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Professor Yusuf Arayici

Professor

Department: Architecture and Built Environment

Yusuf Arayici is a professor in the Built Environment, served as Deputy Head of Department and Head of Apprenticeship Programmes in Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University.

With a research career spanning over two decades, his expertise includes Building Information Modelling (BIM), process improvement, energy management, and sustainability. He has successfully led major research initiatives totalling £10 million in funding, supervised 16 PhD and numerous MSc students, and authored over 100 academic papers and six books on BIM and sustainability.

His current research focuses on Deep Learning and Cognitive Digital Twins for healthcare facilities management, as well as AI-driven point cloud classifications in heritage BIM.

Yusuf Arayici

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • A cost estimation recommendation system for improved contingency management in construction projects, Mostofi, F., Toğan, V., Tokdemir, O., Arayici, Y. 1 Feb 2025, In: Neural Computing and Applications
  • Point Cloud Segmentation Based on the Uniclass Classification System with Random Forest Algorithm for Cultural Heritage Buildings in the UK, Gil, A., Arayici, Y. 24 Apr 2025, In: Heritage
  • Sustainable Communities through Digital Transformation, Arayici, Y., Thurairajah, N., Kumar, B. 29 Apr 2025
  • A Hybrid Modelling Approach for Information Processing Workflow in Inter-cultural Heritage Projects, Cugen, H., Arslan Selcuk, S., Arayici, Y. 10 Jul 2024, In: Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research
  • Machine and Deep Learning Implementations for Heritage Building Information Modelling: A Critical Review of Theoretical and Applied Research, Gil, A., Arayici, Y., Kumar, B., Laing, R. 1 Sep 2024, In: Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
  • A Quantitative, Evidence-based Analysis of Correlations Between Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling, Arayici, Y., Tokdemir, O., Kassem, M. 21 Nov 2023, In: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
  • BIM-based big data analytic system for healthcare facility management, Demirdöğen, G., Işık, Z., Arayici, Y. 1 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Building Engineering
  • Implementing PointNet for point cloud segmentation in the heritage context, Haznedar, B., Bayraktar, R., Ozturk, A., Arayici, Y. 4 Jan 2023, In: Heritage Science
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Occupant-Centric Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Control System for Multi-Zone Commercial Buildings, Yayla, A., Świerczewska, K., Kaya, M., Karaca, B., Arayici, Y., Ayözen, Y., Tokdemir, O. 2 Dec 2022, In: Sustainability
  • Determination of Business Intelligence and Analytics-Based Healthcare Facility Management Key Performance Indicators, Demirdöğen, G., Işık, Z., Arayici, Y. 10 Jan 2022, In: Applied Sciences

  • Tugçe Baçnak A Deep Learning Framework of Cognitive Digital Twin Practice for Space Management in Healthcare Facilities Start Date: 01/10/2023
  • Aleksander Gil AI Implementation Roadmap for Automated HBIM Modelling in UK`s Cultural Heritage Assets Start Date: 01/10/2021

  • Teaching and Learning PGCert July 24 2008
  • Computer Aided Engineering PhD July 14 2004
  • Computer Aided Engineering MSc September 28 2001
  • Engineering BEng June 14 1999
  • Chartered Construction Manager MCIOB 2015


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