<div dir="ltr">This may be relevant to all Autonians who touch user experience aspects of AI.<div><br></div><div>Artur<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Carolyn Buzzelli-Stumpf</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:cbstumpf@andrew.cmu.edu">cbstumpf@andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 9:28 AM<br>Subject: Special Seminar with Chris Golias<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:scs-all@cs.cmu.edu">scs-all@cs.cmu.edu</a>><br>Cc: Angelica Stowers <<a href="mailto:astowers@andrew.cmu.edu">astowers@andrew.cmu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>An Invitation to all SCS:</b></font></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Special Seminar with Chris Golias</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>November 11, 2024 at 10:00 am</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Newell Simon Hall 4305</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Human- Computer Interaction Institute</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px">Faculty Host: Dan Saffer</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Title:</b> Epistemology for UX Researchers: How to choose the right research method, every time.</span></div><font face="Times New Roman"><br><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Abstract</b>: The purpose of user experience research (UXR) is to create reliable, actionable knowledge about a product, journey or user group. Across public, private, industry, start-up and academic contexts, job postings emphasize that even junior UXRs should demonstrate the ability to discern the proper method or methods to address key business questions and execute rigorous studies that generate the kinds of knowledge necessary for making informed decisions. This seminar seeks to demystify the UXR method selection process by providing students with a systematic way to think about the knowledge creation processes and mechanisms behind common UXR techniques like usability tests, in-depth interviews, diary studies and surveys. I will begin with an introduction to epistemology, the study of knowledge, during which I will orient students to three primary epistemological frameworks-rationalism, empiricism and existentialism. I then move on to distinguish deductive and inductive reasoning, empirical versus attitudinal research methods and how to identify the object of research, all while providing examples from my research practice in industry. The demonstration concludes with group time for students to select appropriate methods for several curated product research scenarios.</span><br><br><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Bio</b>: Christopher Golias, Ph.D., is a technology anthropologist, currently Senior Researcher for internationalization at Google's Gemini, who has conducted applied anthropological research across various areas including retail, healthcare, indigenous rights, substance use, ecommerce, governance, machine learning, localization and information technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. </span></font><br><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing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