Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge   I work as a research assistant at an architecture department . As a consequence of this , I often   engage with students and professors studying and researching the built environment . I also   have a design background myself , more specifically in urban design . Design thinking has   therefore always been present during my past academic and professional experiences .   Visualization as an important tool to illustrate information is also something that has been   generally very prevalent in my life , especially during my undergraduate studies . Nonetheless ,   the design tools and strategies of design thinking have been taught to me implicitly rather   than explicitly . Hence , due to teaching these strategies very clearly , this course was a true   eye - opener for me .     In order to understand the challenge , it is important to learn more about the kind of research   we do . We are researching ways of sustainably engaging the wider public in large construction   projects . Within this context , we are inevitably touching on other cognate areas , such as   urban planning , political science , creative industries and digital humanities . For this specific   challenge , we explicitly agreed on using design thinking strategies . The aim was to organize a   conference that allowed use to generate data for our research . The venue was an old concert   hall located in close vicinity to a former harbor . We wanted to learn how creative industries   can contribute towards just and sustainable processes of public engagement within large   constructions processes . We invited creative people such as local artists , architects and   musicians , as well as interested members of the general public . The challenge that we faced   was extracting information from the attendees that we could then use for further research .      Selection   As design professionals , we often work with visualization , which led us to opt for visualization   once more . Furthermore , given the circumstance of having invited a largely creative audience   and given the fact that we used design thinking strategies , we decided not to use ordinary   survey techniques based on multiple choice questionnaires on a piece of paper . We had   negative experiences with the aforementioned ordinary survey techniques in the past . The   main problem was that people were generally not incentivized enough to complete the   surveys . Consequently , we agreed on using the design tool of visualization and had to come   up with an innovative form of surveying for our conference .     Application   Since we learned on this course that visualization as a design tool is characterized by making   information tangible and concrete through visualizing it , we developed a mobile application   that incorporated 360 - degree videos of places where creative exchange takes place , such as   a library , a concert hall and an art gallery . The survey participants were able to use one of   three tablets that we placed near the entrance to the conference hall and were able to   explore the creative spaces through swiping through the 360 - degree videos . They were then   prompted a yes or no question relating to each of the creative spaces , such as “ Could you   imagine this to be a place where construction processes could be discussed ? ” . The responses   were saved to our server and we were then able to evaluate the responses . All in all , we aimed   at making the experience of participating in the survey more fun for the participants . 

 Insight and approach   Compared to ordinary surveys , for which we used pieces of paper and pens , we received an   overwhelmingly positive response from the participants . On the one hand , this materialized   through a higher rate of participation . On the other hand , we received oral feedback from the   participants , many of whom thoroughly enjoyed the survey experience . Therefore , our   research team decided to further use our visualization tool for future events . All in all , I find   it fascinating that adding visual components to a survey made it so much more enjoyable to   complete . This powerfully illustrates how design thinking strategies can help to obtain better   results . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Visualization 

 Challenge   I work as a research assistant at an architecture department . As a consequence of this , I often   engage with students and professors studying and researching the built environment . I also   have a design background myself , more specifically in urban design . Design thinking has   therefore always been present during my past academic and professional experiences .   Visualization as an important tool to illustrate information is also something that has been   generally very prevalent in my life , especially during my undergraduate studies . Nonetheless ,   the design tools and strategies of design thinking have been taught to me implicitly rather   than explicitly . Hence , due to teaching these strategies very clearly , this course was a true   eye - opener for me .     In order to understand the challenge , it is important to learn more about the kind of research   we do . We are researching ways of sustainably engaging the wider public in large construction   projects . Within this context , we are inevitably touching on other cognate areas , such as   urban planning , political science , creative industries and digital humanities . For this specific   challenge , we explicitly agreed on using design thinking strategies . The aim was to organize a   conference that allowed use to generate data for our research . The venue was an old concert   hall located in close vicinity to a former harbor . We wanted to learn how creative industries   can contribute towards just and sustainable processes of public engagement within large   constructions processes . We invited creative people such as local artists , architects and   musicians , as well as interested members of the general public . The challenge that we faced   was extracting information from the attendees that we could then use for further research .      Selection   As design professionals , we often work with visualization , which led us to opt for visualization   once more . Furthermore , given the circumstance of having invited a largely creative audience   and given the fact that we used design thinking strategies , we decided not to use ordinary   survey techniques based on multiple choice questionnaires on a piece of paper . We had   negative experiences with the aforementioned ordinary survey techniques in the past . The   main problem was that people were generally not incentivized enough to complete the   surveys . Consequently , we agreed on using the design tool of visualization and had to come   up with an innovative form of surveying for our conference .     Application   Since we learned on this course that visualization as a design tool is characterized by making   information tangible and concrete through visualizing it , we developed a mobile application   that incorporated 360 - degree videos of places where creative exchange takes place , such as   a library , a concert hall and an art gallery . The survey participants were able to use one of   three tablets that we placed near the entrance to the conference hall and were able to   explore the creative spaces through swiping through the 360 - degree videos . They were then   prompted a yes or no question relating to each of the creative spaces , such as “ Could you   imagine this to be a place where construction processes could be discussed ? ” . The responses   were saved to our server and we were then able to evaluate the responses . All in all , we aimed   at making the experience of participating in the survey more fun for the participants . 

 Insight and approach   Compared to ordinary surveys , for which we used pieces of paper and pens , we received an   overwhelmingly positive response from the participants . On the one hand , this materialized   through a higher rate of participation . On the other hand , we received oral feedback from the   participants , many of whom thoroughly enjoyed the survey experience . Therefore , our   research team decided to further use our visualization tool for future events . All in all , I find   it fascinating that adding visual components to a survey made it so much more enjoyable to   complete . This powerfully illustrates how design thinking strategies can help to obtain better   results .
### Output: 