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Ideation is a critical component of video-based design (VBD), where videos serve as the primary medium for design exploration and inspiration. The emergence of generative AI offers considerable potential to enhance this process by…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Tianhao He , Andrija Stankovic , Evangelos Niforatos , Gerd Kortuem

Divergent thinking in the ideation stage of creative problem-solving demands that individuals explore a broad design space. Yet this exploration rarely follows a neat, linear sequence; problem-solvers constantly shift among searching,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Yaqing Yang , Vikram Mohanty , Nikolas Martelaro , Aniket Kittur , Yan-Ying Chen , Matthew K. Hong

Broad exploration of references is critical in the visual design process. While text-to-image (T2I) models offer efficiency and customization of exploration, they often limit support for divergence in exploration. We conducted a formative…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-04 DaEun Choi , Kihoon Son , Hyunjoon Jung , Juho Kim

Interior design allows us to be who we are and live how we want - each design is as unique as our distinct personality. However, it is not trivial for non-professionals to express and materialize this since it requires aligning functional…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Ata Çelen , Guo Han , Konrad Schindler , Luc Van Gool , Iro Armeni , Anton Obukhov , Xi Wang

Despite interdisciplinary research leading to larger and longer-term impact, most work remains confined to single-domain academic silos. Recent AI-based approaches to scientific discovery show promise for interdisciplinary research, but…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Priyanka Kargupta , Shuhaib Mehri , Dilek Hakkani-Tur , Jiawei Han

Although exploring alternatives is fundamental to creating better interface designs, current processes for creating alternatives are generally manual, limiting the alternatives a designer can explore. We present Scout, a system that helps…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-01-16 Amanda Swearngin , Chenglong Wang , Alannah Oleson , James Fogarty , Amy J. Ko

Research exploring how to support decision-making has often used machine learning to automate or assist human decisions. We take an alternative approach for improving decision-making, using machine learning to help stakeholders surface ways…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Angie Zhang , Olympia Walker , Kaci Nguyen , Jiajun Dai , Anqing Chen , Min Kyung Lee

Many decision-making approaches rely on the exploration of solution spaces with regards to specified criteria. However, in complex environments, brute-force exploration strategies are usually not feasible. As an alternative, we propose the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-07-06 Timo Müller , Benjamin Maschler , Daniel Dittler , Nasser Jazdi , Michael Weyrich

Large Language Models (LLMs) often struggle with generating truly innovative ideas, typically defaulting to high-probability, familiar concepts within their training data's "gravity wells." While advanced search-based methods like Tree of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Lufan Chang

Design space exploration (DSE) for Text-to-Image (TTI) models entails navigating a vast, opaque space of possible image outputs, through a commensurately vast input space of hyperparameters and prompt text. Minor adjustments to prompt input…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-04 Shm Garanganao Almeda , J. D. Zamfirescu-Pereira , Kyu Won Kim , Pradeep Mani Rathnam , Bjoern Hartmann

Large Language Models (LLMs) have rapidly transformed the landscape of artificial intelligence, enabling natural language interfaces and dynamic orchestration of software components. However, their reliance on probabilistic inference limits…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Claudionor Coelho , Yanen Li , Philip Tee

Materials design often relies on human-generated hypotheses, a process inherently limited by cognitive constraints such as knowledge gaps and limited ability to integrate and extract knowledge implications, particularly when…

Space filling designs are central to studying complex systems in various areas of science. They are used for obtaining an overall understanding of the behaviour of the response over the input space, model construction and uncertainty…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-08-10 Shirin Golchi , Jason L. Loeppky

Effective ideation requires both broad exploration of diverse ideas and deep evaluation of their potential. Generative AI can support such processes, but current tools typically emphasize either generating many ideas or supporting in-depth…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Yaqing Yang , Vikram Mohanty , Yan-Ying Chen , Matthew K. Hong , Nikolas Martelaro , Aniket Kittur

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable reasoning capability in solving mathematical problems. However, existing approaches primarily focus on improving the quality of correct training data, e.g., distilling high-quality…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Zhuoshi Pan , Yu Li , Honglin Lin , Qizhi Pei , Zinan Tang , Wei Wu , Chenlin Ming , H. Vicky Zhao , Conghui He , Lijun Wu

Scientific discovery is a cumulative process and requires new ideas to be situated within an ever-expanding landscape of existing knowledge. An emerging and critical challenge is how to identify conceptually relevant prior work from rapidly…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Yuexi Shen , Minqian Liu , Dawei Zhou , Lifu Huang

We present a computational model of creative design based on collaborative interactive genetic algorithms. In our model, designers individually guide interactive genetic algorithms (IGAs) to generate and explore potential design solutions…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Juan C. Quiroz , Amit Banerjee , Sushil J. Louis , Sergiu M. Dascalu

Objective: Our study objective is to design a feasible technology solution for health organizations to remove barriers to evidence-based clinical information retrieval, and improve Evidence-Based Practice. Methods: Literature from 2010 to…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Alvet Miranda , Shah Jahan Miah

Interior design often struggles to capture the subtleties of client experience, leaving gaps between what clients feel and what designers can act upon. We present AIDED, a designer-AI co-design workflow that integrates multimodal client…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Yang Chen Lin , Chen-Ying Chen , Kai-Hsin Hou , Hung-Yu Chen , Po-Chih Kuo

Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated their potential in automating the scientific research ideation. Existing approaches primarily focus on prompting techniques, often producing ideas misaligned with expert…

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