CAADRIA 2026 Sasada Prize Nominations Call

Alex Schofield

Sasada Prize Nominations Call

SASADA PRIZE
The Sasada Prize was established in honour of CAADRIA co-founder and CAADRIA Fellow Prof. Tsuyoshi Sasada (1941-2005), former Professor of Osaka University, a prolific researcher and teacher from whose lab over 200 students have graduated - and better known as “Tee” in the community. For almost two decades, the Sasada Award and the Sasada Prize have been awarded by CAADRIA to recognize excellence in the field of digitally supported design, with a particular emphasis on contributions to education and to community spirit.

The Sasada Prize does not carry a monetary award.The prize will be given to an individual whose sustained record of contributions demonstrates or promises significant impact on the field of computer aided design. In keeping with CAADRIA founder Tee Sasada’s spirit, the award recipient will have contributed to the next generation of researchers and academics, to the wider profession and practice in computer aided design and research, and earned recognition in our peer community.

Recent recipients of the Sasada Prize:

· Sasada Prize 2023 Awardee: Emeritus Professor Ramesh Krishnamurti (Carnegie Mellon University)

· Sasada Prize 2021 Awardee: Professor António Menezes Leitão (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon)

· Sasada Prize 2020 Awardee: Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do (University of Colorado Boulder)

· Sasada Prize 2019 Awardee: Professor Ji-Hyun Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Nominations can be submitted with or without the candidate's knowledge and are not limited to candidates based in the Australasian region. The nomination should be 300-600 words in English identifying the person nominated, their research record and its impact, their development of the next generation of researchers and academics in our field, and any earned recognition in their peer community. The award committee reserves the right to make no awards if no suitable nominations are received by the deadline.

– Sasada Prize nomination deadline: April 19th 2026
– Send your submissions / inquiries to: president@caadria.org
– https://caadria.org/awards/sasada-prize/

The Sasada Prize 2026 recipient will be announced at the CAADRIA 2026 conference.

Looking forward to receiving your nominations,

The CAADRIA Sasada Prize Selection Committee
Christiane M Herr (chair)
Anastasia Globa
Immanuel Koh
Marc Aurel Schnabel