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Refining Participatory Design for AAC Users
Blade Frisch, Keith Vertanen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19995 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.…

Refining Participatory Design for AAC Users
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is a field of research and practice that works with people who have a communication disability. One form AAC can take is a high-tech tool, such as a software-based communication system. Like all user interfaces, these systems must be designed and it is critical to include AAC users in the design process for their systems. A participatory design approach can include AAC users in the design process, but modifications may be necessary to make these …

Public perspectives on the design of fusion energy facilities
Nathan Kawamoto, Daniel Hoover, Jonathan Xie, Jacob Walters, Katie Snyder, Aditi Verma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02207

Public perspectives on the design of fusion energy facilities
As fusion energy technologies approach demonstration and commercial deployment, understanding public perspectives on future fusion facilities will be critical for achieving social license, especially because fusion energy facilities, unlike large fission reactors, may be sited in closer proximity to people and communities, due to distinct regulatory frameworks. In a departure from the 'decide-announce-defend' approach typically used to site energy infrastructure, we develop a participatory desi…

"How can we learn and use AI at the same time?:: Participatory Design of GenAI with High School Students
Isabella Pu, Prerna Ravi, Linh Dieu Dinh, Chelsea Joe, Caitlin Ogoe, Zixuan Li, Cynthia Breazeal, Anastasia K. Ostrowski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15525

Designing for Community Care: Reimagining Support for Equity & Well-being in Academia
Beatriz Severes, Ana O. Henriques, Rory Clark, Paulo Bala, Anna Carter, Rua Mae Williams, Geraldine Fitzpatrick
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01690

Designing for Community Care: Reimagining Support for Equity & Well-being in Academia
Academic well-being is deeply influenced by peer-support networks, yet they remain informal, inequitable, and unsustainable, often relying on personal connections and social capital rather than structured, inclusive systems. Additionally, institutional well-being responses frequently focus on student populations, neglecting the emotional labour of faculty and staff, reinforcing an exclusionary academic culture. Drawing on HCI methodologies, participatory design, and care ethics, this workshop w…

LLM-enhanced Interactions in Human-Robot Collaborative Drawing with Older Adults
Marianne Bossema, Somaya Ben Allouch, Aske Plaat, Rob Saunders
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18711

LLM-enhanced Interactions in Human-Robot Collaborative Drawing with Older Adults
The goal of this study is to identify factors that support and enhance older adults' creative experiences in human-robot co-creativity. Because the research into the use of robots for creativity support with older adults remains underexplored, we carried out an exploratory case study. We took a participatory approach and collaborated with professional art educators to design a course Drawing with Robots for adults aged 65 and over. The course featured human-human and human-robot drawing activit…