GMU:Bots 'n' Plots

Bots 'n' Plots — Malen nach 0 und 1

Werkmodul/Fachmodul
Lecturer: Martin Schneider
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Wednesday 15:15 - 18:30 Uhr
Venue: Marienstraße 7b, Room 204
First meeting: 09. Apr. 2015

You need to apply until April 5th, 2015.
Applications after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.

Description

Beware:

The internet of things is infiltrating the social web.
A rich ecosystem of social bots is evolving right now.
Those bots range from the purposeful via the poetic to the philosophical.
And they are starting to talk to each other.

In the Bots 'n' Plots course, we will create little robots that doodle and babble.
Our robots will be based in software, but we will also learn how to connect them with the physical world, using vision sound and serial connections.

In the course of the class you will:

Learn programming with Python
Process images and text
Create generative drawings and poems
Use APIs for the social web, including Twitter and Mediawiki
Create your own software bots and make them talk to each other

The course requires no previous programming experience.

As a result of the course you will acquire fundamental programming skills that will enable you to take more advanced courses in the future.
It is recommended to combine the course with the eval(nature) module.

Application for this class is due until April 5th, 2015 via email.
To apply and to find out more about the deadlines, requirements and grading scheme, please refer to the website of the course.

Beschreibung

Achtung:

Das Internet der Dinge erobert die sozialen Netzwerke.
Im Augenblick entwickelt sich ein vielfältiges Ökosystem sozialer Bots.
Die Bots decken ein weites Spektrum ab, vom Praktischen, über Poetisches bis hin zum Philosophischen.
Und sie fangen an miteinander zu kommunizieren...

In Malen nach 0 und 1 werden wir kleine Roboter erschaffen, die kritzeln und brabbeln.
Unsere Roboter bestehen aus Nullen und Einsen, aber wir werden auch lernen sie mit der materiellen Welt zu verbinden, wobei Kameras, Töne und Kabel zum Einsatz kommen.

Im Rahmen des Moduls werdet ihr:

Programmieren mit Python lernen
Grafik und Text verarbeiten
Generative Grafiken und Gedichte erzeugen
APIs für Soziale Netzwerke nutzen, inkl. Twitter und Mediawiki
Eigene Software-Bots entwickeln und sie dazu bringen miteinander zu reden.

Dieses Modul erfordert keine Programmierkentnisse.

Im Rahmen des Kurses werden grundlegende Programmierkentnisse vermittelt, die es ermöglichen in Zukunft fortgeschrittene Kurse zu belegen.
Es wird empfohlen diesen Kurs mit dem Projekt-Modul eval(nature) zu kombinieren.

Die Bewerbung für den Kurs muss bis spätestens 5. April 2015 per Email erfolgen.
Weitere Infos zur Bewerbung, Zulassungs-Voraussetzungen, Deadlines und Benotungs-Schema auf der Webseite zum Kurs.

Language

The course will be in English, unless all participants are speaking German.

Eligible Participants

Undergraduates and graduates enrolled in the faculties of:

Media Art/Design and Media Architecture
Visual Communication
Product Design
Architecture

Requirements

Burning Interest in Artificial Intelligence, Computer-Linguistics and Generative Design
Previous course about the Internet of Things highly recommended
Working knowledge of Web Technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript ...)
Time and Devotion for lots of coding homework, which may be frustrating at times
Programming experience considered helpful

Application

The deadline to apply for this course is April 5th, 2015

You need to provide links to previous work to be elligible to this course.

To: Martin Schneider
Subject: Bots n Plots /// Application
Content:

Please provide links to three of your visual, poetic or algorithmic works online.

Please answer the questions:

What is your favourite bot on twitter?
What kind of bot would you like to be able to create at the end of the course?

Syllabus

to be announced

Evaluation

Presence and active participation (required)
Punctual and complete submission of homework (required)

50% Technical and aesthetic execution of the final bot project
20% Emergent behaviour from making the robots talk
20% Documentation of the final project
10% Contribution to the MediaWiki

Links

to be done

Literature