Special Sessions

The aim of a special session/panel is to bring together researchers working on a specific topic of interests.

If you are interested in organizing a special session/panel, please send your proposal to the conference secretariat at icqrms@uestc.edu.cn as early as possible. The proposal should include the session/panel title, the scope and motivation of the session/panel, and the organizers and their brief CVs.

Both full papers and extended abstracts can be submitted to the conference and the special session should include more than 5 submissions.

■ Important Dates

                   Proposal Due     April 30, 2024     Extended to May 15, 2024
                   Abstract Due       May 20, 2024       Extended to May 30, 2024
                   Full Paper Due     June 5, 2024

■ Submission Notices

If submitting to a special session/panel, please send a copy of the submission to the special session/panel chair(s), indicating paper ID.

Special Session #1. Warranty and Maintenance, by Dae Kyung Kim (dkkim@jbnu.ac.kr), Chonbuk National University, Korea.

Special Session #2. Reliability and Maintenance Planning for Renewable Energy Systems, by Mingwei Li (limingwei@hrbeu.edu.cn), Harbin Engineering University, China; Jichuan Kang (kangjichuan@hrbeu.edu.cn), Harbin Engineering University, China; He Li (he.li@centec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Special Session #3. Probabilistic modelling of the degradation in structures and systems, by Yi Zhang (zhang_yi87@163.com), Tsinghua University, China; Yan Dong (yan.dong@hrbeu.edu.cn), Harbin Engineering University, Yantai Research Institute, China; Peipei Li (li.peipei@tu-dortmund.de), Technical University Dortmund, Germany.

Special Session #4. Safety of Waterborne Transportation, by Bing Wu (bing.wu@whut.edu.cn), Wuhan University of Technology, China; Weibin Zhang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China.

Special Session #5. Intelligent Diagnostics and Prognostics with Sensor Configuration design for Industrial Systems, by Xueqian Zhou (xueqian.zhou@hrbeu.edu.cn), Harbin Engineering University, China; Ke Feng (ke.feng@outlook.com.au), Xi’an Jiaotong University, China; Zifei Xu (z.xu@ljmu.ac.uk), Liverpool John Moores Univeristy, UK.

Special Session #6. Predictive maintenance for intelligent manufacturing systems, by Zhen Chen (chenzhendr@sjtu.edu.cn), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Di Zhou (zhoudi@dhu.edu.cn), Donghua University, China; Zhaoxiang Chen (magneto@sjtu.edu.cn), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

Special Session #7. Advanced Quality Modeling and Control Methods for Manufacturing Engineering, by Shichang Du (lovbin@sjtu.edu.cn), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Yiping Shao (syp123gh@zjut.edu.cn), Zhejiang University of Technology, China.

Special Session #8. Machine Learning-Assisted Uncertainty Quantification for Engineering Structures, by Yan Shi (yan.shi@irz.uni-hannover.de), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; Meng-Ze Lyu (lyumz@tongji.edu.cn), Tongji University, China; Jingwen Song (jingwensong@nwpu.edu.cn), Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; Pengfei Wei (pengfeiwei@nwpu.edu.cn), Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; Michael Beer (beer@irz.uni-hannover.de), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; University of Liverpool, UK; Tongji University, China.

Special Session #9. Deep learning based fault diagnosis and prognostics under varying model development resources, by Weiwen Peng (pengww3@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Sun Yat-sen University, China; Cheng-Geng Huang (cheng-geng.huang@uestc.edu.cn), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; Jun Zhu (j.zhu@nwpu.edu.cn), Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.

Special Session #10. Efficient uncertainty modeling and reliability assessment methods for engineering structures, by Baisong Pan (panbsz@zjut.edu.cn), Zhejiang University of Technology, China; Yongyong Xiang (xiangyy@zjut.edu.cn), Zhejiang University of Technology, China.

Special Session #11. Reliability Analysis and Optimization of Complex Systems and Networks, by Yuchang Mo (yuchangmo@sina.com), Huaqiao Univeristy, China; Xujie Jia (Jiaxujie@muc.edu.cn), Minzu University of China, China; Chaonan Wang (c_wang@jnu.edu.cn), Jinan Univeristy, China; Yujie Wang (ywang1388@ustb.edu.cn), University of Science and  Technology Beijing, China; Guilin Zhao (guilinzhao@swjtu.edu.cn), Southwest Jiaotong University, China.