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Machine Learning for Speculative Futures Workshop

Last spring, I led a workshop at The Maryland Institute College of Art focusing on Machine Learning + Interface Design. Using a modified version of Stuart Candy's Thing from the Future game,…

A.I. / Machine Learning, Workshops/Lectures
Using Knowledge Graphs to Make Critical Decisions

PI: Helen Armstrong. The NC State Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) partnered with our master’s students in the NCSU College of Design’s Graphic Design Department to tackle the potential for a knowledge…

A.I. / Machine Learning, Funded Research
Solving Challenges for Chief Data Officers with A.I.

PI: Helen Armstrong. Fall 2020, seniors at NC State worked with a team at SAS Analytics for 9 weeks to design an experience within SAS Information Catalog that utilizes Machine Learning (ML)…

A.I. / Machine Learning, Funded Research
Interested in discussing machine learning & design with your class? Here’s a two part lecture.

Here is a two part lecture series to initiate a discussion of machine learning with your design students. I'm happy to lead a Q&A followup if you contact me. Please forgive that…

A.I. / Machine Learning, Workshops/Lectures
“Who’s Afraid of A.I.” Cards

I created a set of cards to help design students explore the potential functionality of machine learning, while considering the ethical implications of use. Both grads and undergrads used the cards to…

A.I. / Machine Learning
What Role Might Machine Learning Ethically Play in Retail Spaces?

PI: Helen Armstrong Last spring, grad students in the Master's in Graphic Design Program at North Carolina State University partnered with an auto parts company to explore this question. The company was…

A.I. / Machine Learning, Funded Research
How Can We Support Data Literacy in Middle Schoolers?

PI: Helen Armstrong As decisions become increasingly data-driven, the ability to interrogate data is emerging as a key skill for self-advocacy. Unfortunately, marginalized communities most heavy impacted by algorithmic decision making are…

Funded Research
Whose Data Is It Anyway? Ever Had Trouble Accessing Your Own Medical Data?

How can the design of an intelligent interface empower patients to access secure personal data repositories, thus giving patients agency over their own medical data? Over the course of the semester our…

A.I. / Machine Learning, Funded Research
Accessibility + IBM Watson?

What's machine learning and what can designers do with it? The NCSU 1st year Masters of Graphic Design Studio took on just this question over the course of the semester. We began…

Funded Research, Inclusive Design
What Do Design Educators Need? The AIGA DEC has Data.

The AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) set aside time during the fall to collect data around the needs of design educators and better articulate the value proposition of the DEC. I co-chaired…

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