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Invited Lecture @ Politecnico di Milano!
Gave an invited lecture on “Transitions Through Design” for the “Final Synthesis Design Studio” at the Politecnico di Milano, at the Scuola del Design, taught by Profs. Beatrice Villari, Daniela Sangiorgi, Davide Fassi, and Claudio Dell’Era. I received wonderful questions from students and professors. Thank you for inviting me, and a big thank you to…
Learn X Design 2025 conference paper September 22-24, 2025.
Peter Scupelli & Paulo Carvalho will present their co-authored paper titled “Design Futures Pedagogy: Does the type of exercise, year of study, order, and number of exercises matter?” at the DRS special interest group conference Learn X Design 2025 at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, on September 22-24. Abstract Teaching design for long-term, societal-level sustainability…
Future of Education Conference Paper June 19-21, 2024.
April 25, 2024 3:17 PM Peter Scupelli is presenting a paper titled “Design Education Alternative Futures: Climate Disaster, Artificial Intelligence, and DEIBJ?” at the 14th Future of Education International Conference in Florence, Italy on June 19-21. Abstract How engaged should design education be with the unfolding Climate Disaster, Artificial Intelligence, and DEIBJ (diversity, equity, inclusion,…
Guest lecture “AI & SUSTAINABILITY: some dexign thinking for alternative futures”
March 8, 2024 11:03 PM Peter Scupelli gave an invited lecture at the Politecnico di Milano, titled “AI & SUSTAINABILITY: some dexign thinking for alternative futures,” for the Service Design and Innovation – Smart Service course taught by Prof. Marzia Mortati in the Master’s Program in Product-Service Systems Design, at the Politecnico di Milano, on March, 8,…
Invited lecture for the Connections Lecture Series
November 10, 2023 9:48 AM Peter Scupelli is giving a lecture titled “Dexign Thinking: Finding Design Opportunities in Societal Transitions” at the Connections Lecture Series in Doha, Qatar on November 14, 2023 Time: 4:00 to 5:15 pm (Arabian Standard Time) in Room: 3048 at CMU-Q. Abstract Change is exponential. Products and services are developed faster,…
Global Design Futures Network Symposium and Workshops in Bali, Indonesia
November 10, 2023 10:29 AM The 2023 Global Design Futures Network Symposium and Workshops are being held at the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center in Bali, Indonesia November 16-19, 2023. Global Design Futures Network (GDFN) was established through a memorandum of understanding signed in May 2023 by the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University,…
Visiting Researcher in Design at the Politecnico di Milano
September 1, 2023 1:45 PM Peter Scupelli will be a visiting researcher in design futures methods at the Politecnico di Milano. Peter will also co-teach Design Futures-related methods in the Ephemeral Design course with Professors Anna Barbara, Nicolò Gobini, and Francesca Molteni. Last updated: 1:44 pm
IASDR 2023
September 1, 2023 1:42 PM Peter Scupelli will present a paper titled “Teaching to transfer Causal Layered Analysis from Futures Thinking to Design Thinking” at the 2023 IASDR conference held in Milan, Italy October 9-14 at The Politecnico di Milano. AbstractWe live in exponentially changing worlds. Design educators are challenged to teach new design methods…
Keynote at the “REFLECTING on the Metaverse through Experiential Futures”
February 2, 2023 3:03 PM Peter Scupelli gave the closing keynote lecture titled “Some experiential dexign thinking for alternative metaverses” at the “REFLECTING on the Metaverse through Experiential Futures,” as part of the Design Thinking JAM, Sixth Edition of the Observatory of Design Thinking for Business, Rethinking Design Thinking, School of Management, Politecnico di Milano.…
Visiting Professor in Design at the Politecnico di Milano
August 5, 2022 4:20 PM Peter Scupelli will be a visiting professor in design at the Politecnico di Milano. Peter will be co-teaching Design Futures related methods in the Ephemeral Design course with Professors Anna Barbara, Nicolò Gobini, and Francesca Molteni. Last updated: 1:44 pm
IASDR 2021
October 15, 2021 7:50 PM Peter Scupelli will present a paper titled “Teaching Designers to Anticipate Future Challenges with Causal Layered Analysis” at the 2021 IASDR conference held in Hong Kong December 5-9 at TThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University. AbstractLow-probability disasters like global pandemics, nuclear war, earthquakes, solar flares and so forth require anticipatory imagination…
2021 International Conference Design Futures
October 15, 2021 8:21 PM Peter Scupelli is presenting a keynote lecture titled “Futures in Design Education?” at the second International Conference Design Futures held at Tsinghua University. The conference is online on the weekends of November 6-7 and 13-14 (Beijing time), 2021. https://www.designfutures.cn/en/ Below is a description from the conference organizers. Facing the drastic…
2021 Future Pioneer Futures Summer School Invited Lecture
July 29, 2021 11:17 AM On July 29, 2021, Peter Scupelli gave an invited lecture at the Future Pioneer 未来塑造力·先锋行动 summer program organized by Tsinghua University and OCT Innovation & Research Institute. There are 164 Chinese students from 45 universities around the world who participated in the summer school. Ninety-nine students finished the second round…
HCII2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
July 6, 2020 5:51 PM Peter Scupelli is presenting a paper titled “Teaching to Find Design Opportunities for Behavior Change Through Causal Layered Analysis” for the Human-Computer Interaction International Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark July 16-24, 2020. Abstract. Change is exponential. Products and services are developed faster, hold a shorter shelf-life disrupted by new offerings,…
Designing the Futures: Methodology, Tools, and Practices
July 5, 2020 5:40 PM Peter Scupelli gave a Keynote Lecture at the “Designing the Futures: Methodology, Tools, and Practices” Digital Salon organized by Tsinghua University on July 5, 2020. The lecture was titled “Dexign Futures for Challenging Times.”
United Nations World Urban Forum
January 18, 2020 9:21 PM Peter Scupelli is presenting a paper titled “The Faster Ones Don’t Always Win: Dexign Futures Thinking for Innovation in Urban Contexts” at the United Nations 10th World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi, UAE. “We live in the Anthropocene Era. Change is exponential. Design and the impact of design is everywhere…
IASDR 2019: Design Revolutions
August 27, 2019 7:19 AM The School of Design’s Peter Scupelli will be presenting a paper at the IASDR Conference in Manchester, UK on September 2nd. He will be presenting “Teaching Futures: Trade-offs Between Flipped Classroom and Design Studio Course Pedagogies,” written by Peter Scupelli, Stuart Candy and Judy Brooks. From the abstract: Change is…
Re-Designing Education to Shape a Better World
June 6, 2019 2:31 PM Peter Scupelli is leading a team at the “Re-Designing Education to Shape a Better World” symposium in Florence, Italy on June 21-23, 2019. During the 3-day symposium educators and designers are challenged to imagine, design and create concepts for future education systems to empower students and teachers to develop a positive…
International Conference The Future of Education
June 6, 2019 2:42 PM Peter Scupelli is presenting a paper titled “Teaching to Dexign Futures in China: A Vision for a Blended Learning Pedagogy to be Deployed at Scale” at the International Conference The Future of Education held in Florence Italy on June 27-28, 2019. The paper was co-authored with Professor Fu Zhiyong from…
Climate Reality Leaders Training
March 11, 2019 3:25 PM Thursday, March 14, 2019 – 8:00am to Saturday, March 16, 2019 – 3:30pm The School of Design’s Peter Scupelli will be attending training for the Climate Reality Leadership Corps on March 14th. The Climate Reality Project’s mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate change crisis by making urgent action a…
Georgia Tech Invited Lecture
March 11, 2019 3:22 PM Peter Scupelli gave a talk titled “Teaching to Future – Tradeoffs Between Flipped Classroom and Design Course Pedagogies.” at the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing. In the 21st century, change is exponential. Products and services are designed and developed faster, and their shelf-life disrupted…
Design Educators Workshop: Applying the Flipped Classroom Pedagogy to Design Courses
October 21, 2018 12:37 PM Peter Scupelli taught a workshop for 40 university design educators at Tsinghua University October 21, 2018 as part of the Design 3.0 International Forum held in Beijing, China. The workshop focused on how design educators might use the flipped classroom pedagogy to teach design courses. Dr Scupelli used the Dexign…
Design 3.0 Forum in Beijing, China.
October 10, 2018 2:36 PM Peter Scupelli is presenting a talk at the Design 3.0 Forum in Beijing China on October 19. The forum is organized by Tsinghua University and KAIST University. Design 3.0 Forum aims to raise and discuss the challenging issues in design research, education and practice in this newly emerging paradigm we now…
China National Arts Fund Initiation and forum: Training innovative art and tech talents for the 2022 Winter Olympics Games.
June 1, 2018 5:54 PM Peter Scupelli delivered a keynote speech titled “Olympic projects as desirable futures” at the “China National Arts Fund Initiation and forum: Training innovative art and tech talents for the 2022 Winter Olympics Games” on June 9 at the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University. http://www.ieeac2015.org.cn/p/17/20180614/171813553838279.html Last updated: 2:36 pm
IEERC INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS WORKSHOP: Design Thinking and Futures Thinking
June 1, 2018 5:49 PM Peter Scupelli taught the Design Thinking and Futures Thinking workshop June 7-9, at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The workshop was called “Using the Flipped Classroom to Teach Design Thinking and Futures Thinking.” The world is changing at an exponential rate. How might design educators teach different types of design thinking…
US2020 STEM Collaboratory Keynote
January 24, 2018 3:52 PM Kristin Hughes and Peter Scupelli are keynoting for the US2020 STEM Collaboratory workshop Thursday, February 1, 2018. About the US2020 ChallengeThe US2020 STEM Challenge is a competition for communities that are working together through cross-sector partnerships to bridge the opportunity gap and bring maker-centered learning and STEM mentorship opportunities to more…
Summit for Design Research
September 22, 2017 7:02 PM Thursday, October 5, 2017 – 8:00am to Friday, October 6, 2017 – 5:00pm Peter Scupelli will be at the Summit for Design Research at the IIT Instititute of Design on October 5th and 6th. Activities will include meetings and an evening social event on Thursday, October 5th, and a full day…
IASDR 2017 conference
September 22, 2017 2:49 PM Peter Scupelli to present a paper titled “Opening a Design Education Pipeline from University to K-12 and Back” at the IASDR 2017 conference in Cincinnati. Opening a Design Education Pipeline from University to K-12 and Back AbstractTo prepare students to imagine desirable futures amidst current planetary level challenges, design educators…
Future of Education Charrette
July 20, 2017 5:44 PM Futures of Education Charrette Peter Scupelli is joining two dozen leading thinkers, tech visionaries, librarians and change-agents to help imagine a new universe of collaborative systems that could transform the academy. The group convenes at Indiana University’s Ostrom Workshop, founded by commons scholar and Nobel laureate Professor Elinor Ostrom, from…
LEL granted Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) award
May 24, 2017 5:45 PM The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center recently approved the lab’s request for supercomputing resources, which will be used for the lab’s research on Creative Workplace Alchemies: Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning to Study Occupancy of Individual Workspaces and Collaboration Hotspots. Abstract. Much like creative knowledge work environments, studio-based design education environments are…
Paper presentation @ Viking PLoP 2017
March 14, 2017 10:53 AM Peter Scupelli will present a paper at the Viking Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (Viking PLoP) 2017 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The conference has long roots going back to 2002 when VikingPLoP was arranged for the first time in Helsingor, Denmark. As Vikings used to travel around Europe, this year the…
Paper presentation @ EuroPLoP 2017
March 14, 2017 11:09 AM Paul Inventado will present a paper at the 22nd European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP) 2017 in Kloster Irsee, Bavaria, Germany. EuroPLoP is the premier European conference on patterns and pattern languages. Design patterns are a unique and effective way to capture and share expertise, tacit knowledge and research findings.…
Presentation@2nd Annual Winter School Design Summit
January 25, 2017 3:26 PM Peter Scupelli gave a keynote talk on “How might design educators teach to Transition Design?” at The Glasgow School of Art’s 2nd Annual Winter School Design Summit in Scotland. The theme of this year’s summit was Innovation from Tradition, and explored the relationship between culture and economy, between design and its consumption,…
Poster Presentation@CMU’s Teaching & Learning Summit
August 16, 2016 12:20 PM Peter Scupelli and Paul Inventado presented posters at the first Teaching and Learning Summit for faculty and graduate students hosted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation. The event was designed to: 1. Scupelli, P. and Brooks, J. “Dexign Futures: a flipped, open learning initiative course” Abstract:…
Futures Panel@2016 a2ru National Conference
August 16, 2016 10:45 AM Peter Scupelli gave a talk on the opening plenary panel 2016 a2ru National Conference at the University of Colorado in Denver. The theme of this year’s conference was ArtsRx: Creative Venture, Wellbeing & the New Humanities. The conference highlighted keynote speakers, panels, breakout sessions and workshops that explore and reflect arts-integrative interdisciplinary research and practice in…
Creative Workplace Alchemies: Individual Workspaces and Collaboration Hotspots in Architecture and Interaction
June 22, 2016 6:16 PM Peter Scupelli wrote a chapter on ”Creative Workplace Alchemies: Individual Workspaces and Collaboration Hotspots” in the newly published book, Architecture and Interaction. Last updated: 6:16 pm
Paper presentations @ DRS Conference 2016
June 22, 2016 1:30 AM Peter Scupelli presented papers at the 50th Anniversary Design+Research+Society Conference 2016, hosted by the University of Brighton in the UK. The papers featured were: 1) Scupelli & Hanington: Design Studio Desk and Shared Place Attachments: A Study on Ownership, Personalization, and Agency Abstract: Increasing numbers of students, limited space, and decreasing budgets nudge…
Paper presentations @ EDM2016
June 22, 2016 11:34 AM Peter Scupelli and Paul Inventado presented papers at The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2016) in Raleigh, North Carolina. 1. Inventado, P.S., Scupelli, P., Van Inwegen, E., Ostrow, K. Heffernan, N. , Baker, R., Slater, S., and Ocumpaugh, J. “Hint Availability Slows Completion Times in Summer Work” Abstract: On-demand help in…
Paper presentation @ 2016 IDSA International Conference
June 22, 2016 2:00 AM Peter Scupelli presented a paper he co-authored with Judy Brooks and Arnold Wasserman on “Making Dexign Futures learning happen: A case study for a flipped, Open-Learning Initiative course” at the 2016 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference in Detroit, Michigan. Abstract: How do design educators make change happen to address…
Paper presentation @ EuroPLoP 2016
June 22, 2016 1:00 AM Peter Scupelli and Paul Inventado presented their paper, “Media-type Selection Design Patterns for Problem-solving Content and Support in Online Learning Systems” at the 21st European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP) 2016 in Bavaria, Germany. EuroPLoP is the premier European conference on patterns and pattern languages. Design patterns are a unique…
Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics: Potentials and Possibilities for Online Education in Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning: Foundations and Applications
May 28, 2016 2:16 PM Paul Inventado co-authored a book chapter “Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics: Potentials and Possibilities for Online Education” with Ryan Baker in Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning:Foundations and Applications.
Improving Online Learning Experiences with Big Data, Design Patterns, Randomized Control Trials, and Online Repositories @ HAN University of Applied Sciences
April 16, 2016 6:04 PM Peter Scupelli gave a talk on “Improving Online Learning Experiences with Big Data, Design Patterns, Randomized Control Trials, and Online Repositories” as a guest lecturer at the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem, Netherlands. Last updated: 6:04 pm
Paper presentation @ Viking PLoP 2016
April 11, 2016 8:10 AM Peter Scupelli and Paul Inventado presented “Design Patterns for Math Problems and Learning Support in Online Learning Systems” at the Viking Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (Viking PLoP) 2016 in Leerdam, Netherlands. Abstract: Increasingly, many institutions and students benefit from online learning systems each year. For example, in 2016…
Post-HCI worlds: Exploring design spaces with environments, values, narratives, and time horizons @ PSI Workshop 2016
March 20, 2016 5:33 PM Peter Scupelli gave a talk on “Post-HCI worlds: Exploring design spaces with environments, values, narratives, and time horizons.” as a guest lecturer at the PSI Workshop 2016 at Virginia Tech University’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction in Blacksburg, Virginia. Last updated: 5:33 pm
Teaching Interaction Design in Physical, Digital, and Hybrid Environments @ Interaction Design Education Summit 2016
February 29, 2016 5:45 PM Peter Scupelli and Austin Lee gave a talk on “Teaching Interaction Design in Physical, Digital, and Hybrid Environments” at the Interaction Design Education Summit 2016, interaction16 (IXDA) Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Summary: Over the past two decades, new technologies shifted what Interaction Design (IxD) students need to learn for professional practice. In the…
Paper presentation @ PLoP 2015 writer’s workshop
October 27, 2015 3:36 PM Paul Inventado and Peter Scupelli presented “A Data-driven Methodology for Producing Online Learning System Design Patterns” at the 22nd Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Abstract: Online learning systems are complex systems that are frequently updated with new content, upgraded to support new features and extended to support…
Focus group @ PLoP 2015
October 27, 2015 3:32 PM Paul Inventado and Peter Scupelli led a focus group discussion on “Developing an open, collaborative design pattern repository” at the 22nd Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Abstract: Ensuring the production of high quality patterns is challenging for four reasons: first, it is expensive (e.g., face-to-face meetings in…
Poster presentation @ Learning with MOOCs II – 2015
October 16, 2015 8:29 PM Paul Inventado and Peter Scupelli presented “Addressing MOOCs’ Sustainability Issues Using Data-driven Design Pattern Production” at Learning with MOOCs II – 2015 in Teachers’ College Columbia University, New York. Abstract: Despite the popularity of MOOCs, some higher education institutions have started moving away from it. Academic leaders seem to be less…
Paper presentation @ IDSA International Conference 2015
August 23, 2015 9:00 AM Peter Scupelli presented a paper he co-authored with Judy Brooks and Arnold Wasserman on “Learn!2050 and Dexign Futures: Lessons Learned Teaching Design Futures” at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference 2015 in Seattle. Introduction: This paper explores how we might redesign education to face the challenges and…
Virtual presentation @ Learning Analytics Workshop
July 31, 2015 6:04 PM Paul Inventado virtually presented “Promoting Online Learning System Design Quality: Utilizing Design Patterns Produced by Data-driven Approaches” at the Learning Analytics workshop in Prague, Czech Republic. Abstract: Many students benefit from online learning systems each year. However, it is not easy to ensure the design quality of these systems due to…
Paper presentation @ EuroPLoP 2015 writer’s workshop
July 11, 2015 3:54 PM Peter Scupelli and Paul Inventado presented “Data-Driven Design Pattern Production: A Case Study on the ASSISTments Online Learning System” in a writing workshop 20th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP) 2015 in Bavaria, Germany. Abstract: Online learning systems popularity increased rapidly in recent decades in multiple domains such as cognitive tutors, online…
New publication in eLearning Papers #42
June 15, 2015 7:56 PM Paul Salvador Inventado and Peter Scupelli’s paper entitled “Towards an open, collaborative repository for online learning system design patterns” has been published in eLearning Papers #42. Abstract: Design patterns are high-quality solutions to known problems in a specific context that guide design decisions. Typically, design patterns are mined and evaluated…
Design Studio Learning Environment Research
November 14, 2014 9:00 AM Studio-based design education is changing to include multidisciplinary design teams, geographically distributed teams, information technology, and new work styles. In this research, we describe the graduate design studio redesign in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. The old graduate studio went from a single room design studio to…
Collaborative spaces and individual workspaces in design studios: a study on ownership, personalization, agency, emotion, and pleasure
October 24, 2014 9:00 AM Studio-based design education is changing to include multidisciplinary design teams, geographically distributed teams, information technology, and new work styles. In this talk, I describe the graduate design studio redesign in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. The old studio went from a single room design studio to four…
Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics in Learning Analytics: From Research to Practice
July 16, 2014 7:23 PM Paul Inventado co-authored a book chapter “Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics” in Learning Analytics: From Research to Practice. Last updated: 7:23 pm
Data-driven Design Pattern Development (3DPD) Workshop @ PLoP 2014
July 8, 2014 5:05 PM Peter Scupelli and Paul Inventado facilitated the Data-driven Design Pattern Development (3DPD) Workshop which was held in conjunction with the 21st Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLOP 2014). Abstract: Workshop description: Increasingly, outside of the design pattern community, big data is being used to validate design decisions. For example,…
Getting to know you
July 7, 2014 5:47 PM Want to know more about the lab? Why don’t you visit us at the 2nd floor, Room 207d-e of Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. Margaret Morrison Last updated: 5:47 pm
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