ASCE DSA Podcast Series

This episode launches the AI in Construction: Value of Data series, where we interview recipients of the Best Data Award and explore how high-quality datasets are created, shared, and used to advance AI applications in construction. In this first episode, we speak with Dr. Fernanda Leite, Vice President for Research and Joe J. King Professor in Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austi...

In this episode of Closing the Loop , host Yuqing Hu sits down with Kimon Onuma, one of the most influential thinkers behind BIM, interoperability, and digital collaboration in the AEC industry, to examine what it truly takes to make AI work in practice. Drawing on decades of experience, from early BIMStorm experiments to today’s conversations around digital twins, Kimon challenges the assumption...

Cybersecurity in Construction 4.0 by Dr. Ziga Turk

Modeling and Planning Urban Systems with Novel Data Sources by Dr. Marta Gonzalez.

This episode features the Purdue team working on safe and productive construction excavation. Guest speakers include Yuxi Zhang, Zirui Hong, and Yeji Hong, all of them are PhD students working with Prof. Hubo Cai. SmartDig is a system developed by the Purdue team to detect and visualize the underground structures and utility lines, and provide real-time guidance to excavator operators. The system...

This podcast features Chih-Shen Cheng and Dr. Amir Behzadan from Construction Science at Texas A&M to discuss the features of their award-winning dataset, DoriaNET. DoriaNET is a UAV-based video dataset that documents the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in 2019. It is the 2nd place winner of ASCE DSA's Data Sharing Competition in 2022.

This episode features Prof. Pingbo Tang from Carnegie Mellon University. The theme is on human technology in the context of infrastructure operation.

This episode features Prof. Jing (Eric) Du from University of Florida. The topic is virtual reality, or VR.