Through the Interface

Unanticipated consequences: Autodesk platform investments and what they mean for AI (mar., 19 août 2025)
For much of my career at Autodesk I (and eventually my team) focused on encouraging development (internally) and adoption (externally) of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to our products. It’s why I named this blog “Through the Interface” when it started back in 2006. At the beginning (for me this means the 90s) this was clearly around desktop software; starting with DOS and even UNIX, although by the time I had joined the company Windows was becoming the primary OS platform for our products. We worked to help companies integrate their own software with ours, whether “in process” via plugin...
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Neuroscience for Architecture and Human Simulation: hiring and conferences (Mon, 11 Aug 2025)
A few weeks ago - while I was on holiday, in fact - we posted a job description that I mentioned on LinkedIn: Interested in developing and applying novel AI-based human simulation to improve the built environment? Come and work in my research team at Autodesk! Candidates open to working in London or Toronto are preferred, but the role will be largely hybrid. We’ve already had several really interesting candidates apply for the job, but I did want to talk a bit more about this position and encourage more folks to apply. Here’s the job description itself: Autodesk Research...
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