Nicolas Arellano Risopatron is a Ph.D. candidate at Carleton University (Ottawa), focusing on coding and open-source tools for architectire representation. In his research called de-black boxing BIM. He holds a Bachelor's in Architecture from Pontificia Universidad Catolica of Chile, specializing in “Systems and Technologies” and is certified in “Developing BIM Projects”. He is a research team lead at the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS), leading Canada’s Digital Twin project. He is a contract instructor at Carleton University, where he teaches coding and open-source GIS/BIM tools to architects. He is the director of research at the Digital Built National Capital Region (dbNCR).