We are getting ready for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) & Computers & Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. This will take place in Quebec City, Canada from August 26-29, 2018. We will be presenting our work titled: “Human Validation of Computer vs. Human Generated Design Sketches,” (PDF) done in collaboration with Dr. Conrad Tucker and Dr. Scarlet Miller.

In this work explored the perceived visual and functional characteristics of computer generated design sketches and the biases humans have towards computer and human generated sketches. The results of this work indicated that computer generated sketches were perceived as more functional than the human generated ones. In addition, the results revealed that participants had a negative bias towards human generated sketches. However, they were not able to accurately distinguish between computer and human generated sketches. This work provided evidence that supports the capabilities of deep generative design tools and their potential to assist designers in creative tasks.