Conference Themes

All presentations will be related to computing as applied, in the widest sense, to Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. The range of areas considered by the Conference will include (but not be confined to):

Professional and Practice Issues:

• Professional Issues for Engineering Computer Users
• Misuse of Computers
• Quality Assessment
• Software Standards, Quality Assurance and Benchmarking
• Model Verification and Validation

Techniques and Tools:

• Data Management and Retrieval Systems
• Uncertainty Models
• Human Computer Interaction
• Data Acquisition and Control Systems
• Computer Aided Design
• Integrated Design Systems
• Management Systems
• Mobile Computing
• GIS
• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
• Real-Time 3D Simulation
• Large Scale Simulation
• Computational Steering
• Computer Supported Collaborative Design
• Fuzzy Methods
• Multi-Criteria Decision Making
• Mathematical Software
• OOP
• Adaptive Methods
• Case Based Design
• Knowledge-Based Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Information Technology

Areas of Application:

• Structural Engineering including Steel, Composite, Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Structures
• Bridge Structures
• Structural Integrity
• Composite Structures
• Smart Structures
• Structural Control
• Fracture Mechanics
• Modelling of Concrete Durability
• Formfinding, Topology and Structural Morphology
• Buckling and Stability
• Linear and Non-linear Dynamics
• Analysis of Semi-rigid Connections
• Space, Tension and Shell Structures
• Soil-Structure Interaction (static and dynamic)
• Analysis and Design of Pavements
• Geotechnical Modelling, Analysis and Design
• Numerical Modelling in Geotechnics
• Foundation Engineering
• Dam Engineering
• Slope Design
• Rock Mechanics
• Ground Vibration
• Environmental Engineering
• Transport and Highways Engineering
• Construction Automation and Robotics
• Construction and Civil Engineering: Management and Productivity
• Building Information Modelling
• Project Management
• Civil Engineering Surveying
• Civil Engineering Management
• Construction Lifetime Costs
• Forensic Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering
• Environmental Modelling
• Offshore Structures
• Wind Engineering
• Wind Turbines
• Computer Controlled Site Instrumentation
• Optimisation: Structural Optimisation and Sensitivity Analysis - please submit to CIVIL-COMP-OPTI 2019
• Monitoring of Structures & Buildings
• Structural Health Monitoring Technologies
• Seismic Response of Structures and the Environment
• Earthquake Engineering
• Structural Identification
• Analysis and Design of Strengthening for Structures
• Assessment of Structures
• Timber Structures
• Structural Damage Detection and Identification
• Computational Modelling for Nanotechnology
• Modelling Mechanical Behaviour at the Nano- and Mesoscale
• Railway Engineering
• Optimal Structural Control under Stochastic Uncertainty
• Model Predictive Structural Control (MPSC)
• Stochastic Mechanics and Reliability
• Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Fluid-Structure Interaction
• Fire Structural Design
• Multi Scale Modelling, Multi-Scale Analysis
• Safety Analysis

Computational Technology Issues including Hardware and Software:

• Grid and Cloud Computing
• Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Supercomputing
• Heterogenous Computing
• Large Scale Simulation and Modelling
• Computer Aided Design
• Graphics and Design
• Product Modelling
• Information Systems
• World Wide Web Applications
• Visualisation
• Decision Support Systems New Algorithms
• Solvers
• Solution-Finding Algorithms
• Genetic Algorithms - please submit to CIVIL-COMP-OPTI 2019
• Neural Networks - please submit to CIVIL-COMP-OPTI 2019
• Product Modelling
• Design Integration