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ECE 493

Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Undergraduate

Winter 2024 · Foundations of Multi-agent Systems

Topics

  • Game theory, mechanism design, utility and risk
  • Normal-form games and Nash/correlated equilibria
  • Computation of solution concepts
  • Extensive-form games and backward induction
  • Repeated, stochastic, Bayesian and congestion games
  • Auctions, incentive compatibility and revelation principle
  • Multi-agent reinforcement learning, fictitious play and regret minimization

Readings

  • Multi-agent Systems
    Y. Shoham and K. Leyton-Brown · recommended
    Optional reference; no main textbook.
  • Algorithmic Game Theory
    N. Nisan, T. Roughgarden, E. Tardos and V. V. Vazirani · recommended
  • Twenty Lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory
    T. Roughgarden · recommended
  • The Theory of Learning in Games
    D. Fudenberg and D. Levine · recommended
  • Game Theory
    D. Fudenberg and J. Tirole · recommended
  • A Course in Game Theory
    M. J. Osborne and A. Rubinstein · recommended
Winter 2021 · Social Robotics

Topics

  • Definitions of social robots and requirements of robots’ social skill and their relevance to robotics and Artificial Intelligence in real-world applications
  • Examples of social robots used in human -robot interaction (sensors, actuators, how to program etc.)
  • Multimodal interaction with social robots, including verbal interaction (e.g. speech and dialogue), non-verbal inte raction (e.g. g estures, faci al expression) as well as spatial interaction (proxemics)
  • The role of affective expressions of social robots and modelling emotions to facilitate human-robot engagement
  • Research methods and measures for p lanning, designing, implementing, running, evaluating, analyzing experiments. Areas discussed include e.g. questionnaire design, interviews and behavioral measures . Different experimental designs , protocols and methods for participant recruitment will be discussed.
  • Evaluating usability, user experience and acceptance of social robots
  • Guidelines of how to write up social robotics research for a scientific publication
  • Overview of cognitive architectures for socially intelligent robots
  • Featuring interdisciplinary research in social robotics based on research from other fields, e.g. from (developmental) psychology, ethology or primatology
  • Impact of social robot embodiments, behavior and interaction
  • Roles of social robots in human society and their potential impact on society and wellbeing
  • Selected examples of applications of social robots e.g. in care, therapy, education, rehabilitation and co-worker scenarios will be discussed throughout the course
  • Ethical, safety and privacy issues as relevant to social robotics will be discussed throughout the course

Readings

  • Human-Robot Interaction: An Introduction
    C. Bartneck, T. Belpaeme, F. Eyssel, T. Kanda, M. Keijsers and S. Sabanovic · unspecified
    Cambridge, 2020; selected textbook chapters.
  • Additional readings provided to students.
    unspecified
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