| Spiro N. Pollalis is Professor of Design, Technology and Management at the Harvard Design School. Pollalis teaches architectural design studios and courses in project management and information technology. His research focuses on the management of high-end projects and on the applications of information technology to empower design. His practice specializes on digital architecture enhancing the physical space and on bridge design. He has been a collaborator of Santiago Calatrava and worked on several of the firm's projects in Spain, France and Switzreland. He has been a consultant for the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Bureau of Census for project management and real estate. Pollalis received his first degree from the National Technical University of Athens and his Master’s and PhD from MIT. His MBA in high technology is from Northeastern University, and his honorary Master’s degree in Architecture is from Harvard. He has been visiting professor at ETH-Zürich and at TU-Delft. Pollalis has conducted research for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the private industry. Pollalis is the author of numerous case studies in real estate and construction, used for teaching and research. He has also authored numerous papers and several books including: Computer-Aided Collaboration in Managing Construction (2006), Pockets of Innovation in Real Estate, Construction and the Internet (2002), Stretching Time and Space (2001), Remote Teaching (2000), What is a Bridge? (1999, 2002), Build-Operate-Transfer (1996), Case Studies on Management and Technology (1993), and Computer-Aided Project Management (1993); the editor of Uncertainty and Risk in International Construction Markets (1996) and the co-inventor of the patented Task Management (1991). He has applied information technology to enable his teaching since the mid 1990s, has received grants for the research of IT-based local and remote teaching, has served as a member of the Harvard Academic Computing Committee (HACC), has co-chaired the Harvard-wide Internet and Society conference in 2000, and was the head of ETH-World Center at ETH-Zurich (2001-2002). In 1997 Pollalis founded the Center for Design Informatics (CDI) at the GSD, which he directed until the Center closed in 2004. The center was dedicated to the exploration of Internet and technology in the design, real estate and construction fields. At the GSD, Pollalis is academic advisor in the area of Project Management at the Master in Design Studies program. He served as Director of the Doctor of Design and Master in Design Studies programs for the period 1995-2002. Harvard Gazette newspaper links: Contact Information: Prof. Dr. Spiro N. Pollalis voice mail: (617) 495-9939 e-mail: pollalis@gsd.harvard.edu |