AE studio 2025

Spring 2025. Instructors: Ming Tang, Samira Sarabandikachyani Final Gallery Show. Room 7270, DAAP, 04/24. 2:30-4:30 pm.  This studio provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design. Students developed proposals for a restaurant located in Over-the-Rhine (OTR), Cincinnati, Ohio.

Infinite Loop

Exhibition “Views of Cincinnati & Ohio Valley” Location: Elevar Gallery, 555 Carr St., Cincinnati. opening hours: May 1- June 27, 2025, Mon-Thu 9-5 pm, Fri 9-6:30 pm The exhibition is supported by the Creative Asian Society and the ArtsWave Impact grant. “Infinite Loop” reflects my interpretation of the Ohio Valley—an ever-shifting landscape shaped by both deep geological time and […]

Project demonstrations: XR and Gen-AI Technologies in Design

     Left: VR training on welding, Samantha Frickel.  Right: Cinematic universes. Carson Edwards Extended Reality and Generative AI in Human-Centered Design UHP + Architecture Seminar You are cordially invited to the final presentations showcasing exemplary student work from the University of Cincinnati’s Honors Seminar and Architecture Design Seminar. These curated demonstrations showcase multiple innovative […]

SMART-DT

SMART-DT: Scalable Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Collaborative AI for Digital Twin Platform of Infrastructure and Facility Operations. Principal Investigators: Prof. Sam Anand, Department of Mechanical Engineering, CEAS Prof. Ming Tang, Extended Reality Lab, Digital Futures, DAAP Grant: $40,000. UC Industry 4.0/5.0 Institute Consortium Research Project: 03.2025-01.2026 In this phase, we will develop a scalable digital twin […]

paper in JMS & NAMRC

Anuj Gautam , Manish Raj Aryal, Sourabh Deshpande, Shailesh Padalkar, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Ming Tang, Sam Anand. IIoT-enabled Digital Twin for legacy and smart factory machines with LLM integration. 53rd SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Clemson Univ. 06/2025. The paper is also published in the  Journal of Manufacturing Systems  Anuj Gautam, Manish Raj Aryal, Sourabh […]

NCBDS conference

The paper “Designing the Future of Retail: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Industrial Design and Architecture Design” has been accepted at the 40th National Conference on Begining Design Students. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. 2025 Yong-Gyun Ghim, Ming Tang, University of Cincinnati   Abstract The significance of design’s cross-disciplinary nature has increased alongside technological advancements as emerging […]

AI and Emerging Technology Symposium

Ming Tang and Mikhail Nikolaenko presented “AI-Powered Digital Humans for Enhanced Interaction in Extended Reality” at the AI and Emerging Technology Symposium, University of Cincinnati. The day-long event explored topics around AI and robotic process automation; smart campus innovation; and extended reality, virtual reality, and augmented reality. More on UC News. AI-Powered Talking Avatars for Enhanced Interaction in […]

P&G VISM

Project VISM (Virtual Interactive Simulation for Material customization) Interactive Visualization with User-Controlled, Procedural-Based, and Physical-Based Material Customization. PI. Ming Tang. Sponsor: P&G. 12/01/2024 – 5/31/2025      

Emotional Architecture in the Digital Age

Emotional Architecture in the Digital Age: Generative AI and Virtual Environments for Human-Centric Design ARCH 7036-04/ARCH5051-04.Elective Theory Seminar, SAID, DAAP, Spring 2024 Classtime: Monday. 10 am -12:50 pm.  Classroom: 4425-E, CGC Lab, DAAP building.  Faculty: Ming Tang, Professor in Architecture and Interior Design, DAAP. Director of  Extended Reality Lab. XR-Lab Gen-AI with Stable Diffusion, by Ming […]

UHP seminar 2025

ARCH 3051 Spring 2025 UHP. Extended Reality (XR) Technologies for Real-World Problem Solving Call for UC Honors Students. Ming Tang. Director, Extended Reality Lab. XR-Lab Professor, Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS); Industry 4.0 & 5.0 Institute (I45I) School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design Architecture Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati Class […]

Artistic Intelligence with AI: Gallery show at Blink

I’m excited to be part of a group of UC DAAP faculty and student works exhibited at the 2024 Cincinnati Blink. The theme of the exhibition is “Artistic Intelligence with AI.” Thanks to the support from Midwestcon, DisruptionNow, DAAP, and 1819 Innovation Hub. October 18-20. Cincinnati. OH.