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Extend Reality in Civil Engineering

Extended Reality (XR) encompasses a variety of immersive technologies, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality - a combination of physical and digital worlds. This course will introduce these concepts, present their evolution and commonly used tools. We will show some of the existing XR applications, specifically in the different fields of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC). Additionally, we will discuss the pros and cons of this type of technology and identify potential uses in the field of testing and experimentation.

course objectives

  • Provide an introduction to the different concepts and technologies of extended reality;

  • Present the recent applications of extended reality in AEC;

  • Discuss the potential for future applications in the field of testing and experimentation.

course recipients

Professionals and academics from several domains of Civil Engineering, interested in new visualization and interaction technologies. Namely, in exploring the potential of extended reality in AEC.

instructors

ALFREDO FERREIRA

Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He is also a researcher in the Graphics and Interaction scientific area at INESC-ID Lisboa. He works on natural interfaces, applied mixed reality, and 3D object analysis and retrieval.

He was involved in the SmartSketches, Eurotooling21, and Maximus EC-funded projects. At a national level, he participated in several research projects. He was an organizing committee member at INTERACT 2011 and Eurographics 2016 and general chair of SMI 2018, EuroVis 2019, and ACM ISS 2020 conferences. Alfredo Ferreira is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics).

NUNo trindade

MSc in Computer Science and Engineering. He also holds a Licenciatura in Civil Engineering, in the field of Structural Design and an MSc in Civil Engineering, with a specialization in Structural Engineering.

He is a Senior Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association, having participated in multiple national and international engineering projects. He is attending a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He develops his research activity with INESC-ID Lisbon in Graphics & Interaction in the area of Immersive Analytics.

programme

The courses will be held online on June 23, 2022 from 8:30AM to 12:00AM.

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registration

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