| Week | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 |
Introduction to Human Technology Interaction (HTI) Historical Context and Evolution Relevance to Engineering and Technology Design Key Concepts and Terminology, User Experience (UX), Accessibility |
| Week 2 |
Human Factors and Ergonomics (Physical) Principles of Ergonomics, Human Sensory and Physical Limitations Designing for Human Capabilities, Case Studies |
| Week 3 |
Human Factors and Ergonomics (Cognitive) Cognitive Processes in Technology Use; Impact on User Experience Cognitive Load and Information Processing Models |
| Week 4 |
Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Fundamentals Design Thinking Process User-centered Design Principles and User Research Methods [Quiz 1] |
| Week 5 |
Affective Computing Key terms like Valence, Arousal, Dominance, etc. Circumplex Model Methods for Recognizing Emotions (Text, Speech, Facial Expressions, Gestures, Physiological, etc.) Are Emotions Universal? |
| Week 6 |
Introduction to Biosensing and Biomarkers Physiological Sensors and Preprocessing Data |
| Week 7 |
Utilizing physiological sensors like EEG, ECG, PPG, GSR, etc. in Affective Computing Multimodal Fusion: Handling Diverse Spatiotemporal Sensing Data |
| Week 8 | [Midterm Project Evaluation] |
| Week 9 |
Extracting Affective Information from Audio-visual Stimuli Designing Affective Computing Experiments |
| Week 10 |
Simulating Human Emotion in Technological Interfaces Challenges and Future Trends in Affective Computing [Quiz 2] |
| Week 11 |
Human Robot Interaction (HRI) |
| Week 12 |
Social Computing in Affective Computing Designing AI Systems for Humans, Principles of Human-AI Interaction (HAX) |
| Week 13 |
Human-AI Interaction (HAX) and Productivity Human-AI Interaction (HAX) and Safety |
| Week 14 |
Human-AI Interaction (HAX) and Creativity Ethical Considerations and Bias in Human-AI Interaction |
| Week 15 |
Emerging Trends and Challenges in HTI: Neuromorphic Computing Emerging Innovative HTI Technologies: Quantum AI [Quiz 3] |
| Week 16 | [Final Project Evaluation] |