5th International Symposium on Machine Learning & Big Data in Geoscience (5ISMLG)
10-13 May 2026, Hong Kong
Keynote Lectures for 5ISMLG 2026
Resilient Infrastructure
Thomas O’Rourke
Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Cornell University, United States
Member of the US National Academy of Engineering
International Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering
Member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering
Redefining “Sites” Using Tailored Lego Clustering
Kok-Kwang Phoon
President
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore
Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science
Building and Implementation of Tunnel Intelligent Agents in Extreme Environments
Hehua Zhu
Distinguished Professor
Tongji University, China
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Data-driven and Resilience-based Geotechnical System in Hong Kong
Raymond Cheung
Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO)
Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong, China
The HKUST Space Remote Sensing Program
Limin Zhang
Chair Professor and Department Head
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
The Innovative Development Path of China’s Railways
(中国铁路创新发展之路)
Jian Zheng (郑健)
Deputy Director of the Expert Academic Committee, China State Railway Group, China
(国铁集团专家学术委员会副主任委员，原总工程师)
Dean of Research Institute of the High-speed Railway and Station-City Integration, Tongji University, China
(同济大学高铁及站城融合研究院院长)
ISSMGE Intelligent Geotechnics Honour Lecture:
Intelligent Safety Risk Assessment of Tunnel Engineering Throughout the Whole-Life-Cycle
Hongwei Huang
Distinguished Professor
Tongji University, China
Data-driven Geotechnical Site Characterization
Jinsong Huang
Professor
The University of Newcastle, Australia
The Role of ML in Geotechnical Practice: Trustworthiness, Explainability, and Accountability
Zhongqiang Liu
Principal Researcher
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway