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Read more at: Publication: Four Futures One Choice

Publication: Four Futures One Choice

11 December 2020

fourfutures_onechoice_2020._png.png Four Futures, One Choice uses a futures thinking methodology to explore four scenarios for the digital built environment in the year 2040, hinging on the age demographics in the UK and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. It demonstrates that a complex web of factors...


Read more at: Book: Four Futures - One Choice

Book: Four Futures - One Choice

4 November 2020

screenshot_2020-12-11_at_11.11.09.png Four Futures, One Choice provokes us with a future lens enabling us to view, with clarity and detail, four scenarios of what Britain could look like in 2040, depending upon the decisions that are made now, in these unprecedented times of opportunity. It presents us with four compelling...


Read more at: Dr Miguel Angel Bravo-Haro

Dr Miguel Angel Bravo-Haro

Research background

I completed my Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering in 2018 at Imperial College London. I have experience in computational methods for the characterisation of nonlinear structural behaviour and structural dynamics. Additionally, I have worked on probabilistic methods, data-visualisation, software development, information theory, cloud computing, and hardware development for structural health monitoring.


Read more at: Gabriel Martin Hernández

Gabriel Martin Hernández

Research background

PhD. Gabriel Martin was a Predoctoral Research Associate with the Hyperspectral Computing Laboratory Cáceres (Spain) and Postdoctoral Researcher in "Instituto de Telecomunicaçoes" Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests include remote sensing image processing, specifically the areas of hyperspectral unmixing and hyperspectral compressive sensing, as well as the efficient processing of remote sensing images in High Performance Computing architectures such as GPUs.


Read more at: Nicola Moretti

Nicola Moretti

Research background


Read more at: Dr Rohit Verma

Dr Rohit Verma

Research background

My primary area of research has been in the field of sensor data collection and analysis obtained from multi-modal sources. In my CDBB project, I am working on developing an architecture for real-time analysis of the data being generated by sensors deployed on a citywide scale.

CDBB projects involved with

West Cambridge Digital Twin Research Facility


Read more at: Dr Matthew Danish

Dr Matthew Danish

Research background

Matthew Danish is a Research Associate within the Networks and Operating Systems group of the Systems Research Group in the Department of Computer Science and Technology. He is interested in systems verification, sensor networks, machine learning, infrastructure and the built environment.

CDBB projects involved with

West Cambridge Digital Twin


Read more at: Edwin Lee

Edwin Lee

Research background

Edwin is a Research Associate in Digital Innovation and Policy at the CDBB and the Cambridge University Judge Business School. His Ph.D. from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) focused on continuous and cross-disciplinary innovation in professional service firms. Edwin also holds an M.Phil. and B.A. from the University of Cambridge. Outside academia, Edwin has worked with the United Nations International Telecommunication Union on innovation projects.


Read more at: Feasibility of an Operating System for Interspatial Networking in a Built Environment

Feasibility of an Operating System for Interspatial Networking in a Built Environment

Osmose is a project aimed at building a new operating system for situated environments that can handle the demands of thousands of sensors and actuators that need to run in a coordinated and highly reliable fashion.


Read more at: Building Interactive Smart Acoustics into Buildings and Clothing

Building Interactive Smart Acoustics into Buildings and Clothing

Can people who use hearing aids experience the detailed soundscapes of the buildings they are in? This project aimed to build multiple microphone sensors and ways to interrogate the acoustic environment into wearable technologies for hearing-impaired users. These would make the built environment...