Human Centered Design Courses

Accounting for Human Engagement Behavior to Enhance AI-Assisted Decision Making

Explore how human biases and heuristics influence AI-assisted decision-making processes, and discover strategies to optimize human-AI collaboration through improved system design and presentation methods.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Energy Efficiency - Integrative Design, Barriers, and Policy Solutions for Decarbonization

Explore energy efficiency fundamentals, integrative design approaches, policy barriers, and decarbonization strategies with Stanford's comprehensive lecture series.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Energy Basics - Energy vs Power, Transformations, and Human Needs

Discover fundamental energy concepts, from power and thermodynamics to energy quality and human applications, in this concise overview from Stanford's Diana Gragg.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Energy Efficiency - Introduction to Applications, Design Approaches, and Decarbonization Role

Discover energy efficiency fundamentals, applications, integrative design approaches, and its crucial role in decarbonization efforts in this concise Stanford overview.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Soma Design: Intertwining Aesthetics, Movement and Emotion in Design Work

Explore how Soma Design connects sensation, emotion, and technology through bodily awareness, creating more meaningful human-centered design experiences and ethical technological interactions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Harnessing AI to Understand and Advance Human Learning

Explore groundbreaking AI advancements in education with Stanford researchers discussing AI-driven training, evaluation, and analysis using educational data to transform learning and provide insights into human cognition.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Catalyzing AI Advances with Human-Centered Interactive Systems

Exploring interactive systems that bridge AI and human needs: aligning with values, assimilating intents, and augmenting abilities. Insights from UCLA's Xiang 'Anthony' Chen on human-centered AI design.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Integrative Design for Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture

Explore integrative design methodology and whole systems thinking to achieve extreme energy efficiency, with insights on economic growth, natural systems, and the transition from fuel commodities to energy technologies.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Buildings Part 1: Integrative Design for Superefficient Buildings - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Discover integrative design principles for creating superefficient buildings through whole-systems approaches that maximize energy savings while reducing costs. Learn from real examples, retrofitting strategies, and innovative business models for extreme…

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Robotics in a Human-Centered World

Discover cutting-edge robotics research from Stanford experts, exploring novel training methods using YouTube videos, faster shirt-folding techniques, and benchmarks for household activities in virtual environments.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Robotics in a Human-Centered World - Recent Advances and Future Directions

Discover the latest AI robotics advancements from Stanford Robotics Center, exploring recent achievements and future directions in human-centered robotics with Professor Oussama Khatib.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Robotics in a Human-Centered World: The Push and Pull of Ideas and Applications

Explore Rodney Brooks' insights on robotics development, including his three laws focusing on realistic design, human agency, and the long path from lab to practical implementation.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Robotics in a Human-Centered World - Robots Among Us

Explore how human-centered robotics can shape our future in education, work, and care, focusing on improving quality of life to increase human acceptance of robotic technology.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AI Is Human, Not Artificial - Reframing Intelligence Through Social Modeling and Symbiosis

Explore how AI reflects human intelligence through social modeling and symbiosis, challenging views of artificial intelligence as alien with insights on consciousness and evolution.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Stories About Interaction Techniques - The Design and Evolution of User Interface Building Blocks

Explore the evolution and design of interaction techniques from buttons to VR with Brad Myers, covering fundamental UI building blocks and their impact on human-computer interaction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video