Keynote Lecture
| Keynote Lecture III | Bayesian Data Mining for a Generic Geotechnical Database |
| Date / Time | 1 June 2018, Friday / 08:30 - 09:00 hrs |
| Speaker | Dr. Jianye CHING, Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University |
| Chairs | Dianqing Li, Shuilong Shen |
This paper proposes a Bayesian data mining approach that searches a generic database for data points with soil characteristics similar to a set of site-specific data. A similarity index between the generic and site-specific data points is proposed based on the Bayesian analysis. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by considering a generic clay database and a specific site in Sweden. The generic data points identified as "similar" can be combined with the limited site-specific data to construct a transformation model more relevant to a specific site.
| Biography |
Jianye Ching is a Distinguished Professor in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University. His main research interests are geotechnical reliability analysis & reliability-based design, basic uncertainties in soil properties, random fields & spatial variability, reliability-based geotechnical design codes, and probabilistic site characterization. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 publications in international journals.
Jianye Ching is a member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and a member of International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR). He is now Chair of TC304 (risk) in ISSMGE and Chair-elect of GEOSNet. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of GeoEngineering, Managing Editor of Georisk, and Editorial Board Members of Canadian Geotechnical Journal & Structural Safety.
Jianye Ching is the recipient of the Outstanding Research Award (2011, 2014) and the Wu-Da-Yu Award (2009) from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan. Besides, he has received the following awards and recognition: Georisk Best Paper Award (2014), Editor's Choice Paper from Canadian Geotechnical Journal (2014, 2017), Highly Cited Research from Structural Safety (2016), Outstanding Reviewer from Canadian Geotechnical Journal (2015, 2016), and Outstanding Reviewer from ASCE-ASME Journal of Rick and Uncertainty in Engineering System (2016).
