計算人文與創造力工作坊:師法自然

「計算人文與創造力」課程系列兼具演講與工作坊形式,由理論而實作、循序漸進帶領同學修煉硬派跨領域實力。本學期將由以仿傚自然界現象為基調之各種計算概念與框架(例如:蟻群演算、類神經網路、基因演算...等等)出發,研習多項以藝術人文與創意領域為主之應用主題;下半學期同學們將實際運用所習得之自然演算框架,進行自選主題之藝術人文創作計劃。 另外為了深入探討自然計算的創作應用,在上半學期特別安排了為期兩週的微課程「十六世紀對位法導論」。「對位法」是寫作多聲部音樂的重要基礎,想一窺多聲部音樂創作之堂奧的同學請把握機會。 計算思維是廿一世紀跨領域工作者必備的能力,而由此延伸至藝術、人文與創造力的跨域主題更是充滿各式各樣豐富的可能性。本課程便是為了引導同學成為兼具計算思維與人文厚度的未來人才而設計,由兩位不同專長的教師協同教授理論與實作課程,每學期以精選主題來刺激同學的跨域思維與實作能力。在工具與素養兼備的條件下,培養出挑戰高難度跨域創意的膽識。 "A Computational Journey Towards Humanities and Creativity" are a series of courses held in a combination of lectures and workshops, guiding students step-by-step through theory and practice to develop hardcore interdisciplinary abilities. The first half of this semester will begin with a variety of computational ideas and frameworks, e.g., Ant Colony Optimization, Artificial Neural Network, Genetic Algorithm, etc., based on learning from or imitating natural phenomena, followed by applications in the field of arts, humanities and creativity. In the second half, students will use the computational frameworks they have learned to carry out their artistic and humanities creative projects. To further explore the application of natural computing in creativity, "Introduction to Counterpoint in the Sixteenth Century", a two-week micro-course, is offered in the first half of the semester. Since Counterpoint has a fundamental role in the polyphonic music, this would be a great opportunity for those who are interested in polyphonic music writing to acquire basic knowledge through this micro-course. Computational thinking is a key competence of interdisciplinary workers in the 21st century, and it has a variety of possibilities when it extends to the fields of art, humanity, and creativity. This course is designed to guide students to become future talents equipped with trainings in both computational thinking and humanities and will be taught by teachers with distinctive expertise in theory and practice. Each semester different topics are selected to stimulate students' ability of interdisciplinary thinking and practice. Possessing the readiness of tools and literacy, students will be able to face the challenges of interdisciplinary creativity on the higher level.

具備任何程式語言經驗、或對此有濃厚興趣者(課程內容將包含程式設計入門引導)。

本課程進行方式為 F56 實體課程、輔以線上分組授課形式 (時間另定)。 註:為配合防疫措施,本學期初將調整為全程線上方式授課。課程連結:https://meet.google.com/run-qapr-xzx

論文導讀及實驗 (30%)、工作坊參與 (40%)、期末作品 (30%)

Research papers and articles from various sources. Casey Reas and Ben Fry. Make: Getting Started with Processing. 2nd. ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, 2015.(*) (中譯本:《Processing入門:互動式圖形實作介紹》。蔣大偉譯。碁峰,2016。) — Processing - A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2014. Lee Jacobson and Burak Kanber. Genetic Algorithms in Java Basics: Solve Classical Problems like The Travelling Salesman with GA. New York: Apress, 2015. Knud Jeppesen. Counterpoint : the polyphonic vocal style of the sixteenth century. New York : Dover Publications, 1992. Chun-Yien Chang and Ying-Ping Chen. In the name of creativity: En route to inspiring machines. In Proceedings of 2021 International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'21).