Panagiotis Michalatos is a registered architect, Lecturer in Architecture at Harvard GSD, and Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk. His expertise spans computational design, interaction design, software development, and digital media. Previously, he worked as a computational design researcher for the structural engineering firm AKT, developing custom structural software tools. He is the co-author and lead developer of Firefly, a Grasshopper plugin that connects the digital CAD environment with physical sensors, microcontrollers, and actuators.