Alvin Huang, the award-winning Los Angeles-based architect, designer, and educator, will delve into the intersections between technology and culture at the Computational Design: NEXT 8.0 conference. He provides projects ranging from high-rise buildings and mixed-use complexes to temporary pavilions and bespoke furniture. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California and the founder and principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture. He also serves as the Director of Graduate and Post-Professional Architecture at the university. He got substantial experience working in Zaha Hadid Architects, Future Systems, AL-A, and AECOM before founding SDA. His work has been widely published and exhibited. He has received over 40 awards at the local, national, and international levels, including being named one of Images Publishing’s 50 global innovators under the age of 50 in 2015, being featured as a “Next Progressive” by Architect Magazine in 2014, and being named one of Time Magazine’s 25 Best Inventors of 2013.