Geospatial and Soft Computing Techniques: Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (Hydro 2
暫譯: 地理空間與軟體計算技術：第26屆國際水力學、水資源與海岸工程會議論文集 (Hydro 2)

本書包含第26屆國際水力學、水資源與海岸工程會議（HYDRO 2021）的會議紀錄，專注於水資源工程中軟計算和地理空間技術領域的各種新興機會與挑戰。內容涵蓋多個主題，包括但不限於：用於水文應用的衛星衍生數據、在水資源管理中的GIS和RS應用、降雨和流量預測、水文資訊學、基於數據驅動和人工智慧的水文模型、以及水資源系統的優化等。

本書以插圖、表格和文字的形式展示最新進展，為讀者提供了自身研究的見解。此外，本書還探討了水資源工程中軟計算和地理空間技術的基本概念和研究，對於希望進一步了解水力學、水資源和海岸工程的初學者和研究人員來說，都是一個寶貴的資源。

P. V. Timbadiya is an Associate Professor in the Water Resources Engineering section, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. He secured his doctoral degree and post-graduation in Water Resources Engineering from SVNIT Surat in 2012 and 2004, respectively. He did his under graduation in Civil Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering Technology (now SVNIT). He has guided two Doctoral Thesis and 29 Master's Dissertations. He has more than 110 research papers to his credit, including 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He served as Dean (Alumni and Resources Generation), and currently serving as Sectional Head, Water Resources Engineering Section at SVNIT. He played an instrumental role in setting up infrastructure facilities in the Centre of Excellence on 'Water Resources and Flood Management' such as the Experimental Hydraulics Lab, Computational Hydraulics Lab, Water Circulation System, and others. He is appointed as 'National Consultant' for Kalpsar Project by Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department of Govt. of Gujarat. He is a recipient of 'Best Case Study Award - 2015' award by the American Society of Civil Engineers for his publication in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering and 'Young Engineers Award' by the Institution of Engineers (India) in the year 2015. He received 'Prof. R. J. Garde Research Award' for the year 2020 by the Indian Society for Hydraulics. He has awarded DST-SERB Core Research Grant for the project on 'Local Scouring around tandem and staggered bridge piers on Non-uniform mobile bed' in the year 2021. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career. Prem Lal Patel is a Professor of Hydraulics and Water Resources in the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. He served as the Deputy Director of SVNIT. He also worked as a Reader in the Civil Engineering Department at Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) from 1999-2007. He served as an Assistant Executive Engineer in Border Roads Organization (BRO) from 1995-1999. He did his bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Government Engineering College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India and then pursued his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Civil Engineering from the then University of Roorkee, now Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He has published more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute. He has guided 12 Doctoral Thesis and 47 Master's Dissertation so far. He has also served in various academic positions in SVNIT Surat, such as Dean (Academics), Head of Civil Engineering Department, Dean (Research & Consultancy), Dean (PG), etc. He was also instrumental in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on 'Water Resources and Flood Management' in the Institute through a research grant from World Bank-sponsored TEQIP-II. He is a recipient of visiting International Fellowship (VIF-2017) 2017 for attending the ASCE EWRI Congress-2017 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career. Vijay P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary Diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Distinguished Member of ASCE, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, an Honorary Member of AWRA, and a Fellow of EWRI-ASCE, IAH, ISAE, IWRS, and IASWC. He has published extensively in the areas ofhydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, and water resources (more than 1320 journal articles, 31 textbooks, 75 edited reference books, 110 book chapters, and 315 conference papers). He has received over 95 national and international awards, including three honorary doctorates. He is a member of 11 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH), Chair of the Watershed Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is currently President of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. He has served/serves as Editor-in-Chief of three journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series. His Google Scholar citations include 64073, h-index: 115, and I10-index: 903. A. B. Mirajkar is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya NationalInstitute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur- Maharashtra, since January 2015. She previously worked as an Associate Professor at DIEMS Aurangabad in 2014. She also worked as a lecturer in SVNIT Surat, Gujarat from 2011-2013. She completed hes Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Water Resources Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat in January 2014. She is a recipient of DST research Grant and also has G M Nawathe Award for best presentation in HYDRO 2012 and was awarded during HYDRO 2013 at IIT Chennai by Indian Society for Hydraulics. She has guided 03 doctoral thesis and 24 M. Tech. thesis. She has authored more than 33 research publications, including peer-reviewed good impact factor journals and submitted one book chapter. Her research interests are reservoir planning and operations, irrigation scheduling, watershed management, rainfall trend analysis and climate change impact assessment on water resources.

P. V. Timbadiya 是印度蘇拉特市薩達爾·瓦拉巴拜國立技術學院 (SVNIT) 土木工程系水資源工程組的副教授。他於2012年獲得水資源工程博士學位，並於2004年獲得碩士學位，均來自SVNIT蘇拉特。他在薩達爾·瓦拉巴拜區域工程技術學院（現為SVNIT）完成土木工程學士學位。他指導了兩篇博士論文和29篇碩士論文，並發表了超過110篇研究論文，其中包括25篇在同行評審期刊上發表的文章。他曾擔任院長（校友及資源生成），目前擔任SVNIT水資源工程組的組長。他在設立「水資源與洪水管理」卓越中心的基礎設施方面發揮了重要作用，包括實驗水力學實驗室、計算水力學實驗室、水循環系統等。他被古吉拉特邦政府的納爾馬達水資源、水供應及卡爾普薩爾部門任命為卡爾普薩爾項目的「國家顧問」。他曾獲得美國土木工程師學會頒發的「最佳案例研究獎 - 2015」，以表彰他在《水文工程期刊》上的發表，並於2015年獲得印度工程師協會的「青年工程師獎」。他於2020年獲得印度水力學會頒發的「R. J. Garde教授研究獎」。他於2021年獲得DST-SERB核心研究資助，用於「非均勻可移動床上串聯和錯位橋墩周圍的局部沖刷」項目。他活躍於各種專業機構，並在其學術生涯中組織了多次會議、研討會和短期培訓計劃。Prem Lal Patel 是印度蘇拉特市薩達爾·瓦拉巴拜國立技術學院 (SVNIT) 土木工程系的水力學與水資源教授。他曾擔任SVNIT的副院長。他還曾於1999年至2007年在德里工程學院（土木工程系，現為DTU）擔任講師。他於1995年至1999年在邊界道路組織（BRO）擔任助理執行工程師。他在印度中央邦的政府工程學院（Rewa）獲得土木工程學士學位，隨後在當時的魯爾基大學（現為印度魯爾基理工學院）獲得土木工程碩士和博士學位。他在同行評審的期刊和知名會議上發表了超過220篇論文，並指導了12篇博士論文和47篇碩士論文。他還在SVNIT蘇拉特擔任過多個學術職位，如院長（學術）、土木工程系主任、院長（研究與諮詢）、院長（研究生）等。他在該學院設立「水資源與洪水管理」卓越中心方面也發揮了重要作用，該中心是通過世界銀行資助的TEQIP-II研究資助成立的。他於2017年獲得國際訪問獎學金（VIF-2017），以參加在美國加州薩克拉門托舉行的ASCE EWRI大會。他活躍於各種專業機構，並在其學術生涯中組織了多次會議、研討會和短期培訓計劃。Vijay P. Singh 是德克薩斯農工大學的特聘大學教授、董事教授及水工程的Caroline和William N. Lehrer特聘教授。他獲得了工程學的學士、碩士、博士和科學博士學位。他是一名註冊專業工程師、註冊專業水文學家，並且是ASCE-AAWRE的榮譽外交官。他是ASCE的傑出成員、AGGS的傑出研究員、AWRA的榮譽成員，以及EWRI-ASCE、IAH、ISAE、IWRS和IASWC的研究員。他在水文學、灌溉工程、水力學、地下水、水質和水資源等領域發表了大量論文（超過1320篇期刊文章、31本教科書、75本編輯參考書、110章書籍和315篇會議論文）。他獲得了超過95項國內和國際獎項，包括三個榮譽博士學位。他是11個國際科學/工程學院的成員。他曾擔任美國水文學會（AIH）會長、美國土木工程師學會流域委員會主席，並目前擔任美國水資源工程師學會會長。他曾擔任三本期刊和兩個書系的主編，並在25本以上的期刊和三個書系的編輯委員會中任職。他的Google Scholar引用次數為64073，h-index為115，I10-index為903。A. B. Mirajkar 自2015年1月以來在印度納格浦爾的維斯維薩拉亞國立技術學院 (VNIT) 土木工程系擔任副教授。她於2014年在DIEMS奧蘭加巴德擔任副教授。她還於2011年至2013年在SVNIT蘇拉特擔任講師。她於2014年1月在薩達爾·瓦拉巴拜國立技術學院 (SVNIT) 獲得水資源工程專業的土木工程博士學位。她獲得了DST研究資助，並在HYDRO 2012中獲得G M Nawathe最佳報告獎，該獎項於HYDRO 2013在印度理工學院金奈頒發。她指導了3篇博士論文和24篇碩士論文。她發表了超過33篇研究論文，包括在同行評審的高影響因子期刊上發表的論文，並提交了一章書籍。她的研究興趣包括水庫規劃與運作、灌溉排程、流域管理、降雨趨勢分析及氣候變遷對水資源的影響評估。