Li Hong is a Ph.D candidate of Chongqing University, China, majored in geotechnical civil engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Anhui Jianzhu University in 2014. He has been involved in research on reliability analysis and optimal design of deep excavations. During postgraduate period, he conducted research on system reliability analysis of deep excavation via random finite element and machine learning method, presented a multiple objectives optimization framework for design of retaining system.