Award Overview

The Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Symposium on Urban Lifeline honours outstanding original research that advances the understanding, resilience, and innovation of urban lifeline systems. Designed to recognize academic excellence, the award is granted based on significance of contribution, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, and alignment with the symposium’s central themes. This recognition reflects the authors’ exemplary contributions to advancing knowledge and practice in urban infrastructure and sustainable development.

Eligible submitted full papers were evaluated by an independent award committee. Among these, approximately 10% of the presented papers were selected, resulting in five recipients of the Best Paper Award.

Awardees

(Listed alphabetically with paper titles)

1. Dan Li, Jiajun Zhou, Jian Zhang
   Transfer Learning Approach to Population-Based SHM for Bridge Structures
2. Haitao Li
   Data-Driven Optimization for Modern Urban Logistics and Transportation
3. Jian Zhou, Jian-Ting Zhou, Yi-Long Cao, Eiji Fukuzawa, Akira Igarashi
   Application of Complex-Valued Morse Wavelets to Generate Spectrum and Energy-Compatible (SEC) Bi-Directional Ground Motions
4. Kento Yoshida, Ji Dang
   Study on Improvement of Accuracy of UAV Point Cloud Using RTK and GCP for Hydraulic Infrastructures
5. Qiuzhao Zhang, Wei Li, Haoran Duan, Jiahui Liang, Wei Duan, Kaikun Zhang, Wenda Wang, Huachao Yang
   Shield Tunnel Misalignment Detection Based on Facility Point Cloud Removal and Segment Segmentation

Ceremony and Photos

The Best Paper Award ceremony was held on the evening of July 19, 2025, as part of the official symposium program. During the event, recipients were recognized for their outstanding contributions in the presence of fellow researchers, committee members, and invited guests. A selection of photographs from the ceremony is included below, capturing some of the key moments.

On behalf of the Award Committee

Dr. Chandra Shekhar Goit, Chair

Saitama University