ACADIA is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Election for the President of ACADIA, the ACADIA Board of Directors, and the IJAC Editorial Board.
Thank you to all of the candidates for running and to all of our members who voted in the election. We look forward to working with this new group of leaders over the coming year.
IJAC Editorial Board Returning and Newly Elected:
Dana Cupkova, Carnegie Mellon University
Armin Mostafavi, Cornell University
Karla Saldana Ochoa, University of Florida
Jane Scott, Newcastle University
Karla Saldana Ochoa
My work is situated at the intersection of architectural computing, artificial intelligence, and the built environment, with a focus on how computation reshapes design thinking, representation, and decision-making. Trained in architecture and landscape architecture at ETH Zurich, my research advances Human-Centered AI and Digital Twin methodologies as both technical systems and conceptual frameworks. I develop machine learning workflows that integrate multimodal data—geometry, text, sensor streams, and human perception—to construct intelligent models of buildings, cities, and landscapes that are dynamic, interpretable, and situated in authentic contexts.
A core contribution of my work aligns closely with IJAC’s interest in models as epistemic instruments rather than neutral representations. I advance geospatial digital twins as mediating systems that enable scenario exploration, negotiation among competing objectives, and transparent communication with stakeholders. In parallel, I investigate AI as a creative and speculative instrument, examining how generative models, agentic systems, and human–machine collaboration can expand architectural imagination while raising questions of authorship, ethics, and agency.
My research has been disseminated through various venues, including architectural computing, urban studies, and applied AI, and is complemented by collaborations with industry leaders such as NVIDIA, Autodesk, and Siemens, as well as public agencies, including the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. As Director of the SHARE Lab at UF, I also lead curricular innovation, including a Graduate Certificate in AI for Architecture, positioning computation as a critical, cultural, and design-driven practice.
Armin Mostafavi
The aim of my research is to develop computational tools and techniques that improve our understanding of how design, whether virtual or built, influences human behavior and well-being, with an emphasis on neuroarchitecture, human cognition, and human-centered design. I develop and apply computational and immersive methods that integrate neuroscience, computer science, and human–computer interaction to examine how spatial configuration, wayfinding, lighting, material systems, and environmental conditions shape cognitive, behavioral, and experiential outcomes across diverse populations. This includes the use of virtual and mixed reality, psychophysiological measurements, and biofeedback (e.g., EEG, eye tracking, GSR), and AI-assisted design and data analysis to connect digital representation with measurable human responses. Across research and practice-oriented contexts, I emphasize transparent methods, reproducible workflows, and translating computational techniques into tools accessible to designers and researchers.
Currently, as a Postdoctoral Associate and Lab Manager at DAIL at Cornell University, and as an internationally educated researcher, I work in interdisciplinary settings that bring together architecture, design, fabrication, neuroscience, computer science, and HCI, collaborating with researchers, designers, and engineers across institutions worldwide. My contributions to interdisciplinary projects supported by NIH, NSF, and NIDILRR have been recognized with awards, including the Touchstone Award and the Mather Institute Award.
Jane Scott
Jane Scott leads the Living Textiles research group in the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment at Newcastle University. She is a NUAcT Research Fellow working on interdisciplinary research located at the interface of programmable materials, knitted fabric design, architecture and biology. Her research positions textiles as a critical biofabrication strategy in the transition to sustainable, circular construction. Through interdisciplinary collaborations her group examines the potential to design with biology using textile materials, textile thinking and advanced textiles technology. Recent projects include BioKnit (2022) which developed a biodigital workflow to enable full scale knit mycelium biofabrication, and The Living Room (2023) utilising local waste resource for large scale biofabrication. Scott’s research is published in ACADIA, FABRICATE, the Journal of Cleaner Production and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. She has also collaborated on projects featured at the Sao Paolo Architecture Biennale (2025) and Sainte Etienne Design Biennale (2023). Jane completed her PhD in Programmable Knitting at the University of the Arts, London. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of ACADIA (2018-2022) and acted as co-chair for the 2021 ACADIA conference; Toward Critical Computation.
