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Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022

This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built Britain
 
Read more at: Publication: CoLearn: enabling federated learning in MUD-compliant IoT edge networks

Publication: CoLearn: enabling federated learning in MUD-compliant IoT edge networks

10 April 2020

screenshot_2020-08-18_at_15.18.54.png Abstract Edge computing and Federated Learning (FL) can work in tandem to address issues related to privacy and collaborative distributed learning in untrusted IoT environments. However, deployment of FL in resource-constrained IoT devices faces challenges including asynchronous...


Read more at: Blog: Can digital twins help planning for remote working?

Blog: Can digital twins help planning for remote working?

27 March 2020

Increasing numbers of people are currently working from home. Whether you are following Government advice on self-isolating or are one of the growing number of people working remotely on a regular basis, telecommuting is shaping the world we live in. A CDBB project by Dr Li Wan, Lecturer from Land Economy Department in...


Read more at: Blog: Digital Twins: How to ensure data is informing better decision making

Blog: Digital Twins: How to ensure data is informing better decision making

11 March 2020

The Centre for Digital Built Britain works in partnership with the Infrastructure Client Group's Digital Transformation Task Group (DTTG) on the National Digital Twin Programme and its Digital Twin Hub. To understand more about each initiative and to hear Mark Enzer, Chair of both DTTG and the National Digital Twin...


Read more at: Vladimir Vilde

Vladimir Vilde

Research background

Prior to Cambridge, Vladimir did a Msc in physics at the University of Namur (Belgium) where he started to work on low-cost optical system for the monitoring of precious manuscripts. He then pursues a doctoral degree at University College London in material science for art conservation. During this time, he developed more accessible imaging methodologies for the monitoring of painting collection managed by English Heritage as well as working on more comprehensive monitoring and data analysis of environmental condition in historical houses.


Read more at: Blog: DT Hub - Bringing together the digital twin community

Blog: DT Hub - Bringing together the digital twin community

19 February 2020

CDBB’s Digital Twin Hub is establishing and bringing together stakeholders in the digital twin space to create a collaborative web-enabled community to drive learning and accelerate progression through shared experience. Samuel Chorlton, DT Hub Chair, reflects on making headway and identifying next steps. This year will...


Read more at: Digital Twins: ethics, value and public interest

Digital Twins: ethics, value and public interest

Tuesday, 17 March, 2020 - 16:00 to 18:30

Digital twins offer great potential to improve performance, resource efficiency, monitoring and safety of complex infrastructure systems. Developing and using them also generates new questions about security, privacy, equity, and public and private interests. In this event in the Benchmark series, hosted by the Centre for...


Read more at: Publication: Moving from building information models to digital twins for operation and maintenance

Publication: Moving from building information models to digital twins for operation and maintenance

28 January 2020

screenshot_2020-08-14_at_16.01.11.png Research background Abstract: With the rising adoption of building information modelling (BIM) for asset management within the architecture, engineering and construction sectors, BIM-enabled asset management during the operation and maintenance phase has been increasingly attracting...


Read more at: Blog: Professor Mark Girolami on the history of digital twins

Blog: Professor Mark Girolami on the history of digital twins

15 January 2020

Ahead of his Turing Talk touring lecture series, Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair, Academic Director of CDBB, and Director of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Programme on Data Centric Engineering at The Alan...


Read more at: Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series

Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series

Monday, 17 February, 2020 - 18:00

Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series The idea of an Intelligent Digital Avatar conjures up many images from a complete virtual world that one can safely define, develop and play in to rogue robots running amok and destroying mankind. The...


Read more at: Videos from CDBB Week 2019

Videos from CDBB Week 2019

You can also subscribe to the CDBB YouTube Channel . National Digital Twin Day Videos CDBB Week Research Summer Showcase Videos: Andy Neely, Director CDBB, introduces CDBB and its programmes at the 2019 Summer Reserach Showcase: Fast paced videos presented during CDBB Week Summer Research Showcase...