Professor Ioannis Brilakis, Laing O’Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering and Director of the Construction Information Technology Laboratory at the Division of Civil Engineering, has won two European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3) awards.
It is truly an honour to receive these awards. It took a decade of careful planning to start the European Council for Computing in Construction and set it up with the right foundations such that it can flourish over time. I am most proud that I was able to pass the reigns to the next generation of leaders and see the community grow and act as a beacon of excellence for other associations.
Professor Ioannis Brilakis
He has received the Scherer Award for his outstanding service to the computing community in the context of EC3 and the Thorpe Medal in recognition of a paper published in the Journal of Climate Risk Management, that he co-authored, that contributes to either practical or research aspects of engineering informatics disciplines in the built environment.
Many congratulations to Ioannis for this recognition.
Speaking about the Scherer award Ioannis said: “It is truly an honour the receive these awards. It took a decade of careful planning to start the European Council for Computing in Construction and set it up with the right foundations such that it can flourish over time. I am most proud that I was able to pass the reigns to the next generation of leaders and see the community grow and act as a beacon of excellence for other associations.”
On the Thorpe award Ioannis commented: “This paper highlights the importance of addressing sustainable aims at a systems level, and that stronger collaboration across multiple fields of science is the right way forward. This award gives a strong message on what it means to have academic impact.”
About EC3 and the awards
The European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3) is a recently established society of construction professionals, academics, researchers and national Professional Bodies, aspiring to become the leading European forum in information technology in construction engineering and management.
The Scherer award was established by the EC3 Board in 2018 in honour of Prof Raimar Scherer, founder of the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (first European community within the Built Environment computing space and a predecessor of EC3), and it is awarded annually to an active or former EC3 officer for outstanding service to the computing community in the context of EC3.
The Thorpe Medal was instituted and endowed in 2018 in honour of Prof Antony Thorpe, a pioneering professor in construction information technology and co-founder of COMIT, the community for mobile computing in construction. It is given in recognition of a paper that contributes to either practical or research aspects of engineering informatics disciplines in the built environment. The practical value of contribution and its impact on engineering informatics practice are key evaluation criteria.
Argyroudis, S.A., Mitoulis, S.A., Chatzi, E., Baker, J.W., Brilakis, I., Gkoumas, K., Vousdoukas, M., Hynes, W., Carluccio, S., Keou, O., Frangopol, M.D. and Linkov, I. (2022) "Digital technologies can enhance global climate resilience of critical infrastructure," Journal of Climate Risk Management, 35,
