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RISUD Public Lecture on Engineering Applications of Data Science: Spatial Rainfall Characterization & Environmental Forensics

RISUD Public Lecture on Engineering Applications of Data Science: Spatial Rainfall Characterization & Environmental Forensics On 17 November 2017, over 50 local participants attended a public Lecture on “Engineering Applications of Data Science: Spatial Rainfall Characterization & Environment Forensics” delivered by Dr. Chin Man “Bill” Mok. The seminar was jointly organized by three institutions, namely, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, National Rail Transit Electrification and Automation Engineering Technology Research Center (Hong Kong Branch), and ASCE Hong Kong Section. Dr. MOK is Vice President and Principal Engineer of GSI Environmental Inc, Oakland, California, USA. He is currently Fellow of ASCE, EWRI Fellow, and Rudolf Diesel Fellow of the Technical University of Munich. During this seminar, he introduced two interesting applications of data science techniques to advance engineering practice first. One application is high-resolution rainfall characterization, and the other is environmental forensics. In addition, he also presented several machine-learning techniques, such as cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, principal component analysis, positive matrix factorization, independent component analysis, etc.

RISUD Distinguished Lecture on Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Structures in a Life-Cycle Cost Perspective

RISUD Distinguished Lecture on Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Structures in a Life-Cycle Cost Perspective Speaker: Prof. Dan M. FRANGOPOL, The Fazlur Rahman Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture; Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University Date: 7 November 2017 (Tuesday) Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (A tea reception will be held at 5:30 p.m.) Venue: Room Y302, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Building (Block Y), PolyU Medium: English

RISUD Visiting Fellowship Scheme – Summer 2017 (Sponsored by the Kwang-hua Education Foundation)

RISUD Visiting Fellowship Scheme – Summer 2017 Sponsored by the Kwang-hua Education Foundation According to the wishes of Dr Samuel Yin of the Ruentex Group, part of the annual donation of HK$ 1 million made by the Kwang-hua Education Foundation to RISUD for scholar activities should be used to support a Visiting Fellowship Scheme to enhance scientific exchanges and research collaborations with researchers from the following five partner universities designated by the Foundation: National Taiwan University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Tongji University and Tsinghua University (Beijing). In the summer of 2017, 6 scholars visited RISUD with the awarded Fellowship. Their visits were each proposed and hosted by a member of RISUD. Apart from other exchange activities, each Visiting Fellow delivered a research salon organized by RISUD to stimulate collaborative research. Visiting Fellow Hosting member of RISUD Research Salon Topic Prof. Zhishan SU / Professor, Sichuan University Dr Dan TSANG (Division of Urban Environment) Applications of Computational Chemistry in Asymmetric Catalysis Prof. Huizhao TU / Professor, Tongji University Dr Tony N.N. SZE (Division of Urban Systems) Connected Vehicles for Weight-based Traffic Safety Risk Assessment Dr Fulin WANG / Associate Professor, Tsinghua University Prof. Hong-xing YANG (Division of Green Buildings) DC Power and Distributed Power Storage in Buildings Dr Xiangdong XU / Associate Professor, Tongji University Prof. Anthony CHEN (Division of Urban Systems) Valuation of Travel Time Uncertainty: A Bridge between Scheduling and Reliability Models Prof. Hongrui ZHAO / Professor, Tsinghua University Prof. Xiao-li DING (Division of Urban Infrastructure) Experiments and Discussion of Urban Scaling Law in China Dr Xingyi ZHU / Associate Professor, Tongji University Dr Yu-hong WANG (Division of Urban Systems) Sustainable Materials for Smart Road   Prof. Zhishan SU, Dr Fulin WANG, Dr Xiangdong XU and Prof. Hongrui ZHAO and their hosts had a lunch with Prof. Jin-guang TENG, Director of RISUD and Prof. Xiangdong LI, Associate Director of RISUD on 1 September 2017. This photo was taken after the lunch gathering.

RISUD Annual International Symposium 2017 (RAIS 2017) – New Frontiers in Urban Development

The RISUD Annual International Symposium 2017 (RAIS 2017) – New Frontiers in Urban Development   It was held on 24 – 25 August 2017 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Organized by the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD), the symposium attracted 118 participants for Day 1 and 173 participants for Day 2. Participants included 18 PhD students from three of the partner institutions of RISUD (National Taiwan University, Tongji University and Tsinghua University (Beijing)), members of the University-Government-Industry Consortium (UGI Consortium) for Sustainable Urban Development, representatives from the industry and PolyU staff and students. On Day 1, six plenary presentations were delivered by distinguished research leaders in areas closely related to sustainable urban development. Ir Dr Andrew K.C. CHAN, Chairman of Arup Group Trusts; Prof. Xiao-li DING, Coordinator of Division of Smart Cities of RISUD and Chair Professor at PolyU; and Prof. Jin-guang TENG, Director of RISUD and Chair Professor at PolyU chaired the plenary sessions respectively. The plenary presentations were very well received by the participants. Three workshops addressing three frontier topics of significant importance were held in parallel on Day 2: (1) Urban Simulation, (2) Industrialization of Construction and (3) Very Large Floating Structures. Prominent researchers from Hong Kong and outside gave presentations at the workshops. The presentations generated many lively discussions and helped lay strong foundation for future research in these important areas. We are very grateful that, with the financial support from The Ove Arup Foundation and the Kwang-hua Education Foundation, the symposium was held with success despite the arrival of typhoon Hato on the day before the symposium. We thank every participant, particularly the overseas speakers and participants, for trying their utmost in attending the symposium under the severe weather condition.

RISUD Research Salon on Urban Simulation – Part II

RISUD Research Salon on Urban Simulation – Part II Introduction RISUD has identified “Urban Simulation” as a major strategic focus area (SFA) for development and launched a research programme on this topic. The research programme will be overseen by a small steering committee chaired by the Director of RISUD. At this research salon, three potential Co-PIs of this research programme each gave a 15-minute presentation on their potential contribution to the programme during the initial 3-year period. Speakers:Prof. Anthony CHEN, Professor (CEE); Prof. Edwin H W CHAN, Professo (BRE) & Prof. Xiao-li DING (LSGI) Date:19 May 2017 (Monday) Time: 12:00 n.n. – 2:00 p.m. Venue: Room ZS1215, 12/F, South Tower, Block Z

RISUD Research Salon on Urban Simulation – Part I

RISUD Research Salon on Urban Simulation – Part I Introduction RISUD has identified “Urban Simulation” as a major strategic focus area (SFA) for development and launched a research programme on this topic. The research programme will be overseen by a small steering committee chaired by the Director of RISUD. At this research salon, three potential Co-PIs of this research programme each gave a 15-minute presentation on their potential contribution to the programme during the initial 3-year period. Speakers: Prof. Wu CHEN (Professor, LSGI); Prof. Wen-zhong SHI (Chair Professor, LSGI) & Prof. Tao WANG (Chair Professor, CEE) Date:15 May 2017 (Monday) Time: 12:00 n.n. – 2:00 p.m. Venue: Room ZS1215, 12/F, South Tower, Block Z

RISUD Research Salon on The Thinking of Circular Economy

RISUD Research Salon on The Thinking of Circular Economy Speaker: Prof. MA Hwong-wen, Professor, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering Date:19 April 2017 (Wednesday) Time: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Venue: Room ZS1201s

The 8th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2016)

The 8th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2016) Date: 14-16 Dec 2016 Venue: PolyU

RISUD Annual International Symposium 2016 - Smart Cities (RAIS 2016)

RISUD Annual International Symposium 2016 - Smart Cities (RAIS 2016) Date: 23-24 Aug 2016 Venue: PolyU

The RISUD TOAF Summer School 2016 - Smart Cities (RITSS 2016)

The RISUD TOAF Summer School 2016 - Smart Cities (RITSS 2016) Date: 18-26 Aug 2016 Venue: PolyU