article in IJSW journal

Ming Tang’s paper. Analysis of Signage using Eye-Tracking Technology is published at the  Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding. 02. 2020. Abstract Signs, in all their forms and manifestations, provide visual communication for wayfinding, commerce, and public dialogue and expression. Yet, how effectively a sign communicates and ultimately elicits a desired reaction begins with how […]

Project featured by Gooood

“The Tiniest Cottage” design + build project by UC + Beijing Jiaotong University is featured by Gooood (谷德设计网), the most popular architecture online magazine and community in Asia. Project name: The Tiniest Cottage Design: Beijing Jiaotong University, University of Cincinnati Design year & Completion Year: 2019 & 2019 Leader designer & Team: Yingdong Hu(BJTU), Yunan […]

Ihsan Community Center Design and Renovation

Grant. Ihsan Community Center Design. Sponsored studio. $5,000. PI: Tang The “Ihsan Community Center Design and Renovation” is a sponsored studio by Ihsan community. The studio explored design possibilities and engaged the Ihsan community in developing future visions. The redesign and renovation of the current Ihsan community center emphasized logical architectural space, including prayer area, […]

Paper at Artificial Realities Conference

  Cyber-Physical Experiences: Architecture as Interface Turan Akman and Ming Tang’s Paper Cyber-Physical Experiences: Architecture as Interface was presented at the Artificial Realities: Virtual as an Aesthetic Medium for Architectural Ideation Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal. 2019. Abstract: Conventionally, architects have relied on qualities of elements such as materiality, light, solids and voids, etc. to break out […]

Collaborative teaching to study the social impact of A.I, Automation, and Robots

Funded by UC Forward Course Development grant. The Future of (no) Work and Artificial Intelligence. (Award fund rescind due to COV-19 budget freeze). 2020 Amount: $15,000.  The courses will be offered in the Fall semester. 2020. Ming Tang, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Interior Design, DAAP Cory Haberman, Assistant Professor and Director of the […]

An interdisciplinary approach to using eye-tracking technology for design and behavioral analysis

Eye-tracking Tobii workshop offered at CGC, DAAP, UC. 2019. Eye-tracking devices measure eye position and eye movement, allowing documentation of how environmental elements draw the attention of viewers. In recent years, there have been a number of significant breakthroughs in eye-tracking technology, with a focus on new hardware and software applications. Wearable eye-tracking glasses together […]

Hybrid Construction

A hybrid construction using Hololens AR model overlay with the physical structure. The second half of the video is captured through MS Hololens. However, due to the low visibility of the holographic image under sunlight, we are not able to use the AR model to guide installation. Research to be continued…. Installation. SAID, DAAP, University […]

UIA-CBC Design Build Competition

Pear Orchard Cabins Design + Build project in China. UIA-CBC Competition 2019 UIA-CBC International Colleges and Universities Competitive Construction Workshop walks into Guoyuan Village, Aiyuan Town, Siyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu. UC + Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) team has won the UIA-CBC competition proposal as one of the top 15 teams from proposals submitted by […]

Uptown Cincinnati Urban Mobility Studio

Studio Brief Following the sucess of Fall 2018 Urban Mobility studio, using Cincinnati Uptown and proposed Smart Corridor area as the focus area, the Spring 2019 studio presents a study investigating the urban mobility with an emphasis on the simulated human behavior cues and movement information as input parameters. The research is defined as a […]

M.Arch. thesis books

Congratulations to Turan, Lorrin, Mark for their M.Arch thesis book completion. Thanks to all the committee advisors. Here is the abstract and full text: Cyber-Physical Experiences: Architecture as Interface Turan M. Akman, Committee Chair: Ming Tang, Committee Member: Joori Su, Tony Liao Conventionally, architects have relied on qualities of several elements like materiality, light, solids […]

Machine Learning & A.I

A.I controlled computer vision using a convolutional neural network (CNN) by Google AutoML, and Deep Dream. Machine Learning, object detection and image classification. By Ming Tang’s students in ARCH3014, Summer. 2020, ARCH4001, ARCH7014, SAID, DAAP, UC. Fall 2018.

urban mobility studio

Grant: “Project-Based Collaborative Coursework for Developing Connected Transportation Network and Accessible Multimodal Hub in Uptown”. UC Forward grant. Co-PI: Heng Wei, Na Chen, Xinhao Wang, Jiaqi Ma, Ming Tang. $5,000. Total $27,500. ARCH4001. Fall. 2018. SAID, DAAP, UC. Faculty: Ming Tang, RA, LEED AP, Associate Professor. UC Using Cincinnati Uptown and proposed Smart Corridor area […]