Dr. Davide Schaumann is the Director of the Intelligent Place Laboratory (IPL) and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

After graduating in Architectural Science from the Politecnico di Milano, he obtained his Ph.D. at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology developing multi-agent simulations of human behavior in built environments. After moving to the US, he joined the Faculty of Computer Science at Rutgers University as a postdoc. Afterwards, he joined the Runway Startup Postdoc at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, where he co-founded Alidade, a startup focused on optimizing space planning for post-pandemic workplaces. In 2021, he returned to the Technion and became an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Schaumann conducts research at the intersection of architecture, AI, and human behavior science to solve a fundamental disconnect between buildings, which are static, and the needs of building inhabitants, which are dynamic and continuously evolving. To this end, Dr. Schaumann develops novel AI-powered methods for designing and managing complex buildings, such as healthcare facilities, to improve operational efficiency, space utilization, and people well-being. This research agenda uniquely integrates Dr. Schaumann’s interdisciplinary education in Architecture, Computer Science and Entrepreneurship.

Dr. Schaumann published more than 40 papers in established scientific journals and conferences. He also won a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship as well as 2 best paper awards in leading conferences for his work on multi-agent simulations in architectural design.