Dr Sara Shirowzhan is the lecturer and the co-convener of the Smart Cities and Infrastructure Cluster in the School of Built Environment (BE) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Sara’s areas of research in technologies relevant to the built environment include advanced GIS, nD BIM, sensing technologies, digital twins, and artificial intelligence for applications in smart cities, infrastructure, urban development and construction. Sara teaches and supervises students on City Analytics, GIS, Construction Informatics and BIM relevant topics at undergrad and postgrad levels at UNSW. She is currently an Editorial Board member of the journals of Sustainability (MDPI) and Advances Civil Engineering. She is also a Topic Board member of the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information and Buildings journal as well as Review Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. Sara completed her PhD in Geomatics Engineering from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW.
, 2021, 'Computational Workflow for Three-Dimension Printing in Construction: Digital Tools and Methodological Limitations', in Advances and Technologies in Building Construction and Structural Analysis, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101474
, 2021, 'Introductory Chapter: Intelligence, Sustainable and Post-COVID-19 Resilience Built Environment: An Agenda for Future', in Design of Cities and Buildings - Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97100
, 2020, '5D BIM Applications in Quantity Surveying: Dynamo and 3D Printing Technologies', in Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91221
, 2020, 'A GIS-Based Risk and Safety Analysis of Entrance Areas in Educational Buildings Based on Students’ Experience', in Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89752
, 2019, 'New Metrics for Spatial and Temporal 3D Urban Form Sustainability Assessment Using Time Series Lidar Point Clouds and Advanced GIS Techniques', in Almusaed AZ; Almssad A; Linh TH (ed.), Urban Design, Intech Open, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89617
, 2019, 'Implication of a Construction Labour Tracking System for Measuring Labour Productivity', in Wu P; Wang X (ed.), Innovative Production and Construction, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789813272491_0001
Shirowzhan S; Willie T; Sepasgozar S, (eds.), 2020, Spatial Big Data, BIM and advanced GIS for Smart Transformation City, Infrastructure and Construction, International Journal of Geo-Information, Switzerland, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03936-031-4
Shirowzhan S; Kefeng Z, (ed.), 2020, Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, IntechOpen, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LGH9DwAAQBAJ
Sepasgozar S; Tahmasebinia F; Shirowzhan S, (eds.), 2020, Infrastructure Management and Construction, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jpj8DwAAQBAJ
, 2024, 'Investigating the determents of intelligent construction contract adoption: a refinement of the technology readiness index to inform an integrated technology acceptance model', Construction Innovation, 24, pp. 702 - 724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CI-10-2021-0191
, 2023, 'Citizen-centric digital twin development with machine learning and interfaces for maintaining urban infrastructure', Telematics and Informatics, 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2023.102032
, 2023, 'Recycling Waste Construction Material and Industry Involvement in University Investigations: Developing a Framework', Journal of Architectural Engineering, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1218
, 2023, 'Urban Waste Management and Prediction through Socio-Economic Values and Visualizing the Spatiotemporal Relationship on an Advanced GIS-Based Dashboard', Sustainability (Switzerland), 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151612208
, 2023, 'Usefulness of an Urban Growth Model in Creating Scenarios for City Resilience Planning: An End-User Perspective', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 12, pp. 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12080311
, 2023, 'Architectural Design Criteria Considering the Circular Economy and Buildability for Smart Disaster Relief Shelter Prototyping', Buildings, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071777
, 2023, 'Exploring the Integration of Architectural Design and Advanced Structural Analysis for Steel–Glass Structures: A Comparative Study of Different Case Scenarios', Buildings, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061369
, 2023, 'BIM and Digital Twin for Developing Convergence Technologies as Future of Digital Construction', Buildings, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020441
, 2023, 'Nozzle criteria for enhancing extrudability, buildability and interlayer bonding in 3D printing concrete', Automation in Construction, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104671
, 2023, 'Developing an interactive pile training module for construction risk management and gaging users’ intentions', Construction Innovation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CI-10-2022-0269
, 2023, 'City Digital Twins: their maturity level and differentiation from 3D city models', Big Earth Data, 7, pp. 1 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2022.2160156
, 2023, 'Augmented Reality Applications in Education and Examining Key Factors Affecting the Users’ Behaviors', Education Sciences, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci13010010
, 2022, 'A GIS-Based Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Relationship between the Outbreak of COVID-19, Delta Variant and Construction in Sydney and Melbourne', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11120617
, 2022, 'THE 7thSMART DATA SMART CITIES: PREFACE ANNALS', ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-1-2022
, 2022, 'THE 7th SMART DATA SMART CITIES: PREFACE ARCHIVES', International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 48, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W5-2022-1-2022
, 2022, 'Investigation of Development Applications: A GIS Based Spatiotemporal Analysis in the City of Sydney Area 2004–2022', Buildings, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101601
, 2022, 'The impact of urban expansion in Beijing and Metropolitan Area urban heat Island from 1999 to 2019', Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 7, pp. 581 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.1.00104
, 2022, 'Measuring Urban Sustainability over Time at National and Regional Scale for Addressing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Iran and Tehran as Case Studies', Sustainability (Switzerland), 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14127402
, 2022, 'GIS and Machine Learning for Analysing Influencing Factors of Bushfires Using 40-Year Spatio-Temporal Bushfire Data', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11060336
, 2022, 'BIM and Digital Tools for State-of-the-Art Construction Cost Management', Buildings, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12040396
, 2022, 'Applications of object detection in modular construction based on a comparative evaluation of deep learning algorithms', Construction Innovation, 22, pp. 141 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CI-02-2020-0017
, 2022, 'Lockout, Lockdown and Land Use: Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Evolution Patterns of Licensed Venues in Sydney, Australia between 2012 and 2021 in the Context of NSW Public Policy', Buildings, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12010035
, 2021, 'The impact of increased density on residential property values in sydney, new south wales', Buildings, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11120650
, 2021, 'Waste management and possible directions of utilising digital technologies in the construction context', Journal of Cleaner Production, 324, pp. 129095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129095
, 2021, 'Modelling users’ perception of the online real estate platforms in a digitally disruptive environment: An integrated KANO-SISQual approach', Telematics and Informatics, 63, pp. 101660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101660
, 2021, 'Developing Metrics for Quantifying Buildings’ 3D Compactness and Visualizing Point Cloud Data on a Web-Based App and Dashboard', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147, pp. 04020178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001971
, 2021, 'Metrics development and modelling the mixed reality and digital twin adoption in the context of Industry 4.0', Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28, pp. 1355 - 1376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2020-0880
, 2021, 'Information asymmetries between vendors and customers in the advanced construction technology diffusion process', Construction Innovation, ahead-of-print, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CI-08-2020-0140
, 2021, 'Macro-Impacts of Air Quality on Property Values in China—A Meta-Regression Analysis of the Literature', Buildings, 11, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020048
, 2021, 'Spatial Analysis, Interactive Visualisation and GIS-Based Dashboard for Monitoring Spatio-Temporal Changes of Hotspots of Bushfires over 100 Years in New South Wales, Australia', Buildings, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020037
, 2021, 'Lean Practices Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Twinning for Sustainable Construction', Sustainability, 13, pp. 161 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010161
, 2020, 'Additive manufacturing applications for industry 4.0: A systematic critical review', Buildings, 10, pp. 1 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120231
, 2020, 'Automated PPE-Tool pair check system for construction safety using smart IoT', Journal of Building Engineering, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101721
, 2020, 'Smart Digital Marketing Capabilities for Sustainable Property Development: A Case of Malaysia', Sustainability, 12, pp. 5402, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12135402
, 2020, 'A Review of Spatial Big Data Platforms, Opportunities, and Challenges', IETE Journal of Education, 61, pp. 80 - 89
, 2019, 'Delay causes and emerging digital tools: A novel model of delay analysis, including integrated project delivery and PMBOK', Buildings, 9, pp. 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9090191
, 2019, 'Comparative analysis of machine learning and point-based algorithms for detecting 3D changes in buildings over time using bi-temporal lidar data', Automation in Construction, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102841
, 2019, 'Methods for monitoring construction off-road vehicle emissions: a critical review for identifying deficiencies and directions', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, pp. 15779 - 15794, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05003-6
, 2019, 'Spatial analysis using temporal point clouds in advanced GIS: Methods for ground elevation extraction in slant areas and building classifications', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8030120
, 2019, 'Evaluation of Classical Operators and Fuzzy Logic Algorithms for Edge Detection of Panels at Exterior Cladding of Buildings', Buildings, 9, pp. 40 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9020040
, 2019, 'Developing Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm (SFLA) Method to Solve Power Load-Constrained TCRTO Problems in Civil Engineering', Advances in Civil Engineering, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1404636
, 2018, 'Three-Dimensional Printing Using Recycled High-Density Polyethylene: Technological Challenges and Future Directions for Construction', Buildings, 8, pp. 165 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings8110165
, 2018, 'Monitoring 3D Urban Growth', GIM INTERNATIONAL-THE WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE FOR GEOMATICS, 32, pp. 34 - 37, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000456315300024&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
, 2018, 'Evaluation of Terrestrial and Mobile Scanner Technologies for Part-Built Information Modeling', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144, pp. 04018110-1 - 04018110-12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001574
, 2018, 'Spatial compactness metrics and Constrained Voxel Automata development for analyzing 3D densification and applying to point clouds: A synthetic review', Automation in Construction, 96, pp. 236 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2018.09.018
, 2017, 'A Scanner Technology Acceptance Model for Construction Projects', Procedia Engineering, 180, pp. 1237 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.285
, 2017, 'Building Classification from Lidar Data for Spatio-temporal Assessment of 3D Urban Developments', Procedia Engineering, 180, pp. 1453 - 1461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.308
, 2016, 'Enhanced autocorrelation-based algorithms for filtering airborne lidar data over urban areas', Journal of Surveying Engineering, 142, pp. 04015008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000149
, 2023, 'The Influence of Changing Features on the Accuracy of Deep Learning-Based Large-Scale Outdoor Lidar Semantic Segmentation', in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 4443 - 4446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281898
, 2019, 'Developing a Workflow for Cloud-based Inspection of Temporary Structures in Construction', in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), presented at
, 2019, 'Developing a workflow for cloud-based inspection of temporary structures in construction', in Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2019, Banff, Canada, pp. 1319 - 1326, presented at
, 2019, '3D printing architectural freeform elements: Challenges and opportunities in manufacturing for industry 4.0', in Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2019, Banff, Alberta, Canada, pp. 1298 - 1304, presented at
, 2018, 'Comparative Analysis of Five Edge Detection Algorithms for Panel Defect Detection', in 1st International Conference on 3D Construction Printing, Melbourne, presented at
, 2018, 'Monitoring Physical Progress of Indoor Buildings Using Mobile and Terrestrial Point Clouds', New Orleans, Louisiana, presented at
, 2017, 'An Investigation Of Digital And Online Information Technology Adoption In Property Management', in An Investigation Of Digital And Online Information Technology Adoption In Property Management, Melbourne, presented at
, 2017, 'An integrated GIS and Wi-Fi based Locating system for improving construction labor communications', in ISARC 2017 - Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, pp. 1052 - 1059
, 2016, 'A scanner technology acceptance model for construction projects', in Lan Ding ; Francesco Fiorito (ed.), A scanner technology acceptance model for construction projects, Sydney, presented at
, 2016, 'Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation of Laser Scanners in Building Construction', in Sattineni A (ed.), ISARC 2016, AUBURN, ALABAMA, USA, pp. 742 - 751, presented at
, 2016, 'Scanners And Photography: A Combined Framework', in Singhaputtangkul N (ed.), The 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference - Procedings, Central Queensland University, Cairns, pp. 819 - 828, presented at
, 2015, 'Utilisation of a New Terrestrial Scanner for Reconstruction of As-built Models: A Comparative Study', in 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining (ISARC 2015): Connected to the Future, Finland, presented at
, 2014, 'Autocorrelation statistics-based algorithms for automatic ground and non-ground classification of lidar data', in 31st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, ISARC 2014 - Proceedings, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 897 - 902, presented at
, 2014, 'Implementation of as-built information modelling using mobile and terrestrial lidar systems', in 31st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, ISARC 2014 - Proceedings, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 876 - 883, presented at
, 2014, 'Three dimensional spatial metrics for compactness assessment of urban forms', in 31st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, ISARC 2014 - Proceedings, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 884 - 889, presented at
, 2014, 'Implementation of Rapid As-built Building Information Modelling Using Mobile Lidar', in Castro-Lacouture D; Irizarry J; Ashuri B (eds.), CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH CONGRESS 2014: CONSTRUCTION IN A GLOBAL NETWORK, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 209 - 218, presented at
, 2014, 'Implementation of Rapid As-built Building Information Modeling Using Mobile LiDAR', in Construction Research Congress 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers, presented at