Ellen Yi-Luen Do was an associate professor in the University of Washington's Department of Architecture.

She received a Bachelor degree of architecture (Honors) from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan, a Master of Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Ph.D. in design computing from Georgia Tech, with a minor in cognitive science.

archives:

• Design Recorder
• Electronic Cocktail Napkin
• Graphics Interpreter of Design Actions
• Navigational Blocks
• Redliner
• Right Tool Right Time

events:

• 7.20.2003 - 7.23.2003 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do presents “Instant 3D Worlds with Freehand Drawing,” for Gordon...
• 5.21.2003 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do received Jeannette and David McKinley Faculty Research Award, Markus...
• 2.5.2003 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do spoke at N.A.K.E.D Lunch Series (New Adventures in Knowledge, Expression,...
• 1.14.2003 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do lead Campus Conversation, "Seeing Things as if They Could...
• 11.20.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do spoke at Intel Research Seattle Seminar, "Intuitive Design...
• 9.11.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do 's Visual Thinking and Spatial Reasoning class http://courses.washington.edu/visual...
• 7.18.2002 - At the William Gates Building, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/UoCCL/contacts/getting-to-gates.pdf,...
• 7.15.2002 - 7.17.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do will present Digital Sandbox at the AI in Design 2002 conference...
• 6.18.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do presents a summary of the breakout session on visualization at...
• 6.16.2002 - 6.18.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do speaks at the HCC /BID (Berkeley Institute of Design) Retreat...
• 4.5.2002 - 4.6.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do will give a talk on Electronic Sketching and Drawing, and a panel...
• 3.25.2002 - 3.27.2002 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do presents at AAAI (American Association of Artificial Intelligence)...
• 03.04.2002 - Mark D Gross and Ellen Yi-Luen Do present an invited lecture at Carnegie Mellon...
• 01.13.2002 - 01.16.2002 - Thomas Jung , Ken Camarata , Ellen Yi-Luen Do , and Mark D Gross will present work...
• 7.9.2001 - 7.11.2001 - Design Machine Group: Mark D Gross , Ellen Yi-Luen Do , Brian R Johnson and Thomas...
• 7.8.2001 - 7.11.2001 - Mark D Gross , Ellen Yi-Luen Do , Brian R Johnson and Thomas Jung present papers...
• 7.14.2000 - Mark D Gross , Brian R Johnson and Ellen Yi-Luen Do 's paper 'Beyond the Low Hanging...
• 6.20.2000 - Brian R Johnson , Ellen Yi-Luen Do , and Mark D Gross present 3 papers at eCAADe...

research:

• ArchiDNA •
• Design Amanuensis •
• Design Evaluator •
• Digital Sandbox •
• FlexM •
• MouseHaus •
• SketchVR •
• Smart Objects •

publications:

• 2004 EspressoCAD: A System to Support the Design of Dynamic Structure Configurations
• 2004 DESIGN EVALUATOR: Critiquing Freehand Sketches
• 2004 Baristas Unite! Reclaim Urban Spaces with Espresso Blocks!
• 2004 CRITIQUING FREEHAND SKETCHING: A Computational Tool for Design Evaluation
• 2004 A Computationally Enhanced Play Board For Group Interaction
• 2004 WINDOW SEAT: Visual Experience with an Interactive Chair
• 2004 Artifacts for Displaying Home Energy Use
• 2004 FlexM: Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling
• 2003 The Junk Mail to Spam Converter
• 2003 Learning via Distributed Dialogue: Livenotes and Handheld Wireless Technology
• 2003 ArchiDNA: A Genreative System for Shape Configuratons
• 2003 LightSketch: A sketch-modeling program for lighting analysis
• 2003 A Physical Computing Studio: Exploring Computational Artifacts and Environments
• 2003 Scythe And Sew: A Tool For Creating Meaningful Patterns In Lighting Simulation Data
• 2003 SPOT! Fetch Light! Interactive Navigable 3D Visualization of Direct Sunlight
• 2003 LiQuID: Lighting Quality in Design
• 2003 Window Seat: Interactive Chairware for Experiencing Virtual Spaces
• 2003 Design Evaluator: Sketching Interface with Design Critiques
• 2003 Light Pen -- sketching light in 3D
• 2003 Spot: A 3D Environment for Direct Sunlight Visualization
• 2003 Inspired by Eisenman: ArchiDNA, a creative shape generative system
• 2003 Energy Conservation Tutor (ECT)
• 2003 The Design and Programming of Modular Robotic Construction Kits
• 2003 MouseHaus Table, a Physical Interface for Urban Design
• 2003 MouseHaus Table
• 2002 Digital Sandbox, integrating landform making and analysis for landscape design
• 2002 Sketching Annotations in a 3D Web Environment
• 2002 Functional and Formal Reasoning in Architectural Sketches
• 2002 Annotating and Sketching on 3D Web models
• 2002 Navigational Blocks: navigating information space with tangible media
• 2002 Drawing Marks, Acts, and Reacts, toward a computational sketching interface for architectural design
• 2002 Navigational Blocks: Tangible Navigation of Digital Information
• 2002 Physical Computing: A Design Studio that Bridges Art, Science, and Engineering
• 2001 Thinking with Diagrams in Architectural Design
• 2001 Smart Objects: Constraints and Behaviors in a 3D Design Environment
• 2001 Space Pen: Annotation and Sketching on 3D Models on the Internet
• 2001 VR Sketchpad - Create Instant 3D Worlds by Sketching on a Transparent Window
• 2001 The Design Amanuensis - An Instrument for Multimodal Design Capture and Playback
• 2001 Graphics Interpreter of Design Actions - the GIDA system of diagram sorting and analysis
• 2000 Drawing on the Back of an Envelope: a framework for interacting with application programs by freehand drawing
• 2000 Immersive Redliner: Collaborative Design in Cyberspace
• 2000 Sketch that Scene for Me: Creating Virtual Worlds by Freehand Drawing
• 2000 Intentions in and Relations among Design Drawings
• 2000 Beyond the Low-hanging Fruit: Information Technology in Architectural Design, past, present, and future
• 1999 Drawing and Design Intentions -- an Investigation of freehand drawing conventions in design
• 1999 The Sundance Lab - 'Design systems of the future'
• 1999 Digital Media and the Language of Vision
• 1999 Sketches and Their Functions in Early Design: A Retrospective Analysis of a Pavilion House
• 1999 Integrating Digital Media in Design Studio: Six Paradigms
• 1999 Immersive redlining and annotation of 3D design models on the Web
• 1998 The Right Tool at the Right Time
• 1998 Interactive Systems for Supporting the Emergence of Concepts and IdeasConcepts and Ideas
• 1998 Collaboration and Coordination in Architectural Design: approaches to computer mediated work
• 1997 Inferring Design Intentions from Sketches
• 1997 Collaboration and Coordination in Architectural Design: approaches to computer mediated work
• 1997 Computability of Design Diagrams: an empirical study of diagram conventions in design
• 1997 The Design Studio Approach: Learning Design in Architecture Education
• 1997 Thinking with Diagrams
• 1997 Tools for visual and spatial analysis of CAD models: implementing computer tools as a means to thinking about architecture
• 1997 Collaboration and Coordination in Architectural Design: approaches to computer mediated team work
• 1997 Emergence in Sketching, in CHI97 Emergence Workshop
• 1996 Demonstrating the Electronic Cocktail Napkin: a paper-like interface for early design
• 1996 The Right Tool at the Right Time: An Investigation of Freehand Drawing as an Interface to Knowledge based Design Systems
• 1996 The Right Tool at the Right Time - PhD Dissertation Proposal
• 1996 Drawing as a Means to Design Reasoning
• 1996 Ambiguous Intentions: A paper-like interface for creative design
• 1996 Reasoning about cases with diagrams
• 1995 Supporting Case-Study Use in Design Education: A Computational Case-Based Design Aid for Architecture
• 1995 Drawing Analogies - Supporting Creative Architectural Design with Visual References
• 1995 Diagram Query and Image Retrieval in Design
• 1995 Shape Based Reminding as an aid to Creative Design
• 1995 What's in a Diagram that a Computer should Understand
• 1995 Finding visual references by sketching
• 1994 Using diagrams to access a case library of architectural designs

alumni:

• Julie Chen

presentations:

• the IRS presentation: Intuitive Design Interfaces •
• the Design Amanuensis CF 2001 •
• interdisciplinary research studio •
• espressoCAD slides for GCADS 2004 •
• eCAADe - SPOT! Fetch Light - Interactive Navigable 3D Visualization of Direct Sunlight •
• VR Sketchpad CAAD Futures 2001 Presentation •
• The Space Pen movie •
• Spot - the Movie •
• Space Pen: Annotation and sketching on 3D models on the Internet •
• NetDraw Movie •
• Navigational Blocks •
• MouseHaus.Table •
• MouseHaus movie •
• Intuitive Digital Design: sketch, gesture and tangible interfaces •
• IUI Navigational Blocks presentation •
• IUI 2002: Annotating and Sketching on 3D Web Models •
• GIDA CAAD Futures 2001 Presentation •
• FlexM: Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling •
• Electronic Cocktail Napkin •
• Digital Sandbox Movie •
• Digital Sandbox •
• Design Evaluator: Critiquing Freehand Sketches •
• DMG research overview at the Berkeley Institute of Design retreat •
• Context-Aware: IO and Augmented Environment •
• CHI 2002: Navigational Blocks Presentation •
• Ambiguous Intentions (movie) •
• ACSA Technology Conference (2000) Beyond the Low-hanging Fruit •