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‘It’s a green revolution and it’s powered by data’ – Growing Underground

30 March 2021

Growing Underground, the project led by CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary, is said to be a ‘green revolution’, which is ‘powered by data’ in a new feature published by the University of Cambridge . Cambridge researchers are working alongside the founders of the underground farm – located 120 ft below the busy streets of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘It’s a green revolution and it’s powered by data’ – Growing Underground

Resilience of rail infrastructure

How on Earth?

Delivering the next generation of infrastructure

CSIC events at the inaugural Cambridge Festival

Latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog published today

CSIC articles published by ICE and IEEE

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

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

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

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