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Personal profile
Academic background
Pieter Pauwels works as an Associate Professor at the Department of the Built Environment at TU Eindhoven as well as Guest Professor at Ghent University. His work and interests are in information system support for the building life-cycle (architectural design, construction, building operation). He is involved in a number of industry-oriented research projects on topics affiliated to AI in construction, design thinking, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Linked Building Data (LBD), Linked Data in Architecture and Construction (LDAC), and Semantic Web technologies.
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We need distributed building data over the web in response to today's challenge in the construction industry
Experience
Pieter Pauwels has always been strongly involved in research. His PhD research position was a fully funded research position (2008-2012), after which he took on a 100% research oriented Postdoc position at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA; 2012-2014). In this period, he gained experience in an interdisciplinary institute for Humanities and Computer Science. After 2014, Pieter has been mainly involved in the architectural design and construction industry, aiming to bring building data to the web (linked data, semantic web). With a half-time IT consultancy position between 2017 and 2019, a lot of applied software engineering experience was gained.
Education and Teaching
Pieter Pauwels lectures several BIM courses and courses on Building Informatics, including expertise in all sorts of databases (relational, graph, and object-oriented DBs) and programming languages (Java, .NET, Javascript, Node, Python). Most prominent are the courses:
- UGain BIM: information management for construction (post-academic course)
- UGent BIM modelling course: 3rd Bachelor Engineering Architecture
- TUe Fundamentals of BIM
- Building Informatics guest lectures
- Linked Data in Architecture and Construction hands-on course
Research profile
In his research, he investigates how and to what extent information system support may be provided for architecture and construction. This research explores the usage of information management techniques, particularly including semantic web technologies and linked data, for design decision support.
Major topics in his research interest are:
- Linked Building Data
- Semantic Web technologies
- (Design) Decision Support
- AI for Construction
- Creativity and Cognition in Design and Engineering
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Civil engineering, Master, Master in Civil Engineering - Architecture, Ghent University
Award Date: 4 Jul 2008
External positions
Guest Professor, Ghent University
1 Sept 2019 → …
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UPSCALE: Cross-linking, Tracing and Reusing Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) across Circular Supply Networks in Construction
Pauwels, P. (Project Manager), Petrova, E. (Project member), Kazici, S. (Project member), Han, Q. (Project communication officer), Eshuis, H. (Project communication officer), Eshuis, H. (Project member) & van Zandwijk, G. R. K. (Project member)
17/06/24 → 16/06/29
Project: Second tier
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WILSON: Distributed data modelling and federated digital tWInning for Lifecycle data-driven Sustainable OperatioN and management of buildings and districts
Pauwels, P. (Project Manager), Petrova, E. (Project member), Sharma, R. (Project member) & Ramachandruni, A. (Project member)
1/05/24 → 30/04/28
Project: Third tier
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Modular prefabricated construction: a circular asset management system for closed-loop supply and logistics chains
Pauwels, P. (Project Manager) & Schröder, T. W. A. (Project member)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Third tier
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B4B: Brains for Buildings' Energy Systems MOOI20FNVCU
Kramer, R. P. (Project Manager), Guerra Santin, O. (Project member), Pauwels, P. (Project member), Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, L. C. (Project member), Upasani, N. (Project member), Mohammed, K. (Project member) & Gopalan, S. (Project member)
1/04/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Third tier
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Integrating symbolic and subsymbolic AI for multimodal data fusion and enrichment of Building Digital Twins with material performance data
Petrova, E. (Project Manager), Pauwels, P. (Project member) & Kaltenlegger, J. K. (Project member)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: First tier
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Buildings and Semantics: Data Models and Web Technologies for the Built Environment
Pauwels, P. (Editor) & McGlinn, K. (Editor), 2022, London: CRC Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Academic › peer-review
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Live semantic data from building digital twins for robot navigation: Overview of data transfer methods
Pauwels, P. (Corresponding author), de Koning, R., Hendrikx, B. & Torta, E., Apr 2023, In: Advanced Engineering Informatics. 56, 17 p., 101959.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Semantic web technologies in AEC industry: a literature review
Pauwels, P., Zhang, S. & Lee, Y.-C., 2017, In: Automation in Construction. 73, C, p. 145-165 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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EXPRESS to OWL for construction industry: towards a recommendable and usable ifcOWL ontology
Pauwels, P. & Terkaj, W., 2016, In: Automation in Construction. 63, p. 100-133 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A semantic rule checking environment for building performance checking
Pauwels, P., Van Deursen, D., Verstraeten, R., De Roo, J., De Meyer, R., Van De Walle, R. & Van Campenhout, J., 2011, In: Automation in Construction. 20, 5, p. 506-518 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
241 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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2023 CIB W78 Charles M. Eastman Top PhD Paper Award
Chamari, L. (Recipient), Petrova, E. (Recipient) & Pauwels, P. (Recipient), 12 Jul 2023
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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B.J. Max Price 2024 - Proven Expert
Pauwels, P. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Paper Award for the 8th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC2024)
Andriessen, L. C. M. (Recipient), Agugiaro, G. (Recipient), Borgers, A. W. J. (Recipient) & Pauwels, P. (Recipient), Jun 2024
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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BOOST Innovation Grant - Computational Futures
Nan, I. C. (Recipient), Habraken, A. P. H. W. (Recipient), Pauwels, P. (Recipient) & Wolfs, R. J. M. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
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IEEE CASE2021 Best Student Paper Award Finalists
Zhu, A. (Recipient), Pauwels, P. (Recipient), de Vries, B. (Recipient) & Fang, M. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Activities
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4th Summer School of Linked Data in Architecture and Construction
Donkers, A. J. A. (Organiser), Werbrouck, J. (Organiser), Senthilvel, M. (Organiser), Pauwels, P. (Organiser), Poveda-Villalón, M. (Organiser) & Terkaj, W. (Organiser)
9 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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12th Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop, LDAC 2024
Hagedorn, P. (Organiser), König, M. (Organiser), Pohlmann, S. (Organiser), Block, M. (Organiser), Zentgraf, S. (Organiser), Pauwels, P. (Organiser), Poveda-Villalón, M. (Organiser), Terkaj, W. (Organiser), Donkers, A. J. A. (Organiser), Werbrouck, J. (Organiser) & Senthilvel, M. (Organiser)
9 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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Linked Data at ISBE Research Group
Pauwels, P. (Speaker)
19 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Digitalisering van de gebouwde omgeving: Naar opschaling van woningrenovatie en een genetwerkte supply chain voor de bouw
Pauwels, P. (Speaker)
6 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Why BIM? What kinds of careers await? What should education offer?
Pauwels, P. (Speaker)
2 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Courses
Press/Media
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Winners B.J. Max award 2024: Henk Brink and Pieter Pauwels
10/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Half Nederland dolenthousiast over simpel Leids idee voor netjes wegwerken kabels en leidingen
van Leeuwen, P., Shadmanhaghighi, S., Pauwels, P. & de Vries, B.
26/06/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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UPSCALE SECURES €1.3 MILLION NWO KIC FUNDING FOR TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECT
18/03/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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SMF4Infra project on Digital Twinning for Mobile Factures features in Rai Television Südtirol
Dallasega, P., Hall, D., Pauwels, P., Habert, G., Rauch, E. & Benedetti, L.
17/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology Publish Findings in Information Technology (An End-to-End Implementation of a Service-Oriented Architecture for Data-Driven Smart Buildings)
Pauwels, P., Petrova, E. & Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, L. C.
13/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment