Keynotes
Nick Tyler
Director of the UC London Centre for Transport Studies Chadwick Chair of Civil Engineering
Kate Jeffery
Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at University College London
Niall McLaughlin
Practicing Architect and Professor of Architectural Practice at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Patrik Schumacher
Principal Architect of Zaha Hadid Architects
Symposium Overview
Day One, Sep 16
8:30 am
9:00 am
Featured Speaker: Nick Tyler
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People as the Measure of Urban Design
Introduction by David Kirsh
Live Discussion
10:15 am
Moderator: Tom Albright, Professor & Director, Vision Center Lab, Salk Institute
Using VR to Assess Visual Attraction
and Perceived Interest in Daylit Scene
Variation
Karmann, Chamilothori, Schoenmakers
An Empirical Study of Flows and
Occupancy Patterns in
IndoorEnvironments
Jens, Kirsh
Glare Assessment in a Daylit Workplace
from a Physiological Perspective
Jain, Weinold, Andersen
Paper Session I: Q&A
12:50 pm
Moderator: Frederick Marks, Architect, Visiting Scholar, Salk Institute
Why Is Research So Hard in Practice?
Upali Nanda, Director of Research, HKS;
Adjunct Professor of Health Management &
Policy, University of Michigan
Nicholas Watkins, Director of Research,
Gensler
Daniel Davis, Director of Research,
Hassell
Jie Zhao, Head of Delos Labs & Executive
Vice President, Delos
Eduardo Macagno, Founding Dean &
Distinguished Professor, Division of
Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
Panel A: Q&A
2:15 pm
4:00 pm
Moderator: Ken Kornberg, President of Kornberg Associates
Mobile Mapping – Mapping Indoor
Environmental Quality Data through
Photogrammetry
Heisserer
Augmenting Spatial Perception with
Artificial Neural Networks to Build
Synthetic Cognitive Maps
Stancati
Envisioning the Future of Work for Ford
Motor Company
Kolstad, Clark, Ramer, Smith
Paper Session II: Q&A
Day Two, Sep 17
8:30 am
Announcements and Recognitions
Laura Wolszon, PhD and Kurt Hunker,
FAIA, Conference Co-Chairs
Featured Speakers:
Niall McLaughlin & Kate Jeffery
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Can neuroscientists and architects
overcome their differences?
Introduction by Kurt Hunker
Live Discussion
10:30 am
Moderator: Eduardo Macagno, Professor & Founding Dean, UCSD Biological Sciences
Assessing Architectural Designs through
Virtual Reality and Functional
Near-infrared Spectroscopy: A Perceived
Retail Crowding Case Study
Mejia-Puig, Korneva, Chandrasekera
A Novel Inclusive Method in
Architectural Behavioral Mapping Based
on Neuro-cognitive, Climatic and Spatial
Data Correlates
Safavi, Gholami, Askari, Fattahi,
Nami, Kamali, Soltani-Sarvestani
The Language of Data in the Exhibition
Discourse
Canepa, Centanaro, Minucciani
Paper Session III: Q&A
1:00 pm
Collecting Big Data on Mild Cognitive
Impairment in the Wild
David Kirsh, Professor of Cognitive
Science, UC San Diego
Virginia de Sa, Professor of Cognitive
Science, UC San Diego
Andrea Chiba, Professor of Cognitive
Science, UC San Diego
Tajana Rosing, Professor of Computer Science
and Engineering, UC San Diego
Panel B: Q&A
2:30 pm
Moderator: Melissa Farling, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego
4:00 pm
Moderator: Michael Arbib, Adjunct Professor, UC San Diego Psychology Department
Using Wearables in Design Practice to
Collect Human-Environment Data
Banasiak
Examining the Radically Changing
Perceptions of Pediatric Inpatients in
an Oncology Healthcare Setting
Canakcioglu, Unlu
Tangible Reverberations of Mind
Ghandi, Blaisdell, Ismail
Paper Session IV: Q&A
5:00 pm
ANFA's Virtual Happy Hour
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Day Three, Sep 18
8:30 am
Announcements
Featured Speaker: Patrik Schumacher
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Agent-based Parametric Semiology - The
Designed Environment as Mind Expansion
Introduction:
Kris Mun
Live Discussion
10:30 am
Moderator: Sergei Gepshtein, Professor, Salk Institute; Research Adjunct Professor, USC
Biometric Architecture: Impact of
Available Interior Daylighting on
Photoentrainment
Heshmati, Kallestad, Matusiak
Architectural Forms' Impact on
Perceived Valence and Arousal of Virtual
Environments
Presti, Ruzzon, Caruana, Vecchiato
VR Investigations of Spatial Awareness
in High-Rise Office Design
Espinoza, Loetcher, Pickersgill
The Effect of Spatial Ambiguity on
Creative Modes of Thinking
Milne, Condia, Negami, Gluckselig
Paper Session V: Q&A
1:00 pm
2:30 pm
Moderator: Ramesh Rao, Professor & Director of Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego
Convolutions of Architecture - The
Problem of Interior and Exterior
Conditions in Designing with Graph
Convolutional Neural Networks
Del Campo, Manninger
Classifying Human Experience in Virtual
Environments Using Effective Sensor
Signals
Zou, Ergan
Design-neuroscience Alliance for
Mitigating Cybersickness Symptoms in 3D
Immersive Experience Designed for
Head-mounted Displays
Moreno, Zuanon
Paper Session VI: Q&A
4:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Kurt Hunker, Professor at NewSchool of
Architecture & Design, Vice-president of
ANFA