HCC Seminar Series: "Exploring the (Computer) Science of What We Wear: Computational Approaches to Clothing and Wearables"

Abstract

We all wear clothes, but most people don't think about what they do, how they are made, or how they are managed and sold. This talk will explore next generation clothing that learns from and responds to the wearer's body, as well as open questions where computational approaches can transform the clothing we currently wear, including sizing and fit, marketing and recommendation, and circularity of the fashion supply chain. 

Biography

Lucy E. Dunne, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. She is also co-director of the Wearable Technology Lab. Dunne is a co-author (with Susan Watkins) of "Functional Apparel Design: From Sportswear to Space Suits" (Fairchild Books, 2015). Her research is focused on wearability and garment-based wearable technology, and explores new functionality in apparel, human-device interfaces, production and manufacture, and human factors of wearable products. Dunne has received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award and the NASA Silver Achievement Medal for her work with functional clothing and wearable technology.