Daniel Cardoso Llach

Daniel Cardoso Llach is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture, where he chairs the Master of Science in Computational Design program and co-directs the CoDe Lab. His scholarship merges history, science and technology studies (STS), and computational design, focusing on the cultural and socio-technical dimensions of design automation.

• Education: PhD and MS in Architecture: Design and Computation from MIT, BArch from Universidad de los Andes
• Research Grants: Supported by the Graham Foundation for historical CAD exhibitions and by the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation for postwar computational design research in Germany

His work interrogates the politics of software, the materiality of computational systems, and the ethical implications of AI/robotics in architectural practice. Recent projects include reconstructing early CAD systems and analyzing data-driven urban technologies.

Scientific awards include:

• Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship (2024–2025)
• ACM CSCW Methods Mention for emulation-based software research (2021)