Follow all UROP procedures for pay or credit. Models like this will make it possible to build interactive characters for educational and story-telling environments as well as games. We are also very interested in exploring the role of emotion in intelligent behavior. Research in digital hardware design and software for advanced computational video and audio systems. For more information, see the group home page and the Media Lab list of projects.
Specific projects require some mix of content production and software development.
Machine control, image and sound processing, user interface, smart representations of content and presentation form, and system integration issues are likely targets for UROP proposals. The Sociable Media Group investigates issues concerning identity and society in the networked world. Projects include visualizations of online populations, graphical and auditory conversational interfaces, and augmented reality research. The Physics and Media Group at the MIT Media Lab studies the boundary between the content of information and its physical representation. There are openings in the group for UROPs with strong interests in experimental physics, electrical, and mechanical engineering, along with the supporting theoretical disciplines.