■ Special Sessions

Proposals of special sessions/panels are invited. The aim of a special session/panel is to bring together researchers working on a specific topic of interests.

If you are interested in organizing a special session/panel, please send your proposal to the conference secretariat at icqrms@uestc.edu.cn as early as possible. The proposal should include the session/panel title, the scope and motivation of the session/panel, and the organizers and their brief CVs.

Both full papers and extended abstracts can be submitted to the conference and the special session should include more than 5 submissions.

●  Important dates for the special sessions
               Proposal Due            February 10, 2020    Extemded To July 10, 2020
               Abstract Due             March 10, 2020         Extended To July 25, 2020
               Full Paper Due          March 30, 2020        Extended To August 10, 2020

The same submission and review process will be followed for papers submitted to these special sessions/panels. If you want your paper considered for a special session/panel, please indicate so in your abstract submission. Direct specific questions on a special session/panel to its organizers.

(1) Special Session on "Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Systems" Organized by Min Ouyang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Email: mouyang618@gmail.com). Please submit the paper directly to the organizers of the special session.

(2) Special Session on "Reliability and Safety of Maritime Transportation System" Organized by Professor Di Zhang (Wuhan University of Technology, China. Email: zhangdi@whut.edu.cn) and Jinfen Zhang (Wuhan University of Technology, China. Email: jinfen.zhang@whut.edu.cn). Please submit the paper directly to the organizers of the special session.

(3) Special Session on "Computational Approaches for Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis of Complex Structural and Mechanical Systems" Organized by Yi Zhang (Tsinghua University, China. Email: zhang-yi@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn). Please submit the paper directly to the organizers of the special session.

(4) Special Session on "Uncertainty Quantification of Time-Varying Systems" Organized by Professor Zhonglai Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China. Email:  wzhonglai@uestc.edu.cn) and Professor Shunpeng Zhu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China. Email:  zspeng2007@uestc.edu.cn)and Assistant Professor Dequan Zhang (Hebei University of Technology, China. Email:  dequan.zhang@hebut.edu.cn).  Please submit the paper directly to the organizers of the special session.

(5) Special Session on "Reliability Analysis of Complex Systems" Organized by Professor Liudong Xing (University of Massachusetts, USA. Email:  lxing@umassd.edu) and Chaonan Wang (Jinan University, China. Email:  c_wang@jnu.edu.cn).  Please submit the paper directly to the organizers of the special session.