THURSDAY, MARCH 21
Building 7, Long Lounge (4th floor)
- 8:30–9am: Breakfast
- 9–9:15am: Welcome
- Ralf Herbrich, Managing Director, HPI, & John Ochsendorf, Founding Director, MIT MAD
- 9:15am–12:30pm: Presentations / ZOOM LINK
- 9:15–10:30am: Session 1
- 9:15am: Patrick Baudisch; Stefanie Mueller
- 9:30am: John Fernandez; Svafa Grönfeldt; Gerard de Melo; Frank Pawlitschek
- 9:45am: Robert Hirschfeld; Martin Rinard
- 10am: Tobias Putrih
- 10:15am: Regina Barzilay; Bernhard Renard
- 10:30–11am: Break
- 11am–12:30pm: Session 2
- 11am: Larry Susskind, Urban Infrastructure
- 11:15am: Cem Tasan, Reuse
- 11:30am: Joe Paradiso, Sensing Systems
- 11:45am: Kaitlyn Gee; John Hart
- 12pm: Ralf Herbrich; Deblina Sarkar
Massachusetts Ave, Front steps of Building 7
N52, Courtyard Room (3rd floor)
- 1–2pm: Lunch
- 2–3:30pm: Project meetings
MIT Museum
- 3:30–4pm: Optional Visit / Explore objects from across our galleries that harness art, science and technology in their creation.
Flat Top Johnny’s Restaurant
- 5–7pm: Project Team Dinner
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
Building 7, Long Lounge (4th floor)
- 8:30–9am: Breakfast
- 9am–1pm: Presentations / ZOOM LINK
- 9–10:30am: Session 1
- 9am: Danielly de Paula, Digital Health
- 9:15am: Hiroshi Ishii; Julia Von Thienen
- 9:30am: Connor Coley; Bernhard Renard
- 9:45am: Faez Ahmed, Generative AI
- 10am: Gerard de Melo; Andres Sevtsuk
- 10:30–11am: Break
- 11am–12:30pm: Session 2
- 11am: Caitlin Mueller, Design + Construction
- 11:15am: Brandon Clifford, Digital Fabrication
- 11:30am: Sarah Williams, LCAU
- 11:45: Christian Doerr; Keri Pearlson
- 12:30pm: Lunch
- 2–3:45pm: Project meetings
Media Lab, E14-464
Pagu Restaurant
- 5–7pm: Project Team Dinner
You may access a list of other events taking place at MIT on the days of the workshop here.
TELESYMBIOSIS
Aims to shift from an egocentric to an ecocentric work approach in design, considering the impact on human-nature relationships. It focuses on creating perspective-taking objects to help designers empathize with diverse needs in ecosystems, promoting sustainable design.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Bert Arnrich (HPI), Prof. Hiroshi Ishii (MIT, Media Lab)
SIDEWALK BALLET
A scalable urban analytic approach for explaining social qualities of urban streets: Conducts a large-scale analysis of social interactions on urban streets, considering demographics, design features, and land use. It seeks to understand what makes some streets more vibrant and lively than others.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Gerard de Melo (HPI), Prof. Andres Sevtsuk (MIT, DUSP)
PREDICTING FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS OF GENETIC VARIANTS
Combines proteomics, transcriptomics, and clinical health records to predict the functional effects of mutations in voltage-gated ion channels using AI methods.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Renard (HPI), Prof. Connor Coley (MIT, Chemical Engineering)
2D MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE AI
Focuses on designing 2D magnetic material-based stochastic computing devices to create energy-efficient computers, contributing to environmentally sustainable Artificial Intelligence.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Ralf Herbrich (HPI), Prof. Deblina Sarkar (MIT, Media Lab)
CULTURE AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Explores developing a shared value model of cybersecurity that can be transmitted and adopted by organizations throughout the supply chain, aiming to advance cybersecurity norms and practices adoption.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Christian Doerr (HPI), Dr. Keri Pearlson (MIT, Sloan School of Management)
AUTOMATIC EXAMPLE GENERATION FOR BABYLONIAN PROGRAMMING
Bridges the gap between domain experts and programmers by introducing interactive examples meaningful to all stakeholders in the programming environment, making software development more participatory.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld (HPI), Prof. Martin Rinard (MIT, CSAIL)
AI-POWERED STARTUP DESIGN FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE
Explores AI-augmented decision-support systems to improve startup success forecasting, especially for enterprises addressing planetary challenges.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Frank Pawlitschek (HPI), Prof. Dr. Gerard de Melo (HPI), Prof. John Fernandez, (MIT, Architecture and ESI), Prof. Svafa Grönfeldt (MIT, SA+P, designX)
PERSONALIZING PRODUCT DESIGN WITH MINIMAL MATERIAL WASTE
Investigates how to allow customers to personalize products while optimizing material use in novel digital manufacturing processes.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Patrick Baudisch (HPI), Prof. Stefanie Mueller (MIT, EECS)
SECURING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Despite growing standards, this project addresses the unintended cybersecurity risks introduced by some regulations in supply chains.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Christian Doerr (HPI), Dr. Keri Pearlson (MIT, Sloan School of Management)
GENERATIVE MODELS FOR NOVEL ANTIMICROBIALS
Explores the use of AI to design novel therapeutic agents and combat antibiotic resistance, a critical global health threat.
Principal Investigators: Prof. Bernhard Renard (HPI), Prof. Regina Barzilay (MIT, CSAIL)
