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MSCA FUTUREROADS Fellows Paper Receives Best Paper Award 2025 from Smart Construction Journal

29 January 2026

We are pleased to announce that the paper "Development of a trustworthy AI-supported digital twin framework for road operation and maintenance" authored by Linjun Lu, Mengtian Yin, Yue Xie, Yuandong Pan, Mudan Wang, and Ioannis Brilakis has received the Best Paper Award 2025 by the Smart Construction Journal. This...

Full Paper Submission Deadline Extended to 24 January 2026

5 January 2026

We are pleased to announce that the full paper submission deadline for our upcoming July events has been extended to 24 January 2026 . This extension provides authors with additional time to prepare and submit their research for consideration. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your work and engage with leading experts...

Digital Roads publish papers on autonomous road repair

5 January 2026

The Digital Roads project has started the new year with two new publications on the autonomous repair of roads in the UK. The publications come from the Smart Materials, with Academic lead Prof Abir Al-tabbaa, and Automation & Robotics, with Academic lead Prof Fumiya Iida. system_architecture.jpg The first paper...

Percy Lam, Digital Roads PhD Student, awarded Best Paper at BMVC Workshop 2025

28 November 2025

We are delighted to announce that Digital Roads supported PhD student, Percy Lam, has been awarded Best Paper at the DIFA: Deep Learning-based Information Fusion and Its Applications Workshop, affiliated to the 36th British Machine Vision Conference for his paper, 'Robust pothole Detection through Dual-pass RGB and Depth...

2nd Call for Papers Announced for CONVR/SASBE/FR/BDTSC/SC 2026 Event in Cambridge

18 November 2025

We are proud to announce the 2nd Call for Papers for the unique event in the built environment research calendar, which is now even larger: T he 26th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR), the 10th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE), the...

Call for Papers Announced for SASBE/FR/BDTSC 2026 Joint Conference in Cambridge

22 October 2025

We are proud to host unique event in the built environment research calendar: the Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 2026 (SASBE) , the FUTUREROADS Final Conference , and the Building Digital Twin Scientific Conference (BDTSC) . These three conferences will be held jointly from 22–24 July 2026 in Cambridge, UK. This...

Digital Roads at Highways UK

13 October 2025

The Digital Roads team will be joining National Highways at their stand at Highways UK this year to present the Digital Roads Dataset. The Digital Roads Researchers; Dr Alix Marie d'Avigneau, Dr Lilia Potseluyko, and Dr Richard Anvo will be in attendance to talk to you about the project ambitions and the outcomes to date...

New Role Opportunity - Programme Manager

8 October 2025

We are excited to announce a new job opportunity within the Digital Roads of the Future Initiative and Construction Information Technology Laboratory for a Programme Manager. The Programme Manager takes overall responsibility for the administration of the grants and associated human, physical and digital resources of the...

We are hiring! Fixed Term Events and Communication Coordinator

26 September 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join us as an Events and Communications Coordinator and be responsible for the comprehensive planning and delivery of an academic event, comprising two co-located conferences and multiple satellite activities. This high-profile event attracts a diverse audience of academics...

We are Hiring!

28 August 2025

The Construction Information Technology (CIT) Group is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Programme Coordinator to support its operations and help manage a portfolio of cutting-edge research projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the intersection of academia and industry, supporting transformative...