Georgia Institute of Technology                                                                        College of Architecture

Fall, 2008

COA 8672

Research Seminar in Design Computing

Tu-Th 9:30 ?11:00AM Room 223 Architecture

Chuck Eastman

This course is a general survey of a set of critical developments in design computing, focusing on the representation, analysis and application of designs and design data.. The class is about computation as a set of intellectual ideas and technologies. It will not deal with the details of tool usage. However, it is expected the students are familiar with 2D and 3D design tools and some forms of analysis and/or rendering. This expectation is a requirement for all students enrolled in the class. Each topic presented will be covered in a sequence of four classes. For each topic, the first class will be an introduction and overview of the intellectual and research area. The second will address some details and issues. The third class will address applications and current research issues. On the question of research issues, students will be expected to be major contributors. The fourth class will be lead by 2 students, who will be assigned to present their own short papers as a fifteen minute overview of their assessment of the field, and then to lead a discussion on the field and its need for future development. The discussion should address the maturity of the area, its open research issues, and potential directions. People participating in the course will do a lot of reading --about 2 papers (possibly long) per week -- that will parallel the lectures. All reading will be downloadable from the course website. Students will be assigned 8 short reports to write and a longer final paper on different research topics. Every third and fourth class will be primarily discussion meetings, where students are expected to discuss the recent readings and topics and their own ideas and interpretation regarding them. Grading will be based on: discussion in class 25% eight short papers 50% final paper assignment 25%
Class schedule: History Solid Modeling Graphics and Rendering Parametric Modeling Building Product Models Design environments, repositories and interoperability Qualitative knowledge reasoning in design
Final Project Assignment

NSF Research Proposal Examples

Process to Product Modeling Abstract Proposal

Plug-and-Play Product Modeling Abstract Proposal

Product Model User Interfaces Complete Proposal