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This symposium presents the current state-of-the-art of the Shape Machine, a new computational, visual and disruptive technology, to leading experts in various fields including AI, engineering, computer science, mathematics and design to review, discuss, and envision the field of shape cognition and computing at Georgia Tech.
The Shape Machine is a new computational technology that fundamentally redefines the way shapes are represented, indexed, queried and operated upon. Its foregrounding of visual rules (shape rules drawn in a 2D or 3D modeling system) over symbolic rules (instructions defined in some programming language) provides a robust technology for engineers, computer scientists, designers, students and educators, and in general academics and professionals who use drawings and visual models to develop and communicate their ideas.
The Shape Machine is currently developed at the Shape Computation Lab at the School of Architecture, College of Design, in collaboration with the Schools of Mathematics and Interactive Computing at the Colleges of Science and Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology.
8:30 - 9:00 AM - Registration
9:00 - 9:05 AM - Welcome
Nancey Green Leigh, FAICP
Professor and Associate Dean of Research
College of Design
Georgia Institute of Technology
9:05 - 9:10 AM - Welcome
Scott Marble, AIA
Professor and Chair
School of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
9:10 - 10:25 AM - Interactive Introduction to Shape Machine
Athanassios Economou, PhD
Professor and Director
Shape Computation Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tzu-Chieh Kurt Hong, BE, ME
PhD Student and Research Assistant
Shape Computation Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
10:25 - 10:45 AM - Coffee break
10:45 - 11:00 AM - Shape Machine and Interpreters
Tzu-Chieh Kurt Hong, BE, ME
PhD Student and Research Assistant
Shape Computation Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
11:00 - 11:15 AM - Shape Machine and Shape Signature
Cvetelina Hill, MS Math
PhD Student
School of Mathematics
Georgia Institute of Technology
11:15 - 11:30 AM - Shape Machine and Parametrics
James Park, BSArch, MArch
PhD Student and Research Assistant
Shape Computation Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
11:30 - 11:45 AM - Shape Machine and Architecture Theory
Heather Ligler, AIA, MSArch
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
Shape Computation Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
11:45 - 12:00 PM - Shape Machine @ Georgia Tech
Athanassios Economou, PhD
Professor and Director
Shape Computation Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Lunch break
1:00 - 3:00 PM- Focus Groups Workshop
There will be six focus groups that will run in two one-hour sessions.
Focus Groups
Shape Grammars and Shape Machine
Design Education and Shape Machine
Design Research and Shape Machine
Design Synthesis and Shape Machine
Interpreters and Shape Machine
Architectural Practice and Shape Machine
Guests and participants
George Stiny, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Terry Knight, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chris Earl, PhD, The Open University
Alison, McKay, PhD, University of Leeds
Thomas Grasl, PhD, SWAP Architekten
Mine Ozkar, PhD, Istanbul Technical University
Ulrich Flemming, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Asli Arpak, PhD, NuVu Cambridge
Hendricka Buelinckx, PhD, Texas Tech University
Alexandros Charidis, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mostafa Alani, PhD, Tuskegee University
Iestyn Jowers, PhD, The Open University
Thomas Wortmann, PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Andrew Li, PhD, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Joseph Choma, MS, Clemson University
Greg Schleusner, AIA, HOK
Michael Hodge, M.Arch, tvsdesign
Robert Anderson, MArch, Vectorworks Inc
Jeff Garbers, PhD, Venturelab
Josephine Yu, PhD, College of Sciences, Georgia Tech
Jeannette Yen, PhD College of Sciences, Georgia Tech
Prasad Tetali, PhD, College of Sciences, Georgia Tech
Frank Dellaert, PhD, College of Computing, Georgia Tech
Ying Yu PhD, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech
Ian Bogost, PhD, College of the Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech
Yanni Loukissas, PhD, College of the Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech
Cvetelina Hill MS, College of Sciences, Georgia Tech
Kamal Sewell, MS, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech
Jude LeBlanc, MArch, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Dennis Shelden, PhD, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Tarek Rakha, PhD, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Zachary Lancaster, MS, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Vernelle Noel, MS, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Jonathan Dessi-Olive, MS, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Siniša Kolarić, PhD, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Sara Saghafi, Georgia Tech
Marisabel Marratt, Georgia Tech
John Peponis, Georgia Tech
Ashlee Bryant, Georgia Tech
Griffin Moore, Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart Architects
Hayri Dortdivanlioglu, Georgia Tech
Chase Bailey, Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart Architects
Alya Al-Hashim, Georgia Tech
Maria Artemis, Georgia Tech
Sotirios Kotsopoulos, National Technical University of Athens
Haley Kellam, Georgia Tech
Jerome Cooper, Cooper Carry Architects
Arti Verma, Georgia Tech
Shilpa Mehta, Georgia Tech
Malik Leaphart, John Portman and Associates
Mark Reich, Venture Lab
Niknaz Aftahi, UC Berkeley
Kevin Karem, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Edwin Ortiz, John Portman and Associates
Pierluca Maffey, John Portman and Associates
Jack Portman, John Portman and Associates
Mickey Steinberg, John Portman and Associates
Jose Pajares, John Portman and Associates
Marcelo Bernal, Perkins & Will
3:00 - 3:30 PM - Coffee break
3:30 - 5:00 PM - Panel and Final Discussion
George Stiny, PhD, MIT
Terry Knight, PhD, MIT
Chris Earl, PhD, Open University
Alison McKay, PhD, University of Leeds
Ulrich Flemming, PhD, CMU
Dennis Shelden, PhD, Georgia Tech
5:00 - 7:00 PM - Shape Machine Exhibition Reception
