Synthetic Characters

1. Synthetic Characters Learning for, and with people in the loop… • What’s new? • Interaction as a compelling user experience • Approach problem as one of managing, integrating & performing diverse forms of learning within an overall behavioral context, focusing on learning that matters… • Animal training: implications of WYSIWYT interfaces for underlying learning mechanisms. • Development: organizing for diverse, but dependent learning tasks within a long term behavioral context • IMPACT: • New computational paradigms: human-guided adaptive systems • New understanding: computational ethology • New applications: enabling technology for realizing vision of personalized, persistent partners SCHEDULE/FUNDING: I will apply for government & corporate funding Bruce (with Cynthia, Deb, Roz, Pattie…) Can we build a device as good as a seeing eye dog? “Seeing Eye”: can we build a device as good as a seeing eye dog? Book, toolkit, industrial collaborators Developmental model (a version), papers, installation ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 Year