Digital Futures in Human-Computer Interaction: Design Thinking for Digital Transformation

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Zhiyong Fu is a tenure track Associate Professor of the Information Art and Design Department Academy of Arts and Design Tsinghua University in China PR. He is the Director of Art and Technology Innovation Base of Tsinghua University the Associate Dean of China-Italy Design Innovation Hub the Director of Tsinghua Service Design Institute the Vice-Director of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Research Center and the President of the International Chinese Association of Computer-Human Interaction. His research interests focused on futurology and design innovation tools. Based on the concepts and methods of speculative design design fiction and futures studies Futures Thinking is integrated into design Thinking and the research through Design (RtD) model is developed to develop innovative tools and resources to support interdisciplinary research and practice. He organized the 2020 and 2021 Design Futures Online International Conference promoted the application of the future Literacy Laboratory in China with the UNESCO Future Literacy Team and built an international network to promote the in-depth development of the field of design future.Anna Barbara is the Associate Professor of Interior and Space Design at the Politecnico di Milano Italy and the founder of Senselab Milan International Design Studio. She has served as a visiting professor at Academy of Art and Design of Tsinghua University Kookmin University in Seoul South Korea and Hosei University in Tokyo Japan. Anna Barbara founded Milan-based international design studio Senselab which has offices in Milan and Dubai UAE. She is committed to combining designs and senses with abundant experiences in interior design and other fields. She has designed professional works all over China Japan USA Europe UK and UAE most of which have won international awards. Her works and research achievements have been selected by ADI-Index 2019.Peter Scupelli is the Nierenberg Associate Professor of Design and Director of the Learning Environments Lab in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction M.S. in HCI M.Des. in Interaction Design and an undergraduate Architecture degree. Peter has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers at international conferences and journals. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and Institutes of Educational Science. His work with A12 was exhibited in the Architecture Biennial of Venice; PS1-MOMA New York; the São Paulo Contemporary Art Biennial in Brazil; the ZKM museum of Karlsruhe Germany and many other places.