Keynote Speakers Details

Yong Huang is the full professor of the Division of Intelligent Civil Infrastructure at the Harbin Institute of Technology, China and is a National Young Talent. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Harbin Institute of Technology. He also was a Postdoctoral Scholar in department of Computing & Mathematical Sciences and department of Mechanical & Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology during the periods of February 2012 until February 2013 and December 2014 until February 2017, respectively. Yong Huang has published over 90 technical papers, covering topics in Bayesian inference, structural health monitoring of bridge and High-speed rail track structures, structural system identification, guided-wave testing, machine learning, etc. In most of his researches, he uses a Bayesian machine learning treatment for complex engineering inverse problems. He serves as an Associate Editor in Structural Sensing, Control and Asset Management (specialty section of Frontiers in Built Environment). He is the member of the Board of the Structure and Bridge Branch of China Highway and Transportation Society and one of the main drafters of Technical Specifications for Structural Monitoring of Highway Bridges in transportation industry of China.