Urban Safety and Disaster Prevention Track
With climate change, the frequency and intensity of natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, extreme precipitation and geological disasters keep increasing. Urbanization brings about more exposure to these natural hazards, leading to rising risk. Besides the threats from natural hazards, infrastructure safety becomes an emerging problem with the aging of existing structures and new construction in high-density urban region and harsh environments due to expansion of human activity. To cope with the above challenges in protecting urban public safety, advances in both basic hazard mechanics and multi-disciplinary research have been achieved in recent years. New “smart” technologies such as IoT, big data and artificial intelligence gradually play an important role to shape new strategies for disaster mitigation. Therefore, this track aims at promoting the discussions on the latest developments in the fundamental mechanics, new technologies, and promising practices in fields of structural health monitoring, geotechnical engineering safety, and ocean disaster mitigation with the objective of building a safer living environment in future smart city.
Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order)
Alice CICIRELLO
Assistant Professor
University of Cambridge, UK
Talk Title: Physics-Enhanced Machine Learning Strategies for Monitoring Critical Infrastructures Under Uncertainty
Xueyu GENG
Professor
University of Warwick, UK
Talk Title: Integrated Modelling and AI-Based Monitoring of Embedded Urban Rail Systems for Smart City Applications
Zhilu LAI
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China
Talk Title:Mechanical In-Sensor Computing: A Programmable Meta-Sensor for Structural Damage Classification Without External Electronic Power
Heqing MU
Associate Professor
South China University of Technology, China
Talk Title: Fusion of Physics-Informed Priors and SHM data for Bayesian Real-time Identificaiton of Vehicle Load, Vehicle Position and Bridge Damage
Thomas POTTHAST
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Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Talk Title: Regression Models for Interval Power Spectral Densities and their Inference
Adam D. SWITZER
Professor
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Talk Title: Preparing Coastal Cities for Sea-Level Rise, Storms, and Tsunamis: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to the Past