Karel is currently IBM Global Vice President of UX Research. He has responsibility for leading the company’s worldwide team of researchers and the insights they provide to product, services, and executive teams. He has led design worldwide at IBM for most of his tenure with the company.
For the past 12 years, Karel introduced and implemented IBM’s new design system including Enterprise Design Thinking into each of the business units of the company globally—software, services, systems, and sales—as well as to hundreds of other companies, typically working with their C-suite level executives and boards.
He did undergraduate, masters, and doctoral studies at the University of Toronto initially in cognitive science and clinical psychology which later led to study, research, specialization, and his life-long passion for, practice of, and leadership in design and research at IBM.
Our field has gone through three eras of design and machine maturity. We are now entering the fourth era of both and we need to further evolve our approach focused on the symbiosis of design and computational thinking. This talk will briefly provide the historical context and then outline the new approach with some illustrative examples.
1、Gain a historical perspective on design and machine development to understand where it stands today and where it is likely to go in the future
2、Inspire interdisciplinary thinking and understand how the combination of design and computational thinking can lead to innovation
3、Learn through practical examples how AI and computational thinking are being applied in the design process and the benefits they bring
4、Master new methodologies for solving complex problems and creating innovative solutions
5、Strengthen the focus on human needs and experiences in design and technology development to ensure that technology development is compatible with human well-being