Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview | |
| Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 |
| 9:00am - 12:30pm |
D114: Workshop 4: DESIGNING WITH INTELLIGENCE: EXPLORING THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AI ON DESIGN PRACTICE AND PROCESSES Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Claudia Eckert, The Open University, United Kingdom Chair: Kilian Gericke, University of Rostock, Germany Chair: Sabine Muschik, ISEM Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Germany Chair: Ola Isaksson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Chair: Filippo Chiarello, Università di Pisa, Italy HOSTED BY THE DSDESIGN PROCESS SIG, DESIGN PRACTICE SIG AND AI IN DESIGN SIG |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm |
D134: Workshop 8: THE DATA QUALITY PLAYBOOK FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Kostas Stylidis, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Chair: Bastian Quattelbaum, Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany HOSTED BY THE DS DATA-INFORMED SIG |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D214: UNDERSTANDING DESIGN THINKING AND CREATIVITY Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Srinivasan Venkataraman, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India The impact of semantic feedback on functional connectivity during design ideation: a preliminary study 1: Center for Applied Computing, University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Drexel University, United States of America; 3: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Assumption-making in ill-structured problems: a reflexive thematic analysis Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India From idea to creation: exploring designers’ real-time cognitive and emotional experiences throughout the design process 1: Design Department, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran; 2: Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran; 3: Cognitive Sciences Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran; 4: Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Department, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany; 5: Mechanical Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy A novel approach to design creativity assessment: a comparative evaluation 1: Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Department of Design, Organisation and Strategy, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 3: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D224: HUMAN–AI CO-CREATION IN DESIGN PRACTICE Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: John Gero, Drexel University, United States of America AI as creative partner: exploring perceived roles in human-AI co-creation Technical University of Munich, Germany Understanding designers’ experiences with generative AI through user interaction pattern analysis 1: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; 2: University of Bristol, United Kingdom Motivation and post-design evaluations of AI usage behind AI-assisted design 1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, China; 3: Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Artificial co-intelligence in multi-domain platform development: what is now and what is next? Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D234: FRAMING PROCESSES IN DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Pascal Le Masson, Mines Paris PSL, France Sequencing idea factories | bridging creativity frameworks and domain-specific design practice 1: Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany; 2: Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 3: University of Rostock, Germany; 4: Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 5: Texas A&M University, United States of America Framing and reframing in design: the use of an NLP-based memory model 1: Ariel University, Israel; 2: Drexel University, United States of America Framing: a computable principle of design for systems Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Exploring design for environmental impact: expanding the context phase and problem framing University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D244: DESIGN COGNITION STUDIES Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Niccolo Becattini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Comparing neural patterns of high and low performers in adapted alternate-use design tasks for idea generation 1: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada; 2: Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University, United States of America Neurocognitive assessment of generative AI on designers’ creative cognition: evidence from biologically inspired design tasks 1: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India; 2: Politecnico di Milano, Italy The impact of social condition on design cognition: a mixed-methods analysis of individual and group-based design processes School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Structuring the design space while exploring it: a cognitive perspective on design space exploration Université de Bordeaux, ESTIA-Institute of Technology, EstiaR, France |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
D254: Meeting 3: DS MENTORING PROGRAM MEETING Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Julie Stal-Le Cardinal, CentraleSupélec, France Chair: Sophie I. Hallstedt, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden HOSTED BY DS MENTORING PROGRAM |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D314: KNOWLEDGE AND ORGANISATIONAL SYSTEMS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Thierry Gidel, Université de technologie de Compiègne, France Be yourself – be an engineer: personal strengths and value in an interconnected engineering ecosystem 1: The Open University, United Kingdom; 2: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Navigating knowledge silos and system distrust in cross-sectoral R&D Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russian Federation The seven parameters of organizational change 1: CentraleSupélec, France; 2: Université Paris Saclay, France; 3: Grenoble Ecole de Management, France; 4: École de technologie supérieure, Canada Capability-based engineering transformation – the periodic table of engineering capabilities 1: Fraunhofer IEM, Germany; 2: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D324: AI-DRIVEN KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY FROM ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Ji Han, The University of Exeter, United Kingdom Object detection in technical drawings for data-driven design: the case of patents 1: Università di Pisa, Italy; 2: Business Engineering for Data Science (B4DS) research group, Italy; 3: Coesia, Italy Can large language models understand engineering design patents? An exploratory study INDEX, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Evaluating large language models for automated design structure matrix extraction from unstructured documents: an empirical study Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Evaluating large language models for technology-oriented searches in engineering design 1: Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D334: DESIGN KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND USE Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Clement Fortin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russian Federation Knowledge representation in product design: a literature review INDEX, University of Exeter, United Kingdom A computational framework for design-by-analogy using semantic-network representations 1: Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Tsinghua University, China; 3: Zhejiang University, China; 4: University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States of America Designing a knowledge audit for human-AI knowledge augmentation: a study in a consulting firm 1: CentraleSupélec, France; 2: Sibylone, France Inventory of design, engineering and analysis tool environments (IDEATE) 1: School of Electrical, Electronic & Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, United Kingdom; 2: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm |
D344: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY AND INTERFACE MANAGEMENT Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Sven Matthiesen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Investigating a DSM/graph modeling approach for the interdisciplinary design of data-centric complex systems – a case study on autonomous public transportation University of Stuttgart, Germany Managing technical debt at Ubisoft IT: interfaces and change propagation in engineering systems interventions 1: Mines Paris - PSL, France; 2: Ubisoft, France Modular configuration model for complex engineering products Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Model context protocol for MBSE: a unified interoperable agentic framework for systems modelling 1: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Audi AG, Germany; 3: Engineering Design (KTmfk), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 4: Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design, Paderborn, Germany |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
D354: RESILIENCE AND COMPLEXITY IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Panos Y. Papalambros, University of Michigan, United States of America Resilience-by-design: maturity model for assessing the resilience capabilities of automotive systems architecture in the concept phase 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design, Germany; 2: Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany For a better understanding of the logical interdependencies of infrastructures and role of human factor: a review of modeling and simulation applications CentraleSupélec, France Project complexity and cost escalations in the early design of railway megaprojects 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Swedish Transport Administration, Sweden; 3: The Open University, United Kingdom A study on resilience through redundant sensing in autonomous cyber-physical systems Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 8:45am - 9:45am |
D414: KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION AND METHODS IN MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Nikola Bursac, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Semantic fusion of SysML elements for model integration utilizing knowledge graphs 1: Clausthal University of Technology, Germany; 2: L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany System architecture margins for the ilities 1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Department of Integrated Design and IRC for Smart Mobility and Logistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Navigating the landscape of MBSE methodologies: a comparative study of ISO 15288 technical process coverage École de technologie supérieure, Canada A systematic literature review on AI-driven systems engineering assistants and the use of interaction design 1: Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design, Germany |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
D424: MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INTEGRATION Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Eduardo Zancul, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Quality criteria of transdisciplinary engineering design for dealing with wicked problems in design for sustainability and systems transitions 1: Institute for Design Engineering & Drive Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; 2: CIMTT Centre of Production Engineering and Management, Dresden University of Technology, Germany The design of a MBSE enabled ecodesign approach: case of application at a Dutch radar system developer 1: University of Twente, The Netherlands; 2: Thales Nederland B.V., The Netherlands Using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and SysML for integrated sustainable manufacturing 1: Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Berlin, Germany An MBSE approach for integrating and computing LCA impact indicators within SysML models Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
D434: MODEL-BASED DESIGN AND SIMULATION FOR RESOURCE-EFFICIENT SYSTEMS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Alexander Koch, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany AI-supported implementation of reuse strategies in SysML v2: an MBSE approach using the example of a 3D printer RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany Utilisation of SysML models in the lifecycle of remanufacturable products 1: University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia; 2: Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany; 3: Clausthal University of Technology, Germany A simulation framework for evaluating fast charging and battery swapping strategies in electric construction machinery 1: University of Bergamo, Italy; 2: Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Assessing the effects of product family design strategies on resource consumption and costs: an extended axiomatic design approach Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
D444: DESIGNING FUTURE MOBILITY SYSTEMS Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Dorian Marjanović, University of Zagreb FSB, Croatia Designing a modular platform of flying cars for diverse demands 1: City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America No driver needed? A perspective from standards, laws and regulations on autonomous transit buses Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany Insights from knowledge-based engineering in industrial practice – a Saab’s perspective 1: Saab AB, Aeronautics, Sweden; 2: Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden Demographic profile and usage behavior of public transport users in the Munich Metropolitan Region: findings from a large-scale online survey on current and autonomous transit 1: Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Department of Social Sciences, Social Research Center, TU Dortmund University, Germany |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
D454: AUTOMATION APPOACHES IN DESIGN Location: Conference Hall Orlando 2 Chair: Roland Lachmayer, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Enhancing design adaptation through an information-enriched reinforcement learning state Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Exploration of new actions that could be introduced to workflows for computer-aided form creation 1: James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; 2: DMEM, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom; 3: TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Germany; 4: Glasgow School of Psychological Sciences & Health, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Compatibility-optimized selection of solution principles using mixed-integer linear programming Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany Automated quantitative functional decomposition in product design Helmut Schmidt University, Germany |
