Michael Stefan Bittermann

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michael Stefan Bittermann is an academic at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture. His career spans multiple institutions including Technical University Delft and Maltepe University, with roles ranging from Doctor Lecturer to research leadership positions.

• Doctorate from Delft University of Technology (2005)
• Post-doctoral Fellowship (80k€) at Delft University of Technology (2009)
• Currently Assistant Professor at ITU
• Previously held academic positions in Germany and The Netherlands

His research focuses on Information Technologies in Architecture and Design, with key contributions in:

• Architectural Design
• Computational Intelligence
• Visual Perception
• Evolutionary Algorithms
• Fuzzy Logic Applications
• Multi-Objective Optimization

Scientific activities reflect strong collaboration with Dr. Özer Ciftcioglu and others, with projects like the Interactive Computational Design initiative (2018-2020). Research outputs (42 total) show consistent contributions since 2006 in:

• IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
• Nexus Network Journal
• CAADRIA proceedings
• IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation

International collaborations span institutions in:

• The Netherlands (Delft University)
• Germany (Bittermann Weiss GmbH)
• Turkey (Istanbul Technical University)
• Japan (CEC conferences)
• USA (SIGGRAPH, NAFIPS)