Borja García de Soto- MSc UC-Berkeley, PhD ETH
- Professor (Associate) at New York University Abu Dhabi
Borja García de Soto
- MSc UC-Berkeley, PhD ETH
- Professor (Associate) at New York University Abu Dhabi
About
179
Publications
145,705
Reads
How we measure 'reads'
A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text. Learn more
3,492
Citations
Introduction
Borja García de Soto is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi, and a Global Network Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University (NYU). He is the director of the S.M.A.R.T. Construction Research Group at NYU Abu Dhabi and conducts research in the areas of construction automation, cybersecurity in the AEC industry, artificial intelligence, lean construction, and BIM.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
January 2018 - present
Position
- Professor (Assistant)
Description
- Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and a Global Network Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University (NYU). Director of the S.M.A.R.T. Construction Research Group at NYUAD. Research in the areas of automation and robotics in construction, cybersecurity in the AEC industry, artificial intelligence, lean construction, and BIM.
August 2016 - December 2017
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Develop and teach courses for Major in Construction and Maintenance Management, in particular in the area of construction management and information technology.
January 2015 - December 2017
Position
- Research Associate
Description
- Perform research and teaching activities in the area of construction management. Main responsibilities include writing proposals, managing and supporting research projects, producing meaningful research and publishing it, mentoring students.
Education
April 2011 - January 2015
August 2003 - June 2004
August 2000 - July 2001
Publications
Publications (179)
The construction industry is making a shift towards digitization and automation (known as Construction 4.0) due to the rapid growth of information and communication technologies as well as 3D printing, mechatronics, machine learning, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies will transform the design, planning, construction, op...
The idea of using robots and automating construction sites is not new – the first research and publications on construction robotics date back to the 1970s in the former Soviet Union. By the mid-1980s, robotic systems were developed and introduced for inspection tasks on a radioactively contaminated building site. By 1991, the first full-scale appl...
This chapter discusses the risks associated with network connected built assets and building management systems. Globally, Construction 4.0 vision provides fully integrated and networked connectivity between digital infrastructure assets and physical infrastructure to form digital economies. However, industrial espionage, cyber-crime and deplorable...
The umbrella concept for the current efforts to digitize construction is known as Construction 4.0. One of its key concepts is cyber-physical systems. The construction industry is not only creating increasingly valuable digital assets (in addition to physical ones) but also the buildings and built infrastructures are increasingly monitored and cont...
The utilization of new technologies coupled with the digitization and automation of the construction industry (known as Construction 4.0) comes with many advantages. For example, it will make the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry more connected, accessible, and transparent. However, the inherent nature of these connected syst...
Common data environments (CDEs) are centralized repositories in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry designed to improve collaboration and project efficiency. However, CDEs hosted on cloud platforms face significant risks from insider threats, as stakeholders with legitimate access may act maliciously. To address these vul...
The construction industry, with its dynamic environments and resource constraints, poses unique challenges for task allocation and management, particularly in integrating robotic automation. This paper introduces a multi-agent framework leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to address these challenges. The proposed approach utilizes two collabora...
This paper introduces BIMCaP, a novel method to integrate mobile 3D sparse LiDAR data and camera measurements with pre-existing building information models (BIMs), enhancing fast and accurate indoor mapping with affordable sensors. BIMCaP refines sensor poses by leveraging a 3D BIM and employing a bundle adjustment technique to align real-world mea...
The construction industry is undergoing digitalization, but it is increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks due to its slow pace in developing effective cyber risk assessment tools. This study develops a Machine Learning (ML)-centric approach to assess common cyber risks for construction projects. This approach comprises three components: (1) For ri...
The initial application of digital twins (DT) in the construction industry was to upgrade construction and design methods by integrating the Building Information Modeling-based platforms and cooperation model. This chapter intends to investigate the use of DT technologies in intelligent building management to provide insights into the transformativ...
Finite element (FE) modeling is a powerful tool for structural analysis, but it often involves extensive pre-processing, significant analysis efforts, and time-consuming computations, especially for complex structures. To overcome these challenges, this study presents an innovative approach for real-time prediction of structural static responses us...
Modern construction projects are vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to insufficient attention to cybersecurity. Cyber risks in construction projects are not fully recognized, and the relevant literature is limited. To address this gap, the capabilities of a language model were leveraged to analyze extensive text, tailored to identify cyber risks. The...
Over the past few decades, structural health monitoring (SHM) has drawn significant attention to identifying damage in structures. However, there are open challenges related to the efficiency and applicability of the existing damage identification approaches. This paper proposes an effective approach that integrates both modal analysis and dynamic...
The world's population is rapidly aging. According to the United Nations, nearly 10% of the world's population is over 65 years old. The aging population crisis is arguably one of the most pressing challenges to the future well-being of humanity. The kitchen is an essential place for human activities, and cooking holds significant importance for ol...
The construction industry is witnessing a transformative shift with the integration of advanced technologies, especially in the topic of 3D segmentation. This study underscores the current state and challenges of 3D segmentation, with special emphasis on construction research, and provides an insightful understanding of the latest research developm...
The construction industry is looking at automation and robotization to enhance productivity and reduce the safety risks of various tasks during the construction, operations and maintenance (O&M) phases. In that context, human-robot interaction (HRI) and human-robot collaboration (HRC) are highly relevant. Although those terms are different, there i...
Due to the dynamic aspect of construction sites, constant implementation and removal of safety equipment is a required practice. This leads to frequent manual and time-consuming inspections to make sure the safety measures are in place. There is the potential to automate the inspection process using robots and Deep Learning. Such an approach can sa...
The construction industry has witnessed a rise in the use of game engine technology over the past decade. With the advancements in modular and industrialized construction, researchers are looking into technologies to improve the production process. Simulation software have been widely used to develop Discrete Event Simulation (DES) models to study,...
This paper presents a model for sound classification in construction that leverages a unique combination of Mel spectrograms and Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) values. This model combines deep neural networks like Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) and Long short-term memory (LSTM) to create CNN-LSTM and MFCCs-LSTM architectures, enabling...
ChatGPT, a large language model chatbot by OpenAI, has increasingly become a part of employees' day-today activities in numerous industries, including construction, and researchers have looked into this tool since its first release in late 2022 to assist in different fields. One of the benefits of such tools can be related to improved efficiency; h...
Construction 4.0 integrates digital technologies that increase vulnerability to cyber threats. A dedicated cyber risk assessment framework is essential for proactive risk mitigation. However, existing studies on this subject within the construction sector are scarce, with most discussions still in the preliminary stages. This study introduces a cyb...
This study introduces an innovative framework that employs Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance task allocation by seamlessly integrating construction robots and human users. The LLM contains key data about the task, such as agent capabilities, as well as details of the end goal to be achieved. An efficient allocation strategy is computed, balan...
Most studies either addressed the technical gaps or adopted technological strategies to enable construction automation and digitalization. However, the cybersecurity implications of such technologies received little attention. Existing cybersecurity studies from other domains cannot be directly adopted because examining the overall security, existe...
Amidst the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) sector's transformation through policy-supported digitalization and digital twin (DT) advocacy, it remains unclear how general contracting firms (GCFs) will react to growing cyber-attack threats linked to DTs. Transformation initiatives around DTs scarcely consider the implications of how...
Ensuring that formwork systems are properly installed is essential for construction safety and quality. They have to comply with specific design requirements and meet strict tolerances regarding the installation of the different members. The current method of quality control during installation mostly relies on manual measuring tools and inspection...
The construction industry has been notoriously slow to adopt new technology and embrace automation. This has resulted in lower efficiency and productivity compared to other industries where automation has been widely adopted. However, recent advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence offer a potential solution to this problem. In this stu...
Insider threats have emerged as serious threats to organizations due to the rapid advancement and incorporation of communication technologies. Insider threats incurred significant costs to different organizations. Tackling these threats is a big challenge as insiders can misuse their privilege and their behavior is not known completely. Insiders ar...
Appropriate construction elevator planning is beneficial for successfully completing high-rise building projects. Construction elevator planning typically remains unchanged throughout a high-rise building project or seldom involves the designation of service days, which causes such planning not to respond effectively to variable transportation dema...
Introduction: The use of robots can boost productivity and reduce costs in construction projects. However, choosing the right robotic platform for the right application can be challenging, costly, and time-consuming. This paper presents a guide for researchers and construction practitioners interested in using robotic systems.
Methods: A methodol...
Amidst the rise of cybercrimes and cyberattacks, it has become paramount for companies across the globe to prioritize the establishment of strong cybersecurity measures. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Accuracy, and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) collaborated to carry out a comprehensive survey within the Middle East region’s construction se...
With the rapid digitalization of construction projects, incidents of cyberattacks are surging. A comprehensive approach to identifying and managing cyber risks in construction is essential. This study employs a systematic methodology to identify cyber risk factors tailored to construction projects. These 32 identified risk factors reflect general v...
Construction materials undergo appearance and textural changes during the construction process. Accurate recognition of these changes is critical for effectively understanding the construction status; however, recognizing the various levels of detailed material conditions is not sufficiently explored. The primary challenge in the detailed recogniti...
Prefabricated construction allows for efficient resource usage while creating higher-quality products that can be assembled on-site within a short time. While this translates to significant benefits for the overall construction, challenges arise from an increased demand for trained prefabrication assembly workers. As prefabrication calls for skills...
The navigation of robotic systems in construction sites often relies on sensor data from the robot. While mapping and navigation protocols such as simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) are quite useful for navigation, they often require a preliminary mapping of the site, which is usually done manually. Waypoint generation for certain tasks,...
The emergence of large language models has led to the development of powerful tools such as ChatGPT that can produce text indistinguishable from human-generated work. With the increasing accessibility of such technology, students across the globe may utilize it to help with their school work—a possibility that has sparked ample discussion on the in...
3D printing technology has demonstrated great potential in reducing the complexity of managing a construction supply chain (CSC). This paper investigates the consequences of incorporating 3D printing (3DP) in a traditional construction supply chain when using a two-story office building project in the UAE context as the basis for the investigation....
Deep renovation efforts to improve the energy performance of buildings are of paramount importance for the overall energy reduction of nations. Like other construction projects, deep renovation ones are affected by the digital transformation of the construction industry. While this transformation involves the increasing utilisation of new technolog...
Thermal Point Clouds (TPCs) can provide valuable information during the inspection and assessment of the performance of buildings and for energy auditing; however, it faces two issues regarding data: scanning time and redundancy optimization. The use of continuous and discrete scanning paths can decrease collection times, and the automation of the...
Recent developments in deep learning have enabled reinforcement learning (RL) methods to drive optimal policies for a sophisticated high-dimensional environment, which is suitable to overcome the challenges of implementing onsite construction robots, such as the dynamic nature of the construction environment and inherent complexity to solve the mul...
The construction industry is going through a digital transformation where automation and robotics are slowly making their way into construction projects. This change brings numerous benefits, such as cost and time efficiency and higher accuracy and quality. At the same time, it raises cybersecurity concerns. Since most construction environments are...
In the digitalized era of Construction 4.0, ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of digital assets through cybersecurity is crucial for the construction industry. Although more than 75% of respondents from a Forrester survey who are in the construction, engineering, and infrastructure industries reported to have experienced a c...
The formwork system belonging to the temporary structure plays an important role in the smooth progress and successful completion of a construction project. Ensuring that the formwork system is installed as designed is essential for construction safety and quality. The current way to measure the spacing between formwork system members is mostly don...
Integrating 3D point cloud data in BIM can enhance the understanding and visualization of the actual state of the interior construction. We propose an overall process of registering as-is point cloud data to a BIM model and integrating as-is information to generate a 4D as-is BIM. The point cloud data of a portion of a complex multi-building constr...
This is the dataset of the images collected by the S.M.A.R.T Construction Research Group at NYUAD from a construction site on campus (available here: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/zv66h54b8j/1). The dataset contains the images used for the manuscript titled 'Transfer-learning and texture features for detailed recognition of the conditions of c...
The emergence of large language models has led to the development of powerful tools such as ChatGPT that can produce text indistinguishable from human-generated work. With the increasing accessibility of such technology, students across the globe may utilize it to help with their school work -- a possibility that has sparked discussions on the inte...
Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) language models such as ChatGPT have the potential to revolutionize the construction industry by automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks. This paper presents a study in which ChatGPT was used to generate a construction schedule for a simple construction project. The output from ChatGPT was evaluated b...
Large language models such as ChatGPT have the potential to revolutionize the construction industry by automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks. This paper presents a study in which ChatGPT was used to generate a construction schedule for a simple construction project. The output from ChatGPT was evaluated by a pool of participants that provi...
![FIGURE 2. DJI Matrice 300 RTK [51]](publication/372500767/figure/fig1/AS:11431281175937589@1689953134443/DJI-Matrice-300-RTK-51_Q320.jpg)
Inspection of cracks is an important process for properly monitoring and maintaining a building. However, manual crack inspection is time-consuming, inconsistent, and dangerous (e.g., in tall buildings). Due to the development of open-source AI technologies, the increase in available Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the availability of smartphon...
In building and infrastructure projects, construction planning and scheduling refer to a process of defining project policies and procedures and breaking them down into specific construction activities, which significantly affect various aspects including cost, time, safety, and quality. Construction planning and scheduling have been shifting from...
This study presents a case study for the proof of concept of developing and integrating a digital twin for an open floor-plan office space in a university campus to assess the (near) real-time monitoring of different elements, including temperature, humidity and occupancy. The system uses various weather sensors and a camera feed as input to a comp...
Workspace demand changes across space and time, stressing the need to consider space as a limited and renewable resource. Traditional scheduling techniques have not fully handled this issue. This paper proposes a workspace management framework using a game engine to address that. The simulator detects spatial interferences by combining geometric co...
Conventional project delivery methods, such as Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build, create highly fragmented environments affecting efficiency across the different project lifecycle phases. In recent years, efforts to improve construction productivity have led to alternative ways to improve project delivery methods. This evolved into what is known as...
Key elements of Construction 4.0 include digitalization and automation. One of the main drivers for digitalization with a profound impact on how we design, construct, and operate the built environment is Building Information Modeling (BIM). Although Lean and BIM were initially considered separately, powerful synergies between them have been reveale...
Several limitations, including lack of all-season roads, inefficient supply chains, skilled labor shortage, and extreme weather conditions, have pushed the remote communities in Northern Canada to adopt construction solutions like prefabricated construction. In prefabricated construction, parts of the structure are constructed off-site, transported...
With the advancement of machine learning and computer vision applied to the construction industry, there are many opportunities to automatically identify and segment different elements in construction projects, from personnel, tools, equipment, and materials. That information can then be used to automate the various processes used by different proj...
We propose using handcrafted features extracted from small datasets to classify the conditions of the construction materials. We hypothesize that features such as the color, roughness, and reflectance of a material surface can be used to identify details of the material. To test the hypothesis, we have developed a pre-trained model to classify mate...
Introduction:
The construction field is considered one of the most dangerous industries. Accidents and fatalities take place on a daily basis in construction projects. Globally, different levels of government have implemented strict rules and regulations to protect workers on job sites. However, despite the efforts to implement the rules and regul...
Building service robots rely on dense instrumentation of the building (e.g., Bluetooth beacons) or require high computational capabilities [e.g., simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)]. To overcome these limitations, studies explored a landmark-based locali-zation and navigation approach based on inexpensive, computationally efficient, and e...
Autonomous Robotic Systems (ARSs) in the construction industry usually have to perform preliminary mapping of construction environments before deployment. For large and complex sites, this can be time-consuming. With Building Information Modeling (BIM), a lot of information is already available about sites. This study proposes a method to make that...
This study investigates the balance of emission levels from smart buildings with embedded IoT sensors against energy reduction using Integrated Environmental Solution Virtual Environment software. Findings show that the annual energy consumption from smart buildings was reduced by over 38% with smart HVAC and smart lights. The embodied emission lev...
For temporary elevator planning, optimization with meta-heuristic algorithms is an effective approach. Existing temporary elevator planning is rarely conducted from a spatio-temporal perspective. This research proposes a spatio-temporal planning model with a genetic algorithm to address this deficiency. The experiment test results show that the tot...
The construction sector has suffered from low productivity and considerable waste due to the fragmentation of its value chain and inefficient design and material usage processes. The circular economy (CE) principles have gained significant attention among researchers and practitioners to help overcome these challenges. Construction materials such a...
The interest in the use of robots in the construction industry has been around for several decades; however, the advancement of technology for related applications has been slow. Considering that most construction robots are not fully automated and require extra guidance and instructions from the operators, an autonomous way for robots to understan...
With the use of digital data, in conjunction with technologies such as BIM and digital twin, construction professionals have the ability to monitor the progress efficiently and perform detailed quality assessments. The rapid development of multiple data acquisition technologies, such as terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and photogrammetry techniques...
In construction projects, the space required for executing each activity is unanimously recognized as a limited but renewable resource, like workers, equipment, and materials. Overloading a given resource space, as demonstrated by statistics, leads to efficiency losses and safety threats. Despite the valuable contributions provided by academics and...
In the context of Construction 4.0, the data-intensive nature of the AEC/FM industry puts data-related issues at its core. The powerful ability of data mining to process and utilize data makes it the preferred option for solving data-related problems. Currently, there is no summary of data mining applications in terms of Construction 4.0. To figure...
The digital transformation of the construction industry is accelerating with the advances in information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) and their convergence. While the benefits of such transformation in construction are apparent, cybersecurity aspects are usually overlooked. Cyber-attacks against project information can cause the...
Analogous to Industry 4.0, we have the advent of Construction 4.0, a transformative process wherein digital technology and digitalization affect every phase of the life cycle of construction projects, from the design and contracting phase to the construction, operation, maintenance, upgrade, and decommissioning ones. The progress of digitalization...
Formwork systems significantly impact the safety risk, construction productivity, and capital investment of infrastructure projects. Ensuring that formwork systems are properly installed is fundamental to avoid those adverse impacts. To do that, quality inspection during installation is important. The traditional spacing inspection process of diffe...
Inspection of cracks is an important process for properly monitoring and maintaining a building. However, manual crack inspection is time-consuming, inconsistent, and dangerous (e.g., in tall buildings). Due to the development of open-source AI technologies, the increase in available Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the availability of smartphon...
One of the key concepts of Construction 4.0 is cyber-physical systems. The construction industry is increasingly creating valuable digital assets, but it is also gradually using digital technology to plan, design, build, monitor, and control the physical ones. This makes construction sites and operations vulnerable to cyber-attacks. While the damag...
The use of robots has typically improved workers’ health and safety and increased productivity and quality in manufacturing. Current advances in robotic and computer technology, combined with BIM, have led to new applications in construction. However, there is no general framework to guide the implementation of robots under current construction wor...
Video of the presentation of this paper at the Construction Research Congress 2022, March 9–12, 2022 | Arlington, Virginia. Presenting Author: Dr. Qian Chen.
Video of the presentation of this paper at the CBC2021 conference. Presenting Author: Semih Sonkor.
Current construction projects often suffer from a lack of synchronization between on-site material requirements and supply. This is at least partially because of the use of a fixed rolling planning period and the length of material lead times. The length of the rolling planning period matters because it affects when materials are ordered. The later...
Globally, the Architecture Engineering Construction (AEC) industry has seen a rise in the adoption of digital twin (DT) technologies due to their potential to enhance collaboration and information communication throughout the project lifecycle from the design to operation and maintenance (O&M) phase. However, empirical evidence on such adoption is...
Today, the built environment is designed, built, and managed using digital technology, making it increasingly exposed to cyber security risks. Cybersecurity is a general topic, and the construction sector has been borrowing general solutions and frameworks. However, the construction industry is specific and needs a specialized framework that would...
Circular economy has been widely considered an efficient concept to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment. Many researchers have investigated frameworks, strategies, and technologies to drive the implementation of circular economy principles. However, the evidence remains inadequate to show industry partners and researchers what changes...
The construction sector has suffered from low productivity and considerable wastes due to the fragmentation of its value chain, the large number of diverse stakeholders and the complex nature of the projects. A promising way to reduce construction wastes and encourage value chain integration is to implement circular economy (CE) strategies. Many re...
The construction industry is increasingly using information technologies (IT) and operational technologies (OT) to enhance processes and operations through digitalization. Creating, editing, storing, and sharing information in digital environments is only one side of the coin; the other involves monitoring and controlling physical processes on cons...
![Figure 1. DJI Mavic 2 [10]](profile/Pi-Ko-2/publication/355795284/figure/fig1/AS:1085017543442432@1635699749000/DJI-Mavic-2-10_Q320.jpg)
Inspecting the exteriors of buildings is a slow and risky task for workers, especially in high-rise buildings. Moreover, some areas are difficult to reach for large buildings, and in some cases, the inspections cannot be adequately done. In recent years, there has been an increase in open-source artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and commerc...
Digital twin technologies have been widely used among different industries, for which different conceptual models and system architectures have been proposed. However, the processes are required to establish a digital twin for intended use cases have not been fully studied. This study adopts a systematic literature review analysis focusing on case...
Circular economy (CE) strategies have been considered to help reduce global sustainability pressures in different sectors; however, there is a gap about how they could be used to contribute to the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) domain. Past research used lifecycle assessment (LCA) methods or experts' opinions to partially identif...
Freedom of shape enabled by 3D concrete printing (3Dcp) is often mentioned alongside productivity, technology progress, material optimization, and other benefits of the technology. When doing so, printed structures are described using qualitative terms such as "complex", "double-curved," and "geometric freedom". However, such descriptions depend on...
Spatial conflicts affect crews' productivity and workers' safety. The idea of considering workspaces as a limited resource has brought a remarkable contribution to the effectiveness of traditional scheduling techniques that generally do not consider the spatial-temporal dimension of construction activities. In previous studies, the detection of spa...
Designing a reasonable and efficient transportation system of temporary elevators from the perspective of spatio-temporal planning is beneficial for the successful completion of construction projects. Specifically, the determination of the service date and floor of temporary elevators and the consideration of the limited availability of time and sp...
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a branch of additive manufacturing (AM) that works by slicing a 3D computer-aided design (CAD) model into 2D layers and sequentially printing each layer additively until the entire object is obtained. There has been a growing interest in 3D printing in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry...
Quality inspection of existing buildings is a task currently performed by human inspectors. In general, these inspections consist of assessing the different elements of a building as they are being constructed, checking that they are within acceptable tolerances, and meeting industry standards. Typically, this process is carried out by doing a visu...
Robots have typically improved workers' health and safety and increased productivity and quality in manufacturing. Current advances in robotic and computer technology, combined with BIM, have led to new applications in construction. However, there is no general framework to guide the implementation of robots under current construction working schem...
Collaboration in construction projects is reinforced with building information modeling (BIM) technologies and the use of common data environments (CDEs). However, utilizing centralized data-sharing platforms in projects involving many stakeholders from different disciplines/organizations raises cybersecurity concerns. This article proposes a data-...
Questions
Questions (3)
Dear Fellow Researchers,
I would like to draw your attention to a call for papers for a special issue titled "AECO Industry Human-Centered Transformation by Innovation: Enabling Synergies between Smart Digital Technologies and Lean Construction."
We invite authors interested in innovations at the intersection of Construction Smart Digitalization/Automation and Lean Design and Construction principles to submit manuscripts. We welcome contributions that explore innovative theories, process design, and large-scale implementation challenges in Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) projects and organizations, as well as relevant case studies.
The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2024. You can find more information about the Special Issue and the link for submission here: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/aeco-industry-human-centered-transformation-innovation-enabling-synergies-between.
We look forward to your submissions!
Best,
Vicente A. Gonzalez (University of Alberta), Borja García de Soto (New York University Abu Dhabi), Charmaine M.S. Ng (Kyoto Institute of Technology), Qian Chen (University of British Columbia)
The Topic Editors welcome submissions of high-quality manuscripts addressing the cybersecurity implications to the AECO industries caused by the industry-wide digitalization and automation (referred to as Construction 4.0). Examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, Cyber-Physical Systems, Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity Governance and Frameworks, Smart and Connected Construction Sites, Threat Modeling and Analyses, Cyber-deterrence Mechanisms and Countermeasures (e.g., distributed ledger technology) and case studies for both Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) cyberattacks. Submitted manuscripts will go through a rigorous, constructive, transparent, and fast peer-review process. More information here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/13309/cybersecurity-in-the-construction-industry
Frontiers in the Built Environment is indexed in Scopus, Google Scholar, DOAJ, CrossRef, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, CLOCKSS, NSD
Dear fellow researchers,
We are conducting a survey to gauge the awareness, interest, and concerns related to the cybersecurity implications of the automation and digital transformation taking place in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry. The survey is targeted to the industry, but we also want to have participation from academia and researchers.
The questionnaire can be found here: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_elIAtgTZTMIC0cJ
Thank you in advance for your participation!
