Deputy Chief Engineer, Water Resources Agency, MOEA

Chao-Chung Chien

Chief of the Hydrological Technology Group and Conservation Group of the Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Distinguished Professor & Chief Secretary, National Cheng Kung University

Wei-Cheng Lo

Dr. Lo is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, where he has served since 2005 following the completion of his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on inundation modeling, land subsidence analysis, and he specializes in theoretical and computational subsurface hydrology, geomechanics, and geosciences. Professor Lo’s expertise has earned him appointments to several high-level government advisory boards, including his role as convener of the Flooding Group within the Disaster Prevention and Protection Expert Advisory Committee of the Executive Yuan. He also contributes to the advancement of his field as an associate editor for two leading international journals: Journal of Hydrology and Advances in Water Resources.

Civil Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Cameron Carpenter

Professor, Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Tamkang University

Li-Chiu Chang

This presentation introduces the development of an AI-driven full-hydrograph flood forecasting system for reservoir catchments. It addresses the challenges of rainfall–runoff forecasting and recession flow estimation by integrating the strengths of AI technologies with traditional hydrological methods. A Hybrid Model is proposed, combining Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) with the storage function method, to achieve accurate prediction of the entire flood hydrograph. Case studies in Taiwan’s reservoirs and river basins will be highlighted, demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach in operational flood forecasting. The talk will further explore how AI-enhanced forecasting supports decision-making in reservoir operations and flood risk management, contributing to resilient and sustainable water resource strategies under climate change.

Director of Regional Business, Pacific Ocean Division,US Army Corps of Engineers

Jose E. Sanchez

Mr. Sánchez, a Senior Executive Service member since 2013, currently serves as Director of Regional Business for the Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). He oversees operations across Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, and Korea, leading 1,700 personnel and managing an over $2B program. Previously, he was Deputy Director of R&D and Deputy Chief Scientist for USACE (2017–2022) and Director of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (2013–2017). With over 29 years of service, he has led major research, engineering, and operational programs. A licensed and Board-Certified Professional Engineer, he holds civil engineering degrees and has earned multiple prestigious awards.

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

Li-Pen Wang

Dr. Li-Pen Wang is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU) and Deputy Director of the NTUCE-NCREE Joint AI Research Centre. He specializes in hydrometeorology and computational statistics, with research interests in rainfall modelling, climate risk assessment, and sensor development. He also serves as an external consultant for the UK Met Office and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prior to joining NTU, he held postdoctoral positions at Imperial College London and KU Leuven, led catastrophe risk modelling at MiCRO, and co-founded the UK-based start-up Rain++.