This course aims to equip students with the thorough understanding of the computational concepts behind the responsive interfaces and intelligent games so that they can apply the techniques in developing new interfaces and games on different media platforms. Interactive and intelligent visual interfaces are the windows and faces of various contemporary media such as games, smartphones, tablets and interactive TV. Those engaging visual interface and novel interaction experience are driven by sophisticated computational concepts and meticulous implementations. Going beyond buttons and point-and-click interface, this course will cover physical-based interfaces built with particles, springs, elasticity, forces and collisions, and explore various input modalities using webcam and microphone for gesture and voice recognition. Special topics on Path-finding, Cellular Automata and Genetic Algorithm will also be introduced to expand student’s arsenal of tools in interactive art and design development.