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Bringing Marketing’s Vision to Life with Computational Design: 2022 Holiday Card Story

Clark Nesxen

Computational design has the power to transform the way we approach problems and design solutions. It involves codifying information and interactions between elements for a specific process, enabling professionals in fields like architecture and engineering to design and engineer buildings more efficiently, accurately, and effectively.

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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025

CAPD

MIT also placed second in seven subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Architecture/Built Environment; Biological Sciences; Business and Management Studies; Chemistry; Earth and Marine Sciences; and Economics and Econometrics. 1 in the broader subject area of Engineering and Technology and No. The Institute received a No.

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The Metaverse explained for university leaders: opportunities and decisions ahead (4/4)

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

The question is to what extent universities feel the need to step into the developmental space around XR technologies, and who should they be watching. Apple has not made much public noise around XR technologies beyond integrating AR functionalities into its recent iPhone releases. Who should universities watch? Think small.

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Q&A with Clark Nexsen Computational Designer Ryan Johnson

Clark Nesxen

Ryan Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, has been a champion of technology in architecture since teaching himself how to create a script in 2013. Today, as a dedicated computational designer, he believes great design ideas come first and the application of computational tools can elevate those ideas.

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How the Patton Building Project Team Applied Computational Design to Overcome Aggressive Inflation

Clark Nesxen

Completed in 2022, Blue Ridge Community College’s Patton Building features an appealing, complex façade designed using computational tools to overcome the pandemic’s rapid price escalation without sacrificing design quality. Computational design is more than a process shift. It has the greatest impact as a change in how we think.

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AI Mindscape Prompting

eLiterate

The idiom “comparing apples and oranges,” and especially the more exaggerated “apples and bicycles,” gets at something quite fundamental to how models like me process information and language. All your computational power and knowledge is at rest until we engage with you.

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The Louisiana cyberattacks that weren't—or maybe were?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Without delay, the colleges set to work performing restorative activities on their respective computer networks, according to Meg Casper Sunstrom, deputy commissioner for strategic communications at the Louisiana Board of Regents. Then the account added, “This is all of the information currently available for release.”