The Future of Design with AI
Speaker: 
Jianxi Luo
Professor
Department of Systems Engineering
City University of Hong Kong
| Date: Time: Venue: | | 26 June 2026, Friday 3:00pm – 4:00pm School of Economics/School of Computing & Information Systems 2 (SOE/SCIS 2)
Level 4, Seminar Room 4-2
Singapore Management University
Singapore 178903
Please register by 25 June 2026 
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About the Talk
As innovation evolves into a highly complex, multi-disciplinary systems challenge, traditional design thinking and methodologies are increasingly falling short. AI is now catalyzing a necessary paradigm shift in the design process. This talk explores the frontier of "Intelligent Design 4.0," charting the transition from conventional design workflows to the era of Agentic AI. By synthesizing design science with AI, we demonstrate how multi-agent frameworks enable end-to-end design process automation, expanding the boundaries of creativity and feasibility. Crucially, this automated frontier does not diminish the human role in design; rather, it necessitates higher-order, higher-dimensional human creativity. Designers of the future must adeptly harness creative AI, systems design thinking, and entrepreneurial leadership in collaboration with AI to ensure human-centered design for a better future.
About the Speaker
Jianxi Luo is a Professor of Systems Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong and the Founding Director of the MSc in AI-Driven Innovation. Professor Luo serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Research in Engineering Design and is the author of the new book, Design Science: Driving Innovation with Unified Principles. He is ranked 1st in East Asia and 17th globally in the field of Design Practice and Management on the Stanford/Elsevier list of the world’s top 2% scientists. His research focuses on design theory and methodology, specifically AI-driven design process automation. His work has yielded widely adopted intelligent design tools, 180+ publications, 130+ invited talks, and 20+ international awards from organizations including INFORMS, ASME, and Design Society. Previously, he served as Chair of the INFORMS Technology Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Section and as an executive committee member of the Council of Engineering Systems Universities. He has held faculty positions at Schwarzman College (Tsinghua University), New York University, and the Singapore University of Technology and Design, with visiting appointments at the University of Cambridge and Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Systems (Technology Management & Policy track) and an M.S. in Technology Policy from MIT, as well as M.S. and B.E. degrees from Tsinghua University. https://www.cityu.edu.hk/stfprofile/jianxiluo.htm.
