交通沙龙——Intelligent Railroad Track Inspection and Monitoring

交通科学与工程学院讲座通知

发布部门：交通科学与工程学院    发布时间：2026-06-01

报告题目：Intelligent Railroad Track Inspection and Monitoring

主讲人：钱于，南卡罗来纳大学（美国），长聘教授。

讲座时间：2026年6月5日（星期五）9：00

讲座地点：学术交流中心第五会议室

讲座内容：介绍计算机视觉、人工智能、边缘计算技术在铁路领域的最新研发与应用成果，推动铁路轨道成为智慧交通体系与互联社区的重要组成部分。

讲座形式：线下报告

参加人员：

1.交通科学与工程学院师生；

2.其他单位感兴趣的教师、学生。

专家简介：

Dr. Yu Qian is a Professor at the University of South Carolina. He earned his B.S. in Structural Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, an M.S. with honors in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Kansas, and both an M.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

His research advances intelligent and resilient railroad infrastructure, with emphasis on track inspection technologies, edge computing, and image processing.

Dr. Qian has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 70 conference papers, and has secured more than $7 million in research funding from the National Academy of Sciences, the Federal Railroad Administration, and other public and private sponsors.

He currently serves as Secretary of the ASCE Rail Transportation Committee and contributes actively to TRB and AREMA committees. He is also the Associate Director of the newly established USDOT CRISI Center, Rail-CREST, reflecting his leadership in next-generation rail infrastructure. In addition, he serves as an Associate Editor for Transportation Geotechnics, Expert Systems with Applications, Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure, and Smart and Resilient Transportation, and as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Rail Transportation, Journal of Railway Science and Technology, and High-Speed Railway.

Dr. Qian’s contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, the ASCE highest level mid-career research award in all areas of civil engineering. IDEA Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the TRB Best Paper Award, the USC Breakthrough Star Award, Young Investigator Awards, and six consecutive Dean’s Excellence in Research Awards (2021-2026).