Professor Soonwook Kwon is a Professor of the School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Landscape Architecture, and a Chair Professor of the Graduate Program for Department of Global Smart City of Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. He is also a board of director of the IAARC (International Association of Automation and Robotics in Construction). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, in the Construction Engineering and Project Management Program. After receiving the degree, he worked as a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT) and conducted research projects in the areas of construction technology and governmental programs encouraging the technological advancement of the AEC industry.