Research

The research below was carried out at the National University of Singapore between 2008 and 2022. The archived Design Automation Lab website has more details on the various software tools and research projects.

Projects – Lead PI

• 2021 - 2023: Lead-PI, “Optimization Algorithm for Rapid Sustainable Planning and Design”, HDB (SGD $349K). More information.
• 2021 - 2022: Lead-PI, “VR for Spatial Computational Thinking”, NUS LIFT ($91K). More information.
• 2019 - 2021: Lead-PI, “Spatial Computational Thinking”, NUS LIFT ($67K). More information.
• 2019 - 2021: Lead-PI, “Reflective Intelligence Amplification: Tackling Wicked Problems Through Dynamic Search Space Exploration”, AI-SG ($100K). More information.
• 2019 - 2020: Lead-PI, “Irradiance Mapping for Large-Scale City Models”, NUS SERIS ($11K). More information.
• 2018 – 2020: Lead-PI, “Parametric Urban Modelling for JTC’s Jurong Vision, Phase 2”, NUS (SGD $135K), Co-PIs: Assoc. Prof. Rudi Stouffs, Assist. Prof. Zhang Ye. More information.
• 2018 – 2019: Lead-PI, “Computational Thinking: Automated Formative Assessment of Parametric Modelling Assignments”, NUS LIFT (SGD $112K). More information.
• 2017 – 2018: Lead-PI, “Smart Design: Human Centric Planning of Urban Districts”, NUS (SGD $105K). More information.
• 2016 – 2017: Lead-PI, “Studionet: An Online Community for Learning Digital Design Tools and Techniques”, NUS (SGD $101K). More information.
• 2014 – 2016: Lead-PI, “Nimble BIM: A Performance-Based Decision Support Framework for Building Design”, NUS (SGD $148K). 2015: Lead PI, “Rethinking Urban Design Practices for Jurong Vision 2050”, NUS, (SGD $25K). More information.
• 2009 – 2015: Lead-PI, “Evolutionary Urbanism: Exploration of High Density Housing Developments Using Cloud Computing”, NUS (SGD $119K). More information.
• 2008 – 2011: Lead-PI, “Designing Sustainable Buildings Using Evolutionary Optimization Systems”, NUS (SGD $148k). More information.
• 2006 – 2008: Lead-PI, “Demonstrating the Feasibility of Designing Sustainable Buildings Using Evolutionary Systems”, Australian Research Council Discover Grant (DP0880813), (AUD $303k).
• 2006 – 2008: Lead-PI, “Tools for sustainable design”, University of Melbourne, (AUD $25k).

Projects – CoPI and Collaborator

• 2018 – 2020: Co-PI, “SPACEMATCH – AI -Generated Individualized Environmental Comfort Suggestion System”, NUS, Lead PI: Assist. Prof Clayton Miller.
• 2017 – 2019: Co-PI, “Strict and automatic mapping of IFC-BIM models into semantically enriched 3D CityGML building models”, NUS (SGD $1,326 K), Lead PI: Assoc. Prof. Rudi Stouffs.
• 2017 – 2019: Co-PI, “Parametric Urban Modelling for JTC’s Jurong Vision, Phase 1”, NUS (SGD $97K), Lead PI: Assoc. Prof. Rudi Stouffs.
• 2015 – ongoing: Co-PI, “Big Data-Informed Urban Design”, Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), ETH Zurich (SGD $45 million), Lead PI: Prof Gerhard Schmidt.
• 2015 – 2016: Collaborator, “Dover Public Housing Typology Study”, Centre for Sustainable Cities, NUS (SGD $500k), Lead PI: Prof Heng Chye Kiang.
• 2014 – 2015: Co-PI, “Data Sets and Tutorials to Support Contextual Modelling”, NUS (SGD $4k), Lead PI: Assoc. Prof. Rudi Stouffs.
• 2009 – 2014: Collaborator, “Low Exergy Module”, Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), ETH Zurich, Lead PI: Prof Arno Schlueter.
• 2009 – 2014: Collaborator, “High Density Threshold Studies”, Centre for Sustainable Cities, NUS (-), Lead PI: Prof Heng Chye Kiang.