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Hung-Lin Chi is a prominent researcher at the intersection of construction technology, automation, and human-machine interaction, whose work has significantly advanced how the construction and civil engineering industries adopt intelligent systems. With over a decade of contributions, Chi has made foundational strides in crane operation safety and tele-operation, developing attention-based user interfaces and 3D simulation environments that assist operators in real time — work that has collectively garnered nearly 200 citations. His 2012 and 2015 studies on tele-operated crane interfaces addressed critical safety challenges by reducing operator distraction and jobsite risk, while his 2009 visualization system pioneered virtual construction planning environments. Chi's research scope has broadened considerably into robotics, federated learning, and computer vision, with recent high-impact studies exploring thermal image-based gesture recognition for worker-robot collaboration and hierarchical federated learning frameworks for quality defect inspection. His 2015 review of automation and robotics in construction and civil engineering (62 citations) reflects his role as a synthesizer of the field's evolving landscape. His 2024 work on vision-based railway monitoring further demonstrates his expanding influence across infrastructure domains, establishing Chi as a versatile and forward-thinking engineer shaping the future of smart construction.