R E S E A R C H

The Design Lab at the University of Sydney is an internationally recognised centre of research and teaching excellence in the fields of design computing and design cognition. It offers a PhD program, by research only, in the field of design research.

[Research Areas] [PhD Applicants]
[PhD Scholarships] [Some current CAAD research] [Current Student Research Summaries]
[PhD Graduates] [Publications]
[Research Grants (1999 on)]

Research Areas
The Design Lab conducts research and consulting in the development and application of advanced computer-based tools and environments for designers, including projects in the following areas:

• augmented reality
• design agents
• design cognition
• design collaboration
• creative design
• digital arts
• emergence in design
• evolutionary design
• gestural and spatial interaction
• information visualization and sonification
• learning in design
• mobile and pervasive computing
• new media design
• sensate environments
• situated design
• ubiquitous computing
• virtual design environments
  

Research Grants (1999 on)

J. Gero – Genetic engineering extensions to evolutionary systems in design, ARC Large Grant (1997-1999)

J. Gero – Qualitative approaches to shape and space representation in computer-aided conceptual design, ARC Large Grant (1998-2000)

J. Gero – Towards a model of designing that includes its situatedness, ARC Small Grant (1999)

J. Gero – Developmental biology extensions to evolutionary systems in design, ARC Small Grants (2000)

J. Gero - Research servers, University of Sydney Major Equipment Grant (1999)

J. Gero - Visual and spatial reasoning in design, AAAI (1999-2000)

J. Gero - Networked virtual environment of AI in Design research, University of Sydney IDF Grant (1999-2001)

J. Gero - Rapid Prototyper, University of Sydney Major Equipment Grant (2000)

J. Gero - Visual and spatial reasoning in design, Rockefeller Foundation (2001)

J. Gero - Research workstations, University of Sydney Major Equipment Grant (2001)

J. Gero - Design diversity in evolutionary systems, ARC IREX Grant (2001-2003)

J. Gero - Using entropic measures to evaluate design spaces, University of Sydney Sesqui Grant (2001)

J. Gero - Agent-based product modelling, University of Sydney Sesqui Grant (2002)

J. Gero - Mass customisation of novel designs, ARC Discovery Grant (2002-2004)

J. Gero - Digital media facility, University of Sydney Major Equipment Grant (2002)

J. Gero - Life cycle modelling and design knowledge development in virtual environments, CRC for Construction Innovation (2002-2004)

J. Gero - Design workstations, University of Sydney Major Equipment Grant (2003)

J. Gero, M.L. Maher and P. Eades, Visual information processing, University of Sydney Institutional Research Strengths Grant (2001)

J. Gero and M. Rosenman - Integrated Design and Construction Support Systems: Automated Code Checking, CRC for Construction Innovation (2002-2003)

D. Gunaratnam and J. Gero - Enhanced learning of high level design relationships using soft computing techniques, ARC Small Grants (2000)

A. Lee - Design computing facility, University of Sydney Sesqui Teaching Grant (2002)

M. L Maher and J. Gero - An agent model of virtual worlds for collaborative design, ARC Large Grant (2001-2003)

M. L. Maher and J. S. Gero - Managing information flows with models and virtual environments, CRC CI (2002-2004)

M.L. Maher– A model of co-evolutionary design, ARC Large Grant (1997-1999)

M.L. Maher & S.J. Simoff – Knowledge discovery in multimedia design case libraries, ARC Large Grant (1998-2000)

M.L. Maher - Representation of virtual architecture, ARC Small Grant (2000)

M.L. Maher - Team Collaboration in High Bandwidth Virtual Environments, CRC for Construction Innovation (2003-2005)

J. Nappa – Content- and user-sensitive design information retrieval, University of Sydney Research Grant Scheme (1999)

R. Reffat - Agents supporting design creativity, University of Sydney Sesqui Grant (2002)

R. Reffat - Intelligent Agents for Concept Invention of Design Forms, ARC Discovery Grant (2003-2004)

M. Rosenman – Incorporating an expert system for constraint satisfaction within a hierarchical evolutionary approach for non-routine design, ARC Large Grant (1997-1999)

M. Rosenman – A strategy for component reuse in a hierarchical evolutionary design system, ARC Small Grant (2000)