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Below, you can find a schedule containing planned lectures, labs, and weekly deliverables.

For the project assignment itself, go here: Project: Introduction and Overview or use the links below in the schedule.

Preparation: Read Moore (2018), Moore18.pdf: Read ,

Lec
Lab
Sub

Date

Topic

Who

Deliverable(s)/ Tasks

Preparation

MonTue, Jan 9

Pre-lecture

Getting Started

Group

Team of 6 Formed and Signed Up in People Section of CANVAS; Log book created and shared with team members.

Lec 1

Tue, Jan 10 (13:30 - 15:15)

  • Course outline

  • Intro to conversational agents

  • Setting up your agent

Koen Hindriks, Florian Kunneman

Lab 1

Tue, Jan 10 (15:30 - 19:15)

  • Setting up the agent

  • Work on Project Assignment

TA

Read and work on Get Started and Assign Team Roles

Preparation

Fri, Jan 13

Pre- Lablab

Getting Started: What You Need to Install

Group

Make Sure Installation is Finished

Lab 2

Fri, Jan 13
(09:00-12:45)

  • Work on Project Assignment

TA

Start on instructions for each team role

Sub

Make sure you have updated your log book!

Submission Deadline:

Sun, Jan 15 23:59

Individual

Background Knowledge Quizzes Completed (Github and Dialogflow).

Dialogflow Quiz

Git Quiz

RecommendedProgress

MonTue, Jan 16

Instruction Completeness

17 13:00

Complete part of instructions(Further progress than recommended is obviously a plus)

Group

In DialogFlow and Filter: Instructions

Aim for:

aim for completion of all sections up to and including https://socialrobotics.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAS23/pages/2144894988/DialogFlow+and+Filter+Instructions#Recipe-Filtering-Helper-Predicates.

In Visual Support: Instructions

Aim for:

aim for completion of all sections up to and includinghttps://socialrobotics.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAS23/pages/2144305155/Visual+Support+Instructions#The-First-Recipe-Selection-Page-(visuals-for-the-a50recipeSelect-pattern). 

In Pattern and Responses: Instructions

Aim for:

aim for completion of all sections up to and including https://socialrobotics.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAS23/pages/2145124401/Pattern+and+Responses+Instructions#c40-Closing 

Preparation

Tue, Jan 17

Pre-lecture

Conversational agents

Individual

Read:

Kunneman and Hindriks (2022)

View file
name

Allouch (2021) (sections 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4)

Lec 2

Tue, Jan 17
(13:30 - 15:15)

  • Adding visuals

  • Speech as interface

  • Conversational patternsMore on conversational agents

  • Making your agent more robust / effective / engaging

Koen Hindriks,

Florian Kunneman

Lab 3

Tue, Jan 17
(15:30 - 19:15)

Work on Project Assignment

TA

Lab 4

Fri, Jan 20
(09:00 - 12:45)

Work on Project Assignment

TA

Sub

Make sure you have updated your log book!

Submission Deadline:

Sun, Jan 22 23:59

Individual

Quiz 1 on Conversational Agents (based on reading material prior to lecture 2) Completed

Recommended Progress

Mon, Jan 23

Completed and tested all instructions, having sketched idea’s for extensions

Group

Finished:

Aim for:

Aim for:

Aim for:
  • Testing your own agent (Should be Continuous)

  • Idea for extensions solidified (and maybe ideally started)

Preparation

Tue, Jan 24

Pre-lecture

conversational agents

Individual

Read:

Kvale (2020)

Allouch (2021) (sections 4, 5, 7.1, 9)

Lec 3

Tue, Jan 24
(13:30 - 15:15)

  • Knowledge of the agent

  • Slot Filling

    • Agent testing

    • Analyzing test data

    Koen Hindriks,

    Florian Kunneman

    Lab 5

    Tue, Jan 24
    (15:30 - 19:15)

    Work on Project Assignment / End report

    TA

    Lab 6

    Fri, Jan 27
    (09:00 - 12:45)

    Work on Project Assignment / Test set-up End report

    TA

    Sub

    Make sure you have updated your log book!

    Submission Deadline:

    Sun, Jan 29 23:59

    Individual

    Quiz 2 on Conversational Agents (based on reading material prior to lecture 3) Completed

    Progress

    Deadline

    Tue, Feb 1Jan 31

    pre-Lab

    Group

    • Get Your Bot Agent Test Ready

    • Continue Testing Own Bot

    Meet Up

    Wednesday

    Data Collection Day

    • Agent

    Lab 7

    Tue, Jan 31
    (15:30 - 19:15)

    User Study Day

    TA/Group

    Another Team Tests Your

    Bot

    Agent and You Gather Data

    Recommended Progress

    Friday End of Day

    • Finish Report

    • Finish Extensions

    Sub 1

    Fri, Feb 3

    Final SubmissionSub

    Make sure you have updated your log book!

    Submission Deadline:

    Sun, Feb 5 23:59

    Group

    Final submission