On October 29, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” 31st “Cloud Report” was successfully held. This lecture invited Professor Wang Yu-Hsing from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, to give a special report entitled “Vertical AI – An integrated solution for smart and resilient city”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Mingjing Jiang, Vice dean of School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech. In the lecture, Prof. Wang Yu-Hsing introduced some recent research results, such as the power of harnessing the Vertical AI, different implementations of Vertical AI, the next generation of civil engineering sensing and monitoring, etc.
After the report, the participating teachers and students had a lively online discussion on related issues and took a group photo (Fig. 1). According to statistics, this lecture attracted 206 teachers and students from Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Southeast University, Hunan University and other universities, including 15 teachers, 117 postgraduates, 25 international students, and 49 undergraduates. The effect of the lecture was remarkable. Teachers and students responded enthusiastically to this lecture.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Wang Yu-Hsing:
Prof. Wang Yu-Hsing received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Taiwan University and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology where he received the George F. Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Ph.D. Students. Prof. Wang is a Professional Geotechnical Engineer in Taiwan since 1996. Currently, he is Professor and Associate Department Head at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and founder/director of Data-Enabled Scalable Research (DESR) Laboratory, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The DESR Lab is a Makerspace, specialized in the applications of Geotechnical Internet of Things (Geo-IoT), Big Data Analytics, and Deep Learning on sustainable urban development and city resilience. In 2005, he received the ASTM International Hogentogler Award. In 2008 and 2017, he received the School of Engineering Teaching Award, HKUST. In 2013, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Civil Engineering, Taiwan University. He has been invited for Keynote and theme lectures in the international conferences and served as associated editors and editorial board members in different journals.
(Corresponding：Xingzhi Huang)
