Dr. Wassim Jabi’s research interests are at the intersection of parametric design, the representation of space, building performance simulation, and robotic fabrication in architecture. During the period 1996 to 2008, among other academic activities, Dr. Jabi led the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), secured a $250,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study design creativity, and taught at various universities before moving to the UK in 2008. He is currently a Reader (tenured Associate Professor) at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University where he leads the digital design area. Dr. Jabi has published widely on topics ranging from parametric and generative design to the role of light in architecture and building performance simulation. In 2013, Dr. Jabi wrote and published a book titled “Parametric Design for Architecture” (Laurence King Publishing, London). In the same year, Dr. Jabi secured a £70,000 ($100,000 USD) grant to purchase a large 6-axis high accuracy industrial robot to investigate innovative digital fabrication processes. In 2016, Dr. Jabi secured a £300,000 ($420,000 USD) grant from the Leverhulme Trust to develop a conceptual framework for the hierarchical spatial representation of buildings. In 2017, he secured a £73,000 EPSRC grant to research robotic digital fabrication of Cob structures.