Digital Twin Adoption and BIM-GIS Implementation

Samad M. E. Sepasgozar is a top 2% researcher in the world computed by the Standard University and the first top researcher (field leader in Architecture) in Australia found by The Australian. He is an academic editor (editorial board member) at Scientific Reports Nature and Associate Editor of Architectural Engineering ASCE (Decile 1). He is also a top 1% reviewer globally, an editor, editorial board member, or reviewer for 60 leading high‑ranked journals, and a lead assessor for national research projects on innovation and smart technologies. He published over 200 peer‑reviewed articles and received various international and national awards annually. He is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (top 19 globally), Sydney, Australia. Sara Shirowzhan is a Senior Lecturer and the Co-convenor of smart cities and infrastructure cluster in the School of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Her areas of research in technologies relevant to built‑environment informatics include sensing technologies, advanced GIS, BIM, Digital Twins, and Artificial Intelligence. She teaches and supervises students on Construction Informatics, City Analytics, GIS, and BIM‑relevant topics at undergrad and postgrad levels. She is currently an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Sustainability and Advances in Civil Engineering. She is also a Topic Board member of the ISPRS International Journal of Geo‑Information. She completed her PhD in Geomatics Engineering from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW.