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critical information designer and PhD candidate in design, given to {troubling} the technological ontologies of {optimisation} through practices of {play} — opening space for {disagreement} within human–AI entanglements, and treating data as material for {critical} design inquiry.

{Current positions}

PhD student
@RMIT University, School of Design – Melbourne
+ @SUPSI University, Institute of Design – Switzerland
https://practice-research.com/presentations/prs-europe-april-2026/decoding-bias-in-generative-ai-designing-equitable-algorithmic-systems

Lecturer & coordinator Data Driven Design I & II
@Master of Arts in Interaction Design SUPSI, Switzerland
https://maind.supsi.ch/master-interaction-design/en/program

Lecturer & Coordinator Data Visualization
@MAS in Creative Technologies IED, Turin – Italy
https://www.ied.it/corsi/torino/bienni-specialistici/communication-and-creative-technologies

Member of the programme committee
@VISAP Conference

{Lectures}

2026
Imagining Pluralist Technologies of Classification
@Service Design Drinking (SDD) – Switzerland
@Impact Hub, Ticino

2026
Intelligenza Artificiale?
@MAS Educazione alle arti plastiche, Switzerland

2025
Designing With AI Interactive Framework
@Polimi, PSSD Master Degree Final Synthesis Studio

2024
Invisible Systems: how Artificial Intelligence shapes knowledge
@Digital Days – Turin

2024
Who’s Afraid of AI?
@LUMEN Fuorisalone 2025 – Milan

2022
Machine Learning for Designers
@Hongik University – Seoul, South Korea

{Education}

2018 – 2021
Master's Degree in Graphic Design – Politecnico di Milano
Autuori, A. (2024). Video Summarisation Toolkit: A collection of methods for video content analysis in social research with the web. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10474654
https://videosummarisationtoolkit.vercel.app/home/

2015 – 2018
Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design – Politecnico di Milano
Autuori, A., & Catani, E. (2024). Progettare un Vuoto https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10474678

{Workshopping}

2026
Teaching Machines How to Unsee
@Fablab SUPSI – Switzerland

2026
Mirroring the self through embodied data annotation practices
@IED – Turin

2025
Designing with AI: Reflexive, Situated and Embodied Annotation
@IAD LAB – Bern

{Research}

2024 – 2026
PhD research at @RMIT University, Melbourne
Unmaking Ground Truth: Reclaiming Bias as Positionality in Human–AI Entanglements

2022 – 2026
Blue City - Innosuisse Flagship Project
@EPFL, Switzerland
@SUPSI, Switzerland
https://supsi-ide.github.io/smalldatapractices/
https://www.bluecity.store/

2024 – ongoing
Rage Against the Machine: A Collective Inquiry on the Emotional Breakdowns in Human-AI Conversation.
@Indipendent research with ⁂ Rebecca Bertero
https://rageagainsthemachine.com/

2021 – 2024
Designing With: A New Educational Module to Integrate Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Visualization in Design Curricula
@SUPSI, Switzerland
https://designingwithai.ch/

2021 – 2024
MAKEAWARE! Data pills and workshops to raise awareness of antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance.
@SUPSI, Switzerland
https://spearhead-amr.github.io/makeaware/

2024 – 2026
+ Fucking Tech ! Design des sexualités machiniques à l’ère des sexbots
@HEAD, Geneve
https://fuckingtech.ch/

{Teaching}

2021 – 2025
Data Visualisation
@IED, BA in Creative Communication – Turin

2024
Mia X CC - Artificial Intelligence Methodologies for Climate Change Communication
@SUPSI, BA in Visual Communication – Switzerland
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lsLfZHESAaAtpqdPwdLDQ9Kz55TJwRsnTnRshAsOa3w/edit?gid=1051548178#gid=1051548178

2024
Crea immagini personalizzate con l’AI generativa – Pillole di Etica
@SUPSI, Sedifo – Switzerland

2024
Artificial Intelligence Methodologies for Climate Change Communication Workshop
@NABA Academy – Milan

2023 – ongoing
Co-Design with AI - Interdisciplinary workshops
@SUPSi – Switzerland

2022 – ongoing
Thesis mentor
@SUPSI, Master of Arts in Interaction Design
@SUPSI, BA in Visual Communication

2022
Data Visualization x Machine Learning
with ⁂ Edwin Jakobs
https://swissdesignnetwork.ch/grants/data-visualization-x-machine-learning

{Pubblications}

Autuori, A. (2026) Unmaking AI’s classificatory ontologies: Situated annotation as design inquiry in human–AI assemblages, DRS2026: Edinburgh, 8–12 June, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1239
⁂ DRS 2026 Conference, Edinburgh

Autuori, A., Terenghi, G., Mioni, A., Draisci, L., Profeta, G., & Botta, M. (2026). Seeing, Thinking, Sharing, Sensing Small Data. A Participatory Framework to Connect Citizens’ Experiences with Urban Governance. Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 2, 131–140. https://doi.org/10.1145/3789492.3796412

Autuori A. (2025) Decoding Bias in Generative AI. Framing Socio-Technical Data Literacy as a Collective Critical Practice. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4151/short3.pdf
⁂ CHItaly 2025, Doctoral Consortium – Italy

Botta, M., Autuori, A., Terenghi, G., and Subet, M. (2024) A Design-Stage-Oriented Framework to Introduce Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Design Education, DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.535
⁂ DRS 2024 Conference, Boston

Terenghi, G., Cangiano, S., Autuori, A., and Margarida Corti, C. (2024) Fostering a Patient-led Culture of Care Through Data Physicalization: A Design Approach to Create Awareness and Promote Data Collection on Antimicrobial Resistance, DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.419
⁂ DRS 2024 Conference, Boston

Omena, J. J., Autuori, A., Leite Vasconcelos, E., Subet, M., & Botta, M. (2024). AI Methodology Map. Practical and Theoretical Approach to Engage with GenAI for Digital Methods Research. Sociologica, 18(2), 109–144. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/19566
⁂ Sociologica Journal, Vol. 18 No. 2

Designing With: an interactive framework for structured learning of AI in design education.
⁂ 2CO Communicating Complexity Conference – Elisava, Barcelona
(in press)

{Research conferences}

Autuori, Al., Bertero R., (2026) Rage Against the Machine: A Collective Inquiry on the Emotional Breakdowns in Human-AI Conversation.
@Digital Humanities Today: Critical Inquiry with and about the Digital – Kings College, London
https://rageagainsthemachine.com/

Joceli Omena, J., Botta, M., Autuori, A., Leite, E., Subet, M., & Terenghi, G. (2023). AI Methodology Map.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10475202
@Generative Methods MASSHINE Conference – Aalborg University, Copenhagen

Designing With AI Framework: Engaging with AI capabilities through practice-based experience.
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.535
@Swiss Design Network Conference – ECAL, Lausanne