Dimitris Papanikolaou

I am a designer, researcher, and creative technologist. Currently I am at Harvard GSD. Previously I was at the MIT Media Lab and earlier at the MIT Design Computation Group.

I use sensor technologies, economics, and data visualization techniques to design intelligent human infrastructure systems, from cities and buildings to products and services.

Sensing and visualizing urban data reveal human mobility patterns

Interactive game experiments that help us understand how humans make decisions in incentive driven environments

Physical computing projects that explore viral communication in sensor networks

Emerging product development methods with DIY manufacturing techniques

Revealing the limits of economic efficiency of today's intelligent transportation systems

Low cost sensor networks with FabLab equipment

Exploring service performance of resource allocation networks using System Dynamics

New DIY manufacturing techniques for customizable consumer products

Custom PCB design and fabrication

Co-teaching a course on computational design this fall (2012) at Harvard GSD
Co-teaching a course on lifecycle design this fall (2012) at Harvard GSD
Co-organized the Writing Cities 2012 conference between Harvard, MIT, and London School of Economics in May 2012 at Harvard University
Organized a hands-on workshop on smart cities, game theory, and digital electronics in July 2012 at the Athens College in Greece
Co-curated the Made in Greece Plus exhibition, on show at the Boston Museum of Science between December 2011 and August 2012
Co-organized a debate on Design Innovation in Times of Socioeconomic Crisis in May 2012 at Harvard GSD