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice, Angus Forbes
Overview of computational media research strategies. Includes case studies of how particular projects were defined and completed and how interdisciplinary concerns have been successfully integrated. Considers the expressive and authorial affordances of different system architecture approaches.
Instructor
Michael Mateas, Angus Forbes, Adam Smith
Overview of major methods in computational media research. Includes non-numerical methods such as playtesting, arts critique, ethnographic observation, and humanistic interpretation. Also includes numerically oriented methods such as survey instruments, data mining, user experiments, and characterizing expressive/generative spaces.
Instructor
Katherine Isbister, Sri Kurniawan
Students define the topic, approach, and scope for an M.S. thesis or project. Includes discussion of successful past projects and theses, visits from faculty presenting open problems, reviews of related literature, topic and timeline presentations, and critiques.
Instructor
Sri Kurniawan, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice, Katherine Isbister, Leila Takayama
Covers skills for finding relevant literature for a novel research topic, integrating that literature, and communicating the results. Also covers how to select work for a research portfolio, present that work, and describe contributions. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. Prerequisite(s):
CMPM 201,
CMPM 202, and
CMPM 203 for an understanding of media creation and computer programming; good standing in the Ph.D. program. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.
Instructor
Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Presents a variety of evaluation methodologies to assess usability, acceptance, and effectiveness of technology with the intended users. Combines lectures and exercises for students to gain firsthand experiences of these methodologies with real users.
Instructor
Sri Kurniawan, Katherine Isbister, Steve Whittaker
Study of current topics in human-robot interaction design and research. Topics vary, but are expected to include how people think, act, and behave around robotic agents; telepresence and teleoperated robotics; applications of human-robot systems; collaborative robotics; and social robotics.
Instructor
Leila Takayama
Provides an interdisciplinary view of computational systems and human interaction, with an emphasis on human-computer interaction and algorithmic economics. Students learn about seminal and cutting-edge research contributions and methodologies, and carry out a quarter-long research project. (Formerly Technology and Information Management 243.)
The use of AI techniques to enable new player interactions, game mechanics, and genres. Combines elements from academic AI and machine learning with industry game AI techniques. Includes lecture and paper discussions as well as AI programming exercises and projects.
Instructor
Adam Smith, Michael Mateas
Covers wide range of practices including hypertext, interactive fiction, embedded narratives in games, interactive drama, and artificial intelligence-based story generation. Through a mixture of readings, assignments, and project work, explores the theoretical positions, debates, and technical and design issues arising from these different approaches.
Instructor
Michael Mateas
In-depth exploration of algorithms for the automated generation of 2D and 3D models and content. Covers multiple approaches, including noise, grammars, genetic algorithms and programming, parametric design, and answer-set programming. Includes application of techniques to computer-game content and level design.
Instructor
Adam Smith, Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas
Investigates how new immersive display technologies and interaction techniques can support analytical reasoning and decision making in a variety of contexts.
Introduces contemporary techniques in deep learning focusing on the application of these techniques to a range of tasks related to art and design outputs.
Graduate seminar with speakers from academia and industry. Covers state of the art research and industry trends in Computational Media and related areas.
Instructor
Sri Kurniawan, Angus Forbes
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Covers advanced topics and current research in creative coding as it intersects computational media. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students and by permission of instructor. This class can be taken for Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory credit only.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Weekly seminar covering advanced topics and current research in generative methods--the field focused on algorithms for creation of 2D and 3D models and content.
Instructor
Jim Whitehead, Adam Smith
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Covers advanced topics and current research in human-computer interaction as it intersects computational media. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation. Enrollment restricted to graduate students and by permission of the instructor.
Instructor
Katherine Isbister
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Ongoing participatory seminar toward staying informed about the current state of the art in Human Computer Research, both within the Computational Media department, as well as in the broader field. Course consists of weekly lectures and discussion. Graduate students will take part in giving presentations.
Instructor
Katherine Isbister, Sri Kurniawan
Covers advanced topics and current research in interactive systems for individuals who have special needs. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Covers advanced topics and current research in player experience and modeling. Delves into topics related to: artificial intelligence, psychology, data science, as well as computer human interaction as they intersect with games and player experience. Course is conducted as a studio/seminar, where students read and analyze previous research within this area. Students are asked to present and discuss current state of the art of research in the area of player experience and modeling and then develop their own research within this area. Through interaction with the instructor and other colleagues within the class, students work toward refining their research. This course can be taken for Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory credit only.
Instructor
Magy Seif El-Nasr
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Focuses on human-centered design and research approaches to the development of robotic technologies. Students read primary research papers, examine prototype robotic systems, and build upon those materials to lead group discussions, propose research projects, and conduct HRI research.
Instructor
Leila Takayama
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Weekly seminar series of current research on a special topic in information systems and technology management. The theme of research presented throughout the course selected by the instructor. Topics may include, but are not limited to, knowledge planning, new product development and management of technology. Enrollment with permission of instructor. (Formerly Technology and Information Management 280S.)
Instructor
The Staff, David Lee, Yunfei Chen
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Covers advanced topics and current research in digital media—the interdisciplinary field at the intersection of computer science, media authoring, and models of interpretation from the humanities and social sciences. Focuses on student presentations and seminar participation.
Instructor
Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Weekly seminar covering topics of current research in artificial intelligence applied to interactive art and entertainment, including computer games. Enrollment by permission of instructor. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
Instructor
Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Students learn about a current research area in computational media and make a contribution. Each course offering focuses on a different aspect of technical, creative, and/or interpretive work in the field.
Instructor
Adam Smith, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nathan Altice, Angus Forbes
Focuses on media, such as computer games, that invite and structure play. Work includes building and critiquing a series of prototypes; studying major examples in the field; and discussing both theoretical and practice-oriented texts. Enrollment by permission of instructor. Enrollment restricted to graduate students.
Cross Listed Courses
DANM 250D
Instructor
Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Robin Hunicke
Focuses on enhancing social and emotional capabilities and qualities in interactive systems. Students read research, look at sample systems, and engage in evaluation, design, and prototyping exercises. A research project and helping to lead class discussions are also required.
Instructor
Katherine Isbister
Focuses on discussion of recent advances in visual storytelling in graphical environments. Major topics covered are: intelligent camera control, shot-compositions, lighting design, interactive storytelling, and computational techniques associated with these applications. Class consists of in-class discussions and student presentations of research papers and a final student project.
Cross Listed Courses
DANM 290P
Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter
Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter
Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter
Independent study or research under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter
Thesis research conducted under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Thesis research conducted under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Thesis research conducted under faculty supervision. Although this course may be repeated for credit, not every degree program will accept a repeated course toward degree requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Cross-listed Courses
Focuses on classic and current theories and research topics in the computational modeling of discourse and dialogue, with applications to human-computer dialogue interactions; dialogue interaction in computer games and interactive story systems; and processing of human-to-human conversational and dialogue-like language such as e-mails. Topics vary depending on the current research of the instructor(s) and the interests of the students. Students read theoretical and technical papers from journals and conference proceedings and present class lectures. A research project is required.
Cross Listed Courses
LING 245, CMPM 245
Instructor
Marilyn Walker