GAIL Seminar Series: Bridging code and design with AI Generative AI has fundamentally transformed the way programmers work. It is also reshaping the entire lifecycle of design, development, and business. In her GAIL Seminar, Dr Lyidan Chilton, Columbia University, will introduce three innovative approaches that combine design and programming in a future powered by generative AI and AI agents. First, she will present a design matrix that connects code and design by iteratively ideating, grounding, and implementing web applications with AI. Next, she will demonstrate how dynamic actions enable AI agents to write user interface code on the fly in response to user commands and direct manipulation. Finally, she explore schema induction, a general approach that uses deep reasoning to extract and apply design patterns from examples, facilitating the adoption of sound design principles across fields.BiographyLydia Chilton is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. Her research focuses on human-centered AI - developing principles for combining the best of human and AI abilities to enhance design, innovation, and problem-solving. Projects include AI code synthesis for interactive app creation, interactive animation authoring, creating media for journalism, helping scientists communicate their work to the public, assisting farmers in adapting to climate change, and simulating human behavior to inform social policy decisions. Mar 28 2025 14.00 - 15.30 GAIL Seminar Series: Bridging code and design with AI The next GAIL Seminar will be delivered by Lydia Chilton from Columbia University where she will discuss how Generative AI is helping to reshape the design lifecycle in programming. Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute Register
GAIL Seminar Series: Bridging code and design with AI Generative AI has fundamentally transformed the way programmers work. It is also reshaping the entire lifecycle of design, development, and business. In her GAIL Seminar, Dr Lyidan Chilton, Columbia University, will introduce three innovative approaches that combine design and programming in a future powered by generative AI and AI agents. First, she will present a design matrix that connects code and design by iteratively ideating, grounding, and implementing web applications with AI. Next, she will demonstrate how dynamic actions enable AI agents to write user interface code on the fly in response to user commands and direct manipulation. Finally, she explore schema induction, a general approach that uses deep reasoning to extract and apply design patterns from examples, facilitating the adoption of sound design principles across fields.BiographyLydia Chilton is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. Her research focuses on human-centered AI - developing principles for combining the best of human and AI abilities to enhance design, innovation, and problem-solving. Projects include AI code synthesis for interactive app creation, interactive animation authoring, creating media for journalism, helping scientists communicate their work to the public, assisting farmers in adapting to climate change, and simulating human behavior to inform social policy decisions. Mar 28 2025 14.00 - 15.30 GAIL Seminar Series: Bridging code and design with AI The next GAIL Seminar will be delivered by Lydia Chilton from Columbia University where she will discuss how Generative AI is helping to reshape the design lifecycle in programming. Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute Register
Mar 28 2025 14.00 - 15.30 GAIL Seminar Series: Bridging code and design with AI The next GAIL Seminar will be delivered by Lydia Chilton from Columbia University where she will discuss how Generative AI is helping to reshape the design lifecycle in programming.
