TEAM
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) | 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. 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.
GRADUATE STUDENT | Ben Drusinsky is an architect and a designer interested in public spaces and interaction design. Ben has a B.Arch in architecture and an M.Des in Industrial Design from Bezalel Academy of Fine Art and Design in Jerusalem. He has taught in several graduate studios in the architecture department architecture at Bezalel and also worked on major public space projects in Jerusalem. During his masters in industrial design, Ben worked on an intelligent communication system between autonomous vehicles and people using smart streets and urban planning in collaboration with Tokyo University. He is currently a Graduate Student in the Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning at the Technion and he is working on a new system to model and simulate human-building interactions.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT | Raphael Cohen is a 3rd year student at the Technion in Big Data Engineering. He has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Paris Dauphine. He specializes in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He has participated in innovative international courses on Multi-agent reinforcement learning, deep learning, and blockchain, some of which have been conducted at MIT. At the Intelligent Place Lab, Raphael is working on reinforcement learning methods for optimizing resource allocation in hospitals.
RESEARCH COLLABORATOR | Ezra Ozery has a B. Arc in Architecture and M.sc in Industrial Design from the Technion. Ezra has more than 10 years of experience in teaching a variety of 2d and 3d software to academia and enterprises. He's academic pursuits are in the fields of Virtual Architecture and the Metaverse. Ezra's master's thesis is on the subject of “Gamification of the rehabilitation process through Virtual Reality” and offers a unique hybrid aptitude in VR gaming and complex generative 3D design and manufacturing. He is currently a research collaborator at IPL.
RESEARCH COLLABORATOR | Tom Feldman has a BSc in Computer Science from The University of Leicester, and a BA Philosophy from Birkbeck, University of London. He specializes in game development and computer vision. He presently works as a freelance software developer, and has supported several innovative courses at the Technion such as 'Architecture Games and Virtual Reality', 'Digital Architecture I' and 'Intelligent Environments'. He is currently supporting different research initiatives at IPL
