**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Sara Shirowzhan** is a lecturer of City Analytics at the Faculty of Built Environment. She completed her Ph.D. in Geomatics Engineering with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia. Sara started teaching in built environment disciplines from 2007 and currently teaches GIS, BIM, and major project courses at undergrad and postgrad levels. She has supervised 22 M.S. students so far and has been involved in university and governmen<sup>t</sup> funded research projects. She has developed her skills in advanced technologies for a sustainable and smart built environment such as laser scanning, nD BIM, nD GIS, GIS-based app and dashboard creation, digital twins, big data analysis, VR. and AR.

**Willie Tan** is a tenured Professor at the School of Design and Environment (SDE), National University of Singapore (NUS) and a Visiting Professor at the Southeast University. He was formerly Head of Department of Building and Vice Dean (Academic) of SDE. He is currently the Program Director of the M.S. (Project Management) program. He has chaired accreditation visit teams for the Project Management Institute in Asia. Dr. Tan is Editor of the World Scientific Series on the Built Environment, an editor of *Journal of Spatial Science*, and an Editorial Board member of many journals. He has published widely in geomatics and construction and authored several books on project finance, housing, and research methods. He has served as a consultant for organizations in many countries. He has also served as an expert witness and as Distinguished Chief Judge of the Built Environment Industry Asia Awards. Dr. Tan has won many teaching awards including the NUS Outstanding Educator Award (2013) and Honour Roll. He is a former Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy.

**Samad M. E. Sepasgozar** is a senior lecture in construction and property management, and convener of the Smart City and Infrastructure Cluster UNSW, which provides leadership and collaborative opportunities in the smart city space. He is graduated from the School of Civil Engineering, the University of New South Wales, Australia, and published over 100 scholarly papers concerning on digital technology applications such as automation, geo spatial solutions, digital twin, deep learning, and big data analysis. Since his Ph.D., he has received a global and national award on his research output yearly, and received awards as the top reviewer and top five inspiring university teacher. He supervised over 50 masters' research project, and is currently supervising five Ph.D. students. He also serves as Editorial Board member of *Construction Innovation* journal, ranked Q1, and a Guest Editor of over 10 highly ranked Scopus journals.
