Creative Interfaces Research + Design Studio installs AI literacy museum exhibits at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
On June 1 and 2, the Creative Interfaces Research + Design Studio, in collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology, installed the current iterations of three exhibits aimed at fostering AI literacy in middle-school aged youth at the Griffin Museum of Science and...
Dr. Duri Long is awarded best case study honorable mention at CHI 2023
Dr. Duri Long’s paper “Conducting Remote Design Research on Embodied, Collaborative Museum Exhibits” was awarded the best case study honorable mention award at the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Dr. Long’s paper describes her process of...
Creative Interfaces lab members present at C&C ‘24
In June, five members of the Creative Interfaces lab presented at the 2024 ACM Creativity and Cognition conference in Chicago, IL. In the Graduate Symposium, three PhD students presented the state of their research: Maalvika Bhat: “Creative Explainable AI Tools to...
Generative AI and creative output: Dr. Long speaks on panel at Generative AI + Entertainment conference
Dr. Duri Long spoke on a panel on February 1 at the conference “Generative AI+Entertainment: Opportunity, Ethics, and Law”. In her panel, Dr. Long discussed how creators interact with AI and the issue of ownership in the co-creation of creative artifacts with AI....
Having fun with AI: Dr. Duri Long featured in School of Communication Dialogue magazine
Dr. Duri Long was featured in Serious Play: a lab for artistry, expression, and experimentation, a winter 2023 feature in the School of Communication Dialogue magazine. The article, which describes the process of rebranding the School of Communication as a “research...
$156k NSF ITEST award for AI literacy unplugged activities
Dr. Duri Long received a $156k NSF ITEST award for unplugged activities aimed at fostering AI literacy in middle school-aged youth. This project, titled “Non-digital Hands-on AI Learning Resources for Middle-School Students”, will focus on the design of activities...
$50,000 for Convergence Seminar on Computational Embodiments
Dr. Long, along with fellow Northwestern School of Communication faculty members Ozge Samanci, Eliza Bent, Melissa Blanco, Thomas DeFrantz, and Darren Gergle received a $50,000 Convergence Seminar Grant to explore research related to Computational Embodiments. A...
AI Literacy Workshop at CHI 2023
Dr. Duri Long, along with collaborators, ran a workshop on AI Literacy at CHI 2023. Workshop Website Workshop Report Summary of Workshop: Fostering public AI literacy has been a growing area of interest at CHI for several years, and a substantial community is forming...
Thought Leader Dialogue: AI Education
Dr. Duri Long, in collaboration with the Northwestern Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design, hosted a virtual panel on April 7 entitled, “Thought Leaders on AI Education.” The discussion focused on what curricula are available for students and...
$1.7 million NSF AISL award for AI literacy in museums
Dr. Duri Long, Dr. Brian Magerko, and Dr. Jessica Roberts received a $1.7 million-dollar NSF AISL award for AI literacy in museum spaces. The project is titled "Fostering AI Literacy through Embodiment and Creativity across Informal Learning Spaces" and it...