CUHK (香港中文大學)/DLR (德國宇航中心)/CASM (中國測繪科學研究院) JOINT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
InSAR Technologies for Urban Infrastructural Health Diagnosis
城市基礎設施健康診斷的InSAR技術國際研討會

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Hong Kong, China
Tutorial: Jan 17, 2017
Workshop: Jan 18-19, 2017

Registration

Introduction

CUHK/DLR/CASM Joint International Workshop on InSAR Technologies for Urban Infrastructural Health Diagnosis
香港中文大學太空與地球信息科學研究所/德國宇航中心/中國測繪科學研究院合辦 城市基礎設施健康診斷的InSAR技術國際研討會


The Guidebook of the conference is now available. Please click here to download!


Global urbanization is creating huge demands for civil infrastructures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, tunnels, highways, airports, and railroads. Unfortunately, their maintenance management is usually not well coordinated. Under the progressive natural and/or human stressors, such as structural aging, sediment loading, groundwater or gas extraction, underground construction, or design faults civil infrastructures are deteriorating gradually, possibly resulting in catastrophic structural failure. In order to reduce deformation risks, there is an urgent need to address existing challenges and prepare for future ones by focusing on: monitoring, assessing and understanding deformation risks and sharing such information and how it is created.


In the last decades synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) has become an acknowledged geodetic technology. Its second-generation methods PSI, SqueeSAR, SBAS, tomography and variants thereof have revolutionized our understanding of a variety of geodynamic and structural phenomena (e.g., earthquakes, local subsidence, thermal and loading-induced building deformation) by mapping terrain movements and object deformation with unprecedented spatiotemporal details. Advances in very high resolution SAR satellite technology make it possible to remotely sense the minute deformation associated with the health states of individual structures over large areas, and provide a better picture of urban infrastructural dynamics for engineers. On the other hand the new Sentinel-1 line of SAR satellites provides us with data of unprecedented revisit frequency and long-term continuity on the basis of a free and open data policy. With all these observation capabilities in place and similar to human health diagnosis with an X-ray computed tomography (CT) scan, InSAR can be potentially used for urban infrastructural health diagnosis and early-warning of deformation risks.

This workshop, jointly organized by Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)and the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM) will serve as an open forum to exchange ideas with latest developments in this area. The format of the event will include keynote speeches, submitted talks, and panel discussions.


We are inviting research papers related to the deformation monitoring of the following urban infrastructures:

  1. Buildings
  2. Highways, railways, subways, and tunnels
  3. Bridges and dams
  4. Oil/gas pipelines
  5. Reclamation airports and the affiliated facilities
  6. Others

If you want to present your research and ideas at this workshop, please submit a 4-page full paper to:

ituihd@cuhk.edu.hk on or before November 1, 2016

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Guo Renzhong

Urban Planning, Land & Resource Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

Prof. Thomas Lege

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)



Dr. Alessandro Ferretti

TRE ALTAMIRA s.r.l.



Prof. Ramon Hanssen

Technical University of Delft



Prof. Fabrizio Lombardini

University of Pisa



Prof. Liao Mingsheng

Wuhan University



Prof. Xiaoli Ding

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University



Program

The Program of the conference is now available. Please click here to download!

Buildings

Highways, railways, subways, tunnels, bridges and dams

Oil/gas pipelines

Reclamation airports and the affiliated facilities

Registration

Tutorial on INSAR TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS (Jan 17, 2017)

Regular Registration(After 15 November 2016) HK$1000
HK$500 for full time students (student ID required)

Workshop on INSAR TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS (Jan 18-19, 2017)

Regular Registration(After 15 November 2016) HK$1600
HK$800 for full time students (student ID required)

ACCOMMODATION

Royal Park Hotel


Address:

8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Shatin, Hong Kong


Website:

http://www.royalpark.com.hk


Suggested transportation to the hotel:

  1. From Hong Kong International Airport: Click here
  2. From Shenzhen: Click here


Reservation Method:

Click here to download the room reservation form. Please return the completed reservation form to Reservation Department by fax at (852) 2695 9291 or email to resvn@royalpark.com.hk


Reservation Deadline:

30 December 2016 (Friday)


Location Map:

Organizations

  • ISEIS
  • DLR
  • CASM
  • HONG DU (INTERNATIONAL) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Contact Us

Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Address:

Fok Ying Tung Remote Sensing Science Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, Hong Kong

call us

+852 3943 1203

Email us

ituihd@cuhk.edu.hk