Research Highlights
Keynote/Distinguished/Semi-plenary/Invite Lectures for:
Invited Lecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 20 October 2025
Specially invited speaker, 22nd China Rock Mechanics and Engineering Annual Academic Conference, Fuzhou, 19 October 2025
Invited Lecture, Wuhan University, 16 September 2025
Invited Lecture, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 16 September 2025
Two Invited Lectures, Forum on Geomechanics and Geo-engineering (岩土力学与工程前沿讲坛), Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 15 September 2025
Invited Lecture (Nanshan Forum, 南山講壇), Shenzhen University, 30 July 2025
Invited Plenary Lecture, The 2nd International Academic Conference on Intelligent Construction and Intelligent Operation, Beijing, 26 July 2025
Invited Lecture, Beihang University, 25 July 2025
Keynote Lecture, 14th Asia-Pacific-Euro Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS2025), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 14 July 2025
Invited Lecture, The First Clare Hall, University of Cambridge-University of Macau Forum 2025, Macao, 31 March 2025
Keynote Lecture, 3rd Conference on Digital Twin and Intelligent Construction (粵港澳大灣區面向碳中和的可持續藍色經濟發展路徑高級別論壇), Macao, 6 January 2025
Keynote Lecture, 3rd Conference on Digital Twin and Intelligent Construction (第三屆數字孿生與智慧建造學術會議), Liyang, Jiangsu, 15 December 2024
Keynote Lecture, 10th National Symposium on Structural Vibration Control and Health Monitoring, Xiamen, 3 November 2024
Keynote Lecture, 3rd Cross-Strait, Hong Kong & Macao Urban Construction & Sustainable Development Science and Technology Forum (第三屆海峽兩岸暨港澳城市建設與持續發展論壇), Hong Kong, 30 October 2024
Keynote Lecture, 10th International Conference on Test Automation and Instrumentation (ISTAI 2024), Shenzhen, 14-16 August 2024
Keynote Lecture, 12th Cross-Strait Summer School on Monitoring and Control in Civil Engineering (MCCE2024), Hangzhou, 8-11 August 2024
Invited Lecture, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 27 July 2024
Invited Lecture, Central South University, Changsha, 26 July 2024
Invited Lecture, Hunan University, Changsha, 26 July 2024
Invited Lecture, The 5th “AI + Smart Transportation” Graduate Summer Program, Shandong University, 6 July 2024
Invited Lecture, Beijing University of Technology, 24 June 2024
Invited Lecture, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 18 March 2024
Keynote speaker, 5th International Conference on Civil Architecture and Urban Engineering, Xiamen, 18 November 2023
Specially invited speaker, 20th China Rock Mechanics and Engineering Annual Academic Conference, Foshan, 21 October 2023
Specially invited speaker, 2nd Symposium on Big Data in Civil Engineering, Hangzhou, 20 August 2023
Keynote speaker, 4th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing, Dalian, 5 August 2023
Keynote speaker, 11th Cross-Strait Summer School on Monitoring and Control in Civil Engineering (MCCE2023), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 5 July 2023
Keynote speaker, 3rd International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Disaster Prevention and Control, Wuhan, 25 March 2023
Urban Safety Administration and Emergency Management Summit 城市安全治理與應急管理創新高峰論壇, Shenzhen, 15 November 2022
Greater Bay Area Academician Forum on Smart City 大灣區智慧城市院士論壇, Shenzhen, 14 November 2022
Keynote speaker, 2022 Resilient City Development and Science & Technology Emergency Management Workshop, Sustech, Shenzhen, 21 August 2022
Keynote speaker, 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Design and Manufacturing, Automation System, Huhehot, China, 16 July 2022
Keynote speaker, 2nd International Forum of NFEES on Intelligence & Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (IFNEES02), Tianjin University, China, 2 July 2022
Distinguished Scholars Forum (University Distinguished Lecture), Central South University, Changsha, China, 27 June 2022
Keynote speaker, The 1st ASCE Greater China Conference, Shenzhen, China, 4 December 2021
Keynote speaker, International Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring, Nanjing, China, 29-30 October 2021
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Advances in Structural Mechanics and Applications (ASMA-2021), Silchar, India, 6-8 October 2021
Keynote speaker, The 6th Cross-Strait Symposium on Dynamics, Vibration and Control (SDVC 2021), Hothot, Inner Mongolia, China, 17-21 July 2021
South China University of Technology, 6 December 2019
1. Keynote speaker, FCE Translational Research Forum on Sustainable Urban Development in the Greater Bay Area, 26 April 2019
2. Keynote speaker, Symposium on Sustainable Development Technology for Smart City, University of Macau, 26 November 2018
3. Keynote speaker, The 8th Cross-Strait Symposium on Civil Engineering Monitoring and Control, Zhejiang University, 24 August 2017
4. Keynote lecture, 2017 Summit on Smart Highway and Bridge, Nanjing, 28 July 2017
Keynote lecture, Proceedings 2013/2014 Annual Symposium on Control, Automation and Instrumentation “In Search of Mindset of Change for Control, Automation and Instrumentation New Technologies”, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (3 March 2014)
6. Distinguished lecture, 17th Annual conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 9th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Applied Mechanics and its Applications; 3rd Symposium on Development of Mechanics in Macau, Macau (23 March 2013)
7. Keynote speaker, The 2nd Cross-Strait Symposium on Dynamical Systems and Vibration, Hong Kong & Macau, December 2012
8. Keynote speaker, The 3rd Cross-Strait Symposium on Civil Engineering Monitoring and Control, National Taiwan University, Taipei, August 2012
9. Keynote lecture, National Winter School on Cyber-Systems & Control (NWSCSC’2011), Zhejiang University (December 2011)
Keynote lecture, Proceedings 2010/2011 Annual Symposium on Control, Automation and Instrumentation Systems for Sustainable Development, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (20 June 2011)
Specially invited speaker, Symposium on Development of Computational Mechanics and Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (4 April 2011)
Distinguished lecture, 15th Annual conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 7th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Applied Mechanics; 2nd Symposium on Development of Mechanics in Macau, Macau (12 March 2011)
1 Keynote lecture, 8th National Civil Engineering Forum for Graduate Students, Zhejiang
University (28 Nov 2010)
“Health Monitoring and Control of Bridges” Symposium, Zhejiang University, August 2010.
Joint Seminar by the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau and FST, at SMG (18 September 2008)
K.C. Wong foundation lecture II, Zhejiang University (25 September 2006)
K.C. Wong foundation lecture I, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (22 September 2006)
Semi-plenary lecture, EPMESC X, Sanya, Hainan, China (21 August 2006)
Keynote lecture, National Symposium on Structural Dynamics 2005, Haikou, China (19 December 2005)
Some of Dr. Yuen’s major publications are (citation counts are according to Web of Science Core Collection for journal papers and Scopus for book):
Cited 480+ times:
Model selection using response measurements: Bayesian probabilistic approach
Beck JL, Yuen KV
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE Volume: 130 Issue: 2 Pages: 192-203 Published: FEB 2004
This paper is one the top 20 cited papers (among the 3000+ papers published in the last 30 years) in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. It has been cited in various research areas, including those far from civil engineering.
Cited 500+ times:
Bayesian methods for structural dynamics and civil engineering
Yuen KV
John Wiley and Sons Published: APRIL 2010
Cited 250+ times:
Overview of Environment Perception for Intelligent Vehicles
Zhu, H; Yuen, KV; Mihaylova, L; Leung, H
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Volume: 18 Issue: 10 Pages: 2584-2601 DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2017.2658662 Published: OCT 2017
Cited 150+ times:
Bayesian spectral density approach for modal updating using ambient data
Katafygiotis LS, Yuen KV
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 30 Issue: 8 Pages: 1103-1123 Published: AUG 2001
Efficient model updating and health monitoring methodology using incomplete modal data without mode matching
Yuen, KV; Beck, JL; Katafygiotis, LS
STRUCTURAL CONTROL & HEALTH MONITORING Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 91-107 DOI: 10.1002/stc.144 Published: JAN-FEB 2006
Recent developments of Bayesian model class selection and applications in civil engineering
Yuen, Ka-Veng
STRUCTURAL SAFETY Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Special Issue: SI Pages: 338-346 DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.03.011 Published: 2010
Bayesian Methods for Updating Dynamic Models
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Kuok, Sin-Chi#
APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS Volume: 64 Issue: 1 Article Number: 010802 Published: JAN 2011
Cited 120+ times:
Ambient interference in long-term monitoring of buildings
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Kuok, Sin-Chi#
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES Volume:32 Issue: 8 Pages: 2379-2386 Published: AUG 2010
Real-Time System Identification: An Algorithm for Simultaneous Model Class Selection and Parametric Identification
Yuen, KV; Mu, HQ#
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume: 30 Issue: 10 Pages: 785-801 DOI: 10.1111/mice.12146 Published: OCT 2015
Bayesian time-domain approach for modal updating using ambient data
Yuen KV; Katafygiotis LS
PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Pages: 219-231 Published: JUL 2001
Vibration-based damage detection for structural connections using incomplete modal data by Bayesian approach and model reduction technique
Yin, T; Jiang, QH; Yuen, KVENGINEERING STRUCTURES Volume: 132 Pages: 260-277 DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.11.035 Published: FEB 1 2017
Cited 100+ times:
Efficient Bayesian sensor placement algorithm for structural identification: a general approach for multi-type sensory systems
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Kuok, Sin-Chi
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 44 Issue: 5 Pages: 757-774 Published: APR 25 2015
Estimation of water retention curve of granular soils from particle-size distribution – a Bayesian probabilistic approach
Chiu, C. F.; Yan, W. M.; Yuen, Ka-Veng
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL Volume: 49 Issue: 9 Pages: 1024-1035 Published: SEP 2012
Crack detection using fusion features-based broad learning system and image processing
Zhang, Y.; Yuen, Ka-Veng
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume 36 Issue 12 Page 1568-1584 Published: 2021
Two-stage structural health monitoring approach for phase I benchmark studies
Yuen KV, Au SK, Beck JL
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE Volume: 130 Issue: 1 Pages: 16-33 Published: JAN 2004
Structural health monitoring via measured Ritz vectors utilizing artificial neural networks
Lam HF, Yuen KV, Beck JL
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 232-241 Published: MAY 2006
Reliability analysis of soil-water characteristics curve and its application to slope stability analysis
Chiu, C. F.; Yan, W. M.; Yuen, Ka-Veng
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Volume: 5 Issue: 83-91 Pages: 2012
On the complexity of artificial neural networks for smart structures monitoring
Yuen KV, Lam HF
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES Volume: 28 Issue: 7 Pages: 977-984 Published: JUN 2006