Human Centered Design Courses

Sustainable Building Design

1 review

Learn and explore key scientific principles, technologies, and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments while reducing energy use and associated climate change effects.

• edX
• 13 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ergonomics in Design

15 reviews

The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of ergonomics in design through the introduction of human anatomy, anthropometry, and modeling techniques with the aim of improving safety, productivity, comfort and health of people.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Stanford Optic Disc Drusen: Human Measurements and Biomarkers of Optic Neuropathies

Explore optic disc drusen's impact on vision, manifestations, associated conditions, biomarkers, and treatment options. Learn about clinical trials and management strategies for this common eye condition.

• Independent
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

MDCT Protocol Design for MSK Studies

Explore basic concepts of image acquisition and reconstruction for musculoskeletal MRI studies, focusing on MDCT protocol design techniques.

• Independent
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Leveraging Social Theories to Enhance Human-AI Interaction

Explores challenges in human-AI partnerships, focusing on interpretability tools' limitations and cognitive heuristics. Proposes incorporating social theories to improve decision-support systems and human-AI interaction.

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

Human-Machine Symbiosis in Data Visualization

Exploring human-machine configurations for data visualization tasks, focusing on interactive analysis of event sequence data and visualization authoring through manipulable semantic components.

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

Stanford Seminar - Human-AI Interaction Under Societal Disagreement

Explores Jury Learning, an interactive AI architecture enabling developers to consider diverse perspectives in machine learning, addressing societal disagreements in AI decision-making processes.

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

Applications of Generative Design for Fabrication in Healthcare Settings

Exploring generative design for healthcare fabrication, optimizing medical device creation through digital tools, and empowering clinicians with collaborative design systems for improved patient care.

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

Stanford Seminar - TechFail: From Intersectional Inaccessibility to Inclusive Design

Exploration of gaming technology accessibility, highlighting issues and potential solutions. Discusses inclusive design approaches and the impact on marginalized users, drawing from a decade-long ethnography.

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

Humanizing Robot Design - Aaron Edsinger of Hello Robot

Exploring the future of human-robot collaboration, focusing on safe, intuitive, and affordable robots designed to improve quality of life in various sectors, from eldercare to service industries.

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

Stanford Seminar - Get in Touch: Tactile Perception for Human-Robot Systems

Explore advancements in tactile perception for robots, including sensor technologies, haptic perception, and applications in human-robot interaction and manipulation of deformable objects.

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

Design Thinking and Innovation: An Interview with David Kelley

Explore innovation and design thinking with David Kelley, co-founder of IDEO and Stanford's d.school, as he shares insights on problem-solving and creativity in business and academia.

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

Leveraging Human Input to Enable Robust AI Systems

Explores techniques for incorporating human input into AI systems, focusing on maintaining uncertainty over human intent, generating risk-averse behaviors, and efficiently querying for additional input to improve performance.

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

Considerations for Human-Robot Collaboration

Explore the future of human-robot collaboration, focusing on effective teamwork, contextual understanding, and the unique challenges of integrating robots into human-configured environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Towards Robust Human-Robot Interaction - A Quality Diversity Approach

Exploring diverse human-robot interaction scenarios using quality diversity algorithms to discover failure cases, improve scenario generation, and enhance understanding of complex systems.

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