Looking around, there are many examples where scientific communities are again working to understand how to draw benefits from AI & ML. Today, AI drives cross-disciplinary scientific discovery across many domains like climate change, healthcare, space science and material science. There are increasing examples of AI applied to drug discovery. …

Role Related Research One trend that I had been cautiously curious about is the emerging Citizen Data Scientist role. Citizen Data Scientist refers to an advanced data analysis professional or data professional who wants to do more than basic data analysis, they want to create or generate models that leverage predictive or prescriptive…

I have worked at the intersection of UX and AI for several years and my focus has been on understanding the enterprise side of the equation. Even with this focus, there is a great need to understand and plan for the total experience of those ultimately impacted by this sweeping…

While people who work in design and design-related roles such as user research and human-computer interaction (HCI) may be aware of Artificial Intelligence(AI), the speed that this technology is being adopted calls for some consideration. About 20% of organizations are considered AI pioneers. Having achieved successes in initial AI experiments…

The ways we interact, the ways we work, the ways we think, and the ways we innovate have been indelibly impacted by the pandemic. It has altered many patterns we may have taken for granted. …

Charles “Chuck” Harrison (1931–2018). What comes to mind when you hear the name? He was one of the first Black industrial designers, and a gracious creative who excelled in a profession that deliberately excluded people of color. In his lifetime, Harrison designed over 700 products. His designs influence everyday life…

“If you don’t Stretch, you don’t know Where the edge Is” was a quote on a wall hanging that Sara Little Turnbull gave to Jim Collins, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Born in 1917, Sara Little Turnbull (nee: Finkelstein) epitomized those words. Throughout her long history in…

Why do user research projects have finite starting points and end points when users interact with your product or feature continuously? It’s a rare organization that has the resources or ability to constantly observe their users experiences, however, taking some ques from ethnography, and from some of the best market…

While watching a PBS documentary one evening this past week, I was introduced to one facet of the creative process of a famous playwright, August Wilson. This Pulitzer Prize winning playwright had the habit of taking jobs and immersing himself in environments that provided an opportunity to interact with, and…