| Prof. Liang GeSouthwest Petroleum University, ChinaGe Liang, Ph.D., is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, serving as Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Deputy Director of the Office for First-Class Discipline Construction. He was a Visiting Scholar at Durham University (2016–2017) supported by the China Scholarship Council. He is recognized as a Young Science and Technology Talent and an Academic and Technical Leader Reserve of Sichuan Province, and received a nomination for the Outstanding Young Science and Technology Talent Award in Mining, Petroleum, and Safety Engineering in 2023. He serves as a director of the Sichuan Youth Federation of Science and Technology, a member of the Chengdu Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Youth Committee, and leads the Downhole Intelligent Measurement and Control Young Research Innovation Team at Southwest Petroleum University. He is also a tutor at Linxi Academy. His research focuses on intelligent measurement and control technologies in oil and gas safety, particularly downhole safety monitoring, gas safety monitoring and control, and buried pipeline detection. He has led or participated in two National Major Science and Technology Projects, two National 863 Projects, and one NSFC Young Scientists Fund project, and currently leads four national and provincial projects, including an NSFC General Program. He holds 20 authorized invention patents (first rank), contributed to one national standard, led one group standard, and authored one monograph and one textbook. He has published over 80 papers (30 SCI, 39 EI, 13 CSCD) and received eight provincial/ministerial awards, including one first prize, five second prizes, and two third prizes. |
| Prof. Guiyun TianChongqing University of Technology, ChinaGuiyun Tian is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, and Dean of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Chongqing University of Technology. He is a recipient of the Ministry of Education Talent Support Program, and a Fellow of IET, BINDT, and the Higher Education Academy. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation and as Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member for IEEE Sensors Journal, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, and others. He is Director of the Chongqing Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligent Nondestructive Testing Technology and Equipment, Director of the Chengdu Branch of the National Engineering Research Center for Sensors, Vice Chairman of the Equipment Structural Health Monitoring and Early Warning Branch of the China Instrument and Control Society, Director of the Sichuan International Joint Research Center for Nondestructive Testing Brain, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the State Administration for Market Regulation Key Laboratory (Safety of Electromechanical Equipment in Complex Western Environments), Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing Technology, and Director of the CQUT-Dopler University-Enterprise Center. He has long served as a project review expert for China, the UK, the EU, the US, Canada, Ireland, and France. He has undertaken multiple projects including UK EPSRC, EU Horizon, National Major Instrument Special Project, and International Cooperation Key Projects, with total funding exceeding 100 million RMB. He has published over 760 papers in sensors, structural health monitoring, and nondestructive testing, with over 26,000 Google Scholar citations and an H-index of 85. He has received four provincial/ministerial and industry association awards in recent years. |
| Senior Engineer Yong HuPetro China Southwest Oil & Gasfield CompanyYong Hu, Ph.D., is a Professor-level Senior Engineer, a Sichuan Provincial Academic and Technical Leader, a Chengdu Industrial Professor, one of CNPC’s first batch of Senior Technical Experts, and a doctoral supervisor. He has successively served as Deputy Director of the Exploration and Development Research Institute of PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Director of the Science and Technology Department, and Chief Expert in Oil and Gas Field Development. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Oil and Gas Field Development Professional Committee of the Sichuan Petroleum Society, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Natural Gas Industry, and Deputy Director of the Editorial Board of Natural Gas Exploration and Development. He has long been engaged in oil and gas field development and informatization technology. He has received 2 Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 First Prize of the National Management Innovation Award, and 26 provincial/ministerial science and technology awards. He holds 17 authorized national invention patents, has issued 2 standards, published 93 academic papers, and authored 9 monographs. He has been honored with titles including “National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker,” “PetroChina Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker,” “PetroChina Science and Technology Leading Talent,” “PetroChina Outstanding Contribution Award,” and “Sichuan Outstanding Youth Technological Innovation Leader.” |
| Prof. Pijush SamuiNIT Patna, IndiaPijush Samui is a Professor of Civil Engineering at NIT Patna, India. He earned his B.Tech. from IIEST Shibpur (2000), and M.Sc. (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from IISc Bangalore. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Pittsburgh and Tampere University. His research spans geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, reliability analysis, AI applications, disaster mitigation, and site characterization. He has secured funding from DST, BRNS, IGCAR, and industry. He has authored five major books, 225 journal papers, 14 edited books, and 34 book chapters (h-index 43, >5,600 citations). He serves as editor/editorial board member for over ten journals and is active in professional committees including IGS and ISSMGE TC on Machine Learning & Big Data. His awards include the IIT Roorkee Shamsher Prakash Research Award, IGS Sardar Resham Singh Memorial Award, and IACMAG Excellent Regional Contributions Award. He is a Fellow of ISET, Guest Professor at USTB Beijing, Docent at Tampere University, and was Adjunct Professor at Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam, 2018–2021). Speech Title: Future prosepect of AI in Civil Enginnering |
