• 24 December 2020 – Jinghua Jiang (PhD Candidate), Prof Qiuhua Liang, Dr Xilin Xia and collaborator from Xi’an University of Technology, China jointly published a paper, entitled “A coupled hydrodynamic and particle-tracking model for full-process simulation of nonpoint source pollutants “, in Environmental Modelling & Software.
• 15 December 2020 – Professor Qiuhua Liang and Dr Huili Chen attended the virtual Annual Dialogue of the Koshi DRR Knowledge Hub. Dr Huili Chen gave a talk on ‘Assessing GLOF exposure using high-performance hydrodynamic modelling and open-source data’.
• 10 September 2020 – Professor Qiuhua Liang recently received a new research grant from UKRI to develop new modelling technology for near-real-time flood risk assessment (PYRAMID; NE/V003321/1).
• 6 September 2020 – Dr Syed Kabir and co-authors jointly published a paper, entitled “A deep convolutional neural network model for rapid prediction of fluvial flood inundation“, in Journal of Hydrology.
• 29 May 2020 – Dr Huili Chen and co-authors jointly published a paper, entitled “Extraction of connected river networks from multi-temporal remote sensing imagery using a path tracking technique“, in Remote Sensing of Environment.
• 29 May 2020 – Dr Xiaodong Ming and co-authors jointly published a paper, entitled “Real-time flood forecasting based on a high-performance 2D hydrodynamic model and numerical weather predictions“, in Water Resources Research.
• 20 May 2020 – Dr Xilin Xia, Prof Qiuhua Liang and collaborators from TU Berlin and other Universities jointly published a review paper, entitled “Neurocomputing in Surface Water Hydrology and Hydraulics: A Review of Two Decades Retrospective, Current Status and Future Prospects“, in Journal of Hydrology.
• 12 May 2020 – Dr Ling Jiang and co-authors published a new paper, entitled “A Multi-Scale Mapping Approach Based on a Deep Learning CNN Model for Reconstructing High-Resolution Urban DEMs“, in the Water journal.
• 22 April 2020 – Professor Qiuhua Liang appointed as a management director of the International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR).
• 17 April 2020 – Professor Qiuhua Liang invited to become an associate editor of Journal of Hydro-environment Research.
• 30 Mar 2020 – Dr Huili Chen, Dr Xilin Xia and Prof Qiuhua Liang gave a webinar on HiPIMS including tutorial to ICIMOD and other partners from Nepal.
• 26 Feb 2020 – Prof Qiuhua Liang delivered Inaugural Lecture in High-Performance Computational Hydraulics for Natural Hazard Risk and Resilience Research.