Emily Whiting is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Boston University and Director of the BU Shape Design & Computation Lab. Her research combines digital geometry processing, engineering mechanics, and rapid prototyping to explore the development of computational tools for designing functionally valid and fabrication-ready real-world objects. She received her PhD from MIT in Computer Graphics and Building Technology. She is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, and BU Innovation Career Development Professorship. She has also served as General Chair of the ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication.