Frédéric Bosché is a Reader in Construction Informatics. He leads the CyberBuild Lab https://cyberbuild.eng.ed.ac.uk/) through which he delivers research and consultancy projects in two main areas:
- Processing of reality capture data and information management to enhance asset construction and life cycle management (3D and 2D data, BIM, Digital Twinning).
- Development and use of virtual and mixed reality technology, to support collaborative and engaging design, construction and engineering works, as well as training.
Frédéric has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in internationally-recognised journal and conferences, and his research has received a few international research and innovation awards, including two CIOB International Research & Innovation awards in 2016 and the 2018 IAARC Tucker-Hazegawa Award for "major, distinguished, and sustained contributions to the field of automation and robotics in construction". Frédéric is the Past President of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC) and Past Chair of the Modelling & Standards Committee of the European Consortium on Computing in Construction (EC3). He is also Associate Editor of ITCon, the only Platinum journal in the field of automation in construction.