Computation

Each student will be assigned a faculty advisor in Computation upon admission. The advisor will consult on the student's initial plan of study and on the choice of subjects in subsequent terms. He or she will assist the student in selecting an advisory committee and subsequently a dissertation committee. Often, but not always, the faculty advisor becomes the dissertation committee chair if the student so desires.

Doctoral Research Opportunity in Computation and Advanced Urbanism
The Norman B. Leventhal Center of Advanced Urbanism and Departments of Architecture and Urban Studies and Planning have established a collaborative doctoral-level concentration in Advanced Urbanism. Urbanism is a rapidly growing field that has many branches. At MIT, we speak of Advanced Urbanism as the field which integrates research on urban design, urbanization and urban culture.

The concentration in Advanced Urbanism seeks doctoral applicants (one to two per year) who have: 1) at least one professional design degree (in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, etc.); 2) research interests in urbanism that would draw upon both ARCH and DUSP faculty advising; and 3) a commitment to engage with the research community at the LCAU and within their home department throughout their time at MIT. Applicants should apply for admission to an existing ARCH or DUSP PhD program and must meet all specific admissions requirements of the respective PhD program. Admissions committees nominate applicants who fit the urbanism program to a joint advanced urbanism admissions committee. The selected applicants are admitted by their home department discipline group (DUSP; AKPIA, BT, Computation, HTC) with financial support and research assistantships from LCAU.

Prospective students with questions pertaining to the doctoral studies in Advanced Urbanism should reach out to their prospective home doctoral program and to LCAU doctoral committee members: Rafi Segal and Brent Ryan. Or to the mailing list lcau-phd-advu@mit.edu. See links at top for program-specific information.

Choi, Joshua, web page 
… MArch 2014, document title: Democratic Play: Crowd-Sourcing through Games for Architectural Design (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Fisher, Derek 
… MArch 1998, document title: Ground Zero (William Mitchell and Andrew Scott) 

Gealy, Rachel 
… MArch 2010, document title: Urbanizing the American Dream: Symbiotic Housing for Baltimore (Kent Larson) 

Kwon, Kyoung Eun 
… MArch 2004, document title: Filmic Architecture: On Motion Perspective in an Architectural Synthesis (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Li, Dan, web page 
… MArch 2016, document title: Fluid Atmospheres: Adaptive Interplay between Natural and Artificial Light Projection (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Liao, Nancy Han 
… MArch 2001, document title: Complexly Curvlinear Surfaces in Composite Materials(William Mitchell) 

Nelson, Maggie 
… MArch 2011, document title: Re-imagining the Maison Tropicale: a 21st century prefabricated building system inspired by Jean Prouve' (Lawrence Sass) 

Park, Kat 
… MArch 2003, document title: Reinterpretation of space in a networked community(William Mitchell and William Porter) 

Park, Sung-o 
… MArch 2009, document title: A Design Strategy for Transforming an Old Power Plant into a Cultural Center (Kent Larson) 

Patel, Sayjel Vijay, web page 
… MArch 2015, document title: 3-DJ: Sampling As Design (Skylar Tibbits) 

Rosenberg, Alice 
… MArch 2010, document title: Planning Ahead -- The Emergence of Clean Energy Technology (Kent Larson) 

Sheehan, Travis, web page 
… MArch 2012, document title: The Urban Design of Distributed Energy Resources (Kent Larson and Dennis Frenchman) 

Sun, Meng, web page 
… MArch 2017, document title: Cyberspace as a Memory Container (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Tang, Pui Wan Pearl 
… MArch 2004, document title: Revealing Expressive Spaces - transformation of a former quarry to a dancers' retreat center (William Porter) 

Willis, Robin C 
… MArch 2011, document title: Feather Weights: Rapid Redeployable Structures for Interim Use (Kent Larson) 

Yoo, Hyunjoon, web page 
… MArch 1997, document title: Infotecture: Space as Void, Solid, and Activity Information(Takehiko Nagakura) 

Zhang, Xu, web page 
… MArch 2017, document title: Conversation On Saving a Historical Community: A Participatory Renewal and Preservation Platform (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Akbarzadeh, Masoud, web page 
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: Designing Performative Surfaces: Computational Interpretation of Flow Pattern Drawings (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Aparicio, German, web page 
Project Manager, Gehry Technologies, Inc 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: Holzbau: Timber Construction and Material Information Exchanges for the Design of Complex Geometrical Structures (Lawrence Sass) 

Araya, Sergio, web page 
Professor and Dean, School of Design, Universidad Aldolpho Ibáňez 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Parametric Constructs: Computational Designs for Digital Fabrication (Ann Pendleton-Jullian) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Arida, Saeed, web page 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Contextualizing Generative Design (Terry Knight) 

Ariza, Ines, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Decoding Details: Integrating Physics of Assembly in Discrete Element Structures (Caitlin Müeller) 

As, Imdat 
… SMArchS 2002, document title: Emergent Design: Rethinking of contemporary mosque architecture in light of digital technology (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Bacharidou, Maroula,  web page 
Teaching Fellow, MIT Architecture 
... SMArchS 2018, document title: Active prototyping : a computational framework for designing while making (Terry Knight) 

Bernal, Guillermo, web page 
Physical Computing Designer, MIT Mobile Experience Laboratory 
… SMArchS 2014, document title: Learning from Master's Muscles: EMG-Based Bio-Feedback Tool for Augmenting Manual Fabrication and Crafting (Takehiko Nagakura and Federico Casalegno) 

Blain, Johanne 
Personal Care Attendant, Cerebral Palsy of Massachusetts 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: Translations of Culture and Identity: A Study of Internet Use In the Haitian Community (William Mitchell) 

Botha, Marcel, web page 
Partner , Mutopo 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Customized Digital Manufacturing: Concept to Construction Methods across Varying Product Scales (Lawrence Sass) 

Can, Eddie, web page 
Lead Designer, Zaha Hadid Architects 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: Choreographic Assemblages: An Archaeology of Movement and Space (Stanford Anderson and Joan Jonas) 

Cardoso Llach, Daniel, web page 
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: A Generative Grammar for 2D Manufacturing of 3D Objects (Lawrence Sass and Terry Knight) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Carlsson, Moa, web page 
PhD Student, Massachustts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: Stratified, Destratified, and Hybrid GIS: Organizing a Cross-Disciplinary Territory for Design (George Stiny) 

Charles, Patrick P., web page 
Associate Professor, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI 
… SMArchS 2000, document title: Perspectives on the Role of the Body in the Design Process: Observations from an Experiment (William Porter) 

Chatzitsakyris, Panagiotis, web page 
Principal, 0.27 Architects 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: The Man With The Movie Camera: An event driven approach to architectural design (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Chen, Shouheng 
Principal, Shouheng Design and Technology, Toronto, Canada 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Embedding Methods for Massing and Detail in Computer Generated Design of Skyscrapers -- Exploration through Examples of Cesar Pelli's Projects(Takehiko Nagakura) 

Chen, Xiaoji 
Interaction Designer II, Xbox 
… SMArchS 2011, document title: Seeing Differently: Cartography for Subjective Maps Based on Dynamic Urban Data (Takehiko Nagakura and Carlo Ratti) 

Chen, Naichun, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Urban Data Mining: Social Media Data Analysis as a Complementary Tool for Urban Design (Kent Larson and Takehiko Nagakura) 

Cheng, Chin-Yi, web page 
Research Scientist, Autodesk 
… SMArchS 2017, document title: Interactive Design Process Based on Augmented Intelligence: A Framework and Toolkit for Designers to Interact and Collaborate with AI Alogritms (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Cheung, Kenneth, web page 
Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Understanding Behavior with Ubiquitous Computing for Architectural Design Tools (Kent Larson) 

Chiu, Shih-Sang 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: Trig'r: Collective Perception of Architecture (Terry Knight) 

Cho, Min-Jung 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: Workspace in Transition: Rethinking Workspace through the Design of Reconfigurable Work Surfaces (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Choi, Joshua, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Merging Three Spaces: Designing User Interface (UI) in Virtual Reality (VR) for Spatial Design (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Choma, Joseph, web page 
Assistant Professor, Clemson University 
… SMArchS 2011, document title: A Pedagogical Guide into Trigonometric Transformations(George Stiny) 

Corem, Yaniv, web page 
(Mis)Chief Design Officer, YCXD, Haifa, Israel 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: UDesign Toward a User-centered Architecture (Kent Larson and Una-May O'Reilly) 

Crichfield, Heather 
Partner, Fuster + Architects, PSC, Puerto Rico 
… SMArchS 2000, document title: Spatial Manifestations in Pluralist Cultures: The Case of the Isleta de San Juan (William Porter and Sibel Bozdoğan) 

De Biswas, Kaustuv, web page 
Co-Founder, VibrantData 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: A Computational Model of Visual Interpretation (Terry Knight) 

Demchak, Gregory 
Director of Product Management, Synchro Software Ltd 
… SMArchS 2000, document title: Towards a Post-Industrial Architecture: Design and Construction of Houses for the Information Age (William Mitchell) 

Dessi-Olive, Jonathan, web page 
… SMArchS 2017, document title: Computing with Matter, Shapes and Forces: Toward Material and Structural Primacy in Architecture (George Stiny and John Ochsendorf) 

Dimas, Anastasios 
Senior BIM Manager, iTech Management Consultancy, UAE 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: D-work Innovation: Where, When and in Which Social Context Do Good Ideas Evolve in the Distributed Work Environment of Knowledge Workers?(Kent Larson) 

Dritsas, Stylianos, web page 
Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Design Operators (William Porter) 

Duarte, José Pinto, web page 
Associate Professor, Technical University of Lisbon 
… SMArchS 1993, document title: Order and Diversity within a Modular System for Housing: A Computational Approach (William Mitchell) 

Dutta, Projjal 
Director, Sustainability Initiatives, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NYC 
… SMArchS 1997, document title: Moksha: Design of Disposable Objects for Second Uses as Construction Components (William Mitchell) 

El-Khaldi, Maher 
PhD Candidate, Simon University, British Columbia, Canada 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Mapping Boundaries of Generative Systems for Design Synthesis (George Stiny) 
received a MS.Arch from Georgia Institute of Technology 

El-Zanfaly, Dina , web page 
PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2011, document title: Active Shapes: Introducing Guidelines for Designing Kinetic Architectural Structures (Terry Knight) 

Elbaum, Meredith 
President, The Elbaum Group 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: BridgeGreen: Bridging the Disconnect Between Design Professionals and Resources for Environmentally, Socially, and Economically Responsive Architecture (John Fernandez) 

Ewing, Phillip, web page 
… SMArchS 2014, document title: Interactive Phototherapy: Integrating Photomedicine into Interactive Architecture (Kent Larson) 

Fan, Janet 
Director, Workplace Strategy, CBRE, Beijing City, China 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: Learning Environment Assessment (William Porter) 

Fasoulaki, Eleftheria 
Architect Engineer, ELEF Architects 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Integrated Design: A Generative Multi-Performative Design Approach (Terry Knight) 

Feng, Keru, web page 
Co-President, ecotectour, Suttgart, Germany 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: The Ethos in The Form Making of Grand Projects in Contemporary Beijing City (William Porter) 

Fox, Michael A., web page 
Principal, Fox Lin Inc, Los Angeles, CA 
… SMArchS 1996, document title: Novel Affordances of Computation to the Design Processes of Kinetic Structures (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Gane, Victor 
CEO, AestheticLink, Menlo Park, CA 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Parametric Design: A Paradigm Shift? (William Porter) 
received a PhD from Stanford University 

Gao, Yu, web page 
Real Estate Salesperson, Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: Self-Organized Collaboration: A Self-Evolving Online Collaborative Production Model for Social Enterprise Grassroots Startups (George Stiny) 

Gazit, Merav, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Living Matter: Biomaterials for Design and Architecture(Terry Knight) 

Goldklang, Shaul, web page 
Project Manager, Adam America Real Estate 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: Mass-Customization in Commercial Real Estate: How the Aviation Industry Can Help Us Create Beautiful Buildings that Add Value (George Stiny) 

Gore Chandorkar, Tripti 
Manager in the Design & Interactive Services, Sapient Corporation 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: Users, Technology and Space in Libraries in the Digital Age (William Mitchell) 

Griffith, Kenfield, web page 
CEO, mSurvey 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Design Computing of Complex-Curved Geometry using Digital Fabrication Methods (Lawrence Sass) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Gun, Onur Yuce, web page 
Computational Geometry Specialist, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Narration of Light: Computational Tools for Framing the Tonal Imagination (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Gunji, Akira 
, Fogarty Finger Architecture PLLC 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: Inferring Design Environment (IDE): '(Re)shaping a Design Pattern as a Learning Process' (Terry Knight) 

He, Shan, web page 
Software Engineer, Data Visualization, Uber, San Francisco, CA 
… SMArchS 2014, document title: Mapping Urban Perception: How Do We Know Where We Are? (Takehiko Nagakura and Carlo Ratti) 

Hoang, Han Mai, web page 
General Director, The BIM Factory, Vietnam 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: Automated Construction Technologies: Analyses and Future Development Strategies (Lawrence Sass) 

Hovsepian, Sarah, web page 
Director, FABWorks, University of California, Irvine 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: Digital Material Skins: For Reversible Reusable Pressure Vessels (Terry Knight and Neil Gershenfeld) 

Ingram, Josh, web page 
Software Developer, Objecutive, San Antonio, TX 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: [A]Sorted Selection: Improving Building Performance and Diversity Using a New Form of Interactive Evolutionary Algorithm (Terry Knight and Una-May O'Reilly) 

Kalenja, Adela, web page 
Project Architect, Eco Offsite, Palo Alto, CA 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: The Hard Hat and the Hand-Held: Communication with Hand-Held Computing in the Construction Process (Terry Knight and Takehiko Nagakura) 

Kamath, Ayodh, web page 
Assistant Professor, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: Integrating Digital Design and Fabrication with Craft Production (Terry Knight) 

Kardasis, Ari  
Partner, Space Inch, Brooklyn, NY 
… SMArchS 2011, document title: The Soft Grid (Terry Knight) 

Kashyap, Sameer 
Director, Parametric Design, Ghery Technologies, Los Angeles, CA 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Digital Making: Exploring Design with Computer Controlled Fabrication (William Porter and Lawrence Sass) 

Kassner, Moritz, web page 
Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Pupil Labs, Germany 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: PUPIL: Constructing the Space of Visual Attention (Terry Knight and Patrick Winston) 

Keel, Paul 
Research Scientist, Collaborative Sense-Making, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 1997, document title: Process and Relation Analysis: Capturing Architectural Thought (William Porter) 

Kilian, Axel, web page 
Assistant Professor, Princeton University 
… SMArchS 2000, document title: Defining Digital Space Through a Visual Language (William Mitchell) a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Kim, Simon, web page 
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: I/O: Input/Output; Design Stategies: An inquiry into thinking/making (William Mitchell) 

Kirschner, Michael, web page 
 AutoDesk 
… SMArchS 2015, document title: Visual Programming in Three Dimensions: Visual Representations of Computational Mental Models (George Stiny) 

Kotsopoulos, Sotirios, web page 
Studio Instructor, NuVu Studio, Cambridge, MA 
… SMArchS 2000, document title: Point, Line, Plane: Basic Elements of Formal Composition in Shape Computation and Bauhaus Theories. (Terry Knight) 

received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Kovidvisith, Kalaya 
Director, FabCafe, Thailand 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Open Source Alliance Ecology: The Internet Framework for Consumer Driven Participative Design (Kent Larson) 

Lee, Sophia Juhee 
Project Manager, University of Southern California 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: Wireless Bridges: The Laptop Experience in Learning Environment (William Porter and Francis Duffy) 

Leung, Victor Pok Yin, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Put it Together: Animating Machine Assembly Instructions for Novices (Terry Knight) 

Li, Si 
PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Data Structures for Context Responsive Modeling in Architecture (William Mitchell) 

Liapi, Marianthi, web page 
Transformable Intelligence Environments Lab Research Director, Technical University of Crete 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: Spatial Diagnosis and Media Treatments (Terry Knight) 

Litman-Cleper, Julia, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Situated Mapping: Augmented-Reality Clay and Adaptive Interfacing (Terry Knight and Ruth Rosenholtz) 

Liu, Yuchen 
Senior Architect, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: Robotic Design Construction: Digital Fabrication Strategies for Freeform Masonry Casting and Mobile Assembly (Lawrence Sass) 

Lobel, Joshua, web page 
Lead Engineer, CW Keller & Associates 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Building Information: Means and Methods of Communication in Design and Construction (George Stiny) 

Lostritto, Carl, web page 
Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: Computing Drawing: Programming a Vintage Pen Plotter(George Stiny) 

Loukissas, Yanni, web page 
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: Rulebuilding: Exploring Design Worlds Through End-user Programming (William Porter and Lawrence Sass) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Maclain, James 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Design - Make: the Translation of Design Iintention to Fabrication (Lawrence Sass) 

Mairopoulos, Dimitrios, web page 
Research Specialist, MIT Self-Assembly Lab 
… SMArchS 2015, document title: M-Cell Assembly (Terry Knight and Skylar Tibbits) 

Mburu, Fred 
, Oracle 
… SMArchS 2001, document title: Context Modeling : Extending the parametric object model with design context (Wiliam Porter and Takehiko Nagakura) 

McGill, Miranda, web page 
UX Designer, Yorktown Heights, NY 
… SMArchS 2001, document title: A Visual Approach for Exploring Computational Design(Terry Knight) 

McKnelly, Carrie, web page 
Howard E. LeFevre ’29 Emerging Practitioner Fellow, Ohio State University 
… SMArchS 2015, document title: Knitting Behavior: A material-centric design process(Lawrence Sass) 

Mendoza, Rolando 
Executive Director of Project Integration, Walt Disney Imagineering Shanghai 
… SMArchS 2001, document title: Mapping/Forces/Constructing Context: an Operatic Proposal for Boston (Fernando Domeyko) 

Mogas-Soldevila, Laia, web page 
Architect, Researcher, Mediated Matter Lab, MIT 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: New Design Companions Opening Up the Process Through Self-Made Computation (George Stiny) 
received a Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT 

Moon, JunSik 
, Seoul National University, Korea 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Shape Grammar for Mies Van Der Rohe's High-rise Apartment (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Mutlu, Murat, web page 
Principal, International Office of Architects, NYC 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: Generative Morphologies of Architectural Organization in Matter Force Field (Meejin Yoon and Nader Tehrani) 

Narahara, Taro 
Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: The Space Re-Actor: Walking a Synthetic Man through Architectural Space (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Noel, Vernelle, web page 
PhD Candidate, Pennsylvania State University 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: Trinidad Carnival: Improving Design Through Computation and Digital Technology (Azra Aksamija) 

Nunez, Joseph 
Intern Architect, DLR Group, Sacramento, CA 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: Prefab the FabLab: Rethinking the Habitability of a Fabrication Lab by Including Fixture-Based Components (Lawrence Sass) 

Ob'yedkova, Ekaterina, web page 
Conversation Engineer, Catalia Health, San Francisco, CA 
… SMArchS 2014, document title: Multimodal Environmental Interfaces: Discrete and Continuous Changes of Form, Light, and Color Using Natural Modes of Expression (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Özkâr, Mine, web page 
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University 
… SMArchS 1999, document title: Envisioning Creative Space (William Porter and John Rajchman) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Pantazi, Magdalini-Eleni 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Dissecting Design: Exploring the Role of Rules in the Design Process (George Stiny) 

Papadopoulou, Athina, web page 
PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2014, document title: Perceptual Prototypes: Towards a Sensory Pedagogy of Space (Terry Knight) 

Papanikolaou, Dimitris, web page 
DDes Candidate, Harvard University 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Attribute Process Methodology: Feasibility Assessment of Digital Fabrication Production Systems for Planar Part Assemblies Using Network Analysis and System Dynamics (William Mitchell) 
received a MS in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT, and Ddes Harvard University 

Park, Hyoung-June, web page 
Associate Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa 
… SMArchS 1997, document title: Formalization, Data Abstraction, and Communication(George Stiny) 

Patera, William, web page 
Managing Partner, Pupil Labs, Germany 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: PUPIL: Constructing the Space of Visual Attention (Terry Knight and Patrick Winston) 

Phillips, M. Giles, web page 
Chief Product Designer, Constant Contact 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Design By Searching: A System for Creating and Evaluating Complex Architectural Assemblies (Kent Larson) 

Pinochet, Diego, web page 
Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile 
… SMArchS 2015, document title: Making gestures: design and fabrication through real time human computer interaction (Terry Knight) 

Plewe, Thomas 
President, NeverCenter, Ltd Co., Salt Lake City, UT 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Besting the Tract Home: A Software-Based Bricolage Approach to Affordable Custom Housing (Terry Knight) 

Press, B. Joseph, web page 
Director, Deloitte Digital, Switerland 
… SMArchS 1997, document title: Emergent Pedagogies in Design Research Education (William Porter) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Raber, Christianna, web page 
Principal, Christianna Raber Sustainable Architectural Design Services 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: The Story of the HOUSE I Lite System : 'Less calories, more taste, your site, your vision... ' (Andrew Scott) 

Reichert, Steffen, web page 
D.Eng Candidate, University of Stuttgart 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: Reverse Engineering Nature: Design Principles for Flexible Protection Inspired by Ancient Fish Armor of Polypteridae (Terry Knight and Christine Ortiz) 

Rosello, Oscar, web page 
… SMArchS 2017, document title: NeverMind: An Interface for Human Memory Augmentation (Terry Knight) 

Rosenberg, Daniel, web page 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: Designing for Uncertainty: Novel Shapes and Behaviors using Scissor-Pair Transformable Structures (Terry Knight) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Rothenberg, John 
Founding partner , Sosolimited, Boston, MA and San Diego, CA 
… SMArchS 2007, document title: Indeterminate Liberal Form: Public Space in Sprawl (Terry Knight) 

Saad, Rita 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Parametric Tools and Digital Fabrication for the Design of Luminous Ceilings (Lawrence Sass and William Porter) 

Sandoval Olascoaga, Carlos, web page 
… SMArchS 2016, document title: Painting with Data: From a Computational History of Urban Models to an Alternative Urban Computing (George Stiny) 

Sass, Lawrence, web page 
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 1994, document title: Precedents in African American Architecture (William Porter) 

Seely, Jennifer, web page 
Architect, Norwood Architecture 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Digital Fabrication in the Architectural Design Process(William Porter and Lawrence Sass) 

Senske, Nicholas, web page 
Assistant Professor, Iowa State University 
… SMArchS 2005, document title: Fear of Code: An Approach to Integrating Computation with Architectural Design (William Porter) 

Sharif, Shani, web page 
Intern Software Developer, Autodesk in Atlanta, GA 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: The Confluence of Digital Design/Fabrication and Biological Principles: Systematic Knowledge Transfer for the Development of Integrated Architectural Systems (Terry Knight and Lawrence Sass) 

Sheardwright, Ian 
Software Developer, Gensler, Hartford, CT 
… SMArchS 2002, document title: Three-Dimensional Sketch Tool (Wiliam Porter) 

Sich, Mark 
, Shell Global Solutions, New Orleans, LA 
… SMArchS 1997, document title: Articulating Architectural Design through Computational Media (William Mitchell) 

Simondetti, Alvise 
, ARUP 
… SMArchS 1997, document title: Rapid Prototyping in Early Stages of Architectural Design(William Mitchell) 

Sinisterra, Maria 
Principal, Ainoa Studio 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Rethinking Emergency Habitats For Refugees: Balancing Material Innovation And Culture (Reinhard Goethert and William Porter) 

Smithwick, Daniel, web page 
PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: Architectural Design 2.0: An Online Platform for the Mass Customization of Architectural Structures (Lawrence Sass) 

Soares, Gonçalo Ducla, web page 
Project Manager, Arte Charpentier Architectes, Paris, France 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Audio-Visual Frameworks for Design Process Representation (William Porter) 

Soto Ogueta, Carolina, web page 
Executive Director, BIM Planning, CORFO (Chilean Economic Development Agency) 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: User Innovation in Digital Design and Construction: Dialectical Relations Between Standard BIM Tools and Specific User Requirements (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Sun, Xiaohua 
Professor, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University 
… SMArchS 2002, document title: Using Space to Think (William Porter) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Sung, Woong Ki, web page 
PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: Sketching In 3D: Towards a Fluid Space for Mind and Body (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Tai, Alan Song-Ching, web page 
Associate, Front, Inc 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: Design for Assembly: A Computational Approach to Construct Interlocking Wooden Frames (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Tibbits, Skylar, web page 
Research Scientist and Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: Logic Matter: Digital Logic as Heuristics for Physical Self-Guided-Assembly (Terry Knight and Patrick Winston) 

Tichenor, James 
LAB Co-chief, Rockwell Group 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Electronically Modulated Materials: Effects And Context(William Porter) 

Toulkeridou, Varvara 
Research Engineer, Autodesk 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: Dynamic Descriptions: Steps Towards a Design Machine(George Stiny) 

Tsakonas, Konstantinos 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Measuring the Value of Workspace Architectural Design: Construction of the Workspace Communication Suitability Index (WOCSIT) (William Mitchell) 

Tsamis, Alexandros, web page 
Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Digital Graft: towards a non-homogeneous materiality(Mark Goulthorpe and Ann Pendleton-Julian) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Turakhia, Dishita, web page 
… SMArchS 2017, document title: Thirteen Ways of Looking - A Theoretical Inquiry into Computational Creative Thinking: Thoughts as Shapes, Ideas as Spatial Relations and Creative Thinking as Shape Grammar (George Stiny) 

Turgeman, Yaniv Jacob, web page 
CEO, R&D Lead, EveryBiome 
… SMArchS 2015, document title: Microbial Mediations: Cyber-Biological Extensions of Human Sensitivity to Natural and Made Ecologies (Terry Knight and Eric Alm) 

Vairani, Franco 
Principal, Squared Design Lab, Los Angeles, CA 
… SMArchS 2001, document title: Behind the Screen: on the perception of computer-generated architectural representations (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Vardouli, Theodora, web page 
Assistant Professor, McGill University 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: Design-for-Empowerment-for-Design: Computational Structures for Design Democratization (George Stiny) 

Verbeeck, Kenny 
Engineer Team Leader, Ney & Partners Structural Engineering, Brussels, Belgium 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Randomness as a Generative Principle in Art and Architecture (George Stiny) 

Villalon, Rachelle, web page 
, Hosta Labs 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: Reasonable Computing for Architectural Fabrication(Lawrence Sass) 

Watabe, Mark 
Software Engineer, Twitter 
… SMArchS 2010, document title: The Shape of Digital Content: A Computing Language Based on Gibson's Ecological Approach to Visual Perception and the Theory of Shape Grammars (George Stiny) 

Whiting, Emily, web page 
Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College 
… SMArchS 2006, document title: Geometric, Topological and Semantic Analysis of Multi-Building Floor Plan Data (Takehiko Nagakura and Seth Teller) 

Wiggins, Glenn 
Academic Administrator, Greater Boston Area 
… SMArchS 1989, document title: Methodology in Architectural Design (Donald Schon) 
received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Wortmann, Thomas, web page 
Studio Instructor, Singapore University of Technology and Design 
… SMArchS 2013, document title: Representing Shapes as Graphs: A Feasible Approach for the Computer Implementation of Parametric Visual Calculating (George Stiny) 

Wu, Qiong (Julia) 
… SMArchS 2003, document title: Bracket Study: Textual, Computation, Digital (Terry Knight) 

Yang, Lin 
Architectural Designer, KlingStubbins 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: BIM Game: A "Serious Game" to Educate Non-experts about Energy-related Design and Living (Kent Larson) 

Yeh, Bryant, web page 
Head Designer and Technical Chief, JoT House, Inc. 
… SMArchS 1998, document title: Kinetic Wall: An Exploration into Flexible Structure(Takehiko Nagakura and William Mitchell) 

Yi, Lu 
… SMArchS 2008, document title: A New Approach in Data Visualization to Integrate Time and Space Variability of Daylighting in the Design Process (Marilyne Andersen and Takehiko Nagakura) 

Yu, Huei-Sheng 
… SMArchS 2009, document title: Parametric Architecture: Performative/Responsive Assembly components (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Zaman, C̦ağri, web page 
PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2014, document title: Hallucination Machine: A Body Centric Model of Space Perception (Terry Knight and Patrick H. Winston) 

Zolotovsky, Katia, web page 
PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… SMArchS 2012, document title: Bioconstructs: Methods for Bio-Inspired and Bio-Fabricated Design (Terry Knight and Christine Ortiz) 

Zulas Castellanos, Alejandro 
Architect, Stantec Architecture 
… SMArchS 2004, document title: Adaptable Architecture: A Computational Exploration Into Responsive Design Systems (Terry Knight) 

Alfaris, Anas 
Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh Saudi Arabia 
… PhD 2009, document title: Emergence through Conflict: The Multi-Disciplinary Design System (MDDS) (William Mitchell) 

Araya, Sergio, web page 
Professor and Dean, School of Design, Universidad Aldolpho Ibáňez 
… PhD 2011, document title: Performative Architecture (George Stiny) 

Arida, Saeed, web page 
Chief Excitement Officer and Founder, NuVu 
… PhD 2011, document title: More Seeing in Learning (George Stiny) 

Arpak, Asli, web page 
… PhD 2016, document title: Seeing as Aesthetic Experience and Creative Action: Visual Practices with Shape Grammars in Design Education (George Stiny) 

Barrios, Carlos, web page 
Assistant Professor, Clemson University 
… PhD 2006, document title: Design Procedures: A Computational Framework for Parametric Design and Complex Shapes in Architecture (William Mitchell) 

Cardoso Llach, Daniel, web page 
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University 
… PhD 2012, document title: Builders of the Vision: Technology and the Imagination of Design (Terry Knight) 

Celani, Gabriela, web page 
Associate Professor, University of Campinas, Brazil 
… PhD 2002, document title: Beyond Analysis and Representation in CAD: A New Computational Approach to Design Education (William Mitchell and Terry Knight) 

Colakoglu, Birgul, web page 
Professor, Yildiz Technical University 
… PhD 2001, document title: Design by Grammar: Algorithmic Design in an Architectural Context (George Stiny) 

Davis, Felecia A., web page 
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvannia State University 
… PhD 2017, document title: Softbuilt: Computational Textiles and Augmenting Space Through Emotion (Terry Knight) 

Duarte, José Pinto, web page 
Associate Professor, Technical University of Lisbon 
… PhD 2001, document title: Customizing Mass Housing: A Discursive Grammar for Siza's Malagueira Houses (William Mitchell) 

Griffith, Kenfield, web page 
CEO, mSurvey 
… PhD 2012, document title: Information to Iteration: Using Information and Communication Technologies [ICT] in Design for Remote Regions (George Stiny) 

Gun, Onur Yuce, web page 
… PhD 2016, document title: A Place for Computing Visual Meaning: The Broadened Drawing-Scape (George Stiny) 

Ham, Derek, web page 
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, North Carolina State University 
… PhD 2015, document title: Playful Calculation: Tangible Coding for Visual Calculation(George Stiny) 

Intrachooto, Singh, web page 
Assistant Professor and Head of the Creative Center for Eco-Design, Kasetsart University , Bangkok, Thailand 
… PhD 2002, document title: Technological Innovation in Architecture: Effective Practices for Energy Efficient Implementation (William Porter and Andrew Scott) 

Joachim, Mitchell, web page 
Associate Professor, New York University 
… PhD 2006, document title: Ecotransology: Integrated Design for Urban Mobility (William Mitchell) 

Keel, Paul 
Research Scientist, Collaborative Sense-Making, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… PhD 2004, document title: Knowledge Trading: Computational Support for Individual and Collaborative Sense-Making Activities (William Porter) 

Kilian, Axel, web page 
Assistant Professor, Princeton University 
… PhD 2006, document title: Design Exploration through Bidirectional Modeling of Constraints (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Koschitz, Duks, web page 
Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, New York, NY 
… PhD 2014, document title: Computational Design with Curved Creases: David Huffman's Approach to Paperfolding (Terry Knight and Erik Demaine) 

Kotsopoulos, Sotirios, web page 
Studio Instructor, NuVu Studio, Cambridge, MA 
… PhD 2005, document title: Constructing Design Concepts: A Computational Approach to the Synthesis of Architectural Form (Terry Knight and George Stiny) 

Li, Andrew I-kang, web page 
Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology 
… PhD 2001, document title: A Shape Grammar for Teaching the Architectural Style of The Yingzao Fashi (George Stiny) 

Liew, Haldane 
… PhD 2004, document title: SGML: A Meta-Language for Shape Grammar (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Loukissas, Yanni, web page 
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology 
… PhD 2008, document title: Conceptions of Design in a Culture of Simulation (William Porter) 

Martino, Jacquelyn, web page 
Researcher, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY 
… PhD 2006, document title: The Immediacy of the Artist's Mark in Shape Computation: From Visualization to Representation (George Stiny and Terry Knight) 

Monks, Michael 
Software Engineer, BOSE Corporation 
… PhD 1999, document title: Audioptimization: Global-Based Acoustic Design (Julie Dorsey) 

Mota Toledo, Selene, web page 
Senior Research Engineer, Samsung Think Tank Team 
… PhD 2014, document title: Scalable Recognition of Human Activities for Pervasive Applications in Natural Environments (Kent Larson) 

Muslimin, Rizal, web page 
Lecturer, University of Sydney, Australia 
… PhD 2014, document title: EthnoComputation: On Weaving Grammars for Architectural Design (Terry Knight) 

Nikolovska, Lira, web page 
Senior User Experience Architect, Autodesk 
… PhD 2006, document title: Poetics of Furntiture: Augmenting Furniture with Technologies(Terry Knight) 

Oh, Byong Mok 
Vice President of Service Strategy, Samsung Electronics 
… PhD 2002, document title: A System for Image-based Modeling and Photo Editing (Julie Dorsey) 

Oxman, Neri, web page 
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… PhD 2010, document title: Material-based Design Computation (William Mitchell) 

Özkâr, Mine, web page 
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University 
… PhD 2004, document title: Uncertainties of Reason: Pragmatist Plurality in Basic Design Education (George Stiny) 

Park, Juhong, web page 
Assistant Professor, University of Miami 
… PhD 2015, document title: Synthetic Tutor: Profiling Students and Mass-Customizing Learning Processes Dynamically in Design Scripting Education (Takehiko Nagakura) 

Press, B. Joseph, web page 
… PhD 1999, document title: Building Community: Design in the Organizational Mind(William Porter) 

Rocha, Altino, web page 
Assistant Professor, University of Èvora, Portugal 
… PhD 2004, document title: Architecture Theory 1960-1980: Emergence of a Computational Perspective (William Mitchell) 

Romao, Luis, web page 
Assistant Professor, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal 
… PhD 2005, document title: A Study of Illegal Housing of Lisbon Built in 1974 to 1984: From Description to Computation (William Mitchell and George Stiny) 

Rosenberg, Daniel, web page 
… PhD 2015, document title: Transformational Design: A Mindful Practice for Experience-Driven Design (George Stiny) 

Sass, Lawrence, web page 
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
… PhD 2000, document title: Reconstructing Palladio's Villas: An Analysis of Palladio's Villa Design and Construction Process (William Mitchell) 

Shamonsky, Dorothy, web page 
Director of UI/UX Research and Development, Integrated Computer Solutions 
… PhD 2003, document title: Tactile, Spatial Interfaces for Computer-Aided Design: Superimposing Physical Media and Computation (William Mitchell) 

Shelden, Dennis, web page 
Chief Technology Officer, Gehry Technologies 
… PhD 2002, document title: Digital Surface Representation and the Constructibility of Gehry's Architecture (William Mitchell) 

Smithwick, Daniel, web page 
… PhD 2016, document title: Physical Design Cognition: An Analytical Study of Exploratory Model Making to Inform Creative Robotic Interaction (Lawrence Sass) 

Smyth, Evan 
Staff Software Architect, DreamWorks Animation 
… PhD 2001, document title: Designing Aesthetically Pleasing Freeform Surfaces in a Computer Enviroment (William Mitchell) 

Sun, Xiaohua 
Professor, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University 
… PhD 2007, document title: A Study of Temporal Visual Composition (William Porter) 

Telhan, Orkan, web page 
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
… PhD 2013, document title: The Living Commons: A Spatial Theory for Biological Design(George Stiny) 

Thompson, Maria 
Interim Chief Technical Officer, Photic Planning & Design 
… PhD 2007, document title: Psychophysical Evaluations of Modulated Color Rendering for Engergy Performance of LED-based Architectural Lighting (Terry Knight and Una-May O'Reilly) 

Tolba, Osama, web page 
Associate Professor, Arab Academy for Science & Technology, Heliopolis, Egypt 
… PhD 2001, document title: A Projective Approach to Computer-Aided Drawing (Julie Dorsey and Leonard McMillan) 

Tsamis, Alexandros, web page 
Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile 
… PhD 2012, document title: Software Tectonics (George Stiny) 

Upitis, Alise 
Assistant Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center 
… PhD 2008, document title: Nature Normative: The Design Methods Movement, 1944-1967 (Terry Knight) 

Vairani, Franco 
Principal, Squared Design Lab, Los Angeles, CA 
… PhD 2009, document title: bitCar Design Concept for a Collapsible Stackable City Car(William Mitchell) 

Vardouli, Theodora, web page 
Assistant Professor, McGill University 
… PhD 2017, document title: Graphing Theory: New Mathematics, Design, and the Participatory Turn (George Stiny) 

Wiggins, Glenn 
Academic Administrator, Greater Boston Area 
… PhD 1993, document title: Architectural Drawing as Designing and Creating: A Constructionist Perspective (Donald Schon and William Porter) 

Yakeley, Megan 
… PhD 2000, document title: Digitally Mediated Design: Using Computer Programming to Develop a Personal Design Process (William Mitchell) 

Yee, Susan 
Independent Architecture & Planning Professional, San Diego, CA area 
… PhD 2001, document title: Building Communities for Design Education: Using Telecommunication Technology for Remote Collaborative Learning (William Mitchell) 

Zolotovsky, Katia, web page 
… PhD 2017, document title: Guided Growth: Design and Computation with Biologically Active Materials (Terry Knight) 

 

1.000 | Computer Programming for Scientific and Engineering Applications 

 Instructor: R. Juanes

1.001 | Engineering Computation & Data Science

Instructor: J. Williams

1.022 | Introduction to Networks Models

Instructor: A. Jadbabaie

Provides an introduction to complex networks, their structure, and function, with examples from engineering, applied mathematics and social sciences. Topics include spectral graph theory, notions of centrality, random graph models,
contagion phenomena, cascades and diffusion, and opinion dynamics.

1.124J | Software and Computation for Simulation 

Instructor: Prof. J. Williams

Modern software development techniques and algorithms for engineering computation. Hands-on investigation of computational and software
techniques for simulating engineering systems, such as sensor networks, traffic networks, and discrete simulation of materials using atomistic and particle methods. Covers data structures and algorithms for modeling, analysis, and visualization in the setting of multi-core and distributed computing. Treatment of basic topics, such as queuing, sorting and search algorithms, and more advanced numerical techniques
based on state machines and distributed agents. Foundation for in-depth exploration of image processing, optimization, finite element and particle methods, computational materials, discrete element methods, and network methods. Knowledge of an object-oriented
language required.

1.125 | Artitecting and Engineering Software Systems

Instructor: Prof. J. Williams

Software architecting and design of cloud-based software-intensive systems. Targeted at future engineering managers who must understand both the business and technical issues involved in architecting enterprise-scale systems. Student teams confront technically challenging problems. Introduces modern devops concepts and cloud-computing, including cloud orchestration for machine learning. Also discusses cyber-security issues of key management and use of encrypted messaging for distributed ledgers, e.g., blockchain. Students face problem solving in an active learning lab setting, completing in-class exercises and weekly assignments leading to a group project. Some programming experience preferred.
Enrollment limited.

 

 

2.007 | Design & Manufacturing I

Instructor: S. Kim, A. Winter

2.089J | Computational Geometry 

Instructor: Staff 

2.093 | Finite Element Analysis of Solids & Fluids I

Instructor: Staff

2.739J | Product Design & Development

Instructor: Staff

 

 

3.032 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Instructor: L. Gibson

 

   

4.s50 | Special Subject: Architectural Computation

Instructor: Staff

4.110 | Design Across Scales, Disciplines and Problem Contexts

Instructor: Staff

4.140J/MAS.863.J | How to Make Almost Anything

Instructor: Neil Gershenfeld

4.246 | DesignX Accelerator

Instructor: Staff  

Students work in entrepreneurial teams to advance innovative ideas, products, services, and firms oriented to design and the built environment. Lectures, demonstrations, and presentations are supplemented by workshop time, when teams interact individually with instructors and industry mentors, and by additional networking events and field trips. At the end of the term, teams pitch for support of their venture to outside investors, accelerators, companies, or cities. Limited to 30; preference to students in DesignX Program. The DesignX program provides a ton of really valuable resources if you're interested in starting a company -- frequent mentorship from faculty and industry experts who care about the work you're doing, time and space to turn an idea into a company, funding, workshops, etc. The more you can put in, the more you'll get out. There's an application process in the fall semester.  

4.450 | Computational Structure Design & Optimization

Instructor: Caitlin Mueller

4.481 | Building Technology Seminar

Instructor: BT Faculty

 

  

6.0001 | Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

Instructor: A. Bell

6.005 6.031 | Elements of Software Construction

Instructor: M. Goldman

6.034 | Artifical Intelligence

Instructor: K. Koile

6.036 | Introduction to Machine Learning

Instructor: L.P.Kaelbling

6.041A/6.041B | Introduction to Probability I & II

Instructor: J.N. Tsitsiklis

6.045J | Automata, Computability and Complexity

Instructor: Staff

6.046J | Design & Analysis of Algorithms

Instructor: S. Devadas

6.170 | Software Studio

Instructor: D.N. Jackson

6.431A/6.431B | Intro to Probability I & II

Instructor: Staff

6.801 | Machine Vision

Instructor: B.K.P. Horn

6.803 | The Human Intelligence Enterprise

Instructor: Staff

6.804 | Computational Cognitive Science

Instructor: J. Tenenbaum

6.809J | Interactive Music Systems

Instructor: E.Egozy, L.Kaelbling

6.834J | Cognitive Robotics

Instructor: Staff

6.835 | Intelligent Multimodal User Interfaces

Instructor: Staff

6.837 | Computer Graphics

Instructor: J.Solomon

6.838 | Shape Analysis

Instructor: J. Solomon

The DesignX program provides a ton of really valuable resources if you're interested in starting a company -- frequent mentorship from faculty and industry experts who care about the work you're doing, time and space to turn an idea into a company, funding, workshops, etc. The more you can put in, the more you'll get out. There's an application process in the fall semester.  

6.844 | Artifical Intelligence

Instructor: K. Koile

6.849 | Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra

Instructor: Staff

6.850 | Geometric Computing

Instructor: Staff

6.860J | Statistical Learning Theory & Applications

Instructor: T. Poggio

6.861J | Aspects of Computational Theory of Intelligence

Instructor: T. Poggio

6.862 | Applied Machine Learning

Instructor: Staff

If you want to take this course for graduate credit, be sure to pre-register and fill out the application well in advance of the semester. It fills up fast.

6.863J | Natural Language & the Computer Representation of Knowledge

Instructor: Staff

6.865 | Advanced Computational Photography

Instructor: Staff

6.883 | Modeling with Machine Learning 

Instructor: Staff

6.901J | Innovation Engineering: Moving Ideas to Impact

Instructor: F. Murray 

 

 

9.012 | Cognitive Science

Instructor: E. Gibson, P. Sinha, J. Tenebaum

9.19/9.190 | Computational Psycholinguistics

Instructor: R.P. Levy

Introduces computational approaches to natural language processing and acquisition by humans and machines, combining symbolic and probabilistic modeling techniques. Covers models such as n-grams, finite state automata, and context-free and mildly context-sensitive grammars, for analyzing phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and larger document structure. Applications range from accurate document classification and sentence parsing by machine to modeling human language acquisition and real-time understanding. Covers both theory and contemporary computational tools and datasets. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.

9.10 | Cognitive Neuroscience

Instructor: R. Desimore, E. K. Miller

9.523 | Aspects of Computational Theory of Intelligence

Instructor: Tomaso Poggio

9.660 | Computational Cognitive Science

Instructor: Staff

9.65 | Cognitive Processes

Instructor: Staff

 

 

11.321 | Data Science and Machine Learning in Real Estate

Instructor: Staff

Small group study of advanced subjects under staff supervision. For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of real estate not covered in regular subjects of instruction. This is a great general introduction to data science and machine learning, and is suitable for both those with and without prior experience. It does a great job of highlighting use cases and challenges of applications in real estate and the built environment that you wouldn't get from a standard ML course, with many guest speakers from industry. The homework and projects were very manageable for beginners. 

 

 

15.371J | Innovation Teams

Instructor: L. Perez-Breva

15.871 | Introduction to Systems Dynamics

Instructor: Prof. H. Rahmandad

 

 

18.06 | Linear Algebra

Instructors: Fall: S. Johnson; Spring: A. Edelman

Reviews linear algebra with applications to life sciences, finance, engineering, and big data. Covers singular value decomposition, weighted least squares, signal and image processing, principal component analysis, covariance and correlation matrices, directed and undirected graphs, matrix factorizations, neural
nets, machine learning, and computations with large matrices. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.065.

This class covers a broad range of mathematical tools involving matrices, which are are everywhere in data analysis and machine learning
(including deep neural network technology). Prof. Strang wrote a textbook specifically for this class, which he uses for lectures and homework (the textbook is a great resource for everything that involves matrices — but it is not an introduction to linear algebra). I would recommend this class to both Masters and PhD students, given that you have some understanding of linear algebra. There is weekly homework, math problems done by hand, sometimes including one simple programming exercise. There are no exams or quizzes. There is only one open ended final project. Prof. Strang is one the best and most dedicated Professors I’ve met at MIT, and a really great teacher — you’ll certainly enjoy him delivering a lecture, even if you don’t understand the material."

18.065 | Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning

Instructor: Prof. Gilbert Strang

18.0851 | Computational Science & Engineering I

Instructor: Fall: W. Gilbert Stran; Spring: L. Demanet

18.900 | Geometry and Topology in the Plane

Instructor: P. Seidel

Covers selected topics in geometry and topology, which can be visualized in the two-dimensional plane. Polygons and polygonal paths. Billiards. Closed curves and immersed curves. Algebraic curves. Triangulations and complexes. Hyperbolic geometry. Geodesics and curvature. Other topics may be included as time permits.

18.4041 | Theory of Computation

Instructor: Michael Sipser 

 

 

MAS.S66 | Human Machine Symbiosis

Instructor: Pattie Maes

MAS.131 | Computational Camera & Photography

Instructor: Staff

MAS.581 | Networks, Complexity and their Applications

Instructor: Staff

MAS.630 | Affective Computing

Instructor: R.W. Picard

Great course with lots of one-on-one feedback with the instructor and TA. Excellent if you're looking to perform experiments with human subjects since it walks you through the process of getting COUHES approval. The workload can be reasonable and is hugely dependent on how much you choose to tackle in the course project. 

MAS.712 | Learning Creative Learning

Instructor: Staff

MAS.834 | Tangible Interfaces

Instructor: H. Ishii

MAS.836 | Sensor Technologies for Responsive Environments

Instructor: Staff

MAS.863.J | How to Make Almost Anything

Instructor: N. Gershenfeld

 

 

21W.820J | Writing: Science, Technology, and Society

Instructor: Staff

21G.152 | Chinese II

Instructor: Staff

21A.819 | Qualitative Research Methods

Instructor: Staff

 

 

COMPSCI 164 | Software Engineering

Instructor: David K. Malan

COMPSCI 171 | Visualization

Instructor: Hanspeter Pfister

APCOMP 209 | A  Data Science 1: Introduction to Data Science

Instructor: Pavlos Protopapas and Kevin A. Rader

ENG-SCI 153 | Laboratory Electronics

Instructor: David Abrams

EDU T402 | Team Learning

Instructor: Daniel Wilson

GSD 6338 | Introduction to Computational Design

Instructor: Panagiotis Michalatos

GSD 6317 | Material Distributions: Gradients of Compliance 

Instructor: Not Listed

GSD SCI 6317 | Material Practice as Research: Digital Design and Fabrication 

Instructor: Not Listed

GSD SCI 6459 | Mechatronic Optics

Instructor: Andrew Witt