Hi everyone,
Sorry for the reminder and cross-posting
We are hosting an HCI guest talk *tomorrow*.
Dr. Bokyung Lee (https://boleehci.com) is an HCI researcher at Autodesk Research and will give a talk on *March 12 Friday, at 10:30 am *entitled "*Not just Helping You Design Easily, But Helping you Design What You Desire*" (more details below).
We will be using the zoom link below.
*When:* Friday March 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
*Where: * https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81143489333 (Passcode: *201287*)
*Title:*
Not just Helping You Design Easily, But Helping you Design What You Desire.
*Abstract:*
Advanced technologies in digital fabrication and manufacturing are opening up new possibilities for democratizing design activity to everyone. Several design tools have been suggested to support people in designing 3D products without any professional knowledge or education. Still, most of them started with an assumption that people already know what they want to design, which is not always true in real life.
Throughout my research, I asked myself a more fundamental question: “*How can we support people to generate design solutions that fit their desired uses-cases or scenarios?*” For the last five years, I’ve especially focused on investigating how our bodies can act as a mediator to convey use-phase knowledge (which usually remains in the physical space) in the design phase (which is usually done in the digital space). In this talk, I will share some of my approaches and discuss the future directions for digital design tools.
*Bio: *
(from https://boleehci.com)
Dr. Bokyung Lee is an HCI / Interaction Design researcher. And hold a Ph.D. in Industrial Design at KAIST http://id.kaist.ac.kr/ (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). I am currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Autodesk Research https://autodeskresearch.com/, Toronto.
My research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive System Designs. I envision the potential interactions for future technologies (VR/AR/AI-agency) with a goal of enhancing our experiences. During my Ph.D., I explored embodied interactions for VR/AR digital design tools. I enjoy creating and applying new user-centered design methods, as well as prototyping interactive systems. To read my entire research vision, please visit here https://boleehci.com/vision/.
- embodied interaction - vision-based design study - simulation-driven design - generative design / data-driven design
*When:*
Friday March 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
*Where: *
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81143489333 (Passcode: *201287*)
Hope to see you there!
Mauricio Sousa
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Posdoctoral Fellow