67-445 Seminar in IS: Intelligent Agents
9 units, Carnegie Mellon University
The purpose of this seminar is to study users interactions with and perceptions of intelligent conversational agents and similar systems. This research seminar is intended for junior and senior students in Information Systems and other university departments who wish to engage in research at the intersection of Information Systems, Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. In this course, students will be reading, analyzing and discussing academic papers under this theme. Students will also be working on developing their research proposals with continuous guidance and feedback. This course has four main objectives 1 build and expand students research skills through indepth analysis, critique and discussion of academic papers, 2 develop students knowledge on current research articles and topics under the theme of users behavior and interactions with intelligent conversational agents and similar systems, 3 apply a range of frameworks and theories that describe how users perceive and interact with technology, and 4 locate primary and secondary sources of information on course related topics and critique and use them as evidence in students papers or to create arguments in support of the discussion. Students are expected to have some prior knowledge in Statistics 36200 and 36202 or equivalent courses.
Prerequisites: (36-200 and 36-202) or 36-309
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