Exploring the potential of AI to support team effectiveness in interdisciplinary product development

While robots and automation in general have been replacing humans in repetitive and routine labour for many years (Vagia et al., 2016), the role of AI is considered to develop from mere tools to integral teammates (Bradshaw et al., 2007; Rebensky et al., 2022; Rix, 2022). Within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human-AI Teams, a...

Power-full Reflexivity: Unveiling Power Dynamics to Foster Participatory Decision-Making in Organization

Academically, the application of participatory practices that involve the people who will use the products or services has become widely recognized and essential. However, many organizations struggle with implementing this concept within their organizational context, particularly when it comes to participatory decision-making. It is common for...

Improving Document Exploration for Students as Novice Researchers During their Literature Review

Capabilities and limitation of topic modeling were explored through a literature review. A design opportunity was recognized in literature review for students as novice researchers. Interviews were held with master students to gain insight in their literature review process. Students reported issues with the process of related document...

Mitigating Fixation in Creative Process by Using Patent Data Tool as Stimuli

In the early conceptual stage of design, novice designers and professionals experience different levels of fixation. Design tools and workflows can support designers to explore creative opportunities. Patent data tool for engineering design purposes is one example, using the design-by-analogy method to facilitate divergent ideation. This work...

A minor taxonomy proposal for the ambient intelligent environment (AmIE) design space

This research aims to create a minor taxonomy of the domain of Ambient Intelligent Environments (AmIE), sometimes simply called Ambient Intelligence (AmI). These refer to ‘smart-,’ ‘intelligent-,’ or ‘assistive-’ built environments including homes, schools, offices, museums, hospitals, libraries, stores, labs, prisons, warehouses, transport hubs...