The 3rd Conference of Global Chinese Scholars on Hydrodynamics (CCSH2026)

Qiuhua Liang is Chair Professor of Water Engineering at Loughborough University, UNESCO Chair in Informatics and Multi-hazard Risk Reduction, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), one of the UK’s highest honours for engineering. His research has helped shape the evolution of modern computational hydraulics through pioneering advances in high-performance numerical modelling and digital technologies for flood and multi-hazard risk management, with applications to flooding and other natural hazards, including landslides, debris flows and tsunamis.

Professor Liang developed the open-source High-Performance Integrated Hydrodynamic Modelling System (HiPIMS), a multi-GPU modelling platform adopted by researchers, government agencies and practitioners in around 40 countries for flood risk assessment, forecasting and emergency management. HiPIMS has been deployed within the UK’s National Digital Twin Programme and showcased by the UK Environment Agency as a flagship impact case study demonstrating how research investment can transform flood and coastal risk management.

Professor Liang has founded or leads several major international initiatives, including the UNESCO Chair in Informatics and Multi-hazard Risk Reduction, the Global Partnership for Smart Informatics and Multi-hazard Reduction (SIMR), and the IRDR International Centre of Excellence on Informatics and Disaster Resilience (ICEIDR). In recognition of his pioneering contributions to computational hydraulics and disaster resilience, he received the 2024 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.