CONVR2021 - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Conference Committee
- Member of the Local Organising Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Conference Committee
- Member of the Local Organising Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Conference Committee
Job Titles:
- Professor of Built Environment Digital Futures in Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University
Prof Bimal Kumar is Professor of Built Environment Digital Futures in Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University
Prof Kumar has a long and respected career in computer-based design and construction research. His research career started off with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence applications in Design in the ‘80s from Edinburgh University and has continued working in this thematic area ever since. He has long and active collaborations (through funded Visiting Professorships) at leading research centres in the world in this area including Stanford and Carnegie-Mellon Universities in the USA, NUS (Singapore). He has successfully supervised 20+ PhD students, 3 Prof Doc students and 2 MPhil students as principal supervisor and published extensively. He has led several cross-disciplinary projects funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK, Royal Academy of Engineering, IOSH, HSE and the EU, totalling over £2M. He has published 3 books, more than a dozen edited volumes and 175+ articles in major international journals and conferences.
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- Professor in Digital Engineering and Manufacturing, Teesside University
Prof Rahimian is a Professor in Digital Engineering and Manufacturing, at School of Science, Engineering and Design, Teesside University.
Farzad is an expert in the mainstream areas of BIM, VR/AR integration, and AI/ML-based optimisation. His research has been published in more than 150 high-impact research outputs and been cited for more than 1700 times. He has successfully led several research projects funded by InnovateUK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), Scottish Funding Council (SFC), Data Lab, and Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC).
His research has received several prestigious awards and recognitions from national and international committees, including buildingSMART International Awards 2018: SPECIAL DISTINCTION and Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018: THE INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD. He is also key member of various high-impact committees at national and international levels, including Full Member of Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB), Member of Regulatory Room of buildingSmart International, Innovation Champion at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), Member of BIM Advisory Board of Iran, First Class Registered Architect in Iran, and member of CIB W78 and W119. He also holds an internationally prestigious position as the Scientific Officer of CIB W121, the Working Commission on New Production and Business Models in Sustainable Construction.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Associate Dean and Professor of Digital Construction, Teesside Universit
- Professor
- Specialist
Professor Nashwan Dawood is a specialist in project construction management, digital construction and energy reduction in buildings.
This has ranged across a number of research topics including BIM technologies and processes, sustainability, Information Technologies and Systems (5D, VR, Integrated digital systems), Professor Dawood is currently Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, Teesside University, UK. He has extensive experience of leading internationally recognised research work in BIM technology and processes and in the application of 5D modelling in construction processes and has successfully generated peer-reviewed funded projects and currently involved in 5 EU H2020 projects.
Professor Dawood has published over 220 research papers and sits on the editorial board of a number of journals and conferences. His work has been recognized outside of the academic sphere, for example with its short-listing for the Constructing Excellence Innovation Award.