Keynote Speakers for 2018

Prof. Naomasa Honda

Faculty of Regional Environment Science

Tokyo University of Agriculture

1-1-1 Sakuragaoka

Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502

Japan

http://dbs.nodai.ac.jp/view?l=en&u=100000873

Prof. Hidenori Tanaka

Gunma National College of Technology

580 Toriba-machi

Maebashi, Gunma 371-8530

Japan

https://researchmap.jp/read0151219

Keynote Speakers for 2016

1. IMPACT OF TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION ON GROUNDWATER OVER 25 YEARS, OBSERVED AT MATSUMOTO TUNNEL, MATSUMOTO CITY, JAPAN by Hiroyuki　Ii, Professor, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University, (930, Sakaedani, Wakayama640-8510, Japan)

ABSTRACT: In 1980, the Matsumoto tunnel construction at the north of Matsumoto city started at the foot of the Matsumoto plateau isolated by surrounding mountains. Tunnel seepage water was thought to originate from precipitation on the plateau. Since 1980, groundwater levels and flow rates of tunnel seepage have been measured. The amount of total seepage volume from 1980 reached about 11 million m3 while the groundwater level 2km around the tunnel decreased for the first two years but has kept uniform till now. For 25 years, tunnel seepage, river and spring waters around the tunnel have been sampled many times and water chemistry and isotopes values have been measured. Tunnel seepage for the first years during tunnel construction varied from 1 to 8 m3 per minute and in the years 1993 to 1995 it decreased from 1 to 0.6 m3 per minute. At present it is steady at 0.6 m3 per minute. 3H concentration, an indicator of groundwater age during tunnel construction, was less than 0.3 T.U. It increased and remained less than 1.0 T.U. from 2003. In contrast, 3H concentrations of river and well water on the plateau were 4 T.U. Oxygen stable isotope values and HCO3- concentration of the tunnel seepage water were uniform for 25 years. Porosity was about 10 % as calculated by tracer test and measured by sampled rocks. 46 million m3 of water was in storage in rocks above the tunnel in the plateau. Therefore, 24 % of the total pore water in rocks was drained by tunnel construction for 25 years and tunnel seepage water was estimated, from low 3H concentrations, to be the original pore water before construction.

Keywords:tunnel construction, long term drainage, groundwater level, tunnel seepage, groundwater chemistry

SHORT BIO OF PROFESSOR HIROYUKI II

Prof. Hiroyuki Ii obtained his Bachelor (1982), Master of Science (1984), and Doctor of Philosophy (1995) degrees from Chiba University, Japan. He worked for Shimizu Corporation as a research engineer from 1984 to 1996 and temporarily transferred to the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute for research about low level radioactive waste disposal from 1987 to 1989. He worked for an associate professor of Wakayama University from 1996 to 1999. He has been a professor of Wakayama University since 1999. In 2001 and 2002 he was a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has been an adjunct professor of the Federation University of Australia since 2013. He has been an external member for the committee concerned with Earth warming problem project for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan since 2008. He collaborated with the Australian government for the Werribee Delta groundwater problem in Victoria, Australia from 2009 to 2011. He is the author of more than 120 research publications on environment problems using migration analysis of groundwater and soluble substances, stable isotopes of water, trace elements of aquatic organisms and soluble substances of water. He received the best paper award from the Society of Environmental Science, Japan in 2005 and the best paper award for GEOMATE 2014, in Brisbane in 2014.

 2. ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITY MECHANISM IDENTIFICATION USING NEW STEREOGRAPHIC METHODS by John V. Smith, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University, (GPO 2476 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

ABSTRACT: There are numerous mechanisms of rock slope instability. The feasible mechanisms can be identified manually by using stereographic projection. The most complex mechanisms involve interactions of multiple planes of weakness within the rock mass. The conventional approach to multiple planes of weakness is to identify the orientation of their lines of intersection relative to known envelopes defined on a stereograph. In the new approach described here, the poles to planes of weakness are joined by great circles on the stereograph. The relationship between the great circles and the daylight envelope of a slope is shown to provide a rapid and accurate assessment of the potential for the wedge sliding instability mechanism. The method is described as the circle method to distinguish it from the conventional ‘intersection’ method. The circle method also allows the critical slope angle to be identified for each feasible tetrahedral rock wedge. Multi-plane toppling mechanisms are also shown to be readily assessed by use of the circle method. The new methods of stereographic analysis improve the identification and stability analysis of multi-plane weaknesses in rock slopes. The improved assessment technique is beneficial in ensuring that correct methods of stability analysis are applied to each potentially unstable slope.

Keywords: rock slopes, slope stability, stereography, failure mechanisms

SHORT BIO OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN V. SMITH

Associate Professor John V. Smith has degrees in applied geology and engineering and is a Fellow of the Australian Institution of Engineers (Civil College) and a Chartered Professional Engineer. In 1992-3 he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Post-Doctoral Fellow and completed a study of the geological characteristics of the western part of the Japan Sea coast, based at Shimane University. He has also held academic positions at University of Technology, Sydney, Southern Cross University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and in 1999-2000 was an Associate Professor at Shinshu University, Nagano. He received the A.H. Voisey Medal 2003 for “Outstanding Contribution to the Geology of New South Wales”, NSW Division of the Geological Society of Australia. From 2008 to 2013 he was a Principal Consultant with Coffey International and worked on major infrastructure and resource projects in Australia, West Africa and Indonesia. He is author of 50 refereed journal articles on a wide range of geological and geotechnical topics.

3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS FOR REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS by Pandian Vasant, Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, (32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia)

ABSTRACT: For decades, optimization methods such as Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithm, Artificial Neural Networks, Particle Swarm Optimization, Firefly, Simulated Annealing, Gravitational Search Algorithm, and Tabu Search, have been capable of handling and tackling a wide range of real-world application problems in society and nature. Analysts have turned to these problem-solving techniques in the event during natural disasters and chaotic systems research. The lecture on Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Algorithms highlights the cutting edge developments in this promising research area. This premier lecture applies Meta-heuristics Optimization (MO) Techniques to real world problems in a variety of fields including business, logistics, computer science, engineering, and government. This research lecture is particularly relevant to students, lecturers, academicians, researchers, scientists, decision-makers, managers, and practitioners.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Meta-heuristics, Optimization, Applications

SHORT BIO OF PANDIAN VASANT

Dr. Pandian Vasant is a senior lecturer at Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia. His research interests include Soft Computing, Hybrid Optimization, Holistic Optimization and Applications. He has co-authored research papers and articles in national journals, international journals, conference proceedings, conference paper presentation, and special issues lead guest editor, lead guest editor for book chapters’ project, conference abstracts, edited books, book chapters keynote lecture. In the year 2009, Pandian Vasant was awarded top reviewer for the journal Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier). Currently he is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Computing and Optimization, Industrial Engineering and Management, International Journal of Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computing, International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering, and Co-Editor of Global Journal Technology and Optimization. H-Index SCOPUS Citation = 31; H-Index Google Scholar Citation = 21.

Professional Weblink References:

https://scholar.google.com.my/citations?hl=en&user=cOKj9goAAAAJ

https://my.linkedin.com/in/vasant 

Important dates

Abstract: Deadline Over

Full Paper: Deadline Over

Registration: Final Deadline 5 Oct. 2016

Conference Days: 21-23 Nov. 2016

Scientific Committees:

Honorary Chairman: Dr. Sohji Inoue, E/Prof. Mie University, Japan

Conference Chairman: Dr. Zakaria Hossain, Prof., Mie University, Japan

Conference Organizing Committee:

Dr. Zakaria Hossain, Prof. Mie University, Japan (Chair)

Dr. Satoshi Kaneco, Prof., Mie University, Japan (Co-Chair)

Dr. Sohji Inoue, E/Prof. Mie University, Japan (Co-Chair)

Dr. Toshinori Sakai, Prof. Mie University, Japan (Co-Chair)

Dr. Takamitsu Kajisa, Prof. Mie University, Japan (Co-Chair)

Dr. Masaaki Kondo, A/Prof. Mie University, Japan (Co-Chair)

National & International Advisory Committee:

Dr. Fumio Tatsuoka, Prof., Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Dr. Junichiro Takeuchi, Prof., Kyoto University, Japan

Dr. Kingshuk Roy, Prof., Nihon University, Japan

Dr. Sai Vanapalli, Prof., University of Ottawa, Canada

Dr. Musharraf Zaman, Prof. Univ. of Oklahama, USA

Dr. Rafiqul Tarefder, Prof. University of New Mexico, USA

Dr. M. Bouassida, Prof., National Sch. of Engg. of Tunis

Dr. L.R. Austriaco, Prof., Angles Univ. Found., Philippines

Dr. A.S.M. Abdul Awal, Prof., Univ. Technology Malaysia

Dr. M. Ibn Ibrahimy, Prof., Int. Islamic Univ., Malaysia

Dr. Mohammad Shariful Islam, Prof., BUET, Bangladesh.

Dr. Bujang B.K. Huat, Prof., Univ. Putra Malaysia

Dr. Nemy Banthia, Prof., UBC, Canada

Dr. Ian Jefferson, Prof., Univ. of Birmingham, UK

Dr. John Bolander, Prof., Univ. of California, USA

Dr. Shamsul Chowdhury, Prof., Roosevelt Univ., USA

Dr. Isabel Pinto, Prof., University of Coimbra, Portugal

Dr. Mark Jaksa, Prof., University of Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Jim Shiau, A/Prof., USQ, Australia

Dr. Hj. Ramli Bin Hj. Nazir, A/Prof., UTM, Malaysia

Dr. H.M. Shahin, Prof., Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Ariful Islam, A/Prof. Dhaka University, Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Nurul Amin, Prof. Dhaka University, Bangladesh

Dr. D.K. Chauhan, Prof. Noida International Univ., India

Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, A/Prof. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Dr. Ahmed H. A. Dabwan, A/Prof. TATI Univ. College, Malaysia

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