Dr Chenyi CAI

Postdoctoral Researcher of Semantic Urban Elements

Dr Chenyi Cai is a computational designer and architect. Her research interests lie in the interface of computation, AI, and urban design. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary methodologies through computational design to leverage the interactions between machines and human intelligence and boost the understanding of city complexity and creativity in design. In this context, she had experience in digital fabrication and generative design. Her Ph.D. research investigates urban computational modeling and digital design methods based on multi-source data streams.

She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Semantic Urban Elements (SUE) team, the Future Cities Laboratory Global programme of the Singapore-ETH Centre. In this role, she contributes to the formal definitions of urban design variables, aims, and outcomes in the context of digital design approaches. Previously, she was a visiting Ph.D. at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She completed her Ph.D. at the Institute of Architectural Algorithms & Applications, Southeast University (China).

Awards:

2021 China National Scholarship for Distinctive Doctoral Students
2021 China Scholarship Council Funding for doctoral joint programme
2018 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and Doctorate Research Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province
2016 Silver Award, “Purple Gold Award” - Architectural and Environmental Design Competition