Welcome To The
P
M
Research Group!
Jui-Sheng
Rayson Chou specializes in project management and engineering informatics. He is
a Chair Professor at the
Department of Civil and
Construction Engineering and the Dean for General Affairs at the
National Taiwan University
of Science and Technology. Dr. Chou received his Ph.D. in
Construction Engineering
and Project Management from the Department
of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
at
The University of Texas at
Austin. He holds professional engineering licenses and currently
serves as the
Program Chair (Convener)
of the Civil & Hydraulic
Program at the National Science and
Technology Council, Taiwan (NSTC),
in addition to his involvement in
professional committees. He has provided
consulting services
to numerous private and public engineering organizations. He is the primary
author of hundreds of
journal articles,
book chapters, conference papers, and technical reports on data science
and artificial intelligence (AI) in engineering
management.
Many of his articles
have been published in high-impact journals. He is one of the most highly cited
scholars in his domain, according to
Scopus,
and
ResearchGate.
As a devoted researcher and educator, he has mentored over 120
graduate talents and is a member of several international journal
editorial boards.
He has received numerous
awards and honors
and is ranked among the
world's top scientists
in
Building
& Construction;
Information & Communication Technologies.
He has been awarded
merit
for his NSTC
research. He has been nominated for the
Eni Award. He
has been honored twice with the
NSTC
Outstanding Research Award.
He has
twice been
awarded the NSTC
Excellent Young Scholar Research Project; he has twice won the
CCMA Best
Construction Management Journal Paper of the Year; He has won multiple Best
Paper Awards at reputable international/domestic conferences, several Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Awards, the
MOE Excellent
Senior Faculty Award, the University Outstanding/Excellent Faculty Research
Award six times, and the Excellent Industry-University Collaboration Faculty
Award.
Elsevier has
recognized him for his outstanding contribution to review, and he is the author
of
ESI Highly Cited Papers and
Elsevier/ASCE
Most Cited Articles at some time in the past. He has an endowed chair and a
distinguished professorship at the
National Taiwan University
of Science and Technology, is the Del E. Webb Eminent Scholar at
the
Del E. Webb School of
Construction by
Arizona State University,
and holds the
RISUD
Visiting Fellowship (Construction Management) at
The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, as awarded by the Kwong Wah Education Foundation. His
primary teaching and research interests
are engineering informatics related to civil & hydraulic engineering, building energy management, cost &
financial management, technology & project management, quantitative analytics &
intelligence, decision analysis, and
risk reduction. In particular, his Project
intelligence
& Management (PiM)
Research Lab mainly applies fundamental theories, professional skills &
scientific techniques of artificial intelligence & machine/deep learning (AI．ML．DL),
information technology (IT), and data science (multivariate statistics (MS), structural equation
modeling (SEM), and Monte Carlo simulation (MCS)) to the following
research areas.
I.【AI．ML．DL．IT】Civil & Hydraulic Engineering Informatics: Data Mining for Knowledge Discovery
Intelligent Prediction System Development • Applied Machine/Deep Learning • Nature-inspired Metaheuristic Optimization
II.【MS．SEM】Project Quantitative Analytics for
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Building Energy Management
• Quantitative
Project Management
• Sustainable
Development
III.【MS．MCS】Decision, Risk, Failure Analysis & Disaster Management
Investment Decision & Risk Analysis
• Engineering Failure Analysis
• Disaster Risk Reduction
PI of PiM Lab
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Current Position |
Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Program Chair, Civil and Hydraulic Engineering Program, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan Dean for General Affairs, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Director of Hsinchu Campus Division, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Merit Research Fellow, National Science and Technology Council |
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Education |
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, USA |
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Academic & Industrial Experience |
Program Chair (2024-Present), Civil and Hydraulic Engineering Program, Department of Engineering and Technologies, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan Chair Professor (2021-Present), Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Dean for General Affairs (2021-Present), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Director of Hsinchu Campus Division (2021-Present), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Editor, The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology (UD-JST) (2024- ) Merit Research Fellow (2023-2026), National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan Visiting Professor (2023), The Ohio State University Council Member (2023-2026), Taiwan Reliability Engineering Society, Taipei, Taiwan Editorial Board Memeber (2022-2023), Construction News Record Committee Member (2021-2024), Taipei City Public Debt Management Committee, Department of Finance, Taipei City Government, Taiwan Review Committee Member (2018-Present), Department of Engineering and Technologies, NSTC, Taiwan Committee Member (2017-2023), Central Public Debt Management Committee, Ministry of Finance, Taiwan Guest Editor (2015-2019), Automation in Construction • Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier, Netherlands Technical Consultant • UTRUST (2022.01-2024.07) • YongTian Group (2021.02-2022.01) • EnKoYu Co. (2015.07-2018.01) Visiting Professor and Del E. Webb Eminent Scholar (2023, 2015-2016), Construction Management | Del E. Webb School of Construction, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University Visiting Fellow (Construction Management) (2015-2018), Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Research Fellow (2013-2014), Taiwan Construction Research Institute Visiting Professor (2009), Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Distinguished Professor • Full Professor • Associate Professor • Assistant Professor (2008-2020), Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Assistant Professor (2005-2008), Department of Business Administration, National Chung Cheng University Graduate Research Assistant • Licensed Professional Engineer (Civil & Geotechnical Engineering) (1999-2005), The University of Texas at Austin - CEPM • Center for Transportation Research • HWA HSIN Insurance Adjusters & Surveyors Co. • SINOTECH • MAA Consulting Co. |
| Professional Qualifications |
Certificate in EMI Skills, University of Cambridge, UK (2022) Licensed Professional Geotechnical Engineer (1998), R.O.C. Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (1999), R.O.C. Licensed Professional Soil & Water Conservation Engineer (2001), R.O.C. Ministry of Labor Affairs: Certification of Surveying (1998), R.O.C. |
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Office |
E2-217, Engineering Building II |
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Phone |
(02) 2737-6321 |
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Fax |
(02) 2737-6606 |
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PIM Lab |
T2-223-4, Engineering Building II Phone: (02) 2733-3141 ext. 7577
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Civil & Hydraulic Engineering Program Office |
Urban Disaster Prevention and Protection Project Office
Phone: (02) 2730-3693 |
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Mailing Address |
(en) 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan Department of Civil and Construction Engineering National Taiwan
University of Science and Technology
(ch) 臺北市大安區106基隆路四段43號 |
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