Other Research Initiatives

Building on 30+ years of research into engineering design activity, this initiative conducts empirical and field research towards accelerating radical innovation by teams, organizations and regional ecosystems We study and model how humans innovate both at the interpersonal interaction level and the broader level of an organization or a regional innovation ecosystem, such as Silicon Valley. This research furthers our understanding of innovation as the outcome of an integrated system spanning individual mindset, interpersonal interaction dynamics, and physical, institutional, financial and knowledge infrastructure. We work with commercial firms, universities, foundations and cities to apply the insights gained from this understanding towards accelerating their innovation capability, and at the same time to further develop our models and metrics for innovation.

Projects: Interaction Dynamics Notation (IDN), Visual Diagnostics for Design Thinking Teams, VentureStudio Ahmedabad, VentureStudio Abeokuta, Innovation Ecosystem: Silicon Valley

Contact: Ade Mabogunje, PI: Prof. Friedrich Prinz (by special arrangement)

The advent of autonomous technologies are both exciting and alarming. Ironically, the success or failure of such systems will very much depend on how they interact with people: the need for strong communication, interface and interaction design grows larger rather than smaller in the age of autonomy. This Interaction Design Research initiative generates insight on how people will interact with robots and vehicles in the future We are particularly concerned with joint performance of task, recognizing human states, and opportunities of learning and adaptation By using simulation techniques, we can prototype and test interactions to understand how best to design our future.