Research
My research is centered on the intersection of design and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on understanding how designers interact with GenAI systems during the creative process.
Recent Research Projects
iNest Project (Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem)
2025
Working on the Inest Project - Spoke 6 - Tourism, Culture And Creative Industries in Triveneto, focused on integrating AI solutions for cultural heritage and tourism development.
AI & Design Special Interest Group
2024 - ongoing
Developing AI & Design proposal for Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of The Design Society, aiming to create a network of researchers and practitioners exploring the implications of AI in design.
PhD Research
Designer e GenAI: Studio degli aspetti caratterizzanti l'interazione durante la progettazione di concept
2022 – 2025
My doctoral research focuses on analyzing designer-GenAI interaction during concept generation, using workshops and controlled experiments with protocols and physiological tracking, qualitative and quantitative analysis. The aim was to understand how designers and AI can effectively collaborate in the creative process.
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Publications
Cavallin, E. (2025). BIAS 2v: An interactive conversational agent for sustainable design education. Proceedings of CHItaly 2025: 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 2025). Association for Computing Machinery.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3750069.3757724Cavallin, E. (2025). GenAI for debiasing: Evaluating a custom chatbot as reflective partner in sustainable design education. Proceedings of CHItaly 2025: 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (CHItaly 2025). Association for Computing Machinery.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3750069.3750098Lupetti, M. L., Cavallin, E., & Murray-Rust, D. The Unbearable Lightness of Prompting: A Critical Reflection on the Environmental Impact of genAI use in Design Education.
ResearchGateCavallin, E. (2024a). Exploring the Use of GenAI in the Design Process: A Workshop with Design Students. Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing : AHFE (2024) International Conference, 122 (pp. 89-95). AHFE Open Access.
https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004645Cavallin, E. (2024b). Interaction between designers and AI: Literature review of research to highlight the characteristics of co-creation and methods for analyzing it. Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2024): Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, 119(119).
https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004509Cunico, E., Nichilò, G., & Cavallin, E. (2024). Design per la diversità. Atti della conferenza annuale della Società Italiana di Design. Pescara 12-13 giugno 2023. Conferenza Nazionale SID ‘Design per La Diversità’, 637–643.
societaitalianadesign.itCavallin, E. (2023). Data Driven Design: From Environment to the Human Body. No. DSI 1 (2023): Diid disegno industriale industrial design (Vol. 1). Erik Ciravegna, Elena Formia, Valentina Gianfrate, Andreas Sicklinger, Michele Zannoni.
https://doi.org/10.30682/diiddsi23t3fCavallin, E., & Fagnoni, R. (2023). Progettare per le comunità: La video intervista come artefatto. In L. Fregolent, A. C. Ardila Garcia & S. Y . Han (a cura di), Abitare Venezia: Trasformazioni urbane nel sestiere di Castello (pp. 57–59). Anteferma Edizioni. ISBN 979-12-5953-053-0
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