Wojciech Matusik

Wojciech Matusik is the Cadence Design Systems Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where he leads the Computational Design and Fabrication Group within CSAIL and is also part of the Computer Graphics Group. His research spans computational design, computer graphics, additive manufacturing, robotic systems, data-driven modeling, topology optimization, and multimodal perception. By integrating physics-based simulation, machine learning, and advanced fabrication technologies, Matusik’s work has significantly expanded the design space for materials, structures, and intelligent systems. Before joining MIT, he worked at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Adobe Systems, and Disney Research Zurich. He received his PhD in computer graphics from MIT in 2003, following an MS in EECS from MIT and a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley. His contributions have been widely recognized through honors including the MIT Technology Review TR100 Innovator Award, the ACM SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, a Sloan Research Fellowship, and the Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching. His group continues to explore how computation and fabrication can jointly enable richer, more adaptive physical and robotic systems.