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Read more at: CIT lab director ranked in the Top 2% most-cited scientists in the world

CIT lab director ranked in the Top 2% most-cited scientists in the world

2 February 2021

A study from the Stanford University that looked at publications published between 1996-2019 identified Dr Brilakis as being in the Top 2% most cited researchers in the world . This study covered around 7 million researchers that were categorized into 22 major scientific fields, and 176 sub-fields. In the sub-field of...


Read more at: Funding secured for major digital overhaul of European road network

Funding secured for major digital overhaul of European road network

7 January 2021

Researchers from the Construction Information Technology (CIT) Laboratory will lead on the digitalisation of the European road network as part of a collaborative project to improve road safety, increase capacity and reduce maintenance costs. Dr Ioannis Brilakis , CIT lab director and Laing O'Rourke Reader in Construction...


Read more at: Two Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate positions open BIM2TWIN

Two Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate positions open BIM2TWIN

17 December 2020

Two positions are currently being recruited for, under the project " BIM2TWIN: Optimal Construction Management & Production Control ". http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28135/ - 2 years FTC http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28140/ - 3 years FTC The key responsibilities and duties are to: devise, implement, and test solutions...


Read more at: Two PhD studentships open in the Digital Twins field

Two PhD studentships open in the Digital Twins field

19 November 2020

Two funded PhD studentships are currently open at the University of Cambridge (FIBE2 CDT) in the area of Digital Twins, and specifically in infrastructure digitisation. One focuses on Industrial Facilities and is co-sponsored by AVEVA and bp . The other focuses on Roads and is co-sponsored by Trimble Inc. . Both UK and...


Read more at: Railway Digital Twins conference paper receives a Best Paper Award at the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC)

Railway Digital Twins conference paper receives a Best Paper Award at the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC)

28 October 2020

A conference paper titled “ Digital Twinning of Railway Overhead Line Equipment from Airborne LiDAR Data ” authored by PhD student Mahendrini Ariyachandra and Dr Ioannis Brilakis received the Best Paper Award (best out of 221 papers) presented at the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction...


Read more at: PhD studentship opportunity on digitising industrial facilities (closing date: 3 December 2020)

PhD studentship opportunity on digitising industrial facilities (closing date: 3 December 2020)

22 September 2020

There is a EPSRC FIBE2 CDT PhD studentship opportunity open, funded by AVEVA and BP: Digitising Industrial Facilities. https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/26897/ Project Details: There is a growing awareness that industrial facility owners are managing very expensive and complex facilities with data that is too little or too...


Read more at: Funding secured for research aimed at improving construction using Digital Twins
CIT Lab - Digital twin research

Funding secured for research aimed at improving construction using Digital Twins

1 May 2020

Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Director of the Department’s Construction Information Technology (CIT) Lab group (part of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology) and visiting Professor Rafael Sacks, have been awarded grant funding to enhance building progress monitoring and quality control through Digital Building Twins.


Read more at: PhD studentships advertised as part of the Cloud-based Building Information Modelling (CBIM) training network
Cloud-based Building Information Modelling (CBIM)

PhD studentships advertised as part of the Cloud-based Building Information Modelling (CBIM) training network

13 November 2019

The following PhD studentships are available at the University of Cambridge on the European Commission-funded, Marie Sklodowska-Curie "CBIM" European Training Network (ETN). The Cloud-based Building Information Modelling (‘Cloud BIM’/CBIM) training network aims to set the foundations for generating and exploiting digital...


Read more at: Infrastructure Computer Vision – Book available for pre-order
Infrastructure Computer Vision - news

Infrastructure Computer Vision – Book available for pre-order

28 October 2019

Pre-order the soon-to-be-released Infrastructure Computer Vision to explore advanced information and sensing technologies, and how to apply them to individual projects.


Read more at: PhD student Eva Agapaki shortlisted as finalist for IET innovation award
Eva Agapaki - IET award

PhD student Eva Agapaki shortlisted as finalist for IET innovation award

30 September 2019

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) innovation awards recognise and celebrate the very best new innovations across the breadth of science, engineering and technology. This year the IET received over 360 entries for the innovation awards and we are delighted to announce that they have shortlisted Eva Agapaki in the category of "Information Technology".