Statement
This is the personal site of Louis Weitzman. My career has included the professions of both design and computation and I am deeply interested in the possibilities of creating and supporting excellence in design for the individual through computational means. The name des1gn was choosen, in part, because it signifies for me the convergence of design and personalization, design for the individual.
Featured Projects
International Business Council
For IBC Operational Team
The Operational Team of the International Business Council (IBC) were tasked with redesigning the web site with the aim of improving overall Customer satisfaction and collaboration. more »
Franklin Content Management System
For ibm.com
Franklin is a content management system to provide a web solution with the following goals: content
reusability, simplified management of content and design that enforces integrity and consistency, the
customization of content to individual users, and the delivery of content to a variety of display devices. more »
The Architecture of Information: Interpretation and presentation of information in dynamic environments
For MIT
This PhD thesis explores the use of computational linguistics to support the design process. These formal visual languages are used to produce design automatically, support the user in the interactive design process and help create design rules through demonstration.
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Life Sciences Workbench
For Harvard-MIT Martinos Center, MGH and Complex Biosystems Modeling Laboratory
The Life Science Workbench was a collaboration between IBM, Harvard-MIT Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Complex Biosystems Modeling Laboratory (CBML). The concept was to enable collaborative work between Biologists, Computer Scientists and Physicists to generate predictive models of brain tumor growth. more »
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