Plenary and Keynote Speakers

Dr. Marte Gutierrez
Colorado School of Mines, USA
Plenary Speaker

Dr. Marte Gutierrez is the James R. Paden Distinguished Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Center for Underground Transportation Infrastructure (CUT-I) of Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Previously, he worked for 11 years at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and six years as an Associate Professor/Professor at Virginia Tech. He has published over 370 papers in book chapters, journals, and conference proceedings, given keynote and invited lectures at several conferences. He has been responsible for more than US$ 25 million in research funding. Dr. Gutierrez is an Associate Editor of three international journals and a member of the Editorial Board of four other international journals. He is the recipient of the 2011 Geotechnical Research Medal from the UK’s Institute of Civil Engineers, the 2017 Applied Rock Mechanics Research Award and the 2020 Rock Mechanics Research Award both from the American Rock Mechanics Association, the 2016 Peter A. Cundall Honorable Mention Award, the Kwanghua Visiting Professorship from Tongji University, five Best Paper Awards and five Outstanding Reviewer and Editorial Board Member Awards. Dr. Gutierrez’s main research interests are in Geomechanics for Energy, Environmental, and Transportation Sustainability.

Topic of Plenary: Application of Machine Learning in Underground Construction and Tunneling
Plenary Abstract