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Read more at: Resilience of rail infrastructure

Resilience of rail infrastructure

29 March 2021

Following the tragic events near Stonehaven on 12 August, when a train derailment led to three people losing their lives, the Earthworks Management Task Force, led by Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, has completed its report and recommendations. The Secretary of State requested an assessment of the impact of...


Read more at: How on Earth?

How on Earth?

16 March 2021

An online event to discuss how the Built Environment sector will organise to meet monumental challenges in the race to net zero. The London South Bank University (LSBU) School of Built Environment and Architecture’s fourth Seminar in its Climate Emergency Events Series will ask: 'How on Earth is the Built Environment...


Read more at: Delivering the next generation of infrastructure

Delivering the next generation of infrastructure

10 March 2021

Dr Jennifer Schooling will be part of a panel discussing ‘Creating smart infrastructure’ at the 2021 Infrastructure Ireland online conference on 25 March. The one-day conference, organised by Eolas magazine , will consider how to deliver the next generation of infrastructure, from healthcare and housing to communications...


Read more at: CSIC events at the inaugural Cambridge Festival

CSIC events at the inaugural Cambridge Festival

5 March 2021

The new, interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival (replacing the Cambridge Science Festival and the Cambridge Festival of Ideas) featured more than 350 events and activities – including a number hosted by CSIC. CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary presented ‘Growing Underground’, a talk about how urban agriculture is being...


Read more at: Latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog published today

Latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog published today

1 March 2021

This month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog by Dr Daniel Summerbell, CSIC Research Associate, makes the case for categorising opportunities for material efficiency in construction. Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN), is a collaborative project with the University of Bath and Dundee and aims to drive a new culture in...


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SMIC and IEEE

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...


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On 21 March 2025, the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) hosted an event in honour of Professor Kenichi Soga, Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering and a Distinguished Professor at the University of California Berkeley. The event at the West Hub, University of Cambridge was chaired by CSIC...

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