Geotechnical Reliability Analysis: Theories, Methods and Algorithms

Dr. Jie Zhang is a Professor from the Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, China. His research mainly focuses on georisk assessment and management. He is one of the founding managing editors of the journal of Underground Space, an editorial board member of the journal of Georisk, and is the secretary of TC304 (Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management) in the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). He is the recipient of the Young Researcher Award from GEOSNet and the instructor of the ISSMGE online class Probability Analysis in Civil Engineering. Te Xiao is currently a Research Assistant Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He earned his PhD from Wuhan University in 2018. His main research interests include geotechnical uncertainty and risk, probabilistic site characterization, landslideand flooding risk, and machine learning and digital modeling. He is a member of Youth Committee of Risk and Insurance Research Branch of China Civil Engineering Society and a corresponding member of ISSMGE TC304 (Risk), TC309 (Machine Learning) and TC222 (Digital Twins). Jian Ji is a Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor of geotechnical engineering at Hohai University, Nanjing, China. He earned a PhD from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU) in 2012. His research interests include numerical analysis of geotechnical problems with probabilistic considerations, slope stability and landslide mitigation, ground excavation and earth retaining systems, underground pipeline safety, etc. He received the 2018 Outstanding Paper Award from the Elsevier's international journal Computers and Geotechnics. He is an associate editor of Advances in Civil Engineering, editorial board member of Computers and Geotechnics, and member of ASCE. Peng Zeng received his PhD degree from the Technical University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain) in 2015. He is currently a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP), Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT). His main research interests include geotechnical reliability analysis and design, landslide risk assessment, tunnel squeezing and rockburst hazard prediction. He is the chief scientist for Everest Scientific Research Program of CDUT. Zijun Cao is currently a professor in the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, China. He earned his PhD in geotechnical engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2012. He is the assistant editor and an editorial board member of the journal of Georisk. His main research areas include probabilistic site characterization with particular interests in the quantification of uncertainties in soil properties, efficient probabilistic analysis, and risk assessment of slope stability, practical reliability based design of geotechnical structures.

張杰博士是中國同濟大學土木工程系的教授。他的研究主要集中在地質風險評估與管理。他是《地下空間》期刊的創始管理編輯之一，也是《地質風險》期刊的編輯委員會成員，並擔任國際土壤力學與地基工程學會（ISSMGE）TC304（風險評估與管理的工程實踐）的秘書。他獲得了GEOSNet的青年研究者獎，並擔任ISSMGE線上課程「土木工程中的概率分析」的講師。

肖特目前是香港科技大學（HKUST）土木與環境工程系的研究助理教授。他於2018年獲得武漢大學的博士學位。他的主要研究興趣包括地基不確定性與風險、概率性場地特徵化、滑坡與洪水風險，以及機器學習與數位建模。他是中國土木工程學會風險與保險研究分會的青年委員會成員，並且是ISSMGE TC304（風險）、TC309（機器學習）和TC222（數位雙胞胎）的對應成員。

紀建是中國南京河海大學的江蘇特聘教授，專攻土木工程。他於2012年在新加坡南洋理工大學（NTU）獲得博士學位。他的研究興趣包括考慮概率因素的土木工程問題數值分析、邊坡穩定性與滑坡減災、地面挖掘與土壤支撐系統、地下管道安全等。他於2018年獲得Elsevier國際期刊《計算機與土木工程》的優秀論文獎。他是《土木工程進展》的副編輯、《計算機與土木工程》的編輯委員會成員，並且是美國土木工程師學會（ASCE）的成員。

曾鵬於2015年在馬德里技術大學（西班牙馬德里）獲得博士學位。他目前是成都理工大學（CDUT）地質災害防治與地環境保護國家重點實驗室的教授。他的主要研究興趣包括土木工程可靠性分析與設計、滑坡風險評估、隧道擠壓與岩爆危險預測。他是CDUT珠穆朗瑪科學研究計畫的首席科學家。

曹子俊目前是中國武漢大學水資源與水電工程學院的教授。他於2012年在香港城市大學獲得土木工程博士學位。他是《地質風險》期刊的助理編輯和編輯委員會成員。他的主要研究領域包括概率性場地特徵化，特別關注土壤性質不確定性的量化、高效的概率分析，以及邊坡穩定性的風險評估，實用的基於可靠性的土木工程結構設計。