| Course Title: Talking Robots |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: Have you ever wondered why Siri or Alexa doesn't understand things you say? Or wondered if actual robots can understand language as well as the ones we see in movies? In this seminar we will learn about social robots and what it takes for robots to converse with humans. We will read research conducted by computer scientists, linguists, and psychologists, as well as investigate representations of social robots in popular media and literature. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Heather Pon-Barry | ponbarry@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 225 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 14 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: They Say I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing Author: Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein Copyright: 2021 Edition: 5th Volume: ISBN: Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company |
Required | 16.00 |
| Title: All Systems Red Author: Wells, Martha Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780765397522 Publisher: Tordotcom |
Required | 4.99 |
| Title: A Psalm for the Wild-Built Author: Chambers, Becky Copyright: 2021 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781250236210 Publisher: Tordotcom |
Required | 11.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |