Course Schedule

Preparation

Mon, Jan 9

Getting Started

Group

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

Lab 1

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

• Setting up the agent

• Work on Project Assignment

TA

Read Get Started and Assign Team Roles

Preparation

Fri, Jan 13

Pre- Lab

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

Sub

Make sure you have updated your log book!

Submission Deadline:

Sun, Jan 15 23:59

Group

Background Knowledge Quizzes Completed (Github and Dialogflow.

Dialogflow Quiz

Git Quiz

RecommendedProgress

Tue, Jan 17 13:00

Instruction Completeness (Just a Recommendation Further Progress is Obviously a Plus)

Group

In D&F Instructions aim for completion of all sections up to and including Recipe Filtering Functions Helper Functions

In VS Instructions aim for completion of all sections up to and including 1st Rule for a50recipeSelect 

In P&R Instructions aim for completion of all sections up to and including c40 Closing 

Preparation: Read Moore (2018), Kunneman and Hindriks (2022)

Lec 2

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

• Adding visuals

• Speech as interface

• Conversational patterns

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

Group

Quiz on Conversational Agents Completed

Recommended Progress

Mon, Jan 23

Group

Finished:

• D&F Instructions

• VS Instructions

• P&R Instructions

• Testing your own agent (Should be Continuous)

• Idea for extensions solidified (and maybe started)

Preparation: Read Kvale (2020), Allouch (2021)

Lec 3

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

• Knowledge of the agent

• Slot Filling

• Agent testing

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 / End report

TA

Sub

Make sure you have updated your log book!

Progress

Deadline

Tue, Jan 31

pre-Lab

Group

• Get Your Bot Test Ready

• Continue Testing Own Bot

Lab 7

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

User Study Day

TA/Group

Another Team Tests Your Agent and You Gather Data

Sub

Make sure you have updated your log book!

Sub

Fri, Feb 3

Group

Final Submission