Ramtin Attar

Biography

Ramtin received his Masters of Architecture with a focus on digital media, architectural design, history and philosophy. He is the recipient of various awards including the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal, Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture's award of distinction and Canadian Architect's Art of CAD award.

Ramtin has joined Autodesk Research with an extensive experience in design research, practice and education. Ramtin has led and worked on various high profile architectural design projects and winning design competition entries. In addition to his role as a research scientist at Autodesk Research, Ramtin also works closely with researchers outside of Autodesk to develop strategic partnership and projects. He is currently participating in a number of funded research projects involving academia, government and industry.

Ramtin has taught and lectured on digital media and design at four Canadian Universities. He currently holds an Adjunct Research Professorship from the school of architecture at Carleton University. He is a founding member and the chair of SimAUD conference; a newly established conference on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design.