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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +65 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in

#robotics #design #social networks +76 more
Project Research

Design Justice Project at MIT

​We take as a starting point for our work the recent scholarship by Sasha Costanza-Chock, Design Justice, in which she described design jus…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity +1 more
Raechel Walker · Anastasia Ostrowski +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +8 more
Research
Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +57 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Bringing design justice to the classroom and workplace

Project shares ways to create community around design equity, ethics, and justice.

via MIT News · Sept. 20, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#design #human-computer interaction #learning + teaching +4 more
Research
Viral Communications

People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop

#design #virtual reality #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Lifelong Kindergarten

Engaging people in creative learning experiences

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +36 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Co-Design of Social Robots with Older Adults

Social robots equipped with AI and designed with users’ social, emotional, and relational interactions in mind are increasingly being highl…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Anastasia Ostrowski · Cynthia Breazeal +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 more
Project Research

Tools to investigate societal impacts of robots and AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents in an embodied form, such as Jibo, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home, are increasingly becoming part of our…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +5 more
Project Research

Design Justice Workshops

In a series of design workshops, the HRI Equitable Design framework from previous work (see Ostrowski et al. 2022) was expanded to a worksh…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Cynthia Breazeal · Anastasia Ostrowski
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 more
Research
MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

#robotics #design #social networks +44 more
Research
Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #design #social networks +58 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +77 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Studies at the intersection of equity, computing, and education

“The work I’m doing is deeply rooted in the belief that you can plant seeds in people,” says graduate student Cecilé Sadler.

via MIT News · June 29, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#kids #learning + teaching #computer science +2 more
Article Research

If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

MIT Media Lab postdoc Ziv Epstein discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.

via MIT News · June 15, 2023
in Affective Computing · Human Dynamics · Viral Communications +1 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +73 more
Accepting Applicants
Post Research

Prathima Muniyappa and Alexandra Rieger among 2024 cohort of MIT MAD Design Fellows

The MAD Fellowship is an opportunity for MIT grad students to propose a research-oriented or personal design project.

May 9, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Space Enabled
#artificial intelligence #music #neurobiology +3 more
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +67 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Engagement with Voice-User Interface Agents

Voice-user interfaces (VUIs), such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, are increasingly becoming present in domestic environments. Us…

in Personal Robots
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +6 more

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