The 31st International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES 2025) was held in Changsha from May 25 to 29. It attracted more than 2,300 scholars from 30 countries and regions, including the United States, Singapore, Australia, and the United Kingdom, to discuss and exchange ideas in frontier and interdisciplinary areas such as mechanics, new materials, advanced manufacturing, and artificial intelligence.

Zhou Kun, fellow of European Academy of Sciences and professor of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, chaired the meeting. Li Meng, former vice minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Lai Mingyong, vice chairperson of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee; Jiang Chao, vice president of Hunan University; and, Feng Xiqiao, chair of the ICCES 2025 and professor of Tsinghua University, delivered speeches successively.

Since its inception in 1986, ICCES has been held for more than 30 sessions. As an important academic event in the field of global computational and experimental engineering and sciences, ICCES focuses on the development frontiers of the disciplines from a forward-looking perspective, and is committed to constructing an international platform for in-depth academic exchanges and inspiration of innovative ideas. This year, 12 high-level plenary lectures, 32 keynote lectures, and more than 1,600 sub-forum lectures were organized to build a multi-level and multi-dimensional academic exchange platform for the participating scholars.

ICCES 2025 was jointly organized by the Tech Science Press and Hunan University, in cooperation with Tsinghua University, Peking University, Central South University, China University of Petroleum, and the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

At ICCES 2025.