Planning Visit to Korea: A Catalyst for Collaboration on Civil Infrastructure Research Involving Monitored Data

本次规划访问将使用从韩国各种结构系统收集的监测数据，以应用、验证和测试非参数方法。没有先验信息或物理假设的结构的利益，这需要昂贵的现场/实验室测量，非参数方法可以用来作出有用的工程判断，使用数据从最少数量的传感器。与美国不同，韩国对重要民用基础设施的监控是由法律规定的，能否接触到我们的韩国同行？丰富的数据库将对开发和验证方法至关重要。此次访问和随后的研究工作将对如何有意义地准确解释大量传感器数据产生积极影响。它的重要性在FHWA的长期桥梁性能（LTBP）计划和USGS的滑坡灾害计划的当前发展中得到高度强调。这次计划访问将促进国际研究合作，预计在不久的将来将产生正在进行的研究项目。使用基于传感器的仪器监测民用基础设施是高度多学科的，参与这次规划访问的研究生将有一个独特的机会接触到多学科研究的现实需求。

This planning visit is to use monitoring data collected from various structural systems in Korea in order to apply, validate, and test non-parametric methodologies. Without a priori information or physical assumptions on the structures of interest, which requires expensive field/laboratory measurements, non-parametric methodologies can be used to make useful engineering judgments using data from a minimal number of sensors. Unlike the US, the monitoring of important civil infrastructure in Korea is mandated by laws, and access to our Korean counterparts? rich data pools will be important to developing and validating the methodologies.This visit and the ensuing research efforts will positively impact how voluminous sensor data can be meaningfully and accurately interpreted. Its importance is highly emphasized in the current development of the Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Program by FHWA and the Landslide Hazards Program by USGS. This planning visit is to catalyze international research collaborations, and it is expected to yield ongoing research ventures in the near future. Monitoring civil infrastructure using sensor-based instrumentation is highly multi-disciplinary, and the graduate student involved in this planning visit will have a unique opportunity of being exposed to real-life needs of multi-disciplinary research.