Admission requirements
Bachelor degree (completed). This course requires some understanding of coding as a prior requirement.
Description
Computational Creativity is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence concerned with the philosophy, science and engineering of computational systems exhibiting behaviours that may be judged to be creative. In this course we will explore approaches to the computational modelling of creativity as well as the theories of human creativity that have informed them.
We will explore computational models of creative processes, e.g., analogy-making, models of creative individuals, e.g., creative agents, and simulations of creative societies, e.g., multi-agent models. We will explore different approaches to developing autonomous creative systems, as well as, collaborative, i.e., co-creative, systems. We will discuss fundamental questions of what it means for a machine to be creative, how computational creativity can be evaluated and the implications for human creativity.
We will read and discuss literature on human and computational creativity and gain hands-on practice with the design of a creative system, which will be demonstrated at a show-and-tell session at the end of the course.
Course objectives
This course will provide an overview of the field of computational creativity. After the successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
explain how computational creativity can be used in the study of human creativity;
recall theories of human creativity that have informed computational creativity;
compare different computational methods for developing models of creativity;
apply generative computational techniques to develop creative systems; and,
interpret findings from experiments with computational models of creativity.
Timetable
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For more information, watch the video or go the the 'help-page' in MyTimetable. Please note: Joint Degree students Leiden/Delft have to merge their two different timetables into one. This video explains how to do this.
Mode of instruction
Lecture, Seminar
Assessment method
Tutorials (20%)
Homework assignments (40%)
Research project (40%)
Online tutorials will accompany and expand on material covered in the lectures, completion of the tutorials is required. The homework assignments will consist of 2 graded assignments based on material covered in the tutorials. The final grade will be calculated as the weighted average of the assignments and research project.
Reading list
Study materials will be provided by the lecturer during the course.
Registration
From the academic year 2022-2023 on every student has to register for courses with the new enrollment tool MyStudyMap. There are two registration periods per year: registration for the fall semester opens in July and registration for the spring semester opens in December. Please see this page for more information.
Please note that it is compulsory to both preregister and confirm your participation for every exam and retake. Not being registered for a course means that you are not allowed to participate in the final exam of the course. Confirming your exam participation is possible until ten days before the exam.
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Contact
Contact the lecturer(s) for course specific questions and the programme coordinator for questions regarding the programme, admission and/or registration.
Remarks
Elective, external and exchange students (other than Media Technology and Computer Science students) need to contact the programme's coordinator due to limited capacity.