SMM News
New Publication on Utility-Driven Model Selection for Digital Twins
A new study by Konstantinos Vlachas, Antonios Kamariotis and Eleni Chatzi introduces an adaptive framework that enables structural digital twins to select the most suitable computational model according to evolving operational requirements.
PHLieNet: Hypernetwork-Based Forecasting
Led by Pantelis Vlachas, in collaboration with Konstantinos Vlachas and Eleni Chatzi, this work forming part of the TURING Horizon project, presents a new hypernetwork-based approach for adaptive and generalisable forecasting in complex parametric dynamical systems.
Survey on Unsupervised Vision–Language Model Adaptation Accepted in IJCV
A comprehensive survey co-authored by Hao Dong, a member of the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETHZ and the IMOS Lab at EPFL, has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Computer Vision. The work introduces a unified taxonomy of methods for adapting vision–language models without labelled data.
BIM2Struct: Connecting lifecycle building data with seismic assessment
A new web-based implementation of BIM2Struct enables the automatic conversion of updated BIM information into analysis-ready nonlinear OpenSees models. Developed by Huangbin Liang as part of the EU-funded INBLANC project, the framework supports lifecycle seismic assessment by linking inspection and monitoring data with structural analysis.
SMM at the 9th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring
The Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zürich is pleased to participate in the 9th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (9WCSCM), which opened today at the historic Sheffield City Hall. The conference brings together the international structural engineering community to discuss the latest advances in structural control, structural health monitoring, digital twins, and intelligent infrastructure.
SMM at WCCM–ECCOMAS 2026 in Munich
The Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring is participating in WCCM–ECCOMAS 2026, taking place in Munich from 20 to 24 July 2026. Through a series of presentations, a jointly organised minisymposium and a plenary lecture, members of the Chair and their collaborators will contribute to discussions spanning computational mechanics, scientific machine learning, model calibration, reduced-order modelling and engineering decision support.
Giacomo Arcieri awarded the ETH Medal for his doctoral dissertation
We warmly congratulate Dr. Giacomo Arcieri, member of the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zurich, on receiving the ETH Medal for his outstanding doctoral dissertation on decision making under uncertainty for infrastructure systems.
Neuro-Symbolic ODE Discovery at the ICML 2026 Workshop
Do not miss the poster “Neuro-Symbolic ODE Discovery with Latent Grammar Flow” by Karin Yu, Georgios Kissas, and Eleni Chatzi, presented by Orestis Oikonomou at the 4th Structured Probabilistic Inference & Generative Modeling Workshop, held as part of ICML 2026.
Welcome Andrés Ignacio Martinez Colán to the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring
Andrés Ignacio Martinez Colán has joined the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring as a doctoral researcher through a collaboration with TNO. His research will advance system-level reliability assessment of building structures by integrating structural mechanics, probabilistic modelling, and Bayesian updating, with an initial focus on timber buildings.
Towards Real-Time Detection of Cracks in Train Wheelset Axles
Early detection of cracks in train wheelset axles is critical for railway safety. Work led by Ehsan Naghizadeh introduces Higher-Order Transmissibility (HOTr), a feature derived from nonlinear vibration signatures, together with an efficient reduced-order modeling strategy that dramatically accelerates crack identification and opens the door to near real-time in-service monitoring.