Wojciech Matusik awarded Cadence Design Systems professorship in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has appointed Wojciech Matusik as the Cadence Design Systems Professor. His chair began on June 1 for a five-year renewable term.

Matusik is recognized for his outstanding work in machine learning and computational design, and for his service to the community.

“I am very pleased the college is able to honor Matusik’s extraordinary achievements with this
distinguished professorship,” says Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and the Henry Ellis Warren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

“I am profoundly grateful to Dean Huttenlocher, the Schwarzman College, and especially to Cadence Design Systems for this tremendous honor,” says Matusik. “The most significant challenges in engineering and AI cannot be solved in isolation. This professorship symbolizes a vital partnership between academia and industry, and I am incredibly excited to strengthen this collaboration to translate our research into real-world impact.”

A professor in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Mechanical Engineering, Matusik is a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), where he leads the Computational Design and Fabrication Group and is a member of the Computer Graphics Group. His research interests lie at the intersection of computer graphics, computational design and fabrication, computer vision, robotics, and human-computer interaction.

A recognized leader at the intersection of academia and industry, he is also the co-founder of Foundation EGI. His past industry experience includes work at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Adobe Systems, and Disney Research Zurich.

His work has been recognized with numerous prestigious honors, including a Humboldt Research Award, the 2014 Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2012 DARPA Young Faculty Award, and the 2009 Significant New Researcher Award from ACM SIGGRAPH. Matusik was also a Sloan Research Fellow, served as a member of the DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group, and was named to MIT Technology Review‘s Top 100 Innovators list in 2004.