Our group is excited to present several papers at Design Computing and Cognition ‘24! We look forward to seeing everyone in Montreal.
Automating Analogical Reasoning: A Wizard of Oz study on the benefits and pitfalls of a sketch-based AI image generator for design
Authors: Gaelle Baudoux and Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Assessing the alignment between word representations in the brain and large language models
Authors: Elisa Kwon, John D. Patterson, Roger E. Beaty, and Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Semantic properties of word prompts shape design outcomes: understanding the influence of semantic richness and
similarity
Authors: Ananya Nandy, Monica Van, Jonathan Li, Kosa Goucher-Lambert, Matthew Klenk, and Shabnam Hakimi
Congratulations to our three new Co-Design PhD graduates (soon to be) Drs. Yakira Mirabito, Ananya Nandy, and Elisa Kwon, who each were presented their doctoral hoods at the 2024 commencement ceremony! We are very proud of you and your many individual and collective accomplishments!
Prof. Goucher-Lambert was a keynote speaker at SfNC 2024 in Toronto, presenting a talk titled “Inspiring Design: Intersecting Techniques Can Enable a New Era of Engineering Design,” and also participated in the Creativity & Design panel. PhD candidate Elisa Kwon also attended and presented a poster on aligning LLMs and neuroimaging data.
We welcome Gaëlle Baudoux, from University of Liège, who will be joining the Co-Design Lab for the next year as a postdoctoral Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) Fellow! Gaëlle investigates the support of idea generation activities via digital analogical stimuli.
Welcome to Berkeley (and Happy Halloween)!
Members of the Co-Design Lab attended the 2023 International Conference on Engineering Design in Bordeaux, France this past week. Along with presenting their work, Elisa, Nicole, Ananya, and Kosa + collaborator Ye were able to meet many wonderful engineering design researchers from different countries, attend interesting talks, and reunite with visiting scholar Samuele!
Postdoc Dr. Mo Hu will begin her new role as Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University! Her lab will focus on human-centered solutions to sustainability challenges in designing and constructing the built environment. They will develop neuro-informed and AI-powered processes and tools to support smart and sustainable decision-making.
We wish you all the best in this new endeavor, Mo!