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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For pioneering research on AI in architecture and engineering, and outstanding leadership in the AI in design research community.

Overview

John S. Gero is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the United States. The scientist's research spans several interconnected disciplines, primarily focused on engineering and psychology. Their work often intersects mechanical engineering, experimental and cognitive psychology, management of technology and innovation, human-computer interaction, and social psychology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including design education and practice, creativity in education and neuroscience, product development and customization, virtual reality applications and impacts, neuroscience, education and cognitive function, color perception and design, and visual and cognitive learning processes.

Notable recent publications by John S. Gero include:

  • A framework for studying design thinking through measuring designers' minds, bodies and brains (2020, Design Science)
  • Design thinking and computational thinking: a dual process model for addressing design problems (2021, Design Science)
  • Perspectives on design creativity and innovation research: 10 years later (2022, International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation)
  • The neurophysiological activations of mechanical engineers and industrial designers while designing and problem-solving (2020, Design Science)
  • Concept generation techniques change patterns of brain activation during engineering design (2020, Design Science)

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Julie Milovanovic, Tripp Shealy, Hadas Sopher, Hernán Casakin, and Gaetano Cascini.

The scientist publishes frequently in venues such as the Proceedings of the Design Society, Design Science, International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, eCAADe proceedings, and Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design Analysis and Manufacturing.

John S. Gero's work has contributed to the understanding of design processes through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates cognitive and engineering perspectives. Their investigations often focus on measuring and analyzing the interactions between mental, physical, and neurological processes during design activities.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in 1994 for pioneering research on artificial intelligence applications in architecture and engineering, as well as for leadership in the AI in design research community.

Best Publications

  • The Situated Function — Behaviour — Structure Framework

    John S. Gero;Udo Kannengiesser

  • Design prototypes: a knowledge representation schema for design

    John S. Gero

  • Design and other types of fixation

    A.Terry Purcell;John S. Gero

  • An approach to the analysis of design protocols

    John S. Gero;Thomas Mc Neill

  • Macroscopic analysis of design processes based on a scheme for coding designers' cognitive actions

    Masaki Suwa;Terry Purcell;John Gero

  • Knowledge-Based Design Systems

    R.D. D. Coyne;M. A. Rosenman;A. D. Radford;M. Balachandran

  • Drawings and the design process

    A.T. Purcell;J.S. Gero

  • Unexpected discoveries and S-invention of design requirements: important vehicles for a design process

    Masaki Suwa;John Gero;Terry Purcell

  • Creativity, emergence and evolution in design

    John S. Gero

  • Function–behavior–structure paths and their role in analogy-based design

    Lena Qian;John S. Gero

  • To sketch or not to sketch? That is the question

    Zafer Bilda;John S. Gero;Terry Purcell

  • Computational Models of Innovative and Creative Design Processes

    John S Gero

  • Sketching as mental imagery processing

    Manolya Kavakli;John S Gero

  • The structure of concurrent cognitive actions: a case study on novice and expert designers

    Manolya Kavakli;John S Gero

  • Modeling Creativity and Knowledge-Based Creative Design

    John S. Gero;Mary Lou Maher

  • Space layout planning using an evolutionary approach

    Jun H. Jo;John S. Gero

  • Purpose and function in design: from the socio-cultural to the techno-physical

    M.A Rosenman;J.S Gero

  • Modelling multiple views of design objects in a collaborative cad environment

    Michael A. Rosenman;John S. Gero

  • Design by Optimization in Architecture, Building, and Construction

    Anthony D. Radford;John S. Gero

  • Understanding conceptual electronic design using protocol analysis

    Thomas Mc Neill;John S. Gero;James Warren

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Lou Maher
Mary Lou Maher University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ashok K. Goel
Ashok K. Goel Georgia Institute of Technology
David R. Marchant
David R. Marchant Boston University
Frances M. T. Brazier
Frances M. T. Brazier Delft University of Technology
Barbara Tversky
Barbara Tversky Columbia University
Larry Leifer
Larry Leifer Stanford University
Cynthia J. Atman
Cynthia J. Atman University of Washington
Armand Hatchuel
Armand Hatchuel Mines ParisTech
Steven M. Smith
Steven M. Smith Texas A&M University
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University

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