GCT.50065 Fall 2025
Augmented Humans
The idea of augmenting the human intellect has long tradition. The advancement of digital technologies has enabled physical, cognitive, and perceptual augmentation of humans. This course will introduce concepts and examples related to augmented humans where technologies enhance human capabilities beyond the individual. Students will learn basic research approach and state-of-art works in the field of augmented humans.
Course Staff
Instructor: Prof. Sang Ho Yoon
Office Hours: By Appointment
TAs: Jina Kim, Dongkyu Kwak
Office Hours: By Appointment
Office Hours: By Appointment
TAs: Jina Kim, Dongkyu Kwak
Office Hours: By Appointment
Course Info
Time: 13:00-14:30pm Mon/Wed
Location: N5 #2332
Assignment Submission & Grading: KLMS
Discussion and Q&A: Email
Location: N5 #2332
Assignment Submission & Grading: KLMS
Discussion and Q&A: Email
Announcement
▪ 9/1Class Starts!
▪ 8/25Course website has been updated
▪ 8/25Course website has been updated
Schedule
* Blue box indicates activity related lectures (team project, paper seminar, ML lecture)
| Week | Date | Topic | Note | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/1 | Course Overview | HW#1 Handout (KLMS) | |
| 9/3 | Augmented Interfaces | ▪ HW#1 due by 9/5 (Fri) 12pm | ||
| 2 | 9/8 | Project Kick-off Workshop | ▪ Team Formation Activity Form due by 9/7 (Sun) ▪ Paper Seminar Sign Up due by 9/7 (Sun) | |
| 9/10 | Augmented Display | ▪ Project Team Sign Up due by 9/10(Wed) 12pm | ||
| 3 | 9/15 | Augmented Sensing I (Optical Sensing) | HW#2 Handout (KLMS) | |
| 9/17 | Augmented Sensing II (Wearables & On-body Interface) | ▪ RR#1 due by 9/17 (Wed) | ||
| 4 | 9/22 | Paper Seminar #1 Project Proposal Q&A | ▪ HW#2 due by 9/21 (Sun) 11:59pm | |
| 9/24 | Project Proposal Presentation | ▪ Proposal Presentation Slides due by 9/24 (Wed) | ||
| 5 | 9/29 | Project Proposal Feedback | Presentation Schedule | ▪ RR#2 due by 9/29 (Mon) |
| 10/1 | Machine Learning & Data Mining Toolkit I | HW#3 Handout (KLMS) Feedback Schedule | ||
| 6 | 10/6 | No Class (Chuseok) | ||
| 10/8 | No Class (Chuseok) | |||
| 7 | 10/13 | Augmented Sensing III (Remote/Ambient) | ▪ RR#3 due by 10/13 (Sun) | |
| 10/15 | Technical Evaluation Paper Seminar #2 | ▪ HW#3 due by 10/19 (Fri) | ||
| 8 | 10/20 | Midterm | ||
| 10/22 | Midterm | |||
| 9 | 10/27 | Machine Learning & Data Mining Toolkit II EMG Data Collection | HW#4 Handout (KLMS) | |
| 10/29 | Paper Seminar #3 | Discussion Schedule | ||
| 10 | 11/3 | Project Progress Presentation | Presentation Schedule | ▪ Progress Presentation Slides due by 11/4 (Mon) ▪ Audience Evaluation Form due by 11/5 (Tue) |
| 11/5 | Project Feedback | ▪ RR#4 due by 11/7 (Thu) ▪ HW#4 due by 11/10 (Sun) | ||
| 11 | 11/10 | Augmented Haptic Feedback | ||
| 11/12 | Quantitative and Qualitative Study Paper Seminar #4 | Feedback Schedule | ▪ Progress Report due by 11/15 (Fri) ▪ Peer Evaluation due by 11/15 (Fri) ▪ RR#5 due by 11/17 (Sun) | |
| 12 | 11/17 | Augmented Machine Learning for Augmented Humans | ||
| 11/19 | Paper Seminar #5 | |||
| 13 | 11/24 | Augmented hearing, taste, and smell | ▪ RR#6 due by 11/24 (Sun) | |
| 11/26 | Paper Seminar #6 | HW#5 Handout (KLMS) | ||
| 14 | 12/1 | Augmented Humans Storytelling & Design Approaches | ||
| 12/3 | Project Q&A and Preparation | ▪ HW#5 due by 12/4 (Wed) | ||
| 15 | 12/8 | Final Presentation | Presentation Schedule | ▪ Final Presentation Slides due by 12/8 (Sun) |
| 12/10 | Final Presentation | Feedback Schedule | ▪ Audience Evaluation Form due by 12/12 (Thu) | |
| 16 | 12/15 | No class (Finals Week) | ||
| 12/17 | No class (Finals Week) | ▪ Final Report due by 12/16 (Tue) ▪ Peer Evaluation due by 12/16 (Tue) |