Controlling a Cursor with a Non-invasive Brain Interface
Feature Selection in Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs)
Interesting general EEG info: one two
The Author-Recipient-Topic Model for Topic and Role Discovery in Social
Networks: Experiments with Enron and Academic Email. Andrew McCallum, Andres
Corrada-Emmanuel, Xuerui Wang. Technical Report UM-CS-2004-096, 2004.
Detecting Social Interaction of Elderly in a Nursing Home Environment,
Datong Chen, Jie Yang, Robert Malkin, and Howard D. Wactlar, CMU.
Addition optional readings:
CMU has a good study about the effect of the Internet on social
interactions.
The Internet and Social Interaction: A Meta-analysis and Critique of
Studies, 1995-2003, Irina Shklovski, Sara Kiesler, and Robert Kraut.
More theoretical work can be found in Heise's web.
Understanding social interaction with Affect Control
Theory. Heise, D. R. 2002., Chapter 2, pp. 17-40, in Joseph Berger and Morris Zelditch (Eds.),
New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory. Boulder CO: Rowman and
Littlefield.
A frame for organizational actions and
macroactions. D. Heise and Alex Durig. 1997 Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 22: 95-123.
Jan 13: first meeting for CMU students.
Jan 20 Eye tracking, motion graphs
Jan 27 Kalman filtering, vision-based tracking of stroke patients
Feb 3 Hidden Markov Models
Feb 10: Rachel Cowan: Force Detection During Wheelchair Propulsion
Feb 17: Cristen Torrey: Cognitive modeling and monitoring
Feb 24: Erin Walker
March 3: Bilge Multu
March 10: Holiday - spring vacation
March 17:
Nick Gerasimowicz: Gait
March 24: Ian Li
March 31: Jon Pearlman: Data logging
April 7: Philipp Michel: machine analysis of facial expressions.
April 14: Holiday - CMU carnival
April 21: Bryan Klimt: some statistical learning topic
April 28: Final presentations.
This course will survey methods for monitoring and modeling human
behavior, with a focus on assistive applications and applications that
improve quality of life. We will cover measurement approaches
including instrumenting environments, everyday objects, and wearable
devices. We will cover a variety of modeling techniques from
psychology,
speech recognition and language modeling, graphics, and machine
perception.
CMU course number: 16-899A
A joint CMU/University of Pittsburgh course sponsored by the
NSF IGERT in Assistive Technology
Questions?: email cga at cmu dot edu
Past readings
Presentation suggestions and background info.
Schedule:
Rich Simpson
Manfred Lau: Generating human-like navigation behavior
Jacob Joseph
Sabine Hauert
Stuart Anderson: Walking
Datong Chen: Social Interactions
Pitt students should sign up for an independent study (HRS
2999)
No prerequisites.
CMU units: 12
Grading will be based on presentations and a project.
The first meeting will be Jan 13 in Porter Hall 225B.