Dr. Ipek Gursel Dino completed her M.Arch degree at Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture. She pursued her studies further in computational design at Carnegie Mellon University in USA (M.Arch, 2005) and Technische Universiteit Delft in the Netherlands (PhD, 2010). She has led and participated in research projects in both USA and Europe on the development of computational tools and methods for architectural design and parametric systems. Dr. Gursel-Dino is currently working as a faculty member at METU Department of Architecture, where she acts as advisor to graduate students and teachers in computational design and analysis methods in architecture.