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An article on The Alan Turing Institute’s website features an interview with the lead of the Data Centric Engineering (DCE) programme, Prof Mark Girolami, Academic Director of CSIC, who references CSIC as a project partner of the Turing.

The DCE programme, launched in 2015 in partnership with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, has created projects all over the world in a huge variety of fields, from agriculture to aerospace, construction to climate, medical to maritime engineering.

CSIC has been championing data-driven solutions to develop smart infrastructure and enable whole-life asset management since its beginning 10 years ago. The collaboration with the Turing focuses on digital twin technology, which can enable more robust and sustainable infrastructure in the built environment.

The article also mentions the CSIC Growing Underground project – a subterranean, sustainable and energy-smart farm in the heart of London with its own digital twin – led by CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary. This innovative, zero-carbon project aims to tackle the challenges presented by food supply and safety.

CSIC shares the Turing’s mission of harnessing data to measure performance of built assets to increase efficiency, meet sustainability targets and cope with critical environmental conditions. Professor Lord Robert Mair, CSIC Founding Head, and Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, CSIC Director, are among the confirmed speakers of The Alan Turing Institute’s first virtual DCEng Summit on 22 and 23 September 2021. You can find more information here

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