Detailed Program
Date
Time
Event
Saturday | July 6th
14:00 – 17:30
Location: EV Building (Concordia Engineering And Visual Arts Building)
Workshop 1 & Workshop 2
Room EV 2.184 Room EV 3.309
Sunday | July 7th
9:00 – 12:30
14:00 – 17:30
18:30
Location: EV Building (Concordia Engineering And Visual Arts Building)
Workshop 3 & Workshop 4
Room EV 2.184 Room EV 3.309
Location: EV Building (Concordia Engineering And Visual Arts Building)
Workshop 5 & Workshop 6
Room EV 2.184 Room EV 3.309
Pre-conference mixer
Location: Tuscolo, 1466 Crescent St.
Pay for your own drinks and food
Monday | July 8th
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 - 10:15
Location for all sessions: EV Building (Concordia Engineering and Visual Arts Building)
Room 2.260
Registration
Opening
John Gero and Yong Zeng
Keynote
Chair: John Gero
Speaker: Roger Beaty, Penn State
Assessing and Enhancing Human Creativity with AI
10:15 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - 12:30
Session 1: Design Processes
Chair: Michela Turrin, TU Delft
Nick Kelly, Jess Greentree, Ricardo Sosa and Richard Evans
Automating Useful Representations of the Design Process from Design Protocols
Gaëlle Baudoux and Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Automating Analogical Reasoning: A Wizard of Oz Study on the Benefits and Pitfalls of a Sketch-based AI Image Generator for Design
Ahmed Shahriar Sakib, Ada Hurst and Frank Safayeni
Towards AI-Assisted Protocol Analysis in Design Research: Automating Question Labelling with GPT-4 According to Eris’ (2004) Taxonomy
Yuval Kahlon and Haruyuki Fujii
Mapping Design Computing Research
12:30 – 13:45
LunchRoom
EV 4.101
13:45 – 15:30
Session 2: Design Creativity
Chair: Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo
Mengru Wang, Zhengya Gong, Huaidong Peng, Sohail Ahmed Soomro, Rui Wang and Georgi V. Georgiev
The Influence of Semantic Stimuli on Design Creativity: An EEG Study from the Perspective of Design Neurocognition
Mengru Wang, Sohail Ahmed Soomro, Zhengya Gong and Georgi V. Georgiev
Neurocognition of Design Creativity Studied with EEG: A Systematic Literature Review
Rachel Kimball and Rohan Prabhu
Thinking Divergently: Exploring the Effects of ADHD on Design Creativity and Cognitive Load
Evan Brown and Rohan Prabhu
Looking Within: Exploring the Effects of Social Identity-Based Reflection on Designers’ Problem Framing Behavior
15:30 - 16:00
Break
16:00 – 17:45
Session 3: Design Cognition
Chair: Alison Olewcheski, University of Toronto
John Gero and Julie Milovanovic
Micro Analysis of Team Design: Temporal Formation and Dissolution of Subteams while Designing
Dmitry Leshkov and Elies Dekoninck
Evaluating Consistencies and Variances in Inclusive Design Principles for Neurodivergent Individuals
Jaechang Ko and Sora Key
A Quantitative Examination of Design Experience and its Influence on the Perception of Minimalism in Architectural Design
Julianne Attai, Meagan Flus and Alison Olechowski
Examining Conflict Patterns in Hackathon Teams: A Case Study
18:00
Reception
Location: MB Building (John Molson Building, Concordia University)
Room 10.121
Tuesday | July 9th
9:00 - 10:45
Session 4: Shape and Form
Chair: Iestyn Jowers, Open University
Iestyn Jowers, Daniel John Clarke and Richard J Moat
Square-based Honeycombs: A Study of Shape and Performance
Deborah Benros
A Generative Multilingual Shape Grammar for Mini and Micro-housing Design, Applied Robotic Construction its Design and Build Experience
Yichao Shi and Athanassios Economou
Parametric Interpretation of Dougong in Yingzao Fashi: Advancing Chinese Bracket Set Grammar with Shape Machine
Russell Newton and Athanassios Economou
Redefining Line Maximization
10:45 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 12:45
Session 5: Design Technology
Chair: Jenn Campbell, University of Arkansas
Esdras Paravizo and Nathan Crilly
How Do we Know if a Design Space Representation is Accurate or Useful? Insights from the DS-Viz Method
Nayeon Kim and John Gero
Visual Attention to Biophilic Elements in Virtual Classroom Design: A VR Eye-Tracking Study
Stephanie Bunt, Catherine Berdanier and Nathan Brown
Optimization in Parametric Design Thinking: Are New Models Needed?
Akash Agrawal and Christopher McComb
Symmetry Heuristics for Stable Reinforcement Learning Design Agents
12:45 – 14:15
Lunch
14:15 –15:45
Session 6: AI and Design
Chair: Christopher McComb, Carnegie Mellon University
Wangchuan Feng, Sebastien Hélie and Jitesh Panchal
Increasing the Diversity of Design Concepts Generated by Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT
Elisa Koolman, John Z. Clay, Xingang Li, Rundong Jiang, Molly H. Goldstein, Charles Xie, H. Onan Demirel and Zhenghui Sha
A Multi-case Study of Traditional, Parametric, and Generative Design Thinking of Engineering Students
Jiacheng Sun and Ting Liao
MazeMind: Exploring the Effects of Hand Gestures and Eye Gazing on Cognitive Load and Task Efficiency in an Augmented Reality Environment
Antoine Bordas, Pascal Le Masson, Maxime Thomas and Benoit Weil
What is Generative in Generative Artificial Intelligence? A Design-based Perspective
15:45 –16:15
Poster Presentations
Chair: Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech
16:15– 16:45
Break
16:45– 17:45
Poster Viewing
19:00
Conference Dinner
Location: TBA
Wednesday | July 10th
9:00 - 10:45
Session 7: Design and Brain Behaviors
Chair: Mark Goudswaard, Bristol University
Mark Goudswaard, Tripp Shealy and John Gero
An Exploration of Brain Lateralization During Engineering Design Ideation
Luqian Wang, Clive Hy Wong, Leanne Chang, Zhen Yuan and Yi-Teng Shih
A New Approach for Examining the Changes of Brain Behaviors between Problem-finding and Problem-solving in Design Teamwork
Wenjun Jia, Hongjiang Yu, Morteza Zangeneh Soroush and Yong Zeng
Higher-order Cognitive States Recognition in Open-ended Design Creation Tasks Using EEG Microstate Analysis and Convolutional Neural Networks
Emma Walker, Tripp Shealy and John Gero
Neuro-cognitive Feedback as a Tool for Improving Cognitive Endurance in Engineering Design
Fanika Lukačević, Niccolò Becattini and Stanko Škec
Comparing Engineering Designers’ Brain Activity in Visuospatial Reasoning Tasks
10:45 - 11:15
Break
11:15- 12:45
Session 8: Design AI Applications
Chair: Newton D'Souza, Florida International University
Elisa Kwon, John D. Patterson, Roger E. Beaty and Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Assessing the Alignment Between Word Representations in the Brain and Large Language Models
Newton D'Souza and Mohammad Dastmalchi
Design Creativity Stranded at Mid Journey? Exploring Creative Disruption and Potential of Architectural Prompts in Generative AI
Ananya Nandy, Monica Van, Jonathan Li, Kosa Goucher-Lambert, Matthew Klenk and Shabnam Hakimi
Semantic Properties of Word Prompts Shape Design Outcomes: Understanding the Influence of Semantic Richness and Similarity
Cole Jetton, Christopher Hoyle and Matthew Campbell
Overcoming Design Challenges in Coupled System Device Problems Using Agent-Based Models
12:45 – 13:00
Prizes, closing and location of DCC'26