Deng Honghao is a computational designer and entrepreneur. As a former researcher at the MIT Media Lab City Science Group, his work in smart city technology has earned numerous accolades, including the Architizer A+ Award, Time’s 100 Best Inventions, Red Dot Best of the Best, the iF Design Award, and Fast Company’s Innovation by Design and World-Changing Ideas awards. A World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, he has published research in leading venues such as UIST, SIGGRAPH and CHI, and his work has been featured by Financial Times, TechCrunch and MIT Technology Review. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022 and holds a Master’s in Design Technology with distinction from Harvard University.