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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’s lively and interesting d…

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 contributions in promoting EU India/…

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 projects taking this approach…

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 range of projects that involve the…

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 out ahead, but ultimately it…

A book drawing on comparative case study analysis to demonstrate how local factors shape the prospect of network governance to support low-carbon energy transitions has been authored by CSIC Research Associate Dr Timea Nochta. The online launch event will take place on Wednesday 13 January, from 5pm to 6pm, and will feature talks and Q&As.This book…

Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, is a co-author of Cambridge Zero Policy Forum's green recovery report, ‘A Blueprint for a Green Future’, which is now published and available to download at the Cambridge Zero website.The multidisciplinary report was launched at a panel discussion at the week-long Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival o…

The Smart Construction Network (SCN) is a free digital resource providing support for industry organisations taking crucial first steps towards adopting smarter, more modern methods of construction. CSIC is one of a number of centres of excellence that are part of the nation-wide offering of expertise and support available – from training and knowl…

Titled ‘Smart technologies and the city – making the case for a socio-technical approach’, the blog considers the ‘smartification’ of city planning, management and urban infrastructures using emerging technology applications: “the links between technology as the enabler for cities to become more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent through …

A conference paper titled “Digital Twinning of Railway Overhead Line Equipment from Airborne LiDAR Data” authored by PhD student Mahendrini Ariyachandra and CSIC co-investigator Dr Ioannis Brilakis, received the Best Paper Award presented at the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC).The research presented i…

The CSIC annual Partner Gathering was held on Zoom this year and was well attended by many of our industry partners.Welcomed by Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, and updated on CSIC activity by Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, partners enjoyed five short presentations on current CSIC research projects which were followed by a Q&…

The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority approved Professor Lord Robert Mair’s appointment to lead the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM) special purpose vehicle (SPV), which has been incorporated with the name One CAM Limited.  Now is the moment to deliver a truly pioneering system benefitting people and businesses across the region…

Read the latest Smart Infrastructure Blog, written by CSIC Research Associate Dr Manu Sasidharan, calling for transport infrastructure asset management to address risk and resilience, published today.Titled ‘Mind the risk for resilient future transport networks’, the blog sets out challenges to transport infrastructure, including the effects of cli…

CSIC Research Associate Dr Georgios Hadjidemetriou has received the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) Postdoc award for research excellence. Announcing the award, Professor Tim Minshall, Head of the IfM at the University of Cambridge, reflected on the extraordinary achievements and activities of all the nominated researchers, and congratulated Geor…

The future of university science research funding was the subject of debate in the House of Lords following the report from the Science and Technology Select Committee titled ‘Science research funding in universities’.Professor Lord Robert Mair, a member of the House’s Select Committee on Science and Technology, and Head of CSIC, contributed to the…