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SIAM4

4th International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management

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The International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management is annual event organized for a small group of researchers, focused on the development of methods and processes to be used in the management of infrastructure, to present and discuss their most advanced ideas. There is no focus on a particular type of infrastructure.

SIAM4 or SIAM 2022 - the 4th International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management - will be hosted on June 4 & 5 by the Northwestern University Transportation Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.



JUNE 4 & 5, 2022

Northwestern University, Evanston

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By invitation only - contact Pablo L. Durango-Cohen for more information.


For additional information about registration, abstracts and paper submissions, location and hotel accommodations, organizing committees, the host organization and more, please click on the tabs below. 

SIAM4 - 4th International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management

Please register for SIAM4 by March 31, 2022.

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The $200 registration fee covers the cost of meals and materials for the two-day conference, as well as a formal dinner for registered attendees on the evening of June 4th. Guests of registered conference attendees are welcome to attend the formal dinner at TBD per person. Additional information and purchasing options are provided on the Eventbrite registration page linked above.

Travel Schedules permitting, on Friday afternoon, June 3rd, SIAM4 participants and their guests are invited to take part of a social outing to Chicago’s central business district known as, “The Loop.” For $50 per person, the outing will include The Chicago River Architecture Tour, as well as an opportunity to visit landmark buildings in Chicago or shop along the world-famous Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue. The fee includes transportation to and from the downtown area. While advance registration for the social outing is not required at the time of general SIAM4 registration, we request that interested SIAM4 participants and guests register for the social excursion early for planning purposes.

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Cancellation Policy

Registration cancellations prior to April 30, 2022 are refundable minus Eventbrite processing fees. Please contact Pablo Durango-Cohen for more details.

By invitation only - contact Pablo L. Durango-Cohen for more information.

Abstracts

Please email the title of your talk, along with a brief abstract (300 words max.) and speaker bio (300 words max) to pdc@northwestern.edu by March 31, 2022.

Papers & Presentations

As in past symposia, we want to collect the papers and slide decks being presented for distribution among participants.  Please email your papers (in .pdf format) and presentations (in .pptx, .pdf, or other similar format) to pdc@northwestern.edu by April 30, 2022.

Topics

All topics related to methods and processes that can be used in the management of infrastructure, including those to determine optimal monitoring and intervention strategies and programs. Some examples are 1) methods to improve the modelling of deterioration or changes in what is expected of infrastructure, 2) improved ways to conduct parts of the infrastructure management process, such as risk assessment or the development of intervention programs, and 3) the role of contractual agreements in the effectiveness of the management of infrastructure.

SIAM4 Preliminary Agenda

Abstracts and Presenter Bios

Saturday, June 4, 2022

8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

9 a.m. – Welcome Remarks
Pablo L. Durango-Cohen, Northwestern University

9:10 a.m. – Keynote Address
Robert Peskin, Conceptual Model Integrating Transit Asset Management and Financial Planning

9:45 a.m. – Session 1 – Asset Management Tools to Address Emerging Issues in Planning and Project Delivery
Session Chair – Joe Schofer
Daijiro Mizutani, Optimal Repair Policies for Infrastructure Systems with Life Cycle Cost Minimization and Annual Cost Leveling
Panagiotis Anastasopoulos, An In-Depth Econometric Analysis of Pavement Performance and Service Life by Pavement Rehabilitation Treatment Type and Delivery Method

10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

11 a.m. – Session 2 – Designing and Managing Infrastructure for Equity, Sustainability, and Resilience I
Session Chair – Bryan Adey
Jing Yu, Considering Environmental Impact in Pavement Design: An Input-Output Model with Substitution
Yun-Chi Yu & Paolo Gardoni, Optimal Community Planning and Policies for Improving Transportation Connectivity to Essential Facilities after Earthquakes
Samer Madanat, Tradeoffs Between Optimality and Equity in Transportation Network Protection against Sea Level Rise

12:30 p.m. – Lunch

2 p.m. – Session 3 – Modeling and Tools to Support Asset Management
Session Chair – Rabi Mishalani
Craig Richmond, Jointly Optimal Policies for Pavement Maintenance, Repaving and Reconstruction: A Different Approach
Arnold Yuan, Value of Information for Flexible Asset Management Policies: A Gamma Process Approach
Ricardo Archilla, Optimal Assignment of Safety Treatments to Reduced Roadway Departure (RWD) Crashes

3:30 p.m. – Coffee Break

4 p.m. – Session 4 – Asset Management Practice and Research Frontiers
Session Chair – Paolo Gardoni
Angelo Asnake, Safety Integrated Strategic Pavement Management Using a Hybrid Approach of Stochastic and Deterministic Process as a Practical Solution in Developing Countries: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sue McNeil, Asset Management Plans: State-of-the-Practice and Research Opportunities in State Departments of Transportation in the United States

5 p.m. – Adjournment

6:30 – 10 p.m. – Dinner at The Barn, Rear 1016 Church St. Evanston, IL 60201

Sunday, June 5, 2022

8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

9 a.m. – Session 5 – Designing and Managing Infrastructure for Equity, Sustainability, and Resilience II
Session Chair – Robert Peskin
Rabi Mishalani, Incorporating Resilience in Infrastructure Investment Decision-Making
Saviz Moghtadernejad, Determination of Post-Disaster Restoration Programs for Road Networks Using a Double-Stage Optimization Approach
Joe Schofer, Managing Infrastructure Assets for Resilience

10:30 a.m. – Coffee Break

11 a.m. – Session 6 – Managing Rail Infrastructure
Session Chair – Arnold Yuan
Bryan Adey, Assessing the Effects of Intervention Free Periods on Railway Intervention Costs and Service
Adrian Hernandez, Framework to Support Infrastructure Upgrades for Decarbonization of U.S. Freight Rail

12 p.m. – Lunch

1:30 p.m. – Session 7 – Emerging Technologies and Methods to Support Asset Management
Session Chair – Sue McNeil
Taichi Ishikawa, Local Anomaly Detection on Slopes Based on Deep Learning with a Point Cloud
Cristina Torres-Machi, Can Satellite Data Be Used to Estimate Pavement Roughness?
Jinwoo Lee, Autonomous Condition Monitoring-Based Pavement Management System

3 p.m. – Coffee Break

3:15 p.m. – Session 8 – Emerging Methods and Issues in Asset Management
Session Chair – Samer Madanat
Sam Labi, Infrastructure Preparations for CAV: A Conversation on Demand and Supply Perspectives, and a Numerical Case Study on Dedicated Lane Deployment Scheduling
Jorge Prozzi, Estimating Pavement Friction at a Network Level
Omar Swei, Electrification of the Vehicle Fleet and its Effect on the Global Warming Potential of Roadways

4:45 p.m. – Final Remarks and Adjournment

Note: All talks are 20 minutes with 10 minutes for Q&A.

Event Location

SIAM4 will be hosted by the Northwestern University Transportation Center, located on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois. Sessions will be held in the lower level of NUTC's Chambers Hall (address below).

Northwestern University Transportation Center
600 Foster Street, Evanston, Illinois 60208

 

Travel & Transport

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), typically referred to as O'Hare Airport, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is an international airport located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, 16 miles southwest of Evanston.

  • Address: 10000 W O'Hare Ave, Chicago, IL 60666
  • Code: ORD
  • Public Transit: CTA Blue Line - O'Hare
  • Taxis (at arrivals gate), Uber & Lyft

Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), typically referred to as Midway Airport, Chicago Midway, or simply Midway, is a major commercial airport on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, located 25 miles south of Evanston.

  • Address: 5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60638
  • Code: MDW
  • Public Transit: CTA Orange Line - Midway
  • Taxis (at arrivals gate), Uber & Lyft

 

Hotel Accommodations

A block of rooms has been for registered attendees of SIAM4 at the The Graduate Hotel in Evanston. To reserve your room at the special group discounted rate, please contact The Graduate directly. As a courtesy, we request that participants book their rooms as soon as possible and no later than April 15

The booking link is: TBD

For additional information, please contact Andrea Cehaic of NUTC.

The Graduate Hotel Evanston 
1625 Hinman Ave | Evanston, IL 60201

 


 

Organizing Committee

• Pablo L. Durango-Cohen - Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University.
• Andrea Cehaic - Program Assistant, Northwestern University Transportation Center

 

Steering Committee

• Bryan Tyrone Adey - Chair of Infrastructure Management, Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management (IBI), ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Pablo L. Durango-Cohen - Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
• Kiyoyuki Kaito - Researcher, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi - Director of the Management Research Center of the Graduate School of Management and Professor of Engineering, Infrastructure Economics & Management, Department of Urban Management of Kyoto University, Japan
• Samer Madanat - Dean of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi
• Sue McNeil - Professor, and Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, USA

SIAM

The International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management is annual event organized for a small group of researchers, focused on the development of methods and processes to be used in the management of infrastructure, to present and discuss their most advanced ideas. There is no focus on a particular type of infrastructure.

All topics related to methods and processes that can be used in the management of infrastructure, including those to determine optimal monitoring and intervention strategies and programs. Some examples are 1) methods to improve the modelling of deterioration or changes in what is expected of infrastructure, 2) improved ways to conduct parts of the infrastructure management process, such as risk assessment or the development of intervention programs, and 3) the role of contractual agreements in the effectiveness of the management of infrastructure.

 

NUTC

SIAM4 is hosted by Northwestern University Transportation Center, a leading interdisciplinary education and research institution serving industry, government, and the public.

NUTC was founded in 1954 to make substantive and enduring contributions to the movement of materials, people, energy, and information. In so doing, NUTC aims to influence national and international transportation policy, management, operations, and technological developments.

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