Publications

2026
Reviving Reflection-in-Action: Instilling Designerly Thinking in AI-Supported Ideation through Multimodal Promptings (Link)

Samangi Wadinambiarachchi, Jenny Waycott, and Greg Wadley
In proceedings of the ACM Creativity and Cognition (C&C ‘26)
Publication date : TBA

2025
Imagining Design Workflows in Agentic AI Futures (Link)

Samangi Wadinambiarachchi, Jenny Waycott, Yvonne Rogers, and Greg Wadley
In proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI ‘25)
Publication date : 28/11/2025

2024
The Effects of Generative AI on Design Fixation and Divergent Thinking (Link)

Samangi Wadinambiarachchi, Ryan M Kelly, Saumya Pareek, Qiushi Zhou, Eduardo Velloso
In roceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publication date : 11/05/2024

2018
Sinhala traditional music of Sri Lanka for stress relief: an interaction design intervention (Link)

Samangi Wadinambiarachchi, Sumanthri Samarawickrama
FARU 2018 ; “Sustainability for people” envisaging multi-disciplinary solution, Sri Lanka
Publication date: 12/2018


Workshop Papers/ Posters

Wadinambiarachchi, S., Waycott, J., Kelly, R., Rogers, Y., Velloso, E. & Wadley, G. (2024, October). From Ideas to Pixels: How GenAI affects UX/UI Design. Doctoral colloquium contribution presented at the School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Link

Wadinambiarachchi, S., Waycott, J., Kelly, R., Velloso, E., & Wadley, G. (2024, May). How generative AI affect design work. Poster presented at the Generative AI and HCI Workshop, CHI 2024, Honolulu, HI, United States.Link

Wadinambiarachchi, S., Waycott, J., Kelly, R., Velloso, E., & Wadley, G. (2024, September). How can GenAI affect design work? Poster presented at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Graduate Research Showcase, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Link

Wadinambiarachchi, S., Kelly, R., & Velloso, E. (2022, October). Can AI-generated images break design fixation? Doctoral colloquium contribution presented at the School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Link

Doctoral Consortium

Wadinambiarachchi, S. (2024, December). Exploring AI-powered creativity support tools in design work. Doctoral consortium contribution presented at the 36th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2024 (OzCHI ’24), Brisbane, Australia.