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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...

Read more at: Director of CSIC interviewed on the Beyond BIM podcast

Director of CSIC interviewed on the Beyond BIM podcast

16 December 2020

Dr Jennifer Schooling features in the latest series of the Beyond BIM podcast discussing systems thinking, the CSIC and Centre for Digital Built Britain paper ‘Flourishing Systems’, changing the way the infrastructure and construction industry views data and the limitations of current economic models. In the latest episode...

Read more at: 2020 Class of EuropeIndia40 names CSIC Research Associate in the Top 40 Under 40 Leaders

2020 Class of EuropeIndia40 names CSIC Research Associate in the Top 40 Under 40 Leaders

3 December 2020

Dr Manu Sasidharan, CSIC Research Associate, has been selected for the 2020 Class of EuropeIndia40 Top 40 Under 40 Leaders. The Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) launched the #EuropeIndia4 initiative – now in its second year – to discover Top 40 under 40 Europe India Leaders and highlight their...

Read more at: Read the latest Smart Infrastructure Blog, written by Liam Winder, Innovation Lead: Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Transforming Construction, at Innovate UK, published today.

Read the latest Smart Infrastructure Blog, written by Liam Winder, Innovation Lead: Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Transforming Construction, at Innovate UK, published today.

1 December 2020

Titled ‘Transforming Construction – a move to whole-life value’, the blog makes the case for taking a whole-life approach to infrastructure. Reflecting on reaching the halfway mark of the four-year Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Transforming Construction Challenge, Liam Winder brings focus to the benefits of...

Read more at: Former CSIC PhD student elected to ICE Council shares the story of her engineering career and makes the case for engineers tackling the challenges of our times

Former CSIC PhD student elected to ICE Council shares the story of her engineering career and makes the case for engineers tackling the challenges of our times

13 November 2020

Njemile Faustin, former PhD student of Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, has been elected to the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Council and starts her term of office this month. Currently a Senior Geotechnical Engineer in the Ground, Energy & Transaction Solutions division at AECOM, Njemile works on a...

Read more at: Read the preview of new book ‘Four Futures, One Choice’ co-authored by CSIC Research Associate

Read the preview of new book ‘Four Futures, One Choice’ co-authored by CSIC Research Associate

12 November 2020

A new book written during the COVID-19 pandemic and global climate crisis paints a picture of how the choices we make today are vital in shaping our future built environment world – and asks us all to decide what sort of society we want to live in. This is a vital moment in the global story, with many possible paths laid...

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CSIC event in Cambridge to honour 63 Rankine Lecturer Professor Kenichi Soga

24 March 2025

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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