Yusuf Arayici is a professor in construction project management at Northumbria University. With an  international outlook, he previously fulfilled an academic management role as a dean. He also successfully completed his research fellowship TUBITAK (Research Council of Turkey) in Digital Construction. Since 2000, his research projects have ranged from building information modelling to sustainability. He has led substantial research groups over a prolonged period of time through continuous cycles of research with funded research projects, has graduated many PhD and MSc students, and has published more than 100 papers and five books. Currently, he is researching on AI-supported heritage BIM.