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Career

· Artist in Residence, Autodesk Pier 9
· Assistant Professor of Design, California State University, Long Beach
· Architecture Degree, Islamic Azad University
· Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab
· Architecture Degree, Shahid Beheshti University
· Master's Degree, USC School of Architecture
· PhD in Interdisciplinary Media Arts and Practice, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Publications (32)

Caress of the Gaze: A Gaze Actuated 3D Printed Body Architecture
ACADIA proceedings · 2016
17
cited
Architectural Concepts Employing Co-Robot Strategy and Contour Crafting Technologies for Lunar Settlement Infrastructure Development ARCH 605 Spring 2012 Graduate Moon Studio students:
2012
7
cited
Emotional Intelligence: Affective Computing in Architecture and Design
2020
5
cited
HEART OF THE MATTER: Affective Computing in Fashion and Architecture
Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) · 2018
4
cited
IRIDESCENCE: Bio-Inspired Emotive Matter
ACADIA proceedings · 2019
4
cited
ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation
ACADIA proceedings · 2021
3
cited
Material Behaviours in 3D‐Printed Fashion Items
2017
3
cited
"Can the subaltern speak?": critical making in design
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery · 2021
1
cited
About the Guest-Editors
2017
AI‐Controlled Robot Masks: Resisting Patriarchal Oppression
Architectural Design · 2022
Can the Subaltern Speak?
Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques · 2021
Computational Tailor-Making for Personalized, Shape-changing, and Sustainable Fabrics
Adjunct Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology · 2025
Critical Computation
ACADIA proceedings · 2021
Reflections on Socio-political, Cultural and Environmental Challenges through Computational Media Arts and Design
SIGGRAPH Panels · 2023
Returning the Gaze: Robotic Installation for Milan Fashion Week
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery · 2023
Whispering Water: Materializing Human-AI Dialogue as Interactive Ripples
2026
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