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      May 31, 2025     Extended to June 15, 2025
                   Abstract Due        June 15, 2025       Extended to June 30, 2025
                   Full Paper Due     June 20, 2025         Extended to June 30, 2025

■ 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. Trustworthy Safety in Engineering Assets, by Zifei Xu (zifei.xu@liverpool.ac.uk), University of Liverpool, UK; Yu Sun (sunyu9@hrbeu.edu.cn),Harbin Engineering University, China;Xu Cheng (xu.cheng@ieee.org),Tianjin University of Technology, China.

Special Session #2. Artificial Intelligence for Reliability and Safety in Ocean Engineering, by Huanhuan Li (h.li2@liverpool.ac.uk),Liverpool John Moores University, UK; Zhongchi Liu (liuzhongchi@centec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), University of Lisbon, Portugal; Yunling Ye (yeyunling@whut.edu.cn), Wuhan University of Technology, China; Depeng Liu (liudepeng@cup.edu.cn), China University of Petroleum (Beijing), China

Special Session #3. Warranty and Maintenance(a special session of the Korean Reliability Society), by Dae Kyung Kim( dkkim@jbnu.ac.kr ), Chonbuk National University, Korea

Special Session #4. The Korean Engineers’ reliability activities, by Jongrak Choi (jchoi@keti.re.kr), Korea Electronics Technology Institute.

Special Session #5. Intelligent prognostics and health management (PHM) for engineering systems, by Yixin Zhao( yixinz@upc.edu.cn), China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China; Gan Li, ( ligan_2018@163.com), China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China

Special Session #6. Operation and Maintenance of Engineering Assets, by Qing Ni (qing.ni@nwpu.edu.cn), Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; Yue Zhang (zhangyue1127@buaa.edu.cn), Beihang University, China; Zhongyi Yang (yangzhy@zjweu.edu.cn), Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, China; Ke Feng (kefeng@xjtu.edu.cn), Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.