PlayFutures
PlayFutures is a workshop for kids aged 10-12 yrs old on art making & storytelling with puppets with the help of Generative AI
I'm Supratim, an Experience Researcher.
Currently in my 1st yr. PhD @ Georgia Institute of Technology advised by Dr. Noura Howell & Dr. Michael Nitsche.
My research includes Critical AI Literacy & futures thinking using participatory design, mixed methods user research and designing experiences on the intersections of arts and tech.
Previous @IBM, Mercedes Benz Research & Winuall.
PlayFutures is a workshop for kids aged 10-12 yrs old on art making & storytelling with puppets with the help of Generative AI
An immersive retail journey where customers explore scents, share emotions, and receive bespoke products crafted instantly in a responsive, AI-driven environment.
A two-week design challenge exploring the state remote education during COVID in the Indian primary eduation space.
Become is a programme which helps launch the idea and dream of a refugee entrepreneur. It provide tech, strategy & advice, to teach the prospective business owner.
A project with Georgia Tech Library focused on creating interactive media environment, utilizing the library's stairs as a unique site for exploration.
Thermal Painting is an exploratory interface that provides thermal feedback to artists as they paint. This how thermal sensations influence creativity as a user study.
As a Design Intern, my primary task was to transform a complex policy guide into a user-friendly website while also support MetroLab with with their MetroLab Summit 2023 design requirements.
Sand sketch is a display to capture a representation to human-human collaborative drawing, bringing out the tensions in the collaboration through material.
Perceptions of Interaction Dynamics in Co-Creative AI: A Comparative Study of Interaction Modalities in Drawcto (2024)
Manoj Deshpande, Jisu Park, Supratim Pait, and Brian Magerko.
In Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 102–116. https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3656202
Promoting Criticality with Design Futuring with Young Children (2024)
Sumita Sharma, Noura Howell, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Netta Iivari, Grace Eden, Heidi Hartikainen, Marianne Kinnula, Eva Durall, Michael Nitsche, Jussi Okkonen, Supratim Pait, Elisa Rubegni, Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer, Lonneke van der Velden, and Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi.
In Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 2, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3679318.3685335
An Artist Residency with Thermal Painting for A Multi-Sensorial Exhibition (2023)
Supratim Pait, Sosuke Ichihashi, Noura Howell. 2023.
Position paper at the workshop Towards Mutual Benefit: Reflecting on Artist Residencies as a Method for Collaboration in DIS at DIS 2023.
PlayFutures: Imagining Civic Futures with AI and Puppets (2024 )
Supratim Pait, Sumita Sharma, Ashley Frith, Michael Nitsche, and Noura Howell.
In CHI 2024 Workshop on Child-centred AI Design, May 11, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages
PlayFutures: Imagining Civic Futures with AI and Puppets (arxiv.org)