GCT.50065 Fall 2026
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: 10:30-11:50am 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
▪ 9/14Team Project Announcement
▪ 9/14Paper Seminar Group & Schedule Announcement
▪ 8/31Class Starts!
▪ 8/23Course website has been updated
▪ 9/14Paper Seminar Group & Schedule Announcement
▪ 8/31Class Starts!
▪ 8/23Course website has been updated
Schedule
* Blue box indicates activity related lectures (team project, paper seminar, ML lecture)
| Week | Date | Topic | Note | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/31 | Course Overview | HW#1 Handout (KLMS) | |
| 9/2 | Augmented Interfaces | ▪ HW#1 due by 9/6 (Sun) | ||
| 2 | 9/7 | Project Kick-off Workshop | ▪ Paper Seminar Sign Up due by 9/4 12pm (Fri) ▪ Team Formation Activity Form due by 9/6 (Sun) | |
| 9/9 | Augmented Display | ▪ Project Team Sign Up due by 9/11(Fri) 12pm | ||
| 3 | 9/14 | Augmented Sensing I (Optical Sensing) | HW#2 Handout (KLMS) | |
| 9/16 | Augmented Sensing II (Wearables & On-body Interface) | ▪ RR#1 due by 9/17 (Thu) | ||
| 4 | 9/21 | Paper Seminar #1 Project Proposal Q&A | ▪ HW#2 due by 9/21 (Mon) 11:59pm | |
| 9/23 | Project Proposal Presentation | ▪ Proposal Presentation Slides due by 9/23 (Wed) | ||
| 5 | 9/28 | Project Proposal Feedback | Presentation Schedule | ▪ RR#2 due by 10/2 (Fri) |
| 9/30 | Machine Learning & Data Mining Toolkit I | HW#3 Handout (KLMS) Feedback Schedule | ||
| 6 | 10/5 | No Class (Holiday) | ||
| 10/7 | Augmented Sensing III (Remote/Ambient) Technical Evaluation Paper Seminar #2 | ▪ HW#3 due by 10/9 (Fri) | ||
| 7 | 10/12 | Midterm | ||
| 10/14 | Midterm | |||
| 8 | 10/19 | Machine Learning & Data Mining Toolkit II EMG Data Collection | HW#4 Handout (KLMS) | ▪ RR#3 due by 10/18 (Sun) |
| 10/21 | Paper Seminar #3 | ▪ RR#4 due by Oct 25 (Sun) | ||
| 9 | 10/26 | Project Progress Presentation | Presentation Schedule | ▪ Progress Presentation Slides due by 10/26 (Mon) ▪ Audience Evaluation Form due by 10/26 (Mon) |
| 10/28 | Augmented Haptic Feedback Paper Seminar #4 | ▪ HW#4 due by Oct 30 (Fri) | ||
| 10 | 11/2 | Project Feedback | ||
| 11/4 | Progress Report Q&A | ▪ Progress Report due by 11/5 (Fri) ▪ RR#5 due by 11/8 (Sun) | ||
| 11 | 11/9 | Quantitative and Qualitative Study | ||
| 11/11 | Paper Seminar #5 | |||
| 12 | 11/16 | Augmented Machine Learning for Augmented Humans | HW#5 Handout (KLMS) | ▪ RR#6 due by 11/15 (Sun) |
| 11/18 | Paper Seminar #6 | |||
| 13 | 11/23 | Augmented hearing, taste, and smell | ▪ HW#5 due by 11/24 (Tue) | |
| 11/25 | Project Q&A and Preparation | |||
| 14 | 11/30 | Augmented Humans Storytelling & Design Approaches | ||
| 12/2 | Project Q&A and Preparation | |||
| 15 | 12/7 | Final Presentation | Presentation Schedule | ▪ Final Presentation Slides due by 12/7 |
| 12/9 | Final Presentation Feedback | Feedback Schedule | ▪ Audience Evaluation Form due by 12/9 | |
| 16 | 12/14 | No class (Finals Week) | ||
| 12/16 | No class (Finals Week) | ▪ Final Report due by 12/16 (Web) ▪ Peer Evaluation due by 12/16 (Web) |