Natalie Jeremijenko is an artist whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience, and precision engineering. Jeremijenko's projects—which explore socio-technical change—have been
exhibited by several museums and galleries, including the MASSMoCA, the Whitney Museum, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt. She was appointed in 1999 a Rockefeller Fellow and was recently named one of
the 40 most influential designers by I.D. Magazine and one of the inaugural Top 100 Young Innovators by the MIT Technology Review. Jeremijenko is the director of the xDesign Environmental Health Clinic
at NYU, assistant professor in Art, and affiliated with the Computer Science Dept. |
Finn Kensing is one of the world's leading researchers in participatory design. He has a doctorate in participatory design and is currently doing research on participatory design in the healthcare sector. He has received recognition for his research into IT design which focuses on how IT designers can cooperate with users and their management especially relating to the clarification of goals, formulation of needs, and design of coherent visions for change. He was honored in 2006 for the best researcher of the year from The IT University of Copenhagen. |
