Biography
Phd in Architecture (Istanbul Technical University), MSc in Architectural Design Computing (Istanbul Technical University), BSc in Architecture (Yildiz Technical University), Burak Pak's research and professional interest areas are digital design and education, design computing, generative design, design technologies and virtual environments.
He started his career designing interactive media in Istanbul Technical University, d4 New Media design studio and worked there for three years. He contributed to various international and local conferences about design computing and information technologies as a member of the organization and reviewing committee. As a visiting lecturer in ITU Faculty of Architecture, he actively involved in design studios and visualization courses. He attended to architectural competitions and worked freelance for architectural offices like Kisho Kurokawa, Doğan Tekeli - Sami Sisa.
Burak Pak was employed as a member of the founding committee and lecturer in the ITU Information Technologies in Design Graduate Program for five years.
He continued his research for 12 months as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Texas A & M University VIZlab and later, in Carnegie Mellon University, Computational Design Lab.
Burak Pak has completed his PhD thesis, which is entitled "Design Activities and Decisions in Conventional and Computer Aided Architectural Design Processes" in ITU Faculty of Architecture. He was co-advised by Arzu Erdem (ITU) and Ömer Akın (Carnegie Mellon University)
In January 2009, he received a three-year research grant from the Brussels Regional Government to work as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sint Lucas School of Architecture on a research project about design and evaluation of experimental virtual environments that support decision making (cordis.europa.eu Link of the Research Program).
Besides Sint Lucas School of Architecture, he holds a tenure-track faculty position in Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Informatics.


