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ProtoLab
UC San Diego’s ProtoLab investigates the foundations of collective intelligence, creativity, feedback exchange, and decision making using human-centered design, data science, qualitative methods, and system prototyping. We design and develop novel social computing systems — leveraging LLMs, crowdsourcing, visualization, and ubiquitous devices — that scaffold problem-solving for individuals, teams, and communities. Our goal is to investigate the cognitive, social, organizational, and cultural aspects of design.
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Jane L. E, Yu-Chun Grace Yen, Isabelle Yan Pan, Grace Lin, Mingyi Li, Hyoungwook Jin, Mengyi Chen,, Haijun Xia, and Steven P. Dow. In Proceedings of ACM Creativity and Cognition, 2024.
Jude Rayan, Nicole Gong, Yuewen Yang, Dhruv Kanetkar, Srishti Palani, Haijun Xia, and Steven P. Dow. In Proceedings of ACM Creativity and Cognition, 2024.
Xiaotong (Tone) Xu, Jiayu Yin, Catherine Gu, Jenny Mar, Sydney Zhang, Jane L. E, and Steven P. Dow. 2024. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI ’24).
UC San Diego’s ProtoLab conducts research at the intersection of social computing and design with the goal of developing tools, processes, and instructional techniques that change the way people solve complex problems creatively and collaboratively. We develop technology related to social media, crowdsourcing, mixed-initiative systems, and physical-digital interactions to enable large-scale online creativity and to study the cognitive, social, and cultural aspects of design.
Socio-Technical Environments for Community-Driven Design
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Leveraging Metadata to Support Collective Ideation
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