Development and Application of Small Object Visual Recognition Algorithm in Assisting Safety Management of Tower Cranes

Prof. Dr. Xiao Sun is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Intelligent Water Conservancy and Intelligent Disaster Reduction, the Head of the Department of Safety Engineering, the Master's Supervisor of Hydraulic Structure/Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Management, and a recipient of the Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Deputy General Talent Project. In 2012, he graduated with a Master's degree from Hohai University in hydraulic structures, In 2016, he obtained a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University in the United States. After obtaining the Ph.D. degree, he entered the Missouri University of Technology in the United States for postdoctoral research in 2017. He has served as a visiting researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the United States. He also serves as a member of the Digital Construction Academic Committee of the Chinese Architectural Society and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, serving as a reviewer for journals such as Cement and Concrete Composites, Construction and Building Materials, Automation in Construction, The Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, etc. His research areas include the phase transition and rheology of cement-based materials, digital construction technology, underwater repair materials, and intelligent safety control.

Prof. Dr. Zhenghong Tian successively served as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Hydraulic Structures and the Director of the Experimental Center of the School of Water Resources and Hydropower. He also serves as the International Engineer Certification and Assessment Officer of the China Association of Engineers, is a member of the Concrete Quality Committee of the China Society of Civil Engineering, is a member of the Concrete and Cement Products Special Committee of the China Ceramics Society, etc. He graduated from Southeast University with bachelors and Master's degrees, and from Hohai University with a doctoral degree. He has long been engaged in the research of the intelligent construction and management of water conservancy and civil engineering, as well as the development and application of advanced materials. He is the main leader of the "Smart Water Conservancy" discipline at Hohai University. He has won one first prize for China's power innovation, two second prizes for scientific and technological progress from the China Society of Dam Engineering, one second prize for scientific and technological progress in China's hydropower generation, and one excellent invention award from Jiangsu Province. His research directions include engineering construction process science, intelligent construction equipment and technology, twin technology and advanced materials, intelligent diagnosis and repair of defects, and the intelligent control of construction safety.