讲座题目：Publish Successfully – Some Important Aspects

讲座时间：2024/04/22（周一） 9:30-11:15

讲座地点：创新港2号巨构2072

讲座人：Michael Beer 教授

      Biography: Michael Beer is Professor and Head of the Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. He is also a part-time Professor at the University of Liverpool and a guest Professor at Tongji University and Tsinghua University, China. He obtained a doctoral degree from Technical University Dresden, Germany, and worked for Rice University, National University of Singapore, and the University of Liverpool, UK. Dr. Beer’s research focuses on uncertainty quantification in engineering, emphasizing imprecise probabilities. Dr. Beer is the editor and chief of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A Civil Engineering, and Part B Mechanical Engineering. He is also Editor in Chief (joint) of the Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering and Associate Editor of Information Sciences. He has won several awards, including the Alfredo Ang Award for Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure of ASCE. Dr. Beer is the Chairman of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) and a Co-Chair of the Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee (RRMC), Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD), ASCE. He is serving on the Executive Board of the International Safety and Reliability Association (IASSAR), on the Executive Board of the European Association of Structural Dynamics (EASD), and on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (IAPSAM). He is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Member of ASCE (EMI), ASME, CERRA, IACM, and GACM.

讲座简介：The presentation will highlight some key issues to take care of when preparing journal papers. Advice will be provided on how to select the right journal for the paper, how to define the right paper type, and how to work out a research paper with emphasis on the key items that make it a research paper. In addition to these basic items, information will be provided on how to address reviewer comments, how to understand editorial decisions, and how to deal with conflicting information and problems. Overall, the information provided targets increasing the chance for success when submitting journal papers. This presentation is based on my own experience as an author, reviewer, and handling and associate editor for several international journals.