Steven P Dow


Steven Dow

Design shapes the world, both physical and digital. To produce better products, services and communities, we need a deeper understanding of how and why prototyping practices affect design results. My research takes an empirical approach to examine the creative process and design outcomes. My dissertation work studied how immersive media affects player engagement.

BIO: Steven is an Assistant Professor at the HCI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University where he researches human-computer interaction, creative problem-solving, prototyping practices, and "crowdsourcing" methods. He is recipient of Stanford's Postdoctoral Research Award and co-recipient of a Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Grant. He received an MS and PhD in Human-Centered Computing from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from University of Iowa. FULL CV and PORTFOLIO.

NEWS

MAY 3, NOON: Come see final presentations for my innovation course (GHC601)
APR: IndieGoGo is currently featuring my crowd-driven innovation course.
APR: Course update. Please donate to my students' crowdfunding campaigns!
FEB 11-15: I presented our paper on shepherding the crowd at CSCW.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ALL

Shepherding the Crowd Yields Better Work, Steven P Dow, Anand Kulkarni, Scott R Klemmer, and Björn Hartmann, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2012.

Prototyping Dynamics: Sharing Multiple Designs Improves Exploration, Group Rapport, and Results, Steven P Dow, Julie Fortuna, Dan Schwartz, Beth Altringer, Daniel L Schwartz, and Scott R Klemmer, Conf on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011.

Parallel Prototyping Leads to Better Design Results, More Divergence, and Increased Self-Efficacy, Steven P Dow, Alana Glassco, Jonathan Kass, Melissa Schwarz, Daniel L Schwartz, Scott R Klemmer, Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 11(4), 2010.

The Efficacy of Prototyping Under Time Constraints, Steven P. Dow, Kate Heddleston, Scott R. Klemmer, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity & Cognition, 2009.

Eliza meets the Wizard-of-Oz: Blending Machine and Human Control of Embodied Characters, Steven P. Dow, Manish Mehta, Blair MacIntyre, Michael Mateas, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010.

Presence and Engagement in an Interactive Drama, Steven P. Dow, Manish Mehta, Ellie Harmon, Blair MacIntyre, and Michael Mateas, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007.






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Assistant Professor
HCI Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

CONTACT

spdow at cs dot cmu dot edu
3615 Newell Simon Hall
5000 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Tel: +1 412 268 1513
Office hrs: Thurs 1:30-3:00p

TRAVEL & TALKS

DEC 8-10 CHI Committee
Boston, MA
JAN 10 Segal Design Inst.
Evanstan, IL
FEB 6-7 NSF Review Panel
Arlington, VA
FEB 11-15 CSCW Conference
Seattle, WA
MAR 2-3 UI Computing Conf
Iowa City, IA
MAR 10-16 Personal travel
Florida
MAY 5-10 CHI Conference
Austin, TX

PAST TRAVEL

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2010

CURRENT & PAST AFFILIATIONS

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