sean hanna
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

Hanna S and Derix C (eds). (Forthcoming) Proceedings of the DCC'06 Workshop on Models of Machine Learning in Creative Design.
(Forthcoming)

Hanna S and Fatah gen. Schieck F (eds). (2007), Embedded, Embodied, Adaptive: Architecture + Computation. Emergent Architecture Press, London. ISBN: 978-0-9557004-0-8

Beesley P and Hanna S. (2005) Lighter: A Transformed Architecture. In McQuaid M (Ed.) Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN: 1-5898-507-X
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Refereed Papers

2008

Hanna S. (2008) Numerical approaches in modelling design, in Gero, JS (ed), Proceedings of The International Workshop on Studying Design Creativity.
(Forthcoming)

Laskari S, Hanna S and Derix C. (2008) Urban identity through quantifiable spatial attributes: Coherence and dispersion of local identity through the automated comparative analysis of building block plans, in Gero, JS (ed) Design Computing and Cognition '08. Springer.
(Forthcoming)

2007

Hanna S. (2007) Inductive machine learning of optimal modular structures: Estimating solutions using support vector machines, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 21, pp 351-366. Cambridge University Press.

Hanna S. (2007) Defining Implicit Objective Functions for Design Problems, GECCO '07: Genetic And Evolutionary Computation Conference. Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation. ACM Press, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-1-59593-697-4
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Hanna S. (2007) Representation and generation of plans using graph spectra, in Kubat A, Ertekin O, Guney Y, Eyuboglu E (eds). 6th International Space Syntax Symposium, 12-15 Jun 2007, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN: 978-975-561-305-5
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Prosalidou E and Hanna S. (2007) A parametric representation of ruled surfaces, in Dong A, Vande Moere A, Gero J S (eds). Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures 2007, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
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Friedrich E, Hanna S and Derix C. (2007) Emergent Form from Structural Optimisation of the Voronoi Polyhedra, In Proceedings Generative Art10th International Conference, Milan Polytechnic, Milan.

Hanna S. (2007) Automated representation of style by feature space archetypes: distinguishing spatial styles from generative rules, International Journal of Architectural Computing. ISSN: 1478-0771
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2006

Hanna S and Turner A. (2006) Teaching parametric design in code and construction, In Proceedings of Sigradi '06: X Congreso Iberoamericano de Graphica Digital. Universidad de Chile. ISBN: 956-19-0539-6
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Hanna S. (2006) Representing Style by Feature Space Archetypes: Description and Emulation of Spatial Styles in an Architectural Context, In Gero, JS (ed) Design Computing and Cognition '06. Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4020-5130-2
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Hanna S and Haroun Mahdavi S. (2006) Inductive Machine Learning of Structures: Estimating a Finite Element Optimisation Using Support Vector Machines, In Gero, JS (ed) Design Computing and Cognition '06. Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4020-5130-2
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2005

Hanna S. (2005) Where Creativity Comes From: the social spaces of embodied minds, Proceedings of HI'05, Computational and Cognitive Models of Creative Design. University of Sydney. ISBN: 1-86487-789-8
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2004

Haroun Mahdavi S and Hanna S. (2004) Blurring the Boundaries between Actuator and Structure: Investigating the use of Stereolithography to build Adaptive Robots, Proceedings of ICARCV 2004: 8th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision. ISBN: 0-7803-8654-X
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Hanna S and Haroun Mahdavi S. (2004) Modularity and Flexibility at the Small Scale: Evolving Continuous Material Variation with Stereolithography. In Beesley P. Cheng W. and Williamson R Eds. Fabrication: examining the digital practice of architecture. University of Waterloo School of Architecture Press, Toronto. ISBN: 0-9696665-2-7
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Haroun Mahdavi S and Hanna, S. (2004) Optimising Continuous Microstructures: A Comparison of Gradient-Based and Stochastic Methods, Proceedings of SCIS & ISIS 2004, The Joint 2nd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 5th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems.
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2003

Haroun Mahdavi S and Hanna S. (2003) An Evolutionary approach to microstructure optimisation of stereolithographic models. Proceedings of CEC2003. The Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE-Press. ISBN: 0-7803-7804-0
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Invited Papers

Hanna S. (2007) Teaching Parametric Design: Procedure before Form, Accommodating new Aspects of Interdisciplinarity in Contemporary Construction Teaching, Proceedings of EAAE-ENHSA Workshop, Venice.
(Forthcoming)

Hanna S. (2006) Responsive Material / Responsive Structure. In Beesley P, Hirosue S and Ruxton J (eds) Responsive Architectures: Subtle Technologies 2006. Riverside Architectural Press. ISBN: 0-9780978-0-7
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Hanna S. (2006) The Generative and Analytic Algorithm in Design. In Pavlovits D (ed) Haecceity Public Lecture Transcripts.
(Forthcoming)