Assistant Professor , Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Phone +852 34429456 Email longchen cityu.edu hk Accepting PhD Students 1765 Scopus Citations 24 Scopus h-index Research activity per year Personal profile ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6771-752X Scopus Author ID: 57218501068 ResearcherID: IQT-7058-2023 Google Scholar Profile: VFUwss4AAAAJ Metrics for Academic and Research Impact Research Interests/Areas Digital construction management Building Information Modelling (BIM) & Digital Twins AI in Civil Engineering Innovative data-driven approaches Education/Academic qualification PhD, Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong Award Date: 11 Jan 2019 BEng, Civil (Hydraulic) Engineering, Tsinghua University Award Date: 30 Jun 2014 Postdoc Fellow, Alan Turing Institute 25 Nov 2018 → 20 Jul 2020 Postdoc Fellow, Imperial College London 25 Nov 2018 → 20 Jul 2020 Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s): SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 13 Climate Action SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals 4 Similar Profiles Digital Twin Engineering 100% Building Information Modeling Engineering 95% Building Information Model Computer Science 62% Greenhouse Gas Emissions Social Sciences 40% Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis Social Sciences 38% Decision-Making Computer Science 37% Interdependency Computer Science 37% Case Study Computer Science 34% Collaborations from the last five years Select a place to view shared publications and projects Research output 47 RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal 11 RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) 4 RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) 4 RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) 2 More 2 Editorial Preface 2 Editorial Preface Research output per year Research output per year Semi-automated localised updating for as-built BIM of piping systems using point cloud data Zhang, Y., Chen, L. , Lu, Q., Zou, Y., Xiahou, X., Sølvsten, S. & Hancock, C., Jan 2026 , In: Automation in Construction. 181 , Part A , 22 p. , 106609. Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Point Cloud 100% Building Information Model 100% Case Study 20% Spatial Relationship 20% Data Mining 20% 3 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus) Semi-automated localised updating for as-built BIM of piping systems using point cloud data Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Point Cloud 100% Building Information Model 100% Spatial Relationship 20% Data Mining 20% A knowledge-driven approach for automated fire safety compliance checking in operational buildings Chen, D., Chen, L. , Yang, Y., Lu, Q., Hancock, C., Lock, R. & Sølvsten, S., 15 Mar 2026 , In: Knowledge-Based Systems. 336 , 18 p. , 115156. Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Driven Approach 100% Heterogeneous Data 100% Design Phase 100% Intensive Task 100% Semantic Integration 100% 3 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus) A knowledge-driven approach for automated fire safety compliance checking in operational buildings Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Driven Approach 100% Heterogeneous Data 100% Design Phase 100%

Intensive Task 100% Semantic Integration 100% Revealing higher-order interactions through multimodal irreversibility in flood-affected transportation networks Lin, X., Chen, L. , Lu, Q., Zhao, P. & Cheng, T., Feb 2026 , In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 266 , Part A , 20 p. , 111726. Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Open Access File Transportation 100% Transportation Network 100% Transportation Mode 100% Extreme Weather Event 100% Transport 100% 6 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus) 17 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) Revealing higher-order interactions through multimodal irreversibility in flood-affected transportation networks Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Transportation 100% Transportation Network 100% Transportation Mode 100% Extreme Weather Event 100% Field-theory inspired physics-informed graph neural network for reliable traffic flow prediction under urban flooding Lin, X., Lu, Q., Zhao, P., Chen, L. , Tang, J., Guan, D. & Broyd, T., Jan 2026 , In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 265 , Part A , 111487. Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Open Access File Traffic Flow Prediction 100% Graph Neural Network 100% Urban Flooding 100% Urban Transportation System 66% Traffic Prediction 40% 15 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus) 40 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) Field-theory inspired physics-informed graph neural network for reliable traffic flow prediction under urban flooding Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Traffic Flow Prediction 100% Graph Neural Network 100% Urban Flooding 100% Urban Transportation System 66% Traffic Prediction 40% Common data environment for digital twins from building to city levels Yan, J., Lu, Q., Li, N., Chen, L. & Pitt, M., Jun 2025 , In: Automation in Construction. 174 , 106131. Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Open Access File Data Management 100% Digital Twin 100% Smart City 66% Future Direction 33% Data Source 33% 16 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus) 103 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) Common data environment for digital twins from building to city levels Research output : Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review Data Management 100% Digital Twin 100% Future Direction 33% Data Source 33% Projects per year TBL(CityU): SyncVerse-LLM: A Synchronous Metaverse and Multi-Agent Large Language Model Environment for Multi-Location Team-Based Learning in Large Engineering Communication Classes CHEN, L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) 29/06/26 → … Project : Research Class Communication 100% Large Language Model 100% multi agent 100% TBL(CityU): SyncVerse-LLM: A Synchronous Metaverse and Multi-Agent Large Language Model Environment for Multi-Location Team-Based Learning in Large Engineering Communication Classes CHEN, L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) Project : Research Class Communication 100% Large Language Model 100% multi agent 100% ECS: FireEye: Digital Twinning Old Buildings for Fire Safety Inspection based on Semantic visual SLAM and Graph Models CHEN, L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) 1/10/25 → … Project : Research Building Fire Safety 100% Fire Safety 100% Building Performance 100% Occupant Behavior 100% Pixel Accuracy 50% ECS: FireEye: Digital Twinning Old Buildings for Fire Safety Inspection based on Semantic visual SLAM and Graph Models CHEN, L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) Project : Research Building Fire Safety 100% Fire Safety 100% Building Performance 100% Occupant Behavior 100% Pixel Accuracy 50% NSFC-YPC-HK: Research on Human-AI Trust Mechanism, Collaborative Decision-Making Model, and Strategy Optimisation for Building Fire Risk Inspection CHEN, L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) 1/01/27 → … Project : Research NSFC-YPC-HK: Research on Human-AI Trust Mechanism, Collaborative Decision-Making Model, and Strategy Optimisation for Building Fire Risk Inspection CHEN, L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) Project : Research Supervised Students Qihua CHEN, 陳其鏵 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student) Construction Site 100% Language Modeling 66% Knowledge Graph 50% Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning 50% Safety Management 50% Qihua CHEN, 陳其鏵 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student) Construction Site 100% Language Modeling 66% Knowledge Graph 50% Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning 50% Safety Management 50% Mr. Runfeng MA, 馬潤峰 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student) Mr. Runfeng MA, 馬潤峰 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student) Qizhuo SUN, 孫奇卓 Department of Systems Engineering Person: Professional Doctorate (Student) Qizhuo SUN, 孫奇卓 Department of Systems Engineering Person: Professional Doctorate (Student) Anna ZHENG, 鄭安娜 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student) Anna ZHENG, 鄭安娜 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student)