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Recruiting - Digital Roads - Programme Manager

13 May 2025

The Digital Roads of the Future initiative is looking to recruit a Programme Manager to ensure the smooth administration and running of the programmes. The Programme Manager will take overall responsibility for the administration of the grants and associated human, physical and digital resources of the Construction...

Solving Interoperability Issues in the Construction Industry: The Didimi Journey

19 March 2025

Host: Rupert Mcsheehy Guest: Professor Ioannis Brilakis and Dr Kyriakos Kantarakias In this podcast episode, Rupert hosts Ioannis Brilakis and Kyriakos Kantarakias, discussing their startup Didimi, which aims to solve interoperability issues in the construction industry. They share their backgrounds, the inspiration behind...

The Hi-tech Battle to Banish Britain’s Potholes

21 February 2025

Times Article Feb 2025 From: https://www.thetimes.com/article/8f84b22c-259f-4c9a-8997-8b69468c6896 IN DEPTH The hi-tech battle to banish Britain’s potholes UK roads are poorly designed and badly built. Could the answer lie in AI — which predicts problems before they appear — and rupture-fixing robots? Rhys Blakely ...

Digital Roads of the Future - Annual Review 2024

29 November 2024

We were thrilled to host the Annual Review 2024 at the Cambridge Union in the heart of Cambridge on Wednesday, 13 November, bringing together over 100 academics, industry representatives, and researchers to showcase our progress and engage in meaningful discussions about the future of digital road infrastructure. The...

Professor Ioannis Brilakis receiving Honorary Professorship from the University of Hong Kong

4 November 2024

Ioannis Brilakis, PhD CEng MICE Professor Ioannis Brilakis has built a long history of collaboration with the University of Hong Kong (HKU). In October 2024, HKU is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Brilakis as the Honorary Professor. He will be associated with the Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of...

Job opportunity - Senior Research Associate in Digital Twins

30 October 2024

We are excited to announce the opportunity to join the Digital Roads Prosperity Partnership as our Senior Research Associate in Digital Twins. This role is an excellent challenge for Assistant Professors or experienced post-doctoral research associates with information modelling expertise and interest in managing a large...

Construction Information Technology (CIT) Laboratory 2024-2025 New Academic Year BBQ

24 October 2024

Professor Ioannis Brilakis welcomes 2024-2025 Academic Year new PhD students by inviting them and staff of CIT and DRF programme to join BBQ at his home in Cambridge. Submitted by administrator on Sat, 05/10/2024

London-based Didimi raises €880k pre-seed to bring interoperability to the construction industry

24 October 2024

Didimi , a digital twins and information management platform for the construction industry, announced that it has raised €880k in a pre-seed investment. The round is led by the leading deep tech VC the Creator Fund. The fresh capital will serve to expand its B2B product offering into the construction information management...

National Pothole Day 2024 at BBC Breakfast

24 October 2024

Monday, 15th January 2024 is National Pothole Day in the UK. Digital Roads of the Future was featured on the BBC Breakfast show to show how Innovative Research is hoping to eliminate potholes and other road damage through early detection using digital twins, data science, smart materials, automation and robotics. The...

Interview with Professor Ioannis Brilakis by The Naked Scientists - How Mercedes and Tesla use information about our journeys

24 October 2024

Car sensors fuelling a digital infrastructure economy How Mercedes and Tesla use information about our journeys... 27 February 2024 Interview with Ioannis Brilakis, University of Cambridge These days, modern cars are brimming with sensors making measurements about almost every aspect of the way the vehicle is performing...

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Recruiting - Digital Roads - Programme Manager

Solving Interoperability Issues in the Construction Industry: The Didimi Journey

The Hi-tech Battle to Banish Britain’s Potholes

Digital Roads of the Future - Annual Review 2024

Professor Ioannis Brilakis receiving Honorary Professorship from the University of Hong Kong

Job opportunity - Senior Research Associate in Digital Twins

Construction Information Technology (CIT) Laboratory 2024-2025 New Academic Year BBQ

London-based Didimi raises €880k pre-seed to bring interoperability to the construction industry

National Pothole Day 2024 at BBC Breakfast

Interview with Professor Ioannis Brilakis by The Naked Scientists - How Mercedes and Tesla use information about our journeys

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