Committees & Advisory Boards
The dedicated team of researchers, academics, and industry professionals leading the Sixth Workshop on the Future of Machine Learning in Geotechnics, Sydney 2027
Conference Leadership
Prof. Behzad Fatahi
ChairUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Prof. Jinsong Huang
Vice-Chair – LocalThe University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Kok-Kwang Phoon
Vice-Chair – InternationalSingapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Local Organising Committee
Prof. Hadi Khabbaz
Scientific Committee LeadUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Danial Jahed Armaghani
Online Platform and Website LeadUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Lam Nguyen
SecretaryUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
A/Prof. Sanjay Nimbalkar
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Haleh Rasekh
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Marwa Mohsen
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
A/Prof. Julie Jupp
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Xuzhen He
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Dee Wu
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Dr. Piyush Punetha
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Industry Advisory Board
Dr. Amir Shahkolahi
Chair – Industry Advisory BoardGlobal Synthetics Pty Ltd, Australia; Chair of the Board of Directors, Australian Geomechanics Society
Dr. Ali Parsa
Industry Engagement and Partnerships LeadJK Geotechnics, Australia
Mehdi Tamadon
GHD, Australia
Keiran Wright
WSP Australia
Jonathan Ngo
Transport for NSW (TfNSW), Australia
Dr. Saman Zargarbashi
WSP Australia
Hugo Brandao
Klohn Crippen Berger, Australia
Tim Swavley
Macquarie Geotechnical, Australia
Yuqi Tan
ATC Williams, Australia
Jared Priddle
FSG Geotechnics & Foundations, Australia
Dr. Wai Leung Ng
Tetra Tech Coffey, Australia
Sam Mirlatifi
Arcadis Australia Pacific
International Scientific and Advisory Board
Prof. Marco Uzielli
University of Florence, Italy
Prof. Hyunki Kim
Kookmin University, South Korea
Prof. Zi-Jun Cao
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Prof. Han-Saem Kim
Dongguk University, South Korea
Prof. Monica Löfman
Aalto University, Finland
Prof. Takayuki Shuku
Tokyo City University, Japan
Prof. Thomas Plante St-Cyr
École de technologie supérieure, Canada
Prof. Yuanqin Tao
SecretariatZhejiang University of Technology, China
Prof. Mona Badreldin Anwar
German University in Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Filippo Catani
University of Padua, Italy
Prof. Yumin Chen
Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
Prof. Jianye Ching
National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
Prof. Bruno Zuada Coelho
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Prof. Daniel Dias
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Prof. Yulin Ding
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Prof. Marco D'Ignazio
Tampere University, Finland
Prof. Jie Dou
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
Prof. Vitor Faro
Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Prof. Maria Ferentinou
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Prof. Wenping Gong
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
Prof. Koichi Hayashi
Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Michael Hicks
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Prof. Faming Huang
Nanchang University, China
Prof. Hongwei Huang
Tongji University, China
Prof. Jian Ji
Hohai University, China
Prof. Shuihua Jiang
Nanchang University, China
Prof. Chisato Konishi
OYO Corporation, Japan
Prof. Andy Leung
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Prof. Bin Li
Wuhan University of Technology, China
Prof. Dianqing Li
Wuhan University, China
Prof. Jinhui Li
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China
Prof. Xueyou Li
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Prof. Peiyuan Lin
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Prof. Zhongqiang Liu
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Prof. Zenon Medina-Cetina
Texas A&M University, United States
Prof. Günther Meschke
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Prof. Takao Murakami
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan
Prof. Yu Otake
Tohoku University, Japan
Prof. Luan Carlos de Sena Monteiro Ozelim
University of Brasília, Brazil
Prof. Qiujing Pan
Central South University, China
Prof. Iason Papaioannou
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Prof. Hua-Fu Pei
Dalian University of Technology, China
Prof. Xiaohui Qi
Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Prof. Mohammad Rezania
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Prof. Dimas Ribeiro
Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil
Prof. Brian Sheil
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prof. Shuilong Shen
Shantou University, China
Prof. Adrian Torrico Siacara
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Bruno Stuyts
Ghent University, Belgium
Prof. Honglei Sun
Zhejiang University of Technology, China
Prof. Xiaohui Tan
Hefei University of Technology, China
Prof. Chong Tang
Dalian University of Technology, China
Prof. Paul Vardanega
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Prof. Giovanna Vessia
University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti–Pescara, Italy
Prof. Hui Wang
University of Dayton, United States
Prof. Shanyong Wang
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Shun Wang
Wuhan University, China
Prof. Xuefei Wang
Hebei University of Technology, China
Prof. Yu Wang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
Prof. Haijia Wen
Chongqing University, China
Prof. Stephen Wu
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan
Prof. Chong Xu
National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, China
Prof. Zhenyu Yin
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Prof. Jice Zeng
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States
Prof. Peng Zeng
Chengdu University of Technology, China
Prof. Dongmei Zhang
Tongji University, China
Prof. Dongming Zhang
Tongji University, China
Prof. Limin Zhang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
Prof. Lulu Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof. Qianbing Zhang
Monash University, Australia
Prof. Wengang Zhang
Chongqing University, China
Prof. Mingliang Zhou
Tongji University, China
Prof. Honghu Zhu
Nanjing University, China