Ryan Zhang
PhD Candidate
Burlingame, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Zhang is a PhD candidate and researcher with over a decade of experience at the intersection of architecture, computational design, and interactive urban systems. Based at the MIT Media Lab’s Changing Places group, he builds multimedia city models, intuitive urban-design interfaces, and mobility simulations that help people understand and participate in complex urban environments. Trained at Tongji, Columbia (MSAAD), and MIT, he brings both rigorous research methods and hands-on architectural expertise from major firms like SOM and gmp, including all-phase work on the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. His skills span parametric form-finding, performance simulation, data visualization, optimization, and machine learning applied to spatial design problems. Known for blending physical model-making and sketching with advanced computation, he strives to make technical urban tools accessible to non-experts. Based in Burlingame, CA, he combines academic depth with practical delivery across design and research projects.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) at Tongji UniversityMaster of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (MSAAD), Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (MSAAD) at Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
German, English, Chinese
Github Skills (35)
projection10
pointnet10
mocap10
unet-image-segmentation10
neural-style-transfer10
interaction10
openxr9
multiclass-classification9
visual-recognition9
computer-vision8
mobility8
gluon8
semantic-segmentation8
visualize8
visualization8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CityScope/CS_CityMatrix_Viz_Unity
Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:31 commits, 4 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
popabczhang/3d_projection_mapping_unity
Oct 2018 - Jun 2020
3D projection mapping for CityScope mobility exhibition in Cooper Hewitt design museum in New York City Dec 2018.
Contributions:2 releases, 104 commits, 67 pushes in 1 year 8 months
coopernew-york-cityprojectionmobilityexhibition
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