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

  • Full Paper Submission Deadline        April 30, 2026
  • Full Paper Acceptance Notification   May 20, 2026
  • Camera Ready Papers Due                    June 5, 2026

■  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. Reliability and Safety of Coastal and Offshore Infrastructures, by Zifei Xu (zifei.xu@liverpool.ac.uk), University of Liverpool, UK；Huanhuan Li(huanhuan.li@soton.ac.uk), University of Southampton, UK ; Zhongchi Liu(zhongchi.liu@centec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), University of Lisbon, Portugal ; Xiangyu Kong(xiangyu.kong@centec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Special Session #2. Advanced Reliability and Safety Assessment of Marine and Offshore Structures, by Yunling Ye (yeyunling@whut.edu.cn), Wuhan University of Technology, China；Mengzhen Li(mengzhen.li@whut.edu.cn), Wuhan University of Technology, China; Yiheng Zhang(zhangyiheng@whut.edu.cn), Wuhan University of Technology, China; Ying Tang(2320236082@nue.edu.cn), Naval University of Engineering, China.

Special Session #3. AI-Enhanced Safety and Reliability Assurance for Nuclear Installations, by Jun Yang (youngjun51@hotmmail.com), South China University of Technology, China；Guohua Wu(wugh09@163.com), Shenzhen Technology University, China; Bing Zhang(xiaohan1123@163.com), State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipmen, China; Zhihui Xu(xu_zhihui_cool@126.com), State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipment, China; Ming Yang(mingyang@szu.edu.cn), Shenzhen University, China; Hidekazu Yoshikawa(yoshikawa.hidekazu.37c@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp), Kyoto University, Japan; Takeshi Matsuoka(mats@cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp),Utsunomiya University, Japan.

Special Session #4.  Life-Cycle Resilience of Civil Infrastructures under Climate Change, by You Dong ( you.dong@polyu.edu.hk), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China；Hongyuan Guo(hong-yuan.guo@connect.polyu.hk), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

Special Session #5. Reliability-centric Lifecycle Management for Marine and Offshore Assets, by Mingxin Li (m.li@bridge.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp), The University of Tokyo, Japan；Depeng Liu(liudepeng@cup.edu.cn), China University of Petroleum, China; Haoran Ye(yehr@dlmu.edu.cn), Dalian Maritime University, China; Chenfeng Huang(chenfengh@dlmu.edu.cn), Dalian Maritime University, China; Yu Sun(sunyu9@hrbeu.edu.cn), Harbin Engineering University, China.

Special Session #6. Data-driven reliability analysis for in-service infrastructures, by Yi Zhang (zhang_yi@seu.edu.cnp), Southeast University, China； Zhaohui Lu(luzhaohui@bjut.edu.cn), Beijing University of Technology, China; Peipei Li(li.peipei@bjut.edu.cn), Beijing University of Technology, China; Yide Zheng(zhengyd25@szu.edu.cn), Shenzhen University, China.