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CSIC articles published by ICE and IEEE

28 February 2021

Two CSIC articles on the future of infrastructure have been published in journals from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) this month. A paper titled ‘Flourishing Systems: Re-envisioning Infrastructure as a Platform for Human Flourishing’, authored by...


Read more at: Director of CSIC joins panel at CIRIA conference on the new age of construction

Director of CSIC joins panel at CIRIA conference on the new age of construction

24 February 2021

Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, will chair a panel considering ‘The path to whole-life performance’ at a CIRIA event ‘The new age of construction: technology as an enabler’. This event marks the inaugural virtual conference for CSIC Partner CIRIA, (Construction Industry Research and Information Association), a...


Read more at: Director of CSIC to talk Digital Cities for Change at DT Hub

Director of CSIC to talk Digital Cities for Change at DT Hub

12 February 2021

Dr Jennifer Schooling will be talking about the CSIC project Digital Cities for Change in an interview with Sam Chorlton, Chair of the DT Hub. Part of a series of Hub Insight interviews, Dr Schooling will be joined by Gemma Schroeder, Smart Cambridge Programme Manager. The interview, which will be hosted by the Centre for...


Read more at: How sharing data is helping fight COVID-19 and shape recovery in the UK

How sharing data is helping fight COVID-19 and shape recovery in the UK

4 February 2021

Odysseus, a collaborative project led by The Alan Turing Institute, is featured by Microsoft On the Issues, the organisation’s global public affairs content hub that explores ways technology impacts society. The article , written by Katharine Rooney, brings focus to the rapid redeployment of a Turing study monitoring air...


Read more at: Thinking in systems – joining the dots between infrastructure, the economy, the planet, and people

Thinking in systems – joining the dots between infrastructure, the economy, the planet, and people

2 February 2021

Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC discusses infrastructure in all its complexities in an interview published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) as part of its new Viewpoint series on infrastructure and the economy. Explaining the ways in which CSIC works to accelerate the...


Read more at: Read the latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog

Read the latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog

1 February 2021

In the latest of CSIC’s monthly Smart Infrastructure Blogs, Dr Miguel Bravo Haro, CSIC Research Associate, brings focus to sensors, measurement and particularly to conventions. Reflecting on a number of 18 th Century explanations of what took place during an earthquake and tsunami in Lisbon in 1755, Dr Bravo Haro tracks...


Read more at: CSIC to test how new mobile network can enable asset management

CSIC to test how new mobile network can enable asset management

26 January 2021

CSIC Investigator, Ajith Parlikad, will take part in a new Government-funded test project to investigate and maximise the benefits of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. As part of a £28 million project to improve people’s lives with the mobile network, the Port was chosen as one of nine pilots to test the potential of 5G in two...


Read more at: Cambridge academic at CSIC redefines the Finite Element Method for the data age

Cambridge academic at CSIC redefines the Finite Element Method for the data age

18 January 2021

Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair at the University of Cambridge, Director of the Data-centric Engineering Programme at The Alan Turing Institute and academic lead for CSIC and CDBB , has been heading up an international consortium whose...


Read more at: Read the first CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog of the New Year

Read the first CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog of the New Year

3 January 2021

Sister Margaret Atkins, Canoness of St Augustine and a contributor to the CSIC and Centre for Digital Built Britain paper ‘ Flourishing Systems: re-envisioning infrastructure as a platform for human flourishing ’ writes our first Smart Infrastructure Blog of 2021: ‘One moment in time – reflect, review and rethink for the...


Read more at: CSIC workshop ‘Computer Vision Beyond Black Boxes’ now open for registration

CSIC workshop ‘Computer Vision Beyond Black Boxes’ now open for registration

16 December 2020

In this online interactive workshop CSIC Researcher Vladimir Vilde will discuss the different potential challenges faced during the selection, installation and the processing of computer vision (CV) techniques. Leading the workshop, which will take place on Thursday 4 February 2021 from 9.30am to midday, Vladimir, who is...


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