工程可靠性与随机力学国际联合研究中心

2024年第13期 (总第87期) 学术报告

工程力学研究中心第38期学术报告

文远讲坛296期

报告主题

TOPIC

论AI/ML在工程研究中的作用

On the Role of AI/ML in Engineering Research

报告人

SPEAKER

Dr. Colin Caprini

澳大利亚莫纳什大学

报告时间

TIME

2024年10月23日（周三）下午14:30-15:30

报告地点

VENUE

同济大学土木大楼 A305

主持人

CHAIR

陈建兵教授，彭勇波教授

报告摘要

Abstract

Is AI/ML just the latest fad in engineering research, or is it the game-changer its proponents tell us it is? To answer this we should understand what AI/ML is, what it can do, and see how this fits with the goals of doing research. In this talk I'll ask those questions, and outline some answers. Along the way, we'll discover what makes human intelligence so special, and why it is so hard to replicate. Our goal is to properly contextualize the capability of these modern tools within the outcomes we seek. In doing so, we can then draw distinctions between applications of AI/ML that drive insight, and those that simply wallpaper over the cracks in our understanding. At the end, some good books are suggested, as is a Call to Action to the community of engineering research professionals.

报告人简介

Speaker Bio

Dr Colin Caprani is a Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria (RPEV), Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Australia (CPEng FIEAust), and Chartered Structural Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (CEng FIStructE). He has considerable industrial and academic experience on the safety assessment and performance monitoring of bridges. His research specializations involve highway bridge traffic loading for short- and long-span bridges; vibration serviceability of footbridges; structural reliability and statistics of extremes; and heavy vehicle access to the road network. He is Chair of the Australian Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers, and is a Director and Chair of the non-profit Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety – Australasia (CROSS-AUS). Dr Caprani is an Associate Professor and Head of Structural Engineering in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at Monash University. He has supervised many PhD and MSc students in a variety of topics related to structural safety and bridge engineering. He has received numerous awards and attracted significant research funding. He is a prominent media contributor on structural safety issues.