René Morkos is the founder of ALICE Technologies and is an adjunct professor at Stanford University's Ph.D program in construction engineering. René obtained his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence applications for construction as a Charles H. Leavell fellow at Stanford. He is a second-generation civil engineer with over 15 years of construction industry experience that is divided between industry and academia. René’s professional experience includes working as a project manager in Afghanistan, underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering on a $350 million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi, ERP system implementations, and various Virtual Design and Construction projects. He was recently featured on ENR’s Critical Path Podcast.
The world has been captivated recently by generative artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT and Google, and there have been many conversations within organizations and in the media about their capabilities and limitations.
