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Chimay Anumba

Short Bio:

Professor Anumba graduated at 18 with a First Class Honours degree in Building. He worked briefly as a Site Engineer and as a Design engineer before undertaking postgraduate research in Computer-Aided Engineering at the University of Leeds. On completion of his PhD in 1989, he joined Curtins Consulting Engineers plc, and was involved in a wide range of civil and structural engineering projects as an Engineer/Senior Engineer. This was followed by a period as a Senior Lecturer and Reader in Computer-Aided Engineering at the University of Teesside. Professor Anumba is currently founding Director of the Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering (CICE) and Professor of Construction Engineering & Informatics at Loughborough University. He is actively involved in several professional bodies and was recently on the governing Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). His research interests are in the fields of advanced engineering informatics, concurrent engineering, knowledge management, collaborative communications, structural engineering, and project management. He has over 350 publications in these fields. Professor Anumba’s research work has received support (with a total value of over £15m) from industry, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), The Royal Academy of Engineering and several international bodies. Professor Anumba also undertakes advisory/consultancy work for the UK Government and several firms, and is Co-Editor of the Electronic Journal of IT in Construction, ITCon. He has won several awards for his work and has recently held Visiting Professorships at Hanyang University, Korea; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA; Stanford University, USA; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM); and Chongqing University, China. In 2003, Professor Anumba founded Fanest Business Intelligence Ltd, a technology-based spin-out company. His recent books include: Agents and Multi-Agent Systems in Construction (Taylor & Francis, 2005), Knowledge Management in Construction (Blackwell Science, 2005), Capturing Client Requirements in Construction Projects (Thomas Telford, 2002).
Link to personal homepage:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cice/Chimay_Anumba/index.htm
Link to departmental homepage:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cice (Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering)
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv (Department of Civil & Building Engineering)
Areas of specialization:
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Integrated Systems, Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Concurrent Engineering, Knowledge Management.