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 animation 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 his current role at Autodesk Research, Ramtin plays a key role at two fronts by working closely with both research scientists and product teams across Autodesk.

Ramtin has taught and lectured on digital media and design at four Canadian Universities. He is currently the conference chair for SimAUD 2011; a newly established conference on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design.