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Affective Computing, Spring 2002
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Abstract: Explores computing that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences emotion. Topics include the interaction of emotion with cognition and perception, the role of emotion in human-computer interaction, the communication of human emotion via face, voice, physiology, and behavior, construction of ... More »
Case Analysis Module: Chemical A or B?
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Abstract: This module is founded on two insights: the analogy between problem-solving in ethics and design methodology and the effectiveness of case analysis for practicing skills in ethical problem-solving. Students will practice using a four-stage decision-making framework developed on analogy from the software ... More »
Community in the Classroom: Part 2 (Cooperative Planning)
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Abstract: This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community through use of group goal-setting, decision-making, brainstorming, peer feedback, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure. The lessons will help students create and maintain a supportive environment for learning. ... More »
Creating Community in the Classroom: Part 1 (Setting Goals )
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Abstract: This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community. Group goal-setting, brainstorming, peer feedback, group decision-making, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure are used to create a safe, supportive environment for learning in the classroom. In Part 1, students ... More »
Creating Community in the Classroom: Part 3 (Monitoring Progress)
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Abstract: This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community through use of group goal-setting, decision-making, brainstorming, peer feedback, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure. The lessons will help students create and maintain a supportive environment for learning. ... More »
Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena, Spring 2007
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Abstract: This is a course about how research knowledge and other types of knowledge come to be actionable and influential in the world—or not. The course explores ways to make research knowledge more accessible, credible, and useful in the realm of public policy and practice—a project in which the course faculty ... More »
Foundations of Cognition, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Advances in cognitive science have resolved, clarified, and sometimes complicated some of the great questions of Western philosophy: what is the structure of the world and how do we come to know it; does everyone represent the world the same way; what is the best way for us to act in the world. Specific ... More »
Microeconomic Theory IV, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Decision-making under uncertainty, information economics, incentive and contract theory.
Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making, Fall 2003
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Abstract: This course surveys a variety of reasoning, optimization, and decision-making methodologies for creating highly autonomous systems and decision support aids. The focus is on principles, algorithms, and their applications, taken from the disciplines of artificial intelligence and operations research. ... More »
Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This course surveys a variety of reasoning, optimization, and decision-making methodologies for creating highly autonomous systems and decision support aids. The focus is on principles, algorithms, and their applications, taken from the disciplines of artificial intelligence and operations research. ... More »
Reforming Natural Resources Governance: Failings of Scientific Rationalism and Alternatives for Building Common Ground, January (IAP) 2007
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Abstract: For the last century, precepts of scientific management and administrative rationality have concentrated power in the hands of technical specialists, which in recent decades has contributed to widespread disenfranchisement and discontent among stakeholders in natural resources cases. In this seminar ... More »
The Brain and Cognitive Sciences II, Spring 2006
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Abstract: This class is the second half of an intensive survey of cognitive science for first-year graduate students. Topics include visual perception, language, memory, cognitive architecture, learning, reasoning, decision-making, and cognitive development. Topics covered are from behavioral, computational, and ... More »
Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I, Fall 2003
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Abstract: 11.941 and 11.942 make up a one-year seminar. The goal of this seminar is to explore the role of science and scientists in ecosystems and natural resources management focusing on joint fact finding as a new approach to environmental policy-making. Increasingly scientists and science organizations are ... More »
Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part II, Spring 2004
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Abstract: This course makes up the second half of a year-long seminar on Joint Fact Finding in Science-Intensive Disputes. In 11.941, the first half of the seminar, students analyzed and discussed cases that involved or that should have involved Joint Fact Finding of various kinds. In this portion, students concentrate ... More »
"Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens"
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Abstract: Students read, discuss, and write about "Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens" by Spencer Johnson, M.D., a parable about life's changes, and how best to benefit from them. By reading the parable, students will learn ways to react positively to inevitable change, and gain insight into their personal decision-making ... More »
