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Special Session 1: AI in offshore geotechnics and geoscience
Dr. Stephen Suryasentana (Lecturer, University of Strathclyde)
Dr. Brian Sheil (RAEng Research Fellow, University of Oxford)
Dr. Róisín Buckley (Lecturer, University of Glasgow)
Special Session 2: Big data and machine learning in life-cycle design, construction and maintenance of tunnel and underground engineering
Prof. Dongming Zhang, Tongji University
Prof. Zhenyu Yin, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Hongwei Huang, Tongji University
Special Session 3: Application of Machine Learning and Big Data in Geotechnical and Geohazard Investigations
Prof. Wengang Zhang, Chongqing University
Dr. Jinzhang Zhang, Tongji University
Prof. Songlin Liu, Chongqing University
Special Session 4: Machine Learning for the Mapping of Marine Geology, Geomorphology and Habitats
Dr. Riccardo Arosio, University College Cork
Dr. Benjamin Misiuk, Dalhousie University
Dr. Alexandre Schimel, Geological Survey of Norway
Special Session 5: Machine Learning & Data-driven based TBM Tunnelling
Prof. Zixin Zhang, Tongji University
Assoc. Prof. Xin Huang, Tongji University
Dr. Shuaifeng Wang, Tongji University
Special Session 6: Big data and machine learning for ageing tunnels and underground infrastructures
Prof. Asaad Faramarzi, University of Birmingham
Prof. Fei Ye, Chang'an University
Dr. Zhipeng Xiao, University College Cork
Special Session 7: Image Analysis and Machine Learning for Geomechanics
Dr. Budi Zhao, University College Dublin
Dr. Eleni Stavropoulou, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)
Special Session 8: Deep Learning & Computer Vision Aided Characterization of Geotechnical Processes
Prof. Ningjun Jiang, Southeast University
Xiaole Han, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yijie Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Special Session 9: Innovative monitoring technologies and artificial intelligence for underground space
Associate Professor Chengyu Hong, (cyhong@szu.edu.cn), Shenzhen University, China
Professor Dong Su, (sudong@szu.edu.cn), Shenzhen University, China
Professor Baosong Ma, (mabaos@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Sun Yat-sen University (Zhongshan University), China.
Special Session 10: Back Analysis using Machine Learning for the Observational Method – Lessons Learnt and Future Directions
Prof. Franz Tschuchnigg, Assoc Prof. Graz University (ISSMGE TC309 and 206).
Duncan Nicholson, Arup Fellow, (ISSMGE TC206 Chair)
Antonio Cañavate Grimal, Principal geotechnical engineer, Ove Arup and Partners Ltd.
Special Session 11: IoT & AI-based intelligent construction and maintenance of shield tunnels
Prof. Xiao-Wei Ye, Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Yin-Fu Jin, Shenzhen University, China
Special Session 12: Data-driven solutions for underground built heritage modeling, preservation and valorization
Alfonso Bahillo Martinez, University of Valladolid, Spain
Pinar Karagoz, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Giuseppe Pace, ISMed-CNR Istituto di Studi Sul Mediterraneo, Italy
Special Session 13: Emerging technologies in geotechnics and urban systems
Dr Bingyu Zhao, University Assistant, TU Wien
Dr Chaofeng Wang, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Dr Zijun Cao, Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
Special Session 14: Data Quality Assurance and Pre-processing in Geoscience
Dr.Alla Sapronova, Institute of Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling, Graz University of Technology, Austria ()
Dr.Thomas Dickmann, Amberg Technology, Switzerland
Dr.Marlene Villeneuve, Leoben Mountain University, Austria
Special Session 15: Machine Learning in offshore wind
Dr. Cian Desmond, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG)
Dr. Louis Marin Lapastoure, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG)
Prof. David Igoe, Trinity College Dublin