Emek Erdolu holds a PhD. in Computational Design from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) School of Architecture. Situated across architecture, design computation, human-computer interaction, and robotics, Emek’s research includes two main strands: one that focuses on building intuitive and interactive computational tools to support architectural practices, research, and education; and another one on the questions of computation, representation, and work within historical and contemporary architectural practices. His PhD research focused on AI/robotic systems we work with every day, investigating how building tasks are analyzed and decomposed to inform on-site robotic systems and how these systems reconfigure the organization of these tasks with new workflows and human-machine interactions they introduce to construction sites, focusing on a selection of historical and contemporary robotics practices in the United States. Part of this research has been co/published in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), the International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC), and presented in venues such as the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Previously, Emek was a researcher at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory (FCL). In the United States, China, and Southeast Asia, he also worked in various architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design projects with AECOM, HMD, Ecoland, and Nomad Studio. He has lectured and taught studios in CMU, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), National University of Singapore (NUS), and Bilkent University. Aside from MSD-RAS at Weitzman, he has also taught in CMU’s Master of Science in Computational Design (MSCD) program.