MAS921: Proseminar, Fall 2004
Instructors: William Mitchell and Deb Roy
10am-12pm, E15-335

S C H E D U L E

Sept 20: Student presentation

Sept 27: Student presentation

Oct 4: Student presentation

Oct 18: Student presentation

Oct 25: Tod Machover

Machover, T. (2004). Shaping Minds Musically.

Minsky, M. (1981). Music, Mind, and Meaning.

Questions

Nov 8: Sandy Pentland

Pentland, S. (2004). Social Dynamics: Signals and Behavior.

Ambady, N. and rosenthal, R. (1992). Thin Slices of expressive Behavior as Predictors of Interpersonal Consequences: A Meta-Analysis.

Questions

Nov 22: Mitch Resnick

Resnick, M. (1998). Technologies for Lifelong Kindergarten. Educational
Technology Research and Development, vol. 46, no. 4.

Papert, S. (2000). What's the big idea: Towards a pedagogy of idea power.
IBM Systems Journal, vol. 39, no. 3-4.

Questions

Nov 29: Pattie Maes

Readings and Questions

Dec 6: Hugh Herr

Meijer K., Bar-Cohen Y., Full R. "Biological Inspiration for Musclelike Actuators of Robots," Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots, Bar-Cohen, Y. and C. Breazeal, Eds., SPIE Press; Bellingham, Washington; 2003.

Hurr, H. and Dennis, R. (2004) A swimming robot actuated by living muscle tissue. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

Questions

Dec 13: Research Strategies