Past Papers

Papers, presentations, photos, and data challenge resources from previous conferences in this series

Compilations up to and including HUMS2015 are copyright Commonwealth of Australia. Compilations from HUMS2017 onward are reproduced here by agreement of authors or corporate authors. Individual papers may also remain copyright of the respective author or corporate author.

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This page provides access to available HUMS conference papers, presentations, photos, and data challenge resources from across the conference series. Content is organised by year in the navigation panel and also supported by a general index for broader searching.

Access by Year

The links in the left-hand menu provide direct access to conference material by year.

For earlier conferences, access is provided through the proceedings package prepared for that year. Formats vary across the archive and include hardcopy compilations, CD-ROM material, USB proceedings, HTML menus, and linked program documents.

From HUMS2013 onward, papers are generally accessed through linked program or proceedings pages. The HUMS2023 collection includes papers, presentations, and publishable data challenge submissions. HUMS2025 papers and the HUMS2025 data challenge are now available through the links on this page.

Access by General Index

The General Index is a PDF file with links to available papers across the conference archive up to and including HUMS2023.

Some browser and PDF reader combinations do not handle the index well. If that occurs, save the PDF locally and open it in a desktop PDF reader. The internal links will still work outside the website.

The current page already provides direct access to HUMS2025 papers and the HUMS2025 data challenge. The General Index can be expanded in future updates as newer conference material is incorporated.

Searching the Archive

PDF search is limited to text available in the PDF index, such as author names, affiliations, and words appearing in titles. It does not search the full text of the papers themselves.

Many papers were reviewed before submission. Where identified in the archive, peer-reviewed papers may be highlighted in the proceedings. For broader searching across titles and indexed material, the General Index remains the most direct internal tool.

Best Papers and Conference Recognition

  • HUMS2025 Best Paper — Georgios Protopapadakis, Pietro Borghesani, Cédric Peeters, Nico Herwig, Wade Smith, Zhongxiao Peng, Jan Helsen
    Affiliations: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (AVRG) and University of New South Wales
  • HUMS2025 Data Challenge — winner: INSA-Lyon. Runner-up: VU Brussel.
  • HUMS2023 Best Paper — “Photonic integrated circuit compatible interrogation methods for low SWaP optical fibre strain sensing” by Luke H. Broadley et al.

Earlier best paper and presentation recognitions from 2013 to 2021 are listed below for continuity.

Earlier Awards

HUMS2021
Best peer-reviewed paper award — “An approach to merging machine learning models in an ensemble for load estimation” by Ms Catherine Cheung and Zouhair Adam Hamaimou, National Research Council Canada.
Best presentation award — “Passive phased array acoustic emission localisation via recursive signal-averaged Lamb waves with an applied Warped Frequency Transformation” by Mr Luke Pollock, UNSW Canberra.

HUMS2019
Best peer-reviewed paper award — “Time Series Reconstruction using a Bidirectional Recurrent Neural Network based Encoder-Decoder Scheme” by Wennian Yu, Il Yong Kim and Chris Mechefske, Queen’s University Canada.
Best presentation award — “Introducing CBM on M113AS4 Power Pack Utilising HUMS Data” by David Ludovici, Laearna Maxfield and Vishwanath Wickramanayake, LEA CASG.

HUMS2017
Best peer-reviewed paper award — “Integrated Approach for Health Assessment of Engine Bearings through Numerical Simulation” by M.D. Haneef, R.B. Randall, W.A. Smith and Z. Peng, UNSW.
Best presentation award — “Applying Machine Learning-Based Diagnostic Functions to Rotorcraft Safety” by Daniel Wade, US Army AMRDEC.

HUMS2015
Best peer-reviewed paper award — “An Introduction to Prognostic Fingerprint Technology” by John Baker, Copernicus Technology.
Best presentation award — “Wireless Sensor Units for HUMS Data Acquisition” by Andrew Vechart, Honeywell Aerospace Advanced Technology.

HUMS2013
One of the HUMS2013 presentations, that from David White of Spectra Technical Solutions Inc, was voted the Best Presentation of the AIAC15 Congress. Pierre Bect from Eurocopter presented the Best HUMS2013 Paper.

Status

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