Sensors, Real-Time Applications and Data Fusion in Smart City, Building and Construction

Dear Colleagues,

Advances in digital technologies have made interoperability and a certain “smartness” possible. For example, many devices and software packages at work and home can be networked to give users many unexpected possibilities; increase the efficiencies, quality, and safety; and offer a higher level of productivity. From a community perspective, the high penetration rate of real-time applications, Internet of Things (IoT) in cities, transportation systems, and construction projects allow for introducing full versions of the smart home, smart building, smart city, smart construction, and smart transportation. Workers are equipped with innovative and digital technological solutions and services for improving efficiently, sustainability, quality, and productivity. Smart technologies comprise a variety of software and hardware, including sensors, monitors, interfaces, online appliances, and devices networked together to enable full automation at different levels of organisations, projects, and cities.

Recent Advances in the following will be considered:

• New trends in smart buildings and homes
• Sensor networks and smart computing
• Lidar remote sensing
• 3D point clouds for intelligent cities and transportation systems
• Low-cost sensors in construction
• Intelligent sensors for smart building and city with AI, IoT, and big data
• Robot and sensor networks for environmental monitoring
• Advanced machine learning and deep networks for processing, modelling, and classification
• IoT-enabled smart construction and transportation
• Sensors and sensing technologies for indoor and outdoor positioning and navigation
• Smart cloud computing technologies and applications in the built environment
• Robotic sensing for smart cities, transportation, and construction
• Sensor fusion and visualization in IoT applications for cities and construction
• Text mining and NLP in construction
• Blockchain and building supply chain management
• Automated point clouds and images processing, and scan-to-BIM applications
• Sensors, 3D printing, and robot control
• Radio frequency-based real-time location systems (RTLS)
• Smart built environment (city, building, transportation, and construction).

Dr. Sara Shirowzhan
Dr. Botao Zhong
Dr. Samad M. E. Sepasgozar
Guest Editors

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