Klara Mundilova
www.klaramundilova.com
klara.mundilova@alum.mit.edu

Education
09/2019 – 02/2024

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, MIT
Thesis Title: “Gluing and Creasing Paper along Curves: Computational Methods forAnalysis and Design”
Supervisor: Erik Demaine
GPA 5.0 / 5.0

09/2017 – 08/2019

PhD candidate, Technical Mathematics, TU Wien
Supervisors: Helmut Pottmann and Christian Müller

11/2014 – 06/2017

Master of Science, Technical Mathematics, TU Wien
Thesis Title: “Geometry and Interactive Design of Curved Creases”
Supervisor: Helmut Pottmann
Graduation with Distinction

10/2010 – 11/2014

Bachelor of Science, Technical Mathematics, TU Wien
Thesis Title: “Lineare Weingarten Kanalflächen”
Supervisor: Udo Hertrich-Jeromin

Work Experience
02/2024 – presentFreelance Geometry Consulting
Vienna, Austria
 Consultation on geometric problems, particularly related to folding.

06/2024 – 09/2024

Project Assistant (8h/week)
Institute for Structure and Design, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Research assistant for project “Plates to Structures”.

03/2024 – 06/2024

Programmer (20h/week)
Rechenraum, Vienna, Austria
 Work on geometric data processing algorithms in C++.

10/2020 – 04/2021

Lecturer and Project Assistant (8h/week)
Institute for Structure and Design, University of Innsbruck, AustriaCo-supervised a seminar for graduate students for the design and fabrication of curved
crease origami shapes.
Developed Rhino plug-ins for interactive design of shapes with curved creases.

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10/2017 – 09/2019

University and FWF Project Assistant (30h – 40h/week)
Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, Austria
 Developed mathematical approaches to describe curved crease origami shapes, such as
the folded Vesica Piscis.

Taught a geometry course for graduate architecture students in English and multiple
undergraduate geometry recitations.

08/2015 – 02/2017

Programmer (20h – 28.5h/week)
Rechenraum, Vienna, Austria Implemented geometric data processing algorithms in C# and C++.

08/2014 – 09/2017

Teaching Assistant (12.5h – 15h/week)
Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, Austria

Taught multiple introductory geometry recitations and assisted with the supervision ofexams.

Teaching
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
6.042

Mathematics for Computer Science
Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022

Teaching Assistant

6.849

Geometric Folding Algorithms
Fall 2020Teaching Assistant

University of Innsbruck, Austria
847383Structure and Geometry
Fall 2020

Seminar

TU Wien, Austria
104.361

Geometry Optimization and Discretization
Fall 2017

Lecture104.404

Projective Geometry
Spring 2018

Recitation

104.361

Geometry Optimization and Discretization
Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016

Recitation

113.077

Basic Course in Geometry for Architects
Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017

Recitation

104.218

Preparatory Course in Descriptive Geometry
Fall 2015, Fall 2016

Recitation

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Awards and Fellowships
2024

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship2023

David S. Y. (1962) and Harold Wong Fellowship

2022

American Association of University Women International Fellowship

2022

Graduate Women International Fay Weber Award2019

Akamai MIT Presidential Graduate Fellowship

2018

Christiane Hörbiger PreisPublications[1]

K. Mundilova, E. Demaine, R. Lang, and T. Tachi. “Analysis of Huffman’s Hexagonal Column withCusps,” to be published in the proceedings of 8OSME conference, 2024.

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K. Mundilova and G. Nawratil. “Rigid-Ruling Folding Compatibility of Planar Creases,” to be
published in the proceedings of 8OSME conference, 2024.

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K. Sharifmoghaddam, K. Mundilova , G. Nawratil, T. Tachi. “Woven Rigidly Foldable T-hedral Tubes
Along Translational Surfaces,” to be published in the proceedings of 8OSME conference, 2024.

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K. Mundilova. “Maclaurin Trisectrices as t-Affine Loci of the First Isogonic and Isodynamic Centers,”
accepted to ICGG, 2024.

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K. Mundilova, E. Demaine, R. Lang, and T. Tachi. “Curved-Crease Origami Spirals Constructed from
Reflected Cones,” Bridges Conference Proceedings, 2023.

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R. Foschi, R. Maleczek, K. Mundilova, S. Nishimoto, T. Tachi. “Slit-Folding: Actuating Curved
Creases by Closing Tailored Openings,” to be published in the proceedings of 8OSME conference,2024.

L. Chung, E. Demaine, M. Demaine, J. Diomidova, J. Lynch, K. Mundilova, and H. Zhang. “Folding
a Strip of Paper into Shapes with Specified Thickness,” to be published in the proceedings of 8OSMEconference, 2024.

R. Kraft, R. Maleczek, K. Mundilova, and T. Tachi. “From Quad Filling to Wrinkled Surfaces,”
Advances in Architectural Geometry, 2023.
A. Parra Rubio, ★ K. Mundilova, D. Preiss, E. Demaine, and N. Gershenfeld. “Kirigami Corrugations:
Strong, Modular, and Programmable Plate Lattices,” Proceedings of the ASME, 2023.

[10] P. Zhang, J. Chiang, X. Fan, and K. Mundilova. “Local Decomposition of Hexahedral Singular Nodes
into Singular Curves,” Computer-Aided Design, vol. 158, 2023.
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T. Hull, A. Lubiw, K. Mundilova, C. Nara, J. Tkadlec, and R. Uehara. “Quasi-Twisting Convex
Polyhedra,” 34th Canadian Conference Computational Geometry (CCCG), 2022.

Authors are listed in alphabetical order.
Joint first author.
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E. Demaine, K. Mundilova, and T. Tachi. “Locally Flat and Rigidly Foldable Discretizations of Conic
Crease Patterns with Reflecting Rule Lines,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Geometryand Graphics (ICGG), 2022.

[13] K. Mundilova, E. Demaine, R. Foschi, R. Kraft, R. Maleczek, and T. Tachi. “Lotus: A Curved Folding
Tool for Grasshopper,” Proceedings of ACADIA Conference, 2021.
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O. Aichholzer, H. Akitaya, K. Cheung, E. Demaine, M. Demaine, S. Fekete, L. Kleist, I. Kostitsyna,
M. Löffler, Z. Masárová, K. Mundilova, and C. Schmidt. “Folding Polyominoes with Holes into aCube,” Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, vol. 93, 2021.
R. Foschi, R. Kraft, R. Maleczek, K. Mundilova, and T. Tachi. “How to Use Parametric Curved
Folding Design Methods – A Case Study and Comparison,” Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposia,
no. 23, 2020.
R. Maleczek, K. Mundilova, and T. Tachi. “Curved Crease Edge Rounding of Polyhedral Surfaces,”
Proceedings of the AAG Conference, 2020.
K. Czajkowski, E. Demaine, M. Demaine, K. Eppling, R. Kraft, K. Mundilova, and L. Smith.
“Folding Small Polyominoes into a Unit Cube,” 32nd Canadian Conference on Computational
Geometry (CCCG), 2020.
E. Demaine, M. Demaine, and K. Mundilova. “Design of Circular-Arc Curved Creases of Constant
Fold Angle,” Proceedings of Bridges Conference, 2020.

[19] C. Jiang, K. Mundilova, F. Rist, J. Wallner, and H. Pottmann. “Curve-pleated Structures,” ACM
Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 38(6): 169:1-169:13, 2019.
[20] K. Mundilova. “On Mathematical Folding of Curved Crease Origami: Sliding Developables andParametrizations of Folds into Cylinders and Cones,” Computer-Aided Design, vol. 115, 2019.
[21] K. Mundilova. “Curved Crease Folds of Spherical Polyhedra with Regular Faces,” Proceedings ofBridges Conference, 2019.
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O. Aichholzer, H. Akitaya, K. Cheung, E. Demaine, M. Demaine, S. Fekete, L. Kleist, I. Kostitsyna,
M. Löffler, Z. Masárová, K. Mundilova, C. Schmidt. “Folding Polyominoes with Holes into a Cube,”
31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG), 2019.

[23] K. Mundilova and T. Wills. “Folding the Vesica Piscis,” Proceedings of Bridges Conference, 2018.
[24] U. Hertrich-Jeromin, K. Mundilova and E. Tjaden. “Channel Linear Weingarten Surfaces,” Journal ofGeometry and Symmetry in Physics, vol. 40, p. 25–33, 2015.
Theses:[25] “Gluing and Creasing Paper along Curves: Computational Methods for Analysis and Design,” PhD
Thesis, MIT, 2023.
[26] “Geometry and Interactive Design of Curved Creases,” Master Thesis, TU Wien, 2017.
[27] “Lineare Weingarten Kanalflächen,” Bachelor Thesis, TU Wien, 2014.

Talks
Art-Inspired Curved-Crease Origami Research, Symposium on Origami Bridging Art Science andIndustry, University of Tokyo, Japan, August 2024.
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Maclaurin Trisectrices as t-Affine Loci of the First Isogonic and Isodynamic Centers, International
Conference on Geometry and Graphics, Kitakyushu, Japan, August 2024.

Art-Inspired Curved-Crease Origami Research, AdCORP meeting #15, University of Tokyo, Japan,July 2024.

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Rigid-Ruling Folding Compatibility of Planar Creases, 8OSME Conference, Melbourne, Australia,
July 2024.

Analysis of Huffman’s Hexagonal Column with Cusps, 8OSME Conference, Melbourne, Australia,July 2024.

Art-Inspired Curved-Crease Origami Research, Gathering 4 Gardner – Celebration of Mind, online, June2024.

Mathematical Explorations of Curved-Crease Origami, Special Semester on Rigidity and Flexibility,RICAM, Linz, May 2024.

Art-Inspired Curved-Crease Origami Design, AMS Special Session on Serious Recreational Mathematics,
Joint Mathematics Meeting 2024, San Francisco, USA, January 2024.

Art-Inspired Curved-Crease Origami Design, Haystack Labs, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,
Maine, USA, August 2023.

Locally Flat and Rigidly Foldable Discretizations of Conic Crease Patterns with Reflecting Rule Lines,OrigaMIT Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2022.

Locally Flat and Rigidly Foldable Discretizations of Conic Crease Patterns with Reflecting Rule Lines,
International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, online, August 2022.

Lotus: A curved folding tool for Grasshopper, ACADIA Conference, online, November 2021.

Architecture & Mathematics: How we Collaborate, Invited panelist at the DigitalFUTURES Talk with T.
Knight, E. Demaine, and R. Maleczek, moderated by D. Koschitz and R. Brackett III, online, December
2021.

Curved Crease Edge Rounding of Polyhedral Surfaces, Advances in Architectural Geometry Conference
2020, online, April 2021.

Design of Curved Creases with Lotus, FoldFest 2021, online, April 2021.

Lotus: Grasshopper components for curved folding, Guest Lecture, Pratt Institute of Design, online,March 2021.

Design of Circular-Arc Curved Creases of Constant Fold Angle, Bridges Conference, online, 2020.

Spherical Polyhedra with Regular Faces, Bridges Conference, Linz, Austria, 2019.

On Mathematical Paper Folding, Symposium on Solid and Physical Modelling, Vancouver, Canada, 2019.

On Mathematical Paper Folding, Symposium of Origami and Deployable Mechanisms, Okinawa, Japan,2019.

Origami Research (presented with Erik Demaine), OrigaMIT Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 2018.

Curved Crease Paper Folding with Rigid Rulings, ESI Workshop on Rigidity and Flexibility of GeometricStructures, Vienna, 2018.

Folding the Vesica Piscis, Bridges Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2018.

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Symmetric Folded D-Forms from a Cylinder and Two Cones, Conference on Curves and Surfaces,Arcachon, France, 2018.

Geometry and Interactive Design of Curved Creases, Conference on Geometry, Pilsen, Czech Republic,
2017.

Extracurricular Activities
07/2013 – 06/2015

Elected Student Representative of Technical Mathematics, TU Wien

07/2013 – 10/2016

Substitute student member of the Curricular Commission of Technical Mathematics,
TU Wien

01/2012 – 06/2016

Student member in the Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation,
TU Wien6