This lecture provides an overview of techniques to build conversational digital characters. Three main components of conversational digital characters are introduced: Chatbots, animation synthesis, and speech synthesis. Real-life application of such digital characters is demonstrated on different use cases (e.g., Digital Einstein).
There are no prerequisites for this class. However, it will help if the student has taken an undergraduate or graduate level class in statistics or machine learning.
This course is concluded with a 120 minutes written exam. Interactive quizzes will be conducted during the course. Those who answer at least 70% of the total questions correctly will receive a grade bonus of 0.25 on their final grade.
| Number | 263-5704-00L |
| Lecturer | Dr. Rafael Wampfler (wrafael inf.ethz.ch) |
| Assistants | Xiang Zhang (xiang.zhang inf.ethz.ch) Jiaxi Jiang (jiaxi.jiang inf.ethz.ch) Ying Xue (ying.xue inf.ethz.ch) Tapdig Maharramli (tmaharramli student.ethz.ch) |
| Language | English |
| Lecture Location | HG D 3.2, Wednesday 14:15-16:00 |
| ECTS Credits | 4 |
| Exam | 120 minutes, written exam (in English) |