Michael Lee

Principal Research Engineer

Americas

Biography

Mike is a Principal Research Engineer with Autodesk Research in Toronto, Canada, currently in the Simulation, Optimization, and Systems Group. Prior to joining the group, Mike was on the Research Transfer team working on the AutoCam library (ViewCube, SteeringWheels, ShowMotion, Navigation Bar, and other projects) and has worked on CadNano and Parametric Human projects. Mike holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is interested in sustainability, user interfaces, and user experience.

Publications (7)

Publication

2024

Experiential Views: Towards Human Experience Evaluation of Designed Spaces using Vision-Language Models

Exploratory research on helping designers and architects anticipate…

Publication

2023

Generative design for COVID-19 and future pathogens using stochastic multi-agent simulation

Proposing a generative design workflow that integrates a stochastic…

Publication

2021

COVID-19 Facility Planning and Analysis: Designing a Multi-Agent Occupant Simulation System

The COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives, forcing us to reconsider our…

Projects (8)

Project

2022

Building Simulation

With simulation results in hand, an architect can better predict the…

Project

2022

Systems Design and Simulation

Predictive models of complex systems will require a more scalable,…

Project

2022

Data Visualization and Visual Analytics

Visual data representations leverage the power of human perception to…

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